Patents by Inventor Max Epple

Max Epple 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).

  • Apparatus for machining a workpiece with a laser beam coupled into a fluid jet, with automatic laser-nozzle alignment; method of aligning such a beam
    Patent number: 11897052
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus 100 for machining a workpiece with a laser beam 101 coupled into a fluid jet. The apparatus 100 comprises a laser unit 101a for providing the laser beam 101, a nozzle unit 102 with an aperture 102a for producing the fluid jet, and an optical unit 103 configured to provide the laser beam 101 from the laser unit 101a onto the nozzle unit 102. Further, the apparatus 100 comprises a control unit 104 configured to control 108, 110 the optical unit 103 and/or nozzle unit 102 to change a point of incidence 109 of the laser beam 101 on the nozzle unit 102. The apparatus 100 also comprises a sensing unit 105 configured to sense laser light 106 reflected from a surface 102b of the nozzle unit 102 and produce a sensing signal 107 based on the sensed reflected laser light 106.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: SYNOVA S.A., Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Philippe Mazouer, Max Epple, Hyuk Kim, Helgi Diehl, Bernold Richerzhagen
  • APPARATUS FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE WITH A LASER BEAM COUPLED INTO A FLUID JET, WITH AUTOMATIC LASER-NOZZLE ALIGNMENT; METHOD OF ALIGNING SUCH A BEAM
    Publication number: 20210107089
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus 100 for machining a workpiece with a laser beam 101 coupled into a fluid jet. The apparatus 100 comprises a laser unit 101a for providing the laser beam 101, a nozzle unit 102 with an aperture 102a for producing the fluid jet, and an optical unit 103 configured to provide the laser beam 101 from the laser unit 101a onto the nozzle unit 102. Further, the apparatus 100 comprises a control unit 104 configured to control 108, 110 the optical unit 103 and/or nozzle unit 102 to change a point of incidence 109 of the laser beam 101 on the nozzle unit 102. The apparatus 100 also comprises a sensing unit 105 configured to sense laser light 106 reflected from a surface 102b of the nozzle unit 102 and produce a sensing signal 107 based on the sensed reflected laser light 106.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Philippe Mazouer, Max Epple, Hyuk Kim, Helgi Diehl, Bernold Richerzhagen