Patents by Inventor Michael D. Skinner

Michael D. Skinner 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 of operation thereof
    Patent number: 12246407
    Abstract: A machine tool is configured to receive input data defining a profile to be machined onto a workpiece, with the profile defined in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the workpiece and non-circular in that plane, and calculate using an evolutionary algorithm a workpiece velocity profile corresponding to the velocities at which the workpiece is to be rotated by the workpiece mount over at least part of a rotation of the workpiece during machining. The machine tool then rotates the workpiece according to the workpiece velocity profile during machining of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Fives Landis Limited
    Inventors: Michael D. Skinner, Daniel P. Turner
  • MACHINE TOOLS AND METHODS OF OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210283740
    Abstract: A machine tool is configured to receive input data defining a profile to be machined onto a workpiece, with the profile defined in a plane perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the workpiece and non-circular in that plane, and calculate using an evolutionary algorithm a workpiece velocity profile corresponding to the velocities at which the workpiece is to be rotated by the workpiece mount over at least part of a rotation of the workpiece during machining. The machine tool then rotates the workpiece according to the workpiece velocity profile during machining of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Michael D. Skinner, Daniel P. Turner