Patents by Inventor Brian Lee KINNEY

Brian Lee KINNEY has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD FOR FORMING A WORKPIECE AND MACHINE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD
    Publication number: 20240149382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to several systems and methods for clamping, machining, inspecting, and/or correcting workpieces in an integrated machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Martin NOBS, Michael EGETER, Brian Lee KINNEY, Benjamin BERRY
  • CHUCK WITH IMPROVED GRIPPING STROKE
    Publication number: 20220379387
    Abstract: A chuck for gripping a workpiece includes: a chuck body; a jaw connected to the chuck body for constrained movement relative to the chuck body along a jaw path in jaw-closing and jaw-opening directions; an actuator body connected to the chuck body for constrained movement relative to the chuck body along an actuator path; and a slider body connected to the chuck body for constrained movement relative to the chuck body along a slider body path. The slider body is connected to the jaw for constrained movement relative to the jaw along a slider-body-to-jaw path. The slider body is connected to the actuator body for constrained movement relative to the actuator body along a slider-body-to-actuator-body path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Richard M. KESTERKE, III, Brian Lee KINNEY, Daniel R. DUELL, Chun ZHANG