Kenneth J Susnjara

6350222, Feb 26, 2002

Jul 28, 1999

09/362113

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

B23Q 3157

483 1, 483 5, 483 9, 483 50, 483 51, 483 63, 700179

A tool changer for a machine tool having a toolhead assembly including a spindle with a device detachable securing a tool thereto, generally consisting of at least one device for holding a tool detachably securable to the spindle, pivotally connected to the assembly and angularly displaceable in a plane including the axis of the spindle between a retracted position and an extended position for transferring a tool between the tool holding device and the spindle; and a device for angularly displacing the tool holding device between such retracted and extended positions.

6390900, May 21, 2002

Aug 19, 1998

09/136761

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

B24B 700

451178, 451362, 451231, 451 44, 451541, 451547

A tool mountable on a high speed spindle of a CNC machine tool, operable to finish a side edge of a flat workpiece positioned directly on a support surface of the machine tool, generally consisting of a member having a shank portion removeably mountable on the spindle of the toolhead assembly of the machine, and a head section. The head section is provided with an annular side surface engageable with the side edge of a flat workpiece positioned directly on the support surface of the table of the machine. The annular surface also is provided with a profile corresponding to the profile of the side edge of the workpiece being finished, and abrasive particles bonded thereto.

6416450, Jul 9, 2002

Jul 28, 1999

09/362106

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

B23Q 3157

483 47, 483 38, 483 50, 483902, 2941101

A tool changer for a machine tool having a toolhead assembly including a spindle with device for detachable securing a tool thereto, generally consisting of at least one device for holding a tool detachably securable to the spindle, pivotally connected to the assembly and angularly displaceable in a plane including the axis of the spindle between a retracted position and an extended position for transferring a tool between the tool holding device and the spindle; and device for angularly displacing the tool holding device between such retracted and extended positions.

6419216, Jul 16, 2002

Jul 7, 2000

09/611884

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

B25B 1100

269 21, 269296

A working hold-down system for a worktable of a machine tool having a wall member for supporting the workpiece, defining a plenum connectable to a vacuum source; a surface portion cooperable with the workpiece and a seal, defining a zone; a passageway intercommunicating the plenum with the zone; and a valve disposed in the passageway. In operation, the vacuum source generates a vacuum in the plenum connected to the zone by the passageway to hold down the workpiece on the worktable. The system further includes a fixture connectable to the wall member via the vacuum source having a surface that is cooperable with workpiece and the seal defining the zone. For large, flat workpieces, a porous spoilboard replaces the supporting wall member to create a universal hold-down system.

6470942, Oct 29, 2002

Oct 12, 2000

09/686912

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

B30B 502

156381, 1565833, 100211, 269 21, 269 22

The present invention is designed to effectively band ornamental trims onto panel edges, such as those of furniture tops. The present invention utilizes pneumatic forces to hold the ornamental trims against the panel edges instead of traditional clamps, resulting in asserting a uniform pressure press-fitting the trims against the panel edges along a good length of the trims instead of merely along several points of the trims. furthermore, since the contacting surface of the present invention is made of a soft material, it would not leave any pressmarks or indentations on the trims as can left by a hardened clamp.

6480757, Nov 12, 2002

Feb 17, 2000

09/505728

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

G06F 1900

700159, 451 5, 451 8, 451 9, 451 10, 451 11, 702 94, 702 95, 702158, 409144, 409218, 409220

This invention converts a toolhead of a computer numerical controlled machine into a locating fence by installing a fence guard on the toolhead. Since there is an indexing program in a computer numerical controlled machine to monitor a real time location of a spindle relative to a worktable, the true location of the locating fence can be easily obtained by adding an offset value indicative of the characteristic of the fence guard to numerical data indicative of the real time location of the spindle.

6484783, Nov 26, 2002

May 23, 2000

09/576745

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

B32B 3100

156580, 156382, 156581

The present invention is a workpiece holding device. The device should be shaped in a configuration tailored to the workpieces that are to be held together or dispersed. The device should have a flow channel that would transmit hydraulic force being applied to the device so as to either retain or disperse workpieces adjacent to the device.

6502002, Dec 31, 2002

May 13, 1998

09/078899

Kenneth J. Susnjara - Birdseye IN
Michael P. Hardesty - Dale IN

Thermwood Corporation - Dale IN

G06F 1900

700 95, 700114, 700 17, 700193

The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method using a multi-purpose flexible CNC machine that is able to perform a variety of machining operations on all parts of a product. Specific operations include carving, boring, cutting, grooving, molding, shaping, routing, mortising, edge working, sawing, planing, squaring, sanding, drilling and dovetailing. The CNC control integrates machining instructions, operator instructions and sequence of operations into a coherent package.