Patents by Inventor Robert WÜRFEL

Robert WÜRFEL 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).

  • Patent number: 11980957
    Abstract: The present invention shows an apparatus for a chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece comprising a workpiece spindle having a workpiece holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding the workpiece, a tool spindle having a tool holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding a finger mill, wherein the tool spindle is travelable relative to the workpiece holder via at least one linear axis of the apparatus, and a control having a machining function that rotates the workpiece held in the workpiece holder by controlling the workpiece spindle for the chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece while a finger mill held in the tool holder engages at the edge to be machined. It is characterized in that the machining function varies the rotational speed of the workpiece during the chamfer machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Weixler, Robert Würfel, Alexander Hunt, Johannes van Hauth
  • Patent number: 11059116
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for gear skiving a workpiece, wherein: in a first step, the geometry of a tool, in particular of a skiving wheel, is measured for the machining of the workpiece in a state clamped in an apparatus for gear skiving machining; and in a subsequent further step, machining kinematics are determined for the gear skiving in dependence on the measured geometry of the tool characterized in that the absolute location of a cutting edge of the tool in the apparatus is determined in the first step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Robert Würfel
  • Publication number: 20190314911
    Abstract: The present invention shows an apparatus for a chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece comprising a workpiece spindle having a workpiece holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding the workpiece, a tool spindle having a tool holder rotatably supported about an axis of rotation for holding a finger mill, wherein the tool spindle is travelable relative to the workpiece holder via at least one linear axis of the apparatus, and a control having a machining function that rotates the workpiece held in the workpiece holder by controlling the workpiece spindle for the chamfer machining of a toothed workpiece while a finger mill held in the tool holder engages at the edge to be machined. It is characterized in that the machining function varies the rotational speed of the workpiece during the chamfer machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Johannes WEIXLER, Robert WÜRFEL, Alexander HUNT, Johannes van HAUTH
  • Publication number: 20190076944
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for gear skiving a workpiece, wherein: in a first step, the geometry of a tool, in particular of a skiving wheel, is measured for the machining of the workpiece in a state clamped in an apparatus for gear skiving machining; and in a subsequent further step, machining kinematics are determined for the gear skiving in dependence on the measured geometry of the tool characterized in that the absolute location of a cutting edge of the tool in the apparatus is determined in the first step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Robert WÜRFEL