B23Q 17/2241
Detection of contact between tool and workpiece
Official title: {Detection of contact between tool and workpiece}
B23Q17/2241 (Detection of contact between tool and workpiece) appears on 65 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23Q- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 59
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- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for controlling and/or monitoring a workpiece machining process2 Jun 2026US 12,643,197 B2Pro-Micron GmbH
- Machine tool, machining path generation method, and recording medium21 Apr 2026US 12,605,798 B1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Measuring device and program3 Mar 2026US 12,564,913 B2Fanuc Corporation
- Control device, industrial machine, and control method5 Aug 2025US 12,377,507 B2Komatsu Ltd.
- Touching detection device20 May 2025US 12,304,022 B2Dmg Mori Co., Ltd.
- Material removal device comprising an impedance detection system for detecting the tool coming into contact with a metal reinforcement contained in the object being worked on16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202221 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Automated machining tool for removing material from a surface of a wind turbine blade, and method of performing a machining operation on a wind turbine blade9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192415 A1Vestas Wind Systems A/S
- System for detecting surface of a coated conductive substrate1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002768 A1Rtx Corporation
- Device and method for processing artificial tooth22 May 2025US 2025/0161007 A1Huvitz Co., Ltd.
- System and a method for determining contact between a cutting tool and an electrically conductive workpiece5 Dec 2024US 2024/0399525 A1Seco Tools AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tool tip conductivity contact sensor and method95US 6,481,939 B12002
- Method of determining current position data of a machining tool and apparatus therefor60US 6,953,383 B2Sirona Dental Systems GmbH · 2005
- Method for machining multiple cuts in a workpiece to a uniform depth59US 4,954,022 AUnderwood Mold Co., Inc. · 1990
- Method of and apparatus for measuring distances in numerically controlled machine tools40US 4,451,892 A1984
- Machine tool with bore diameter measuring apparatus and tool position compensating apparatus37US 4,400,118 AToyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1983