Patents by Inventor Juergen Hechler

Juergen Hechler 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).

  • Publication number: 20240001511
    Abstract: A grinding system is presented that includes a grinding wheel with a coolant channel coupled to a coolant exit. The coolant channel extends through a grinding layer of the grinding wheel. The coolant exit is on an active grinding surface of the grinding wheel. The grinding system also includes a mounting feature configured to couple the grinding wheel to a grinding machine. The grinding system also includes a coolant distribution component configured to receive coolant and provide it through the coolant channel to the coolant exit point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Rifaut, Maiken Givot, Juergen Hechler, René Derichs
  • Publication number: 20230278120
    Abstract: Process of grinding and polishing flank surfaces (40) of teeth (50) of toothed wheels (60), comprising the steps of a) providing a grinding device (6), a polishing device (7), a dynamic positioning device (8) and a toothed wheel (60); b) having the grinding device (6) grind the toothed wheel (60); c) removing the toothed wheel (60) from the grinding device (6); d) having the dynamic positioning device (8) bring the flank surface (40) in contact with a polishing body (80) of the polishing device (7) to polish the flank surface; e) having the dynamic positioning device (8) dynamically adjust position and attitude of the toothed wheel (60) relative to the polishing body (80), or having the dynamic positioning device (8) dynamically adjust position and attitude of the polishing body (80) relative to the toothed wheel (60), such that the flank surface is polished by the polishing body. The dynamic positioning device (8) may be a robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Juergen Hechler, Fynn Rosenau, Marc Eberwein