IP Library Granted Patent US 8,043,034
Granted Patent B2
US 8,043,034 · App. 11/916,393 · Granted Oct 25, 2011

Device for the manufacture of drilled holes, cut-outs, plane surfaces, or similar

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Patent No.
US 8,043,034
App. No.
11/916,393
Granted
Oct 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for the manufacture of drilled holes, cut-outs, plane surfaces or the like, includes an attachment structure, which is designed for the attachment of the device to at least one component to be machined, a feed device, which is designed to track a drill of a drilling machine, and a control device for controlling the feed device and a drilling machine. In one example, the feed device includes a support for the drilling machine, which is arranged substantially in the center of a crossbeam.

Claims (20)

1. A hand-held unit for the manufacture of drilled holes, cut-outs, plane surfaces, or the like in at least one component to be machined by a drilling machine, the unit comprising:

a feed device designed for tracking of a drill of the drilling machine comprising:

a support for the drilling machine arranged substantially in the center of a crossbeam having two opposite ends; and

two suction cups, a first of the two suction cups being pivotably arranged by a first attachment element disposed at a first of the two opposite ends of the crossbeam, and a second of the two suction cups being pivotably arranged on a second attachment element disposed at a second of the two opposite ends of the crossbeam, the suction cups being designed for attachment of the hand-held unit to the at least one component to be machined; and

a control device coupled to the feed device such that the feed device and the drilling machine are controlled by the control device;

wherein each of the suction cups are coupled to a vacuum port by vacuum lines which run through the crossbeam in an integrated manner, and the two suction cups are joined adjustably to the crossbeam such that the two suction cups are capable of securing the hand-held unit onto planar, concave and convex surfaces of the at least one component to be machined by pivotable adjustment of the first attachment element disposed at the first of the two opposite ends and the second attachment element disposed at the second of the the two opposite ends of the crossbeam of the feed device.

2. The hand-held unit of claim 1 wherein the suction cups comprise seating faces.

3. The hand-held unit of claim 1 further comprising:

a suction device, which is designed for the extraction by suction of a drilling swarf.

4. The hand-held unit of claim 3 ,

wherein the suction device is integrated into a pressure stamp sleeve.

5. The hand-held unit of claim 1 further comprising:

a lubrication device for the lubrication of the drill.

6. The hand-held unit of claim 5 ,

wherein the lubrication device is integrated into a pressure stamp sleeve.

7. The hand-held unit of claim 5 , wherein the lubrication device is coupled to the control device such that the lubrication device releases lubricant at the start of a drilling process.

8. The hand-held unit of claim 1 , wherein the hand-held unit has a weight of less than 1,000 g.

9. The hand-held unit of claim 8 , wherein the hand-held unit is a maximum of 50 cm in length.

10. The hand-held unit of claim 1 , further comprising a drilling machine detachably accommodated in the support.

11. The hand-held unit of claim 1 , wherein the hand held unit has a weight of less than 750 g.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026360/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2008
From: URBAN, MARKUS; EBRAHIMI, HAMID; SCHUELER, HARALD
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 020784/0954 →