Patents by Inventor John Rogers Brooks

John Rogers Brooks 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 tools and methods for machining turbine rotor assemblies
    Patent number: 8695216
    Abstract: Machine tools and methods for machining turbine rotor assemblies are disclosed. Some machine tools include a drill arm that pushes off of a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some machine tools include a clamping arm that secures the machine tool to a turbine stage to be machined and an adjacent turbine stage. Some methods include pushing-off of a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some methods include securing a machine tool to a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some methods include monitoring at least one of a current delivered to a first motor and a voltage applied to the first motor and controlling a second motor in response to the monitoring. Some methods include sequentially machining a turbine stage with cutting tools having increasing lengths and/or diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Richard Davis, David Loyd Sorensen, John Winfrey Dillman, John Rogers Brooks, Hitesh K. Patel, David Michael Briggs, Garrett Lindon Headrick, Andrew Gordon Thompson, David Ethan Ross, Jeremy Carl Conser
  • MACHINE TOOLS AND METHODS FOR MACHINING TURBINE ROTOR ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20130160292
    Abstract: Machine tools and methods for machining turbine rotor assemblies are disclosed. Some machine tools include a drill arm that pushes off of a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some machine tools include a clamping arm that secures the machine tool to a turbine stage to be machined and an adjacent turbine stage. Some methods include pushing-off of a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some methods include securing a machine tool to a turbine stage that is adjacent to a turbine stage to be machined. Some methods include monitoring at least one of a current delivered to a first motor and a voltage applied to the first motor and controlling a second motor in response to the monitoring. Some methods include sequentially machining a turbine stage with cutting tools having increasing lengths and/or diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Climax Portable Machine Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Richard Davis, David Loyd Sorensen, John Winfrey Dillman, John Rogers Brooks, Hitesh K. Patel, David Michael Briggs, Garrett Lindon Headrick, Andrew Gordon Thompson, David Ethan Ross, Jeremy Carl Conser