Patents Examined by SAra Addisu
  • Patent number: 11529691
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool includes a cutting head having a plurality of insert-receiving pockets for radially mounting a first type of cutting insert in a first cutting region and for tangentially mounting a second type of cutting insert in a second cutting region. The first cutting region has a first length, L1, and the second cutting region has a second length, L2, that is greater in magnitude than the first length, L1. The two types of cutting inserts provides a hybrid cutting insert design in which the first type of cutting inserts provide an increased chip gash volume for effective chip evacuation, and the second type of cutting inserts provide an increased core diameter to minimize deflection of the rotary cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Lance David Brunetto, Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Ronald Louis Dudzinsky
  • Patent number: 11517967
    Abstract: A whirling tool configured to machine a workpiece. The whirling tool includes a plurality of cutting inserts, a cutting insert carrier, and a coolant channel which is arranged in the cutting insert carrier. The cutting insert carrier includes a plurality of cutting insert receptacles for receiving and releasably fastening respectively one of the cutting inserts. The cutting insert receptacles are arranged distributed in the circumferential direction over the cutting insert carrier. The cutting insert carrier further includes a through-opening which extends along a central axis of the cutting insert carrier, and through which the workpiece can be passed during the machining. The cutting inserts protrude into the through-opening, and the coolant channel extends between an inlet opening and an outlet opening, wherein the outlet opening leads into the through-opening and/or is oriented towards the through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Kannwischer
  • Patent number: 11491550
    Abstract: A cutting insert 2 includes an upper surface 6, a lower surface 7 on a side opposite to the upper surface 6, and a peripheral side surface 8 connecting the upper surface 6 and the lower surface 7. A cutting edge 61 is formed in at least a part of a first ridgeline 60 where the upper surface 6 and the peripheral side surface 8 intersect. At least one bottomed recess 10 recessed from the lower surface 7 to the upper surface 6 is formed in an outer peripheral portion of the lower surface 7. Each of the recesses 10 is formed in a substantially triangular shape having a first vertex P, a second vertex Q, and a third vertex R. The first vertex P and the second vertex Q are respectively positioned on a second ridgeline 70 where the lower surface 7 and the peripheral side surface 8 intersect. The third vertex R is positioned on the lower surface 7 and separated from the second ridgeline 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehiro Ida, Jun Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11484953
    Abstract: A toolholder (10) has a pocket (20) that accommodates two styles of cutting inserts (25, 25?) having different clearance angles (CA). A support pad (78, 80) protrudes from two side walls (82, 84) of the pocket (20). Each support pad (78, 80) includes a first, planar wall (78a, 80a) and a second, planar wall (78b, 80b) formed at a composite angle defined by a first angle (92) and a second angle (94). The first, planar wall (78a, 80a) enables the pocket (20) to accommodate the second style of cutting insert (25?), and the second, planar wall (78b, 80b) enables the pocket (20) to accommodate the first style of cutting insert (25). In one aspect, the support pads (78, 80) extend the entire length, L, of the support pad (78, 80). In another aspect, an indentation (112, 114) divides one or both of the support pads (178, 180) into two portions, each portion having two planar walls (178a, 178b, 178c, 178d, 180a, 180b, 180c, 180d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INDIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Bharath Arumugam, Padmakumar Muthuswamy
  • Patent number: 11471960
    Abstract: A pipe machining apparatus includes a frame, a tool carrier rotatably coupled hereto and including first and second couplers at first and second coupling locations, a first machining apparatus including a first tool support and a first tool supported thereby, and a second machining apparatus including a bridge member having first and second support members at ends thereof, and a second tool supported by a second tool support on the bridge member. The first and second tools are configured to perform different machining operations. The first tool support is configured to be couplable to the first coupler when the first machining apparatus is used. The first support member is configured to be interchangeably couplable to the first coupler and the second support member is configured to be couplable to the second coupler when the second machining apparatus is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Roy C. Coakley
  • Patent number: 11458553
    Abstract: A purpose is to provide a cartridge that can adjust position even if a body does not have an adjusting mechanism. A cartridge 10 is provided on a body B of a milling tool. The cartridge 10 is connected to an upper surface 10a, a lower surface 10b, and a first side surface 10c, and a slit 10h that divides the cartridge 10 into a main body part 10j, a thin material portion 10k, and a connecting part 10m that connects the main body part and the thin material portion is formed in the cartridge. Furthermore, a screw hole 10n with second female threads is formed in order for a second male screw that passes through the slit 10h to screw into. Furthermore, wherein the second male screw travels forward, the relative position of the main body part 10j changes with regard to the thin material portion 10k.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuma Kondou
