Patents by Inventor Dietmar Hechtle

Dietmar Hechtle 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).

  • Patent number: 12226844
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing a thread with a predetermined thread pitch in a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FUR PRAZISIONSWERKZEUGE
    Inventors: Peter Liebald, Dietmar Hechtle, Thomas Funk
  • Patent number: 11911834
    Abstract: A drilling tool for producing a bore with a cylindrical inner wall can be rotatable in a rotary movement with a predetermined rotational direction (VD) about a tool axis (A) extending through the drilling tool, and at the same time is movable in an axial forward movement (VB) in a forward direction axially to the tool axis. The drilling tool comprises at least one drilling area (3) arranged in a forwardly located region of the drilling tool at a forward or free end, but preferably not having a thread forming region. The drilling area has a number n of drilling edges which are arranged offset to each other in the rotational direction, and at least one chip divider is arranged on at least one or each of the n drill cutting edges, where the chip divider forms an interruption of the respective drill cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG, FABRIK FÜR PRÄZISIONSWERKZEUGE
    Inventors: Christian Beer, Bernhard Borschert, Thomas Funk, Dietmar Hechtle, Manuel Leonhard, Martin Steinbach
  • Patent number: 11571760
    Abstract: A tool for the chipless production of a thread in a workpiece comprises at least one shaping region which can be rotated about a tool axis (A) for the chipless production or finishing of the thread. The shaping region comprises a plurality of pressing lobes projecting radially outwardly from the tool axis (A) for producing the thread by pressing the pressing lobes into the workpiece surface. The pressing lobes are successively arranged along a forming curve which substantially spirals around the tool axis (A), and the pitch of the forming curve essentially corresponds to the pitch of the thread to be produced or reworked. The forming curve has a helix angle (a), and a profile of at least one pressing lobe is designed in such a way that a thread produced in an axial section containing the tool axis is at least in sections round-arched or ogival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG, FABRIK FÜR PRÄZISIONSWERKZEUGE
    Inventors: Dietmar Hechtle, Marko Übler, Jürgen Fenzel
  • Patent number: 11192196
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for forming a drilled hole (B), comprising a shank that is rotatable or rotates about a tool axis (A), at least one first portion, which is rotatable or rotates about the tool axis (A), for producing and/or widening a drilled hole (B) by chip cutting, and a second portion, which rotates about the tool axis (A), for widening a drilled hole (B) without chip cutting, wherein the second portion is arranged behind the first portion in a direction of advance (V) of the tool. The invention additionally relates to a method for producing a drilled hole (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FÜR PRÄZISIONSWERKZEUGE
    Inventors: Dietmar Hechtle, Peter Kopton
  • Patent number: 11110530
    Abstract: A thread forming tool comprises a thread generating region that extends along a helical line with a thread pitch angle and a thread direction of the thread to be formed and has an active profile corresponding to the thread profile of the thread to be formed, wherein the thread generating region has a thread tooth having a thread profile with a front thread tooth profile flank and a rear thread tooth profile flank, has a front flank relieved surface, adjoining the front thread tooth profile flank and has a rear flank relieved surface, adjoining the rear thread tooth profile flank, wherein the front flank relieved surface is isolated relative to a front thread tooth flank envelope, wherein the rear flank relieved surface is displaced relative to a rear transverse plane wherein the helical line is inclined to the rear relative to the rear transverse plane by the thread pitch angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FUR PRAZISIONSWERKZEUGE
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Thomas Funk
  • Patent number: 11065702
    Abstract: A method for forming a thread with a predefined thread pitch and with a predefined thread profile in a workpiece, in which a tool is used, wherein, during working movement, a thread generating region forms a thread, wherein the tool is moved during a second working phase further into the workpiece in the same forwards direction as in the working movement, as far as a reversal point, wherein the decelerating movement comprises a rotational movement in the same rotational direction as in the working movement, wherein during the decelerating movement, the axial feed movement is controlled in dependence on the rotational angle of the rotational movement of the tool and wherein the axial feed of the tool during a complete revolution, is smaller in terms of amount than the thread pitchat least during part of the decelerating movement and is zero at the reversal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FUR PRAZISIONSWERKZEUGE
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Thomas Funk
  • Publication number: 20200246881
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for forming a drilled hole (B), comprising a shank that is rotatable or rotates about a tool axis (A), at least one first portion, which is rotatable or rotates about the tool axis (A), for producing and/or widening a drilled hole (B) by chip cutting, and a second portion, which rotates about the tool axis (A), for widening a drilled hole (B) without chip cutting, wherein the second portion is arranged behind the first portion in a direction of advance (V) of the tool. The invention additionally relates to a method for producing a drilled hole (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Dietmar Hechtle, Peter Kopton
