Abstract: The thread generating tool for producing a thread in a workpiece has the following features: a) the tool is rotatable about a tool axis (A), b) the tool has a number n?1 of groove generating regions for generating in each case one groove in the workpiece and a number m?1 of thread generating regions for generating the thread in the workpiece, c) each of the m thread generating regions is arranged behind one of the n groove generating regions as viewed in an axial projection parallel to the tool axis (A), and has a smaller extent than said groove generating region as viewed in cross section in the axial projection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 14, 2011
Date of Patent:
April 25, 2017
Assignees:
EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FUER PRAEZISIONSWERKAEUGE, AUDI AG
Inventors:
Helmut Glimpel, Dietmar Hechtle, Peter Kopton