Patents by Inventor Rachid GUIASSA

Rachid GUIASSA 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).

  • Method of determining a radius of a cutting end of a tool for a turning machine
    Patent number: 9618927
    Abstract: A method of determining a radius of a cutting end of a tool for a turning machine using a touch probe is provided. One of the cutting end and the touch probe is movable relative to a reference frame having a first axis and a second axis and having a reference point trackable in the reference frame. The method comprises establishing a first contact point and recording a first coordinate of the reference point on the first axis; establishing a second contact point and recording a second coordinate of the reference point on the second axis; establishing a third contact point and recording a third coordinate of the reference point on the first axis and a fourth coordinate of the reference point on the second axis upon contact; and determining a radius of the cutting end based on the first, second, third and fourth coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Lafleche Gagnon, Rachid Guiassa, Philippe St-Jacques
  • METHOD OF DETERMINING A RADIUS OF A CUTTING END OF A TOOL FOR A TURNING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150292854
    Abstract: A method of determining a radius of a cutting end of a tool for a turning machine using a touch probe is provided. One of the cutting end and the touch probe is movable relative to a reference frame having a first axis and a second axis and having a reference point trackable in the reference frame. The method comprises establishing a first contact point and recording a first coordinate of the reference point on the first axis; establishing a second contact point and recording a second coordinate of the reference point on the second axis; establishing a third contact point and recording a third coordinate of the reference point on the first axis and a fourth coordinate of the reference point on the second axis upon contact; and determining a radius of the cutting end based on the first, second, third and fourth coordinates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Lafleche GAGNON, Rachid GUIASSA, Philippe ST-JACQUES