  • Patent number: 9662728
    Abstract: A method for producing a thread can include a) generating a number n?1 of twisted grooves in a wall of the workpiece encircling a thread axis (M) or generating a wall of the workpiece which has a number n?1 of twisted grooves and encircles a thread axis, b) respectively inserting a thread generating region of a tool into each of the twisted grooves in a twisted insertion movement, c) generating a thread in each wall sub-region, adjoining the groove(s), of the wall of the workpiece by rotating the tool about the thread axis (M) and with a simultaneous axial feed motion of the tool coaxially with respect to the thread axis with a particular axial feed speed and d) moving each thread generating region of the tool out of the associated groove in a twisted removal movement matched to the twisting of the associated twisted groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & Co. KG Fabrik Fuer Praezisionswerkzeuge, AUDI, AG
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Peter Kopton
  • Patent number: 9630267
    Abstract: The thread generating tool for producing a thread in a workpiece has the following features: a) the tool is rotatable about a tool axis (A), b) the tool has a number n?1 of groove generating regions for generating in each case one groove in the workpiece and a number m?1 of thread generating regions for generating the thread in the workpiece, c) each of the m thread generating regions is arranged behind one of the n groove generating regions as viewed in an axial projection parallel to the tool axis (A), and has a smaller extent than said groove generating region as viewed in cross section in the axial projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FUER PRAEZISIONSWERKAEUGE, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Peter Kopton
  • Publication number: 20150125229
    Abstract: A method for producing a thread can include a) generating a number n?1 of twisted grooves in a wall of the workpiece encircling a thread axis (M) or generating a wall of the workpiece which has a number n?1 of twisted grooves and encircles a thread axis, b) respectively inserting a thread generating region of a tool into each of the twisted grooves in a twisted insertion movement, c) generating a thread in each wall sub-region, adjoining the groove(s), of the wall of the workpiece by rotating the tool about the thread axis (M) and with a simultaneous axial feed motion of the tool coaxially with respect to the thread axis with a particular axial feed speed and d) moving each thread generating region of the tool out of the associated groove in a twisted removal movement matched to the twisting of the associated twisted groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Peter Kopton
  • Publication number: 20130336738
    Abstract: The thread generating tool for producing a thread in a workpiece has the following features: a) the tool is rotatable about a tool axis (A), b) the tool has a number n?1 of groove generating regions for generating in each case one groove in the workpiece and a number m?1 of thread generating regions for generating the thread in the workpiece, c) each of the m thread generating regions is arranged behind one of the n groove generating regions as viewed in an axial projection parallel to the tool axis (A), and has a smaller extent than said groove generating region as viewed in cross section in the axial projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Peter Kopton
  • Patent number: 8272817
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for machining a workpiece, which tool is rotatable about a tool axis, having a tool shank and a tool head, which tool head comprises at least one land, at least one spiral point assigned to the land and at least one flute assigned to the land, wherein the flute has a left-hand helix and the spiral point is skewed to the left, or wherein the flute has a right-hand helix and the spiral point is skewed to the right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Emuge-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik fur Prazisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle
  • Patent number: 7927221
    Abstract: The tool for the chipless production of a thread, in particular for producing an internal thread, is in its forming height, pitch of the pressing lands and/or pressing surfaces adapted to the material of the workpiece in a special manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Emuge-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Thomas Zeus
  • Publication number: 20100260566
    Abstract: This invention relates to a screw tap which is rotatable about a rotational axis and has a number of thread-cutting teeth, which respectively have a radially outer tip cutter and are disposed mutually offset, with a predefined thread pitch, in an arrangement running spirally or helically around the rotational axis. In a lead region adjoining one end of the screw tap axially to the rotational axis, the maximum radial distance of the tip cutters of the thread-cutting teeth from the rotational axis increases with increasing axial distance of the tip cutters from one end of the screw tap according to a predefined radial distance function. At least some of the thread-cutting teeth in the lead region, at least in the region of the tip cutters, respectively have a defined cutter rounding between tool face and tool flank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpei GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik fur Prazisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Thomas Berschneider, Dietmar Hechtle, Thomas Zeus
