Patents Examined by Ryan C Rufo
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Patent number: 11097392Abstract: A spindle device includes a cover member. The cover member has, formed therein, a gas flow path configured to flow a compressed gas for providing sealing between a chuck portion as a rotating member and the cover member and sealing between the chuck portion and the spindle housing. The gas flow path includes a first conduit configured to communicate the outside of the cover member and a second conduit configured to allow the first conduit to communicate with a gap between the chuck portion and the spindle housing, the second conduit being larger than the outlet of the first conduit. The outlet of the second conduit faces a surface of the spindle housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro Murota
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Patent number: 11059140Abstract: A flexible debris shield for handheld power drills for collecting debris generated while cutting or drilling holes in a work surface. The debris shield is made from a transparent flexible material in a way that it allows the debris receptacle to fold and envelop an uneven surface or in cases where the intended workspace area's width is narrower than the diameter of the shield.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Spider Security ProductsInventor: Bryan Buenaventura
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Patent number: 11052467Abstract: Provided is a mobile machining system for a turning machining of inner surfaces of hollow-cylindrical components, in particular for machining valve seats. The machining system includes a second drive train and the third drive train in each case which preferably have a gear mechanism, in particular a planetary gear mechanism, which is arranged between the respective motor and the associated gearwheel which projects outward from the rotational part. This leads to a simple, inexpensive and space-saving construction.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Inventors: Patrick Rynkowski, Stefan Sellmann, Roger Tobisch, Felix Vogt, Marat Visajtaev
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Patent number: 11045889Abstract: In order to form an internal thread having a concave surface having the same shape as that obtained by using a thread cutting blade having a convex surface without using such a thread cutting blade in formation of an internal thread hole in a mold component or the like using a thread milling cutter, a trimming blade has a leading-side flank surface extending from an axial tip side of a tool body to the rear side, a top surface formed continuously to the leading-side flank surface in the axial direction, and a trailing-side flank surface formed continuously to the top surface in the axial direction. Two or more chamfered surfaces are formed between the leading-side flank surface and the top surface and between the top surface and the trailing-side flank surface in the trimming blade.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MOLDING TOOL ENGINEERING, LTDInventors: Mitsuhiro Yokokawa, Yuuki Iharada
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Patent number: 11045885Abstract: A face milling tool includes a tool body having an axial front end surface with several seats. Each seat has support surfaces for rotationally locking and supporting a tangential cutting insert in the seat. One of the support surfaces is a flat axial support surface for supporting the tangential cutting insert in an axial direction defined by the central rotation axis. The flat axial support surface extends perpendicular to the central rotation axis and is situated axially foremost in the seat. A side wall of each seat is formed out of round side support surfaces. Each tangential cutting insert includes an axial back side with a flat axial contact surface abutting the flat axial support surface and a projecting member extending axially from the flat axial contact surface and having a circumferential side surface forming out of round side contact surfaces abutting the out of round side support surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventors: Damien Joly, Gilles Marie, Yannick Sarton, Philippe Andre, Vincent Lemoine, Marc Rue
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Patent number: 11045886Abstract: A cutting insert has an insert major body which includes two hexagonal faces facing each other and six side faces arranged around the two hexagonal faces, and is rotationally symmetrical at 120° intervals about an insert center line passing through centers of the two hexagonal faces and inversely symmetrical in front and back with respect to the two hexagonal faces, wherein a major cutting edge and an minor cutting edge are alternately formed in a circumferential direction in the single hexagonal face at twelve intersecting ridgeline portions at which the hexagonal faces and the side faces intersect, the major cutting edge is formed to be located at an intersecting ridgeline portion with one hexagonal face while the minor cutting edge is formed to be located at an intersecting ridgeline portion with the other hexagonal face at a single side face.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Hagiwara, Shigeru Ishimori, Kiichi Yamazaki, Jun Kitajima
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Patent number: 11040401Abstract: A throwaway insert includes a base and a cutting edge member. The cutting edge member includes: a rake face; a flank face extending to cross the rake face; a first connecting face connecting the flank face to a side surface of the base and extending to cross the rake face; and a first ridgeline formed by the rake face and the flank face and serving as a cutting edge. When viewed in a plan view from the upper surface of the base, the flank face and the first connecting face are located external to the base. A second ridgeline formed by the rake face and the first connecting face crosses the first ridgeline at an obtuse angle.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd.Inventor: Kazuo Maeda
