Patents by Inventor Bryan L. Patterson

Bryan L. Patterson 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 and apparatus for loading and positioning a workpiece on a gear manufacturing machine
    Patent number: 11904396
    Abstract: A method wherein a first workpiece (2, 40) is loaded to a spindle (30) of a workpiece processing machine with the first toothed workpiece having a predetermined design and being in a predetermined rotational load position. The first toothed workpiece is stock-divided and a machining position is determined based on the stock-dividing. The first toothed workpiece is rotationally adjusted to the machining position. The teeth (3, 42) of the first toothed workpiece are then machined and the first workpiece is removed from the spindle. A second toothed workpiece is loaded to the spindle of the workpiece processing machine. The second toothed workpiece has the same predetermined design and is in the same predetermined rotational load position as the first toothed workpiece. The second toothed workpiece is rotationally adjusted from the predetermined rotational load position to the machining position by the same adjustment amount as the first toothed workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventors: Craig R. Ronald, Uwe Gaiser, Daniel J. Schwab, Matthew J. McNall, Bryan L. Patterson, Kevin H. Blakely, William D. McGlasson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND POSITIONING A WORKPIECE ON A GEAR MANUFACTURING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20210308780
    Abstract: A method wherein a first workpiece (2, 40) is loaded to a spindle (30) of a workpiece processing machine with the first toothed workpiece having a predetermined design and being in a predetermined rotational load position. The first toothed workpiece is stock-divided and a machining position is determined based on the stock-dividing. The first toothed workpiece is rotationally adjusted to the machining position. The teeth (3, 42) of the first toothed workpiece are then machined and the first workpiece is removed from the spindle. A second toothed workpiece is loaded to the spindle of the workpiece processing machine. The second toothed workpiece has the same predetermined design and is in the same predetermined rotational load position as the first toothed workpiece. The second toothed workpiece is rotationally adjusted from the predetermined rotational load position to the machining position by the same adjustment amount as the first toothed workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Craig R. Ronald, Uwe Gaiser, Daniel J. Schwab, Matthew J. McNall, Bryan L. Patterson, Kevin H. Blakely, William D. McGlasson