  • Patent number: 7625292
    Abstract: A tool for producing a thread such as an internal thread, can include at least one cutting region having at least one cutting edge and at least one thread-forming region. In general, the cutting region(s) and the thread-forming region(s) are coupled or connected to one another in such a way that they are rotatable or rotate together about a tool axis. In addition, at least one cutting region is at least partly formed on a front-face tool end and/or adjacent to a front-face tool end. Furthermore, a front-face recess that is configured for receiving chips is formed on the front-face tool end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle
  • Patent number: 7536795
    Abstract: A method for gaging a thread can include gaging at least one preliminary thread using a preliminary gage (e.g., a preliminary go gage, and/or a preliminary no go gage). The preliminary thread can be produced in a first step by removing material from the workpiece. The at least one preliminary thread has a preliminary thread profile, and the preliminary thread gage is adapted to the preliminary thread profile. In addition, the method can involve gaging a final thread using a final-thread gage (e.g., a preliminary final-thread go gage and/or a final-thread no-go gage). The final thread can be formed in a second step by plastic pressing-in of the material of the workpiece at least in a section of the preliminary thread profile using at least one thread-forming profile. The final thread has a final thread profile, and the final-thread gage can be adapted to the final thread profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik für Präzisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle
  • Patent number: 7467577
    Abstract: A method for producing a thread in a workpiece can include producing a preliminary thread by removing material from the workpiece (e.g., with a cutting action), which produces a preliminary thread profile having two preliminary thread flanks and a preliminary thread root connecting the two preliminary thread flanks. The method can also include producing, in at least one second working step, a final thread having a final thread profile, which has two final thread flanks and a final thread root connecting the two final thread flanks. The final thread can be produced by plastic pressing-in of the material of the workpiece at least in a section of the preliminary thread profile by a predetermined volume. In one implementation, at least one of the preliminary thread flanks and at least one of the of the thread-forming profile are include at different inclination angles from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Emuge-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik für Päzisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle
  • Patent number: 7399231
    Abstract: The tool for producing a screw thread in a workpiece comprises a) at least one thread-producing region, which comprises a1) at least one thread-milling region, which operates by removing material, as well as a2) at least one thread-forming region, which operates without the removal of material, b) such that the thread-milling region(s) and the thread-forming region(s) of each thread-producing region b1) are coupled or connected to one another in such a way that they rotate or can be rotated together about a tool axis, and b2) are disposed along an outside circumference of the thread-producing region so as to be offset from one another, i.e. situated one behind the other or following one another, in a direction of rotation about the tool axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle
  • Patent number: 7354350
    Abstract: Implementations of the present invention include a thread-rolling tap, which is designed and intended for the non-cutting finishing of a previously created thread, in particular internal thread. For example, one implementation of such a tool includes at least one thread-forming portion that rotates about a tool axis, the thread-forming portion having multiple forming wedges. The forming wedges in cross-section include two flanks that diverge from one another beginning at a forming wedge tip. The forming wedge tip can be shaped as any of an acute angle, a rounded region, or a flattened region. At least one of the two flanks also include at least one expansion for positioning the forming wedge in the previously created thread. Additional implementations of the invention relate to a methods of manufacturing such a tool, as well as to methods of creating a thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Emuge-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik fir Prazisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Dietmar Hechtle, Helmut Glimpel
  • Publication number: 20080069653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for machining a workpiece, which tool is rotatable about a tool axis, having a tool shank and a tool head, which tool head comprises at least one land, at least one spiral point assigned to the land and at least one flute assigned to the land, wherein the flute has a left-hand helix and the spiral point is skewed to the left, or wherein the flute has a right-hand helix and the spiral point is skewed to the right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: EMUGE-Werk Richard Glimpel GmbH & Co. KG Fabrik fur Praezisionswerkzeuge
    Inventors: Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle