Patents by Inventor Christopher HALCOMB

Christopher HALCOMB 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).

  • Machine tool
    Patent number: 10035234
    Abstract: A machine tool for implementing machining with rotation, the machine tool includes a first rotor, an enclosure, a first rail, a second rail, and a coupler. The first rotor rotates about a rotational axis. The first rotor is surrounded with the enclosure. The first rail is disposed on the first rotor. The second rail is disposed on the enclosure so as to be brought into alignment with the first rail at a rotational position. The coupler moves along the first rail and the second rail. The coupler is to engage with the first rail and the second rail in a first state and to engage with the second rail without engaging with the first rail in a second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Halcomb, Sami H. Winkelman, Takuya Ii
  • MACHINE TOOL
    Publication number: 20170072524
    Abstract: A machine tool for implementing machining with rotation, the machine tool includes a first rotor, an enclosure, a first rail, a second rail, and a coupler. The first rotor rotates about a rotational axis. The first rotor is surrounded with the enclosure. The first rail is disposed on the first rotor. The second rail is disposed on the enclosure so as to be brought into alignment with the first rail at a rotational position. The coupler moves along the first rail and the second rail. The coupler is to engage with the first rail and the second rail in a first state and to engage with the second rail without engaging with the first rail in a second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher HALCOMB, Sami H. WINKELMAN, Takuya II