# US 10,245,690 B2 · Device for holding the control console of a machine tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,690 B2 - Document ID: US10245690B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/021,840 - Filed: 2014-09-11 - Published: 2016-08-04 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-13 - Assignees: Dmg Mori Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Dmg Mori Aktiengesellschaft; Dmg Mori Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Reinhold Seitz; Alexander Strebelow - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245690B2 ## CPC - B23Q 1/0045: {Control panels or boxes} - F16F 7/00: Vibration-dampers; Shock-absorbers (using fluid F16F5/00, F16F9/00; specific for rotary systems F16F15/10 {; belt tensioners F16H7/12}) - F16M 11/10: around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/2014: {around a vertical axis (F16M11/2035 takes precedence)} - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - G06F 1/181: {Enclosures (for portable computers G06F1/1613)} - F16M 2200/06: Arms - B23Q: DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT - F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An apparatus for use with a machine tool, including an operating panel via which the machine tool can be controlled by an user and a supporting arm holding the operating panel, which can be mounted on the machine tool by means of a hinge in such a way that the supporting arm holding the operating panel can be pivoted relatively to the machine tool about a vertical axis of the hinge, wherein the apparatus is provided with at least one damping element and/or which dampens an impact of the apparatus which occurs, because of a collision between the apparatus and the machine tool, when the supporting arm is pivoted with respect to the machine tool about a vertical axis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Apparatus for use with a machine tool, comprising: an operating panel via which the machine tool can be controlled by a user, and a supporting arm supporting the operating panel and the supporting arm being mounted on the machine tool by means of a hinge in such a way that the supporting arm holding the operating panel can be pivoted relatively to the machine tool about a vertical axis of the hinge, wherein the operating panel comprises a hinge element, which is held by the supporting arm, on which a display unit and an input unit of the operating panel are held, wherein the hinge element extends along a horizontal axis and the display unit and/or the input unit can be pivoted about the horizontal axis, and a first end portion of the hinge element is mounted on a connecting element which is provided at an end of the supporting arm, two damping elements, which are arranged on opposite sides at the operating panel in such a way that the horizontal axis extends through both damping elements, wherein each of the damping elements is adapted to dampen an impact to the apparatus that occurs, because of the collision between the apparatus and the machine tool, when the supporting arm is pivoted with respect to the machine tool about a vertical axis, a first damping element of the two damping elements is mounted on the connecting element and extends beyond the display unit and/or the input unit away from the operating panel in the direction of the horizontal axis, and a second damping element of the two damping elements is arranged at a second end portion of the hinge element opposite to the first end portion and extends beyond the display unit and/or the input unit away from the operating panel, at the side opposite to the first damping element, in the direction of the horizontal axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the supporting arm comprises an L-shape, wherein a horizontal arm portion of the supporting arm can be mounted on the machine tool by means of the hinge and the connecting element is mounted on an upwardly extending arm portion of the supporting arm, wherein the connecting element can be pivoted relatively to the upwardly extending arm portion about a second vertical axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the damping elements comprise a plastic material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the damping elements comprise an elastic plastic material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the damping elements are detachably mounted on the apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A numerically controlled machine tool, comprising: an apparatus according to claim 1 and a hinge, wherein the supporting arm holds the operating panel and is mounted on the machine tool in such a way that the supporting arm holding the operating panel can be pivoted relatively to the machine tool about the vertical axis of the hinge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first damping element is removably threaded on a thread on the connecting element, and the second damping element is removably threaded on a thread which is arranged at the second end portion of the hinge element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first damping element and the second damping element comprises an elastic foam. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first damping element and the second damping element comprises a spring device.