Patents by Inventor Michael Herkert

Michael Herkert 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 with work piece handling arrangement
    Patent number: 7419460
    Abstract: In a machine tool arrangement comprising a machine tool component including a mounting structure for a work piece to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool, a housing enclosing the machine tool component, a horizontal support beam is disposed above the housing and carries handling equipment for supplying work pieces from an adjacent loading area to the machine component for machining and returning the finished work pieces to the storage structure and an intermediate storage structure is disposed near the machine tool component for temporarily storing unfinished work pieces to be machined and finished work pieces after being machined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Bonfert, Georg Deponte, Wolfgang Märker, Michael Herkert
  • Machine tool with work piece handling arrangement
    Publication number: 20070179033
    Abstract: In a machine tool arrangement comprising a machine tool component including a mounting structure for a work piece to be machined by a suitable metal cutting tool, a housing enclosing the machine tool component, a horizontal support beam is disposed above the housing and carries handling equipment for supplying work pieces from an adjacent loading area to the machine component for machining and returning the finished work pieces to the storage structure and an intermediate storage structure is disposed near the machine tool component for temporarily storing unfinished work pieces to be machined and finished work pieces after being machined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Heinrich Bonfert, Georg Deponte, Wolfgang Marker, Michael Herkert