Patents by Inventor Thomas Troup

Thomas Troup 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 for machine measurement
    Patent number: 8659763
    Abstract: A method for machine measurement for an NC processing machine is provided. The processing machine has a machine head, for example, a fork head and an associated mechanical and electrical spindle changing interface for holding a motor spindle. A laser interferometer with a beam generator and a beam detector is also provided and at least one measurement optic which interacts with the laser interferometer, for example, in the form of a reflector, and laser interference measurements, which are directed at a measurement optic, in particular distance measurements, carried out for machine measurement. The laser interferometer has an interface which corresponds to the spindle changing interface, and the laser interferometer is substituted for the motor spindle via the spindle changing interface for machine measurement, and is aligned by means of the machine axes for the laser interference measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Dorries Scharmann Technologie GmbH
    Inventors: Lüder Kahle, Reinhold Loose, Hermann J. Mirbach, Thomas Troup
  • METHOD FOR MACHINE MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20110292404
    Abstract: A method for machine measurement for an NC processing machine is provided. The processing machine has a machine head, for example, a fork head and an associated mechanical and electrical spindle changing interface for holding a motor spindle. A laser interferometer with a beam generator and a beam detector is also provided and at least one measurement optic which interacts with the laser interferometer, for example, in the form of a reflector, and laser interference measurements, which are directed at a measurement optic, in particular distance measurements, carried out for machine measurement. The laser interferometer has an interface which corresponds to the spindle changing interface, and the laser interferometer is substituted for the motor spindle via the spindle changing interface for machine measurement, and is aligned by means of the machine axes for the laser interference measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Dörries Scharmann Technologie GmbH
    Inventors: Lüder Kahle, Reinhold Loose, Hermann J. Mirbach, Thomas Troup