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Patent number: 11027341Abstract: An end mill having a plurality of cutting edges on a surface of a rod-shaped main body is rotated about its longitudinal axis and is moved relative to a workpiece in a feed direction tangential and orthogonal to the longitudinal axis along the workpiece. The end mill is also moved relative to the workpiece in a reciprocal manner in the axial direction while it is moved in the feed direction. In this way, a plurality of dimples are formed by the end mill on the workpiece, such that the dimples are relatively spaced apart from each other on the workpiece. The plurality of dimples are arranged side by side in the feed direction along a line inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the feed direction so as to be offset while partially overlapping with respect to each other in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: KANEFUSA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Satoru Nishio
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Patent number: 11014175Abstract: In an end view, a cutting insert 10 comprises a first connecting part 30A which is inclined such that the first connecting part 30A travels in a first direction as it heads away from a second peripheral side surface part 18 and approaches a fourth peripheral side surface part 22, and also comprises a second connecting part 30B which is connected to a center point serving as an end of the first connecting part 30A and which is inclined such that the second connecting part 30B travels in a third direction as it heads away from the second peripheral side surface part 18 and approaches the fourth peripheral side surface part 22.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiro Aso
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Patent number: 11014173Abstract: The rotatable cutting tool includes a cutting portion extending from the front end and a mounting portion extending from the rear end. The cutting portion includes a front end face surface and a peripheral surface extending from the front end face surface towards the mounting portion. The peripheral surface includes first helical flutes extending from the front end to a first helical flute rear end and second helical flutes extending from a second helical flute front end to a second helical flute rear end. The first helical flutes are helically aligned about the longitudinal axis and form a first helix angle. The second helical flutes are helically aligned about the longitudinal axis and form a second helix angle. The first helix angle decreases in absolute value away from the front end and/or that the second helix angle increases in absolute value away from the front end.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SECO TOOLS ABInventors: Jeroen Huijs, Hans Hermans
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Patent number: 11007585Abstract: A single-sided three-way indexable milling insert for 90° shoulder milling operations, includes a positive basic shape, a rake surface, a peripheral surface including side abutment surfaces, a base bearing surface and a screw hole connecting the rake and base bearing surfaces. The insert has three main cutting edges which lie along an imaginary equilateral triangle. A material volume VF of the cutting insert and a void volume VS of the insert's screw hole fulfill the condition VS/VF?0.30.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.Inventors: Gil Hecht, Assaf Ballas
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Patent number: 10994346Abstract: An indexable drilling tool includes a cutting insert and a body. The body has a cylindrical shape. The body has a chip discharge groove and a tip seat. The chip discharge groove is in an outer circumference of the body. The tip seat is at a distal end of the body. The tip seat where the cutting insert is placeable wherein. Among wall surfaces constituting the chip discharge groove, a wall surface facing in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the body. The wall surface has a bulging portion at a distal end thereof. The bulging portion protrudes so as to cover a part of a top surface of the cutting insert. A maximum gap between the bulging portion and the top surface of the cutting insert is smaller than a height of a wall constituting the tip seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventor: Yusuke Shiota
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Patent number: 10994342Abstract: A cutting insert is provided, which can be prevented from being lifted from a tool body. A cutting insert includes two end surfaces opposed to each other, a peripheral side surface extending between the two end surfaces, a cutting edge provided at an intersecting edge between at least one of the two end surfaces and the peripheral side surface, and a fixing hole provided in an end surface direction from the first end surface to the second end surface. The peripheral side surface is provided with raised parts changing in height in the end surface direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventors: Takehiro Ida, Ryuichi Saji
