Patents by Inventor Berthold Zeug

Berthold Zeug has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240001458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary tool (2) extending longitudinally from a shank region (8) to a front-facing end region along an axis of rotation (6) and having a carrier (4) with a plate seat (14) and a cutting insert (16) that can be replaceably inserted therein. The cutting insert (16) as well as the plate seat (14) each have radial and axial contact surfaces (40A, B) which are strained against one another with the aid of a clamping screw (50) during assembly of the cutting insert (16). According to the invention, it is provided that the axial contact surfaces (40A, B) and in particular also the radial contact surfaces (42A, B) are inclined in a V shape on one side of the cutting insert (16) and on the other side of the plate seat (14), so that a centering effect is automatically produced during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Schuffenhauer, Bemhard Eckl, Berthold Zeug
  • Patent number: 10071430
    Abstract: A cutting head is formed for insertion into a support in a modular rotary tool, in particular a drill. The coupling head has a coupling having torque surfaces and clamping surfaces on its outer periphery. The coupling pin is divided into a front pin part and a rear pin part. The front pin part is defined by a circumferential groove. Stop surfaces for an axial pullout safety are formed in the transition area between the two the front pin part and the rear pin part. The torque surfaces and the clamping surfaces are arranged in different pin parts. For example, the clamping surfaces are preferably formed on the front pin part and the torque surfaces are preferably formed in the rear pin part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Juergen Schwaegerl, Horst Jaeger, Berthold Zeug, Alan Joseph Bookheimer, Nicholas Joseph Henry
  • Patent number: 10040132
    Abstract: The rotary tool comprises a support and a cutting head which can be inserted into a pin receptacle of the support via a coupling pin. The support and the cutting head have mutually corresponding surface sections for transferring a radial clamping force and have mutually corresponding torque sections for transferring torque. For an axial pull-out stop device, effective stop surfaces are formed on the pin receptacle and on the coupling pin in the axial direction, wherein, to do this, a stop element is formed, the radial extension of which is smaller than or equal to a radial extension (r2) of the surface sections of the coupling pin and wherein the stop surfaces and the surface section are offset relative to each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Horst Jäger, Jürgen Schwägerl, Berthold Zeug
  • Publication number: 20170100784
    Abstract: A cutting head is formed for insertion into a support in a modular rotary tool, in particular a drill. It has a coupling pin onto which outer cover surfaces and torque surfaces are formed as clamping surfaces. The coupling pin has a particular circular groove, which divides the cutting head into a front pin part and a rear pin part. Stop surfaces for an axial pullout safety are formed in the transition area between the two parts. The torque surfaces and the clamping surfaces are arranged in different pin parts. The torque surfaces are preferably formed in the rear pin part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Juergen Schwaegerl, Horst Jaeger, Berthold Zeug, Alan Joseph Bookheimer, Nicholas Joseph Henry
  • Publication number: 20160375499
    Abstract: The rotary tool comprises a support and a cutting head which can be inserted into a pin receptacle of the support via a coupling pin. The support and the cutting head have mutually corresponding surface sections for transferring a radial clamping force and have mutually corresponding torque sections for transferring torque. For an axial pull-out stop device, effective stop surfaces are formed on the pin receptacle and on the coupling pin in the axial direction, wherein, to do this, a stop element is formed, the radial extension of which is smaller than or equal to a radial extension (r2) of the surface sections of the coupling pin and wherein the stop surfaces and the surface section are offset relative to each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Horst Jäger, Jürgen Schwägerl, Berthold Zeug
  • Patent number: 7322777
    Abstract: A cutting tool with a cutting insert and a pivotable screw and nut combination for holding the cutting insert. The cutting tool also has a feed mechanism to adjust the position of at least one cutting edge of the cutting insert in the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Horst Jåger, Berthold Zeug
  • Patent number: 7090447
    Abstract: A twist drill or drill/chamfer tool that comprises a drill with a shaft section. The shaft section is provided with a twisted flute and a clamping ring as the retainer of a facing cutter. The clamping ring tubularly encloses the shaft section or the drill shaft and can be fixed on the shaft section or drill shaft in different axial adjustable positions. The clamping ring can be tensioned on the drill with tension screws that extend through the clamping ring substantially radially to the axis of the drill. The tension screws impinge the surfaces of the twisted flutes, which twisted flutes are enclosed by the clamping ring indirectly with a clamping shoe that is interposed in a twisted flute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Horst Jäger, Berthold Zeug
  • Publication number: 20040057804
    Abstract: A twist drill or drill/chamfer tool that comprises a drill (1) with a shaft section (2) that is provided with a twisted flute, and a clamping ring (4) as the retainer of a facing cutter (5). Said clamping ring tubularly encloses the shaft section (2) or the drill shaft (30) and can be fixed thereon in different axial adjustable positions. The clamping ring (4) can be tensioned on the drill (1) by means of tension screws (6) that extend therethrough substantially radially to the axis (7) of the drill. The tension screws (6) impinge the surfaces of the twisted flutes (9, 10) which are enclosed by the clamping ring (4) indirectly with a clamping shoe (19, 20) that is interposed in a twisted flute (9, 10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Horst Jager, Berthold Zeug
  • Publication number: 20040028492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chip removing tool comprising a tool shank which acts as a support for a perforated plate. The perforated plate is tensed by means of a screw connection passing through the orifice of the perforated plate and a through hole of the tool shank, containing a screw which is introduced from the side of the perforated plate, and a corresponding nut positioned beneath the tool shank inside the seat of the tool shank. The tensed perforated plate is adjusted in an effective manner in a direction of adjustment which is substantially radial in relation to the axis of rotation of the tool shank, whereby the contact surfaces between a) the screw head and the perforated plate and b) the head of the corresponding nut and the tool shank enable a pivotable movement of the screw connection following on from the adjustment movement, said screw connection consisting of a screw and a corresponding nut, as a result of crowning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Horst Jager, Berthold Zeug
  • Patent number: D798922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Juergen Schwaegerl, Horst Jaeger, Berthold Zeug, Alan Joseph Bookheimer, Nicholas Joseph Henry