Patents by Inventor Lem Linder

Lem Linder 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 tool
    Patent number: 12636710
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of preparing a machine tool to machine a workpiece. The machine tool includes an artifact in the machine tool and a probe mounted to a head of the machine tool. The method includes determining a tool offset value for a tool by moving the probe and the tool relative to one another to bring the probe and the tool into contact with one another. Prior to determining the tool offset value, the method includes calibrating the probe by moving the probe and the artifact relative to one another to bring the probe and the artifact into contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Streck, Lem Linder
  • MACHINE TOOL
    Publication number: 20240082927
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of preparing a machine tool to machine a workpiece. The machine tool includes an artifact in the machine tool and a probe mounted to a head of the machine tool. The method includes determining a tool offset value for a tool by moving the probe and the tool relative to one another to bring the probe and the tool into contact with one another. Prior to determining the tool offset value, the method includes calibrating the probe by moving the probe and the artifact relative to one another to bring the probe and the artifact into contact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Donald Thomas Streck, Lem Linder