Patents by Inventor Gérald Naville

Gérald Naville 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).

  • Rotative tool-electrodes of simple shapes for 3D electroerosive machining
    Patent number: 6184486
    Abstract: Electrode tools for electroerosion (EDM) where a cavity or a relief is machined by hollowing out the part at great speed and in successive layers or slices by means of a rotating electrode tool of a simple shape which is independent of the cavity to be eroded, called “EDM slices milling”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Charmilles Technologies S.A.
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Diot, Willi Zaugg, Gérald Naville, Jean-Paul Briffod
  • Apparatus for holding an electrode for electrical erosion machines
    Patent number: 6011230
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding an electrode, in particular a cylindrical, tubular electrode in an electrical erosion machine, the electrode being held in a prismatic guide, wherein the electrode can be pressed by an elastic laminate against a prismatic guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Charmilles Technologies SA
    Inventors: Claudio Tricarico, Gerald Naville, Eric Orhant