  • Patent number: 11458546
    Abstract: The throwaway insert includes a base and a cutting edge member. The cutting edge member includes a rake face, a flank face, a first connecting face, a second connecting face, and a first ridgeline serving as a cutting edge. The rake face includes a main surface and a first chamfer provided at an edge tip portion of the cutting edge member, the edge tip portion including an extreme tip portion of the cutting edge member. In a plan view from an upper surface of the base, the flank face, the first connecting face, and the second connecting face are located external to the base. The first chamfer is inclined relative to the main surface so as to increase a thickness of the cutting edge member as the first chamfer is closer to the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 11453074
    Abstract: A cutting insert for a milling tool is provided. A median plane extends through the cutting insert. A longitudinal plane extends perpendicularly to the median plane. In a view towards a first side surface, a first axial relief face and a first axial abutment face form part of a first surface grouping on a first side of the longitudinal plane. In a view towards a second side surface, a second axial relief face and a second axial abutment face form part of a second surface grouping on the first side of the longitudinal plane. The first axial abutment face forms a substantially flat surface. The first axial abutment face extends perpendicularly to the median plane. The second axial abutment face forms a substantially flat surface. The second axial abutment face extends perpendicularly to the median plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Johan Andersson, Stefan Hedberg, Kenneth Enlund, Fredrik Kantojarvi
  • Patent number: 11453064
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting insert having a polygonal upper side. Cutting edges, which are alternately configured as roughing cutting edges and finishing cutting edges, are provided at the edges of the upper side. The finishing cutting edges define an incircle (K1) having a diameter that is enlarged in comparison to a nominal size of the cutting insert, and the roughing cutting edges define an incircle (K2) having a diameter that is reduced in comparison to the nominal size of the cutting insert. The invention further relates to a cutting tool having a tool body on which at least one such cutting insert is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Konrad Spitzenberger
  • Patent number: 11453073
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a first end surface and a second end surface, in which a first peripheral side surface includes a first rake surface adjacent to a first main cutting edge and a first concave surface connected to the second end surface and formed to be recessed from the first rake surface toward a central axis of a through hole, and the first concave surface has a first restraint surface provided at a position where a distance between the first restraint surface and a second main cutting edge is smaller than a distance between the central axis of the through hole and the second main cutting edge, when viewed from a direction parallel to the central axis of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 11446745
    Abstract: A turning insert has two opposite main surfaces and a peripheral surface which extends therebetween and has N side surfaces, where 2<N<9. The insert has mirror symmetry about a mid-plane and 360/N degree rotational symmetry about a central axis perpendicular to the mid-plane. The insert has two main edges which each have N main cutting edges and N corner cutting edges. Each main cutting edge has two raised edge portions and a lowered edge portion. Each main surface has N main rake surfaces and N corner rake surfaces. Each main surface further has at least N convex island protrusions and N at least partially convex peninsula protrusions, any and all island protrusions associated with a given main rake surface being located between two adjacent peninsula protrusions, each pair of adjacent peninsula protrusions having at least one island protrusion located therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Amjad Dakwar, Daniel Hen
  • Patent number: 11440101
    Abstract: Tool for machining a workpiece, comprising: a holder having a first internal coolant duct; a cutting insert having a main cutting edge; a first fastening element for releasably fastening the cutting insert to the holder; a plate-like coolant guiding attachment having a second internal coolant duct; and a second fastening element for releasably fastening the coolant guiding attachment to the holder. In the assembled state of the tool, the first internal coolant duct is fluidically connected to the second internal coolant duct and the coolant guiding attachment covers at least a part of the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Luik
  • Patent number: 11433460
    Abstract: A cutting insert of a substantially horizontal cylindrical segment shape may include top and bottom surfaces having a circular segment shape. The cutting insert may include a convex side and a flat side. The cutting insert may include a top cutting edge which is formed where the convex side and the top surface meet, and a bottom cutting edge which is formed where the convex side and the bottom surface meet. The cutting insert may include a hole extending from the convex side towards the flat side. The hole may be positioned at a center of a surface of the flat side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
    Inventors: Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Azhar Ali Khan
