Patents by Inventor Peter Fornoff

Peter Fornoff 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: 20240051041
    Abstract: A dental tool (1) for use in a dental CNC milling/grinding machine for machining a dental restoration from a workpiece (6), the dental tool (1) has a shaft (2). The dental tool includes a miniaturized RFID tag (3) which is arranged in front of the back end (2a) of the shaft (2). A dental CNC milling/grinding machine (5) is also disclosed and has a machine compartment (5a) including one or more carriage units (5b) each adapted to exchangeably receive and drive one or more dental tools (1) for machining a dental restoration from a workpiece (6); one or more transceiver units (5c) each adapted to read and/or write the miniaturized RFID tag (3) of a dental tool (1); and a control unit adapted to control the transceiver units (5c), and the carriage units (5b) based on the information read from the miniaturized RFID tags (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas SCHAEFER, Oliver NOWARRA, Michael TURZER, Peter FORNOFF
  • Patent number: 11771523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the design and manufacture of a dental component with a surface, wherein a 3D model of the dental component is designed by means of a CAD unit and the dental component is manufactured by a CAM unit on the basis of the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Hans-Christian Schneider, Oliver Nowarra, Daniel Weiß, Peter Fornoff
  • Patent number: 11771530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental prosthesis forming block (10) for producing a dental prosthesis (50). The forming block having a pin (20) with a self-tapping outer thread, which is arranged on a first surface (11) of the dental prosthesis forming block (10). The invention further relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis (50). In this method the dental prosthesis block (10) is provided and the dental prosthesis (50) is produced by removing material from the dental prosthesis forming block (10) by a CAD/CAM method, such that the pin (20) forms part of the finished dental prosthesis (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Sascha Schneider, Peter Fornoff
  • Patent number: 11650014
    Abstract: A sintering furnace for components made of a sintered material, in particular for dental components, having a furnace chamber having a chamber volume (VK). A heating device, a receiving space having a gross volume (VB) located in the chamber volume (VK) and delimited by the heating device, and a useful region having a useful volume (VN) located in the gross volume (VB), are disposed in the furnace chamber. The furnace chamber has an outer wall consisting of walls having a wall portion to be opened for introduction of a component to be sintered having an object volume (VO) into the receiving space. In the furnace chamber the heating device has a thermal radiator having a radiation field which is disposed on at least one side of the receiving space. At least the useful volume (NV) disposed in the receiving space is disposed in the radiation field of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Peter Fornoff, Christian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11607293
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for constructing at least one dental prosthetic part or a bracket, with at least one adhesive surface, in which a 3D model is made of the dental prosthetic part. Recesses are constructed on the adhesive surface of the 3D model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Nowarra, Joachim Pfeiffer, Peter Fornoff
  • Patent number: 11540904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental aid from a thermoplastic film or plate, wherein a digital three-dimensional working model is created in a computer-aided manner using a three-dimensional data set of at least one part of an upper jaw and/or lower jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Christian Schmidt, Peter Fornoff
  • Publication number: 20220338965
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a dental restoration including a construction step (S2) of preparing construction data for a dental tool machine for machining the dental restoration from a workpiece. The construction data defines at least the geometry of the dental restoration within the workpiece. The method includes a starting step (S3) of starting machining of the dental restoration from the workpiece in accordance with the construction data. The method also includes a preparing step (S4) of starting preparing, before termination of the construction step (S2), the dental tool machine at least through equipping it with all the consumables essential for starting the starting step (S3), and completing preparing the dental tool machine before start of the starting step (S3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel WEISS, Oliver NOWARRA, Peter FORNOFF
  • Publication number: 20220170697
    Abstract: A sintering furnace for couponents made of a sintered material, in particular for dental components, having a furnace chamber having a chamber volume (VK). A heating device, a receiving space having a gross volume (VB) located in the chamber volume (VK) and delimited by the heating device, and a useful region having a useful volume (VN) located in the gross volume (VB), are disposed in the furnace chamber. The furnace chamber has an outer wall consisting of walls having a wall portion to be opened for introduction of a component to be sintered having an object volume (VO) into the receiving space. In the furnace chamber the heating device has a thermal radiator having a radiation field which is disposed on at least one side of the receiving space. At least the useful volume (NV) disposed in the receiving space is disposed in the radiation field of the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Peter FORNOFF, Christian SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11306969
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sintering furnace (1) for components (15) made of a sintered material, in particular for dental components, comprising a furnace chamber (2) having a chamber volume (VK), wherein a heating device (5), a receiving space (9) having a gross volume (VB) located in the chamber volume (VK) and delimited by the heating device (5), and a useful region (10) having a useful volume (VN) located in the gross volume (VB), are disposed in the furnace chamber (2). The furnace chamber (2) has an outer wall (3) consisting of a plurality of walls having a wall portion (7) to be opened for introduction of a component to be sintered having an object volume (VO) into the receiving space (9). In the furnace chamber (2) the heating device (5) has a thermal radiator (6) having a radiation field (13) which is disposed on at least one side of the receiving space (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Peter Fornoff, Christian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210169609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental aid from a thermoplastic film or plate, wherein a digital three-dimensional working model is created in a computer-aided manner using a three-dimensional data set of at least one part of an upper jaw and/or lower jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Christian SCHMIDT, Peter FORNOFF
