Patents by Inventor Patrick Muscarella

Patrick Muscarella 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: 20070124904
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved automatic screw machine employing a first servomotor connected to cause rotation of a first set of tooling cams independently of the operation of a spindle drive, and a second servomotor to cause rotation of a second set of cams independently of the operation of the spindle drive, wherein a multi-axis controller controls at least the speed of the spindle drive in conjunction with at least each of the two servomotors, and where the operation of at least the two servomotors is electronically synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: Ram Technology LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Muscarella, Ronald LaRock, Charles Jackson
  • Publication number: 20060037442
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved automatic screw machine employing a first servomotor connected to cause rotation of a first set of tooling cams independently of the operation of a spindle drive, and a second servomotor to cause rotation of a second set of cams independently of the operation of the spindle drive, wherein a multi-axis controller controls at least the speed of the spindle drive in conjunction with at least each of the two servomotors, and where the operation of at least the two servomotors is electronically synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: RAM TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Muscarella, Ronald LaRock, Charles Jackson
  • Patent number: 5910201
    Abstract: The spindle supporting head of a multiple spindle screw machine is intermittently rotated to place its spindles into successively different angular positions about the axis of a spindle drive shaft which extends coaxially into the center of the head. When each spindle is rotatably indexed into a particular angular position, a piece of bar stock is fed through the spindle and projects beyond one end thereof. Each of a plurality of tool slides, which are mounted adjacent the end of the head from which the spindle projects, carries a tool which registers with the stock projecting from an adjacent spindle. The slides are connected to servo motors which are operable by an associated computer to move their tools toward and away from the stock projecting from the associated spindles. Normally the head is secured against rotation by a hirth ring which intermittently is moved from its locking position to release the head so that it can be rotatably indexed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Dover Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Muscarella, Gary A. Quinter, David R. Toland, James Hugick