  • Patent number: 11433461
    Abstract: A tool adaptor has a front retaining portion and a rear mounting portion, the front retaining portion having a base jaw, a clamping jaw, and an insert receiving pocket located therebetween, and the rear mounting portion having a rear mounting surface and a first fastening bore. A primary slot separates the base jaw from the clamping jaw and communicates with the insert receiving pocket, and a secondary slot transverse to the primary slot separates the clamping jaw from the rear mounting portion. The first fastening bore has a first bore axis which intersects the rear mounting surface and the secondary slot. A cutting tool assembly includes a tool shank, and the tool adaptor secured to a front mounting portion of the tool shank by means of a first fastening screw occupying the first fastening bore and a first shank bore of the front mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ali Thabit
  • Patent number: 11426800
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for configuring a wheel associated with a track is provided. The apparatus is in a fixed position with respect to a rail associated with the track when in operation. The apparatus includes a tool configured to engage the wheel, a position system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axis, and a computer control. The computer control is coupled to control the positioning system. The positioning system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HJR Real Estate Management, LLC
    Inventor: Harold F. Ross
  • Patent number: 11413689
    Abstract: Cutting tool systems including a cutting tool and cutting inserts are disclosed. The cutting inserts have indexable cutting edges and seating face features which enable uniform facets along a portion of each cutting edge of the indexable insert. The first and second seating face surfaces of the cutting insert each comprise control cavities that adjoin the cutting edge facet surfaces. Each control cavity allows its corresponding cutting edge to have a facet width that is defined by the cavity to provide uniform surfaces. The control cavities reduce and limit the amount of the first and second seating face surfaces that need to be ground. Methods of making such cutting inserts are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Schleicher, Konrad Spitzenberger
  • Patent number: 11407036
    Abstract: A machine tool (1) removes chips adhering to a working portion of a tool (T). More specifically, a fluid injecting nozzle (23, 24) injects a fluid toward the tool (T) enclosed in an enclosure (22). A controller (15) controls a position of the tool (T) within the enclosure (22), and further controls operation of the fluid injecting nozzle (23, 24) such that the fluid is injected when the tool (T) is within the enclosure (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kuriya, Katsuhito Miyahara, Atsushi Tokuhara
  • Patent number: 11400521
    Abstract: A cutting insert has a top surface, a seating surface, and an outer peripheral surface. The cutting edge includes a corner cutting edge portion, a first cutting edge portion, and a second cutting edge portion. The top surface includes a first rake face, a second rake face, a third rake face, a front side surface, an upper surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. A ridgeline between the first side surface and the second side surface is continuous to the upper surface. When seen in a direction perpendicular to the seating surface, a width of a boundary between the front side surface and the third rake face is larger than a width of a boundary between the front side surface and the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Hideo Maeno, Takahiro Okuno, Naoki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11396048
    Abstract: A turning tool for internal turning of a metal work piece having a rear end, an opposite forward end and a longitudinal center axis extending therebetween. The first nose cutting edge includes a first radially distal point having an associated first rake face and separates and connects a first forward cutting edge and a first rearward cutting edge. A second nose cutting edge of the turning tool includes a second radially distal point having an associated second rake face and separates and connects a second forward cutting edge and a second rearward cutting edge. The second radially distal point is positioned ahead of the first radially distal point. The first forward cutting edge forms an acute first entering angle, the second forward cutting edge forms an obtuse second back clearance angle, and the second rearward cutting edge forms an acute second entering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Adam Johansson, Ronnie Lof
  • Patent number: 11396051
    Abstract: A tool system for machining includes a tool body that has a first end for connecting to a machine tool and a second end having an end face on which a seat for an interchangeable cutting insert is formed. The cutting insert has an underside formed as an abutment surface, a top side formed as a rake face, and an encircling side face formed as a flank, and a cutting edge is formed at a transition from the top side to the encircling side face. The cutting insert is arranged on the seat such that the top side extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tool body and the cutting edge protrudes beyond the outer circumference of the end face of the tool body in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis with two usable cutting corners and cutting-corner portions adjoining the latter on both sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ceratizit Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Maier, Siegfried F. Kerle, Alfred Hofegger, Harald Urschitz, Einar Schurda