Patents by Inventor Wayne Reilly

Wayne Reilly 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).

  • Cut optimization system and method
    Patent number: 8954185
    Abstract: A cut optimization system controls chatter in a machine tool during a cutting operation. A microphone is configured to capture acoustic noise emitted by the machine tool during the cutting operation and to generate an AC signal corresponding to the captured acoustic noise. A filter is configured to attenuate frequencies of the AC signal outside of a frequency band and a rectifier is configured to rectify the filtered AC signal into a DC component. A controller is configured to compare the DC component with a threshold value and, if the DC component is greater than the threshold, cyclically vary the rotational speed of a spindle in the machine tool from a commanded speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Haas Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Lammering, Robert Weston, Kurt P. Zierhut, Wayne Reilly
  • CUT OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20090248194
    Abstract: A cut optimization system controls chatter in a machine tool during a cutting operation. A microphone is configured to capture acoustic noise emitted by the machine tool during the cutting operation and to generate an AC signal corresponding to the captured acoustic noise. A filter is configured to attenuate frequencies of the AC signal outside of a frequency band and a rectifier is configured to rectify the filtered AC signal into a DC component. A controller is configured to compare the DC component with a threshold value and, if the DC component is greater than the threshold, cyclically vary the rotational speed of a spindle in the machine tool from a commanded speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: HAAS AUTOMATION, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Lammering, Robert Weston, Kurt P. Zierhut, Wayne Reilly