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Patent number: 10974327Abstract: Drilling tools and/or drill bits having notches with buttressed regions and/or notches therewithin to improve notch strength. In some embodiments, the drill/drill bit may comprise a shank comprising a cutting face, the cutting face terminating in a cutting edge. A notch may be formed along the cutting edge, which may be configured to separate chips formed by the drilling tool during operation. A buttressed region may be formed within the notch and may terminate along the cutting edge. The buttressed region may expand a size of the notch in one or more dimensions.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Facet Precision Tool GmbHInventors: Jeremy W. Bunting, John A. Bunting
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Patent number: 10974361Abstract: A machine tool includes a mounting table, a tool, a shade detector, and a tool controller. A workpiece is placed on the mounting table. The tool includes a tip. The shade detector is fixed on the mounting table, provides an optical path of a laser light, and detects a shade state of the laser light. The tool controller is connected to the mounting table via a supporting structure and controls an orientation and a position of the tool. A reference point associated with the tool is provided to the tool controller. The tool controller corrects a position of the tip based on a difference between a position obtained by calculation of the reference point in the case where the tip is matched with a measurement position P of a laser light and a position of the reference point when the tip portion is actually matched with a measurement position while keeping the orientation of a tool.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Ishii, Atsushi Tada
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Patent number: 10953471Abstract: An external turning tool includes an elongated tool body with opposite clamping and cutting portions which define an axial direction therebetween. The cutting portion includes a damping mechanism with an elongated damping member which defines an elongation axis. The elongation axis forms a non-zero damping member angle with the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.Inventors: Meir Herman, Jony Saffouri, Meir Bar Hen
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Patent number: 10941527Abstract: A portable rail weld milling machine apparatus comprises a metal frame that incorporates a motor with a rotary carbide tool that is able to lock to a rail or rails for stability. The apparatus houses the required guides and motors to maneuver the tool on a plurality of axes with computer numerical control (“CNC”). The CNC programming is able to control the carbide tool such that the welded rail can be milled to proper profile on the entire running surface, including the top, the field side, and the gauge side of the ball of the rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Holland, L.P.Inventors: Kristopher Koski, Kelly Steck
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Patent number: 10919095Abstract: A cutting insert may include a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a cutting edge. The first surface may include a first side part, a second side part, and a third side part. The cutting edge may be located at an intersection of the first surface and the third surface. The cutting edge may include a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge, and a third cutting edge. The third cutting edge may be located between the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge and have a convex curvilinear shape. The first cutting edge may be located asymmetrically relative to a bisector of an angle formed by the first side part and the second side part. The first surface may include a first inclined surface located along the first cutting edge and inclined toward the second surface at a first inclination angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Kohei Sakai
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Patent number: 10888935Abstract: A key duplicating machine is used for duplicating notches of an original key to a key blank. The key duplicating machine includes a base assembly, a first sliding table, a first driving mechanism, a first clamp, a second clamp and a cutting module. The first sliding table is slidably mounted on the base assembly. The first driving mechanism controls a position of the first sliding table. The two clamps are fixed on the base assembly. The original key and key blank are fixed on the two clamps respectively. The cutting module is pivotally mounted on the first sliding table, and has a guiding element, a cutting element and a motor. Gravity makes the cutting module rotate, and makes the guiding element and the cutting element press against the keys. The duplicating can be carried out with one hand, which is easier to use and more precise.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Inventor: Kuo-Shen Wu
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Patent number: 10882121Abstract: A drill according to a non-limiting aspect may have a body, a cutting edge, a rake face, and a groove. The cutting edge may have a curved chisel edge, a pair of first cutting edges, and a pair of second cutting edges. The second cutting edge may have a first portion extending from the chisel edge and a second portion extending from the first portion toward the first cutting edge. The rake face may have a first region extending from the first portion and a second region extending from the second portion. A first rake angle of the first region may be zero or a negative value. A second rake angle of the second region may be a negative value. An absolute value of the second rake angle may be greater than an absolute value of the first rake angle.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Hironori Nishikoori