Patents by Inventor Thomas Kuttler

Thomas Kuttler 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 grinding spring ends and spring end grinding machine
    Patent number: 9283654
    Abstract: A method of grinding spring ends of helical compression springs is carried out using a numerically controlled spring end grinding machine having a grinding unit, a loading unit and a control unit that controls the loading unit and the grinding unit. The grinding unit has a pair of grinding wheels including two rotatable grinding wheels between which is formed a grinding space. The loading unit has at least one loading plate substantially rotatable axially parallel to the grinding wheels and has a plurality of out-of-axis spring receptacles, each to receive a helical compression spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: WAFIOS AG
    Inventors: Uwe-Peter Weigmann, Egon Reich, Thomas Kuttler
  • METHOD OF GRINDING SPRING ENDS AND SPRING END GRINDING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20150017881
    Abstract: A method of grinding spring ends of helical compression springs is carried out using a numerically controlled spring end grinding machine having a grinding unit, a loading unit and a control unit that controls the loading unit and the grinding unit. The grinding unit has a pair of grinding wheels including two rotatable grinding wheels between which is formed a grinding space. The loading unit has at least one loading plate substantially rotatable axially parallel to the grinding wheels and has a plurality of out-of-axis spring receptacles, each to receive a helical compression spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Uwe-Peter Weigmann, Egon Reich, Thomas Kuttler