Patents by Inventor Jiri Tlusty

Jiri Tlusty 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).

  • High speed machining device
    Patent number: 7192248
    Abstract: An air turbine driven rotary machine tool having a tool casing, a turbine rotor mounted within the casing for rotation, a stator mounted in fixed position in the tool casing coaxially aligned with the turbine rotor, a annular cavity defined within the casing and coaxially aligned with the stator and rotor for supplying air to the stator blades, a cylindrical spindle coaxially mounted with the turbine rotor in the tool casing for rotation with the turbine rotor, and a tool holder mounted coaxially to the spindle for rotation therewith and having an end thereof for operably receiving a cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Amy M. Helvey, Keith A. Young, Hana Tlusty, legal representative, Kevin Waymack, Jiri Tlusty, deceased
  • High speed machining device
    Publication number: 20050254937
    Abstract: An air turbine driven rotary machine tool having a tool casing, a turbine rotor mounted within the casing for rotation, a stator mounted in fixed position in the tool casing coaxially aligned with the turbine rotor, a annular cavity defined within the casing and coaxially aligned with the stator and rotor for supplying air to the stator blades, a cylindrical spindle coaxially mounted with the turbine rotor in the tool casing for rotation with the turbine rotor, and a tool holder mounted coaxially to the spindle for rotation therewith and having an end thereof for operably receiving a cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Amy Helvey, Keith Young, Jiri Tlusty, Hana Tlusty, Kevin Waymack
  • Method and apparatus for controlling downforce during friction stir welding
    Patent number: 6050475
    Abstract: The present invention provides a friction stir welding device for optimizing the depth of a friction stir welding tool in a workpiece. The welding device includes a spindle and a welding tool in rotatable communication with the spindle. The welding device also includes an inner housing defining an aperture through which the welding tool at least partially extends. Preferably, the inner housing has a plurality of cam followers. The device also includes an outer housing defining an aperture for at least partially receiving the inner housing. The outer housing has a base member and a riser that is rotatably mounted to the base member and that defines a plurality of inclined surfaces upon which the plurality of cam followers ride. The welding device includes a sensor in electrical communication with a controller for measuring the magnitude of force exerted by the welding tool upon the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Kinton, Jiri Tlusty