Special adaptations of machines or devices for grinding controlled by patterns, drawings
Official title: Special adaptations of machines or devices for grinding controlled by patterns, drawings, magnetic tapes or the like (machines or devices so-controlled for grinding the edges of lenses B24B9/14; for grinding or polishing optical lens surfaces B24B13/06; for grinding non-circular cross-sections B24B19/08; for grinding trochoidal surfaces B24B19/09; for grinding cams B24B19/12; for grinding turbine blades or the like B24B19/14; such control means per se B23Q33/00, B23Q35/00, G05); Accessories therefor
B24B17/00 (Special adaptations of machines or devices for grinding controlled by patterns, drawings) appears on 148 US grants and 36 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Recent patents
- Digital projector, machine tool, and projected image display method24 Mar 2026US 12,585,174 B2Amada Company, Limited
- Surface height measurement method using dummy disk25 Mar 2025US 12,257,666 B2Ebara Corporation
- System and method for correcting machining error during a precision jig grinding process5 Sep 2023US 11,745,305 B2Moore Nanotechnology Systems, LLC
- Curved plate machining apparatus, and method of manufacturing curved plate with machined outer circumference17 Aug 2021US 11,090,767 B2AGC Inc.
- Improvements to machining process control24 Dec 2019US 10,513,002 B2Fives Landis Limited
- Digital projector, machine tool, and projected image display method9 May 2024US 2024/0152038 A1Amada Company, Limited
- Surface height measurement method using dummy disk28 Dec 2023US 2023/0415299 A1Ebara Corporation
- System and method for correcting machining error during a precision jig grinding process7 Jan 2021US 2021/0001446 A1Moore Nanotechnology Systems, LLC
- Dummy disk, dressing disk, and surface height measurement method using dummy disk6 Aug 2020US 2020/0246936 A1Ebara Corporation
- Curved plate machining apparatus, and method of manufacturing curved plate with machined outer circumference5 Sep 2019US 2019/0270166 A1AGC Inc.
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- Precision polishing system54US 5,741,171 ASagitta Engineering Solutions Ltd. · 1998
- Method to hone curved and shaped profiles and honing machine to carry out such method51US 5,613,894 ADelle Vedove Levigatrici SpA · 1997
- Method and apparatus for the custom shaping of dental inlays, onlays, crowns, bridges and parts thereof43US 4,766,704 A1988
- Abrasive device that maintains normal line of contact with curved abrasive surface and method of using same40US 5,895,311 AFuji Xerox Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Abrading machine35US 6,796,877 B1University College London · 2004