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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2007
Stefan Okrongli, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert J. Gorgol, Jr., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Aleksandr Shkiler, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Gerald Traicoff, Carmel, IN (US);
Kishore Lankalapalli, Westfield, IN (US);
Stefan Okrongli, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robert J. Gorgol, Jr., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Aleksandr Shkiler, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Gerald Traicoff, Carmel, IN (US);
Kishore Lankalapalli, Westfield, IN (US);
Hurco Companies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for tool use management wherein a CNC machine retains information identifying the tools associated with the machine as well as their current locations (if any), and executes an algorithm for determining the source tools needed by a part program and matching the source tools with the available tools.