Opposed Patents (Class 451/132)
  • Patent number: 8523634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the grinding of a profile (1) of a workpiece (2) with a gear or profile grinding machine (3), wherein the profile (1) which has to be ground is successively at first ground during a roughing operation with a roughing grinding tool (4) and is afterwards ground during a finishing operation with a finishing grinding tool (5), wherein a stock of the profile (1) which has to be removed is ground by the roughing and the finishing operation, wherein the roughing grinding tool (4) and the finishing grinding tool (5) are arranged coaxially on a common tool spindle (6) or on two separate tool spindles and wherein a translational movement is created between the grinding tools (4, 5) and the workpiece (2) in a direction of a first axis (x) for carrying out a grinding stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignees: Kapp GmbH, Niles Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Woelfel
  • Publication number: 20100003903
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns a device for machining surfaces, e.g., superfinishing, polishing, grinding or lapping spherical shells or flattened domes of a workpiece, or, for example, a ball joint, using a tool having a machining stone with a workpiece receiver, a first drive for an oscillating motion about a first axis of the workpiece, a tool holder and a second drive for an oscillating motion about a second axis of the tool holder, whereby the axes are an angle to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Simon Wolber, Oliver Hildebrandt, Herbert Jehle, Thomas Harter, Daniel Welle, Alfons Haas
  • Patent number: 7270592
    Abstract: The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. The tools are located in spindles that are moved in the x-axis. A work piece or blank is manipulated in the y-axis and the z-axis. The tools are offset in the x-axis. Lights on a work space door are used to signal the condition of the mill machine and the milling operation. A tool changer allows the tools to be changed to accommodate other materials. A camera or other sensor is used to detect the location and wear on the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: D4D Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rod Duncan, Joel Witt, Mark Quadling, Henley Quadling, Branko Bern
  • Patent number: 7226338
    Abstract: The improved milling machine makes use of individually controlled x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis carriages. These carriages provide positive and precise control of the position of the cutting tools and the blank to be cut. A tool changer allows the tools to be changed to accommodate other materials. A camera is used to detect wear on the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: D4D Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rod Duncan, Joel Witt, Mark Quadling, Henley Quadling, Jeffrey Prince, Branko Bem, Rui Xu, Kirk Ray, Basil Haymann, Anthony Starfield
  • Patent number: 7147547
    Abstract: A method and a device for grinding a machine part that has two shaft elements, a machine part axis and a large diameter central element having a side surface which is embodied in the form of a flat truncated cone. The machine part is clamped between centers and is movable in a direction of the machine part axis. The side surface is ground by a cylindrical outer contour of a first grinding wheel such that the cutting speed is constant across the entire axial dimension of the first grinding wheel which is mounted on a grinding spindle along with a second, narrower grinding. The second grinding wheel is positioned to grind the shaft element by swiveling the spindle using two pivots that are located perpendicular to each other and by displacing the grinding spindle perpendicular to the machine part axis with the machine part remaining in the same clamped position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Erwin Junker Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventor: Erwin Junker
  • Patent number: 5369915
    Abstract: An apparatus is presented to automatically handle operations related to grinding simultaneously the two end faces of a core of an armature. The apparatus consists of four main sections: a charging section to charge a core at a time to a transport section; a transport section to transport the core to the grinding section, a grinding section disposed at the lowest region of the transport section to grind the two end faces simultaneously; and a discharging section to discharge the ground core for further processing. The cores are individually housed in the retaining grooves of the transport section with the core axis lying horizontally. The grinding wheels of the grinding section straddles the core, thus enabling the two end faces to be ground at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsuba Electric Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Kanji Kanai
  • Patent number: 5367833
    Abstract: An abrasive flow machining and polishing apparatus is provided having a hydraulically actuated reciprocating piston (42) and a extrusion medium chamber (10) adapted to receive and extrude a visco-elastic dispersion of an abrasive unidirectionally across the internal surfaces of a workpiece (40) having internal passages (41) formed therein to perform abrasive work on said surfaces. A fixture (24) directs flow of the viscoelastic abrasive dispersion from said hydraulic extrusion medium chamber (10) into the inlet of internal passages (41) in a workpiece (40), while a collector (30) is set to gravitrimetrically collect flow of the viscoelastic abrasive dispersion as it extrudes from an outlet of the internal passages and drops into the collector. The extrusion medium chamber (10) is provided with an access port (16) to periodically receive gravimetric return flow of the viscoelastic abrasive dispersion from the collector (30) into extrusion medium chamber (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1994
    Assignee: Extrude Hone Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Rhoades, Thomas A. Kohut, Nicholas P. Nokovich, Danny W. Yanda