  • Patent number: 10948235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sintering furnace for components made of a sintered material, in particular for dental components, comprising a furnace chamber having a chamber volume (VK) and a chamber inner surface (OK), wherein a heat-up device, a receiving space having a gross volume (VB) located in the chamber volume (VK) and delimited by the heat-up device, and a useful region having a useful volume (VN) located in the gross volume (VB), are disposed in the furnace chamber. The furnace chamber has an outer wall consisting of a plurality of walls having a wall portion to be opened for introduction into the receiving space of a component to be sintered and having an object volume (VO). In the furnace chamber the heat-up device has a thermal radiator having a radiation field which radiator is disposed on at least one side of the receiving space. Said thermal radiator has a specific resistance of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Fornoff, Christian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10939980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for planning a heat treatment of a dental prosthesis part (1), in which a 3D model (9) of the dental prosthesis part to be produced (1) already exists. A temperature profile (16) for the heat treatment of the dental prosthesis part (1) is automatically determined by a computer (17) as a function of determined geometric parameters (10, 11, 12, 13) of the dental prosthesis part to be produced (1) and/or of determined material parameters of the dental prosthesis part to be produced (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Fornoff, Christian Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210000573
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dental prosthesis molding block (10) for producing a dental prosthesis part. The block comprises an inner material (13) that is at least partially surrounded by an outer material (14), the hardness of which differs from the hardness of the inner material (13). The inner material (13) forms part of a first surface (11) of the dental prosthesis molding block (10). The invention further relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis part. In said method, a dental prosthesis molding block (10) is provided, and the dental prosthesis part is produced by removing material from the dental prosthesis molding block (10) using a CAD/CAM process. In doing so, a pin having a self-tapping external screw thread is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Sascha Schneider, Peter Fornoff
  • Publication number: 20200367998
    Abstract: invention further relates to a method for producing a dental prosthesis. In this method the dental prosthesis block is provided and the dental prosthesis is produced by removing material from the dental prosthesis forming block by means of a CAD/CAM method, such that the pin forms part of the finished dental prosthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Sascha Schneider, Peter Fornoff
  • Publication number: 20200179082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the design and manufacture of a dental component with a surface, wherein a 3D model of the dental component is designed by means of a CAD unit and the dental component is manufactured by a CAM unit on the basis of the 3D model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Hans-Christian SCHNEIDER, Oliver NOWARRA, Daniel WEIß, Peter FORNOFF
  • Publication number: 20200046465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for contructing at least one dental prosthetic part (20) or a bracket, with at least one adhesive surface (2), in which a 3D model (1) is made of the dental prosthetic part (20). Recesses (3,9,12,15,29,31) are constructed on the adhesive surface (2) of the 3D model (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver NOWARRA, Joachim PFEIFFER, Peter FORNOFF
  • Patent number: 10391412
    Abstract: An amusement ride includes a robot assembly having at least one multi-link robot arm with a base and a passenger holder for transporting at least one person. A controller for controlling the robot assembly includes a storage device for storing a limit of a working space arrangement having at least one work space, a distance device for determining a distance of the passenger holder from the working space arrangement, and a safety device for determining maximum permissible motion components in at least two spatial directions depending on the determined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Fornoff, Axel Tillmann
  • Publication number: 20190111350
    Abstract: An amusement ride includes a robot assembly having at least one multi-link robot arm with a base and a passenger holder for transporting at least one person. A controller for controlling the robot assembly includes a storage device for storing a limit of a working space arrangement having at least one work space, a distance device for determining a distance of the passenger holder from the working space arrangement, and a safety device for determining maximum permissible motion components in at least two spatial directions depending on the determined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Fornoff, Axel Tillmann
  • Patent number: 10101088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sintering furnace for components consisting of sintering material, especially dental components and in particular components consisting of ceramic, and a method for sintering such components. The sintering furnace 1 comprises a heatable furnace chamber 2 for the component 9 to be sintered, the furnace chamber 2 having a wall section 6 to be opened for inserting the component 9 to be sintered into the furnace chamber 2. Drive means 10 are provided for mechanized opening and closing of the wall section 6, and a control 11 is provided for the drive means 10 that has an actuation element 12 for the drive means 10. Furthermore, a heating device 5 for the furnace chamber 2 is provided, and the control 11 causes the furnace chamber 2 to be heated. Actuating the control element 12 triggers the loading sequence of the control 11, and the drive means 10 are automatically actuated by the control 11 corresponding to the loading sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Sirona Dental Systems GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schmidt, David Figge, Siegfried Gleditzsch, Peter Fornoff
  • Patent number: 10070943
    Abstract: A carrier for at least one fastening element (4) to be fabricated having an attachment area whereby the carrier is provided with a holding piece (3) for attachment in a receiving part of a finishing machine and whereby the carrier includes a carrier piece (2) for the fastening element (4) and the carrier piece (2) is embedded at least partially in the carrier piece (2) in a manner so that the attachment area (4b) of the fastening element (4) can be fabricated. A method for producing a fastening element (4) to be finished and to be attached to an individual surface whereby the contour of the attachment area is defined with the aid of data of the surface onto which the fastening element (4) is to be attached and whereby a pre-shaped, not yet individualized fastening element (4) is formed by removal of material to produce the specific contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventor: Peter Fornoff