Including Tool Having Plural Alternatively Usable Cutting Edges Patents (Class 407/113)
  • Patent number: 10569335
    Abstract: The invention discloses a wheel machining tool. A rough turning tool and a finish turning tool are respectively arranged on two sides of a tool head, the primary declination angle ? of the rough turning tool is set to 90° to 120°, and the primary declination angle ? of the finish turning tool is set to 85° to 95°; the axial height difference between the rough turning tool and the finish turning tool is set to 0.2-0.5 mm; the distance c between the rough turning tool and the tool head is set to 5-8 mm, and the distance b between the finish turning tool and the tool head is set to 3-5 mm. The rake angle ? of the rough turning tool is set to 12°-15°, the rake angle ? of the finish turning tool is set to 14°-17°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minghua Liu, Yingjun Zhou, Weidong Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiaoguang Huang, Jiandong Guo, Huiying Liu, Yuexin Lu, Zhiyuan Yu, Ruixiao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10549352
    Abstract: Cutting tool systems including a tool holder and tangential cutting inserts are disclosed. The tangential cutting inserts have indexable cutting edges that may be sinusoidal-shaped and helical-shaped. The tangential cutting inserts have integrated fan and base portions. The tool holders comprise a plurality of insert pockets structured and arranged to receive the indexable tangential cutting inserts. The cutting tool systems provide cutting tools with effectively longer sinusoidal and helical cutting edges at their cutting rake faces and a strong support when seating in insert-receiving pockets on the tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Xiangdong D. Fang, Jean-Luc D. Dufour, David J. Wills
  • Patent number: 10549358
    Abstract: An insert according to an embodiment includes an upper surface including a corner part, a lower surface, a side surface, and a cutting edge. The cutting edge includes a first cutting edge located at the corner part, a second cutting edge adjacent to the first cutting edge, a third cutting edge adjacent to the second cutting edge, and a fourth cutting edge adjacent to the third cutting edge. Each of the third cutting edge and the fourth cutting edge has a concave curvilinear shape extending downward in a side view. A radius of curvature of the fourth cutting edge is smaller than a radius of curvature of the third cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 10549360
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert has a first corner edge forming a front tip of a cutting edge portion configured to project furthest in the direction of an axis of rotation of an end mill tool receiving the insert. A major cutting edge is descending to come closer to the lower surface of the insert along its extension away from the first corner edge. The minor cutting edge extends from the first corner edge while descending from a point of the cutting edge portion most distant to the lower surface all the way to an inner corner of the insert and has a length of 80%-95% of the length of the major cutting edge including a second corner edge in a side elevation view of the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PRAMET TOOLS, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Jan Vlcek, Jan Bittner
  • Patent number: 10531594
    Abstract: A liquid cooled coldplate has a tub with an inlet port and an outlet port and a plurality of pockets recessed within a top surface of the tub. Each pocket has a peripheral opening and a ledge, the ledge disposed inwardly and downwardly from the peripheral opening. The inlet port and outlet port are in fluid communication with the pocket via an inlet slot and an outlet slot. A plurality of cooling plates are each received by a pocket and recessed within the pocket. Each cooling plate comprises an electronics side for receiving electronics and enhanced side for cooling the cooling plate. The enhanced side of the cooling plate comprises a plurality of pins formed by micro deformation technology. The tub may be formed by extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Wieland Microcool, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew A. Reeves, Robert Scott Holland, Sy-Jenq Loong
  • Patent number: 10525537
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool having a disk-shaped cutting body with a plurality of identical insert receiving pockets, and an equal number of indexable cutting inserts removably retained therein, having opposing upper and lower surfaces and opposing first and second insert end surfaces. First and second cutting edges are formed at the intersection of the upper surface and the first and second insert end surfaces, respectively. Circumferentially adjacent cutting inserts have a different one of their first and second insert end surfaces in contact with an insert receiving pocket back wall. First and second planes are equidistantly offset from opposite sides of the cutting body, the first plane only intersecting the first cutting edge of every circumferentially alternate cutting insert and none of the second cutting edges, and the second plane only intersecting the second cutting edge of every circumferentially alternate cutting insert and none of the first cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ISCAR LTD.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 10525540
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cutting insert in which suitable honing is formed on a cutting edge. The cutting insert is provided with: two end surfaces opposing each other; a peripheral side surface extending between the two end surfaces; and a cutting edge formed on an intersecting ridge between at least one of the two end surfaces and the peripheral side surface. The cutting edge at least includes a major cutting edge and an inner cutting edge. Honing is provided on the major cutting edge and the inner cutting edge. A width of second honing of the inner cutting edge is narrower than a width of first honing of the major cutting edge, as viewed from a side of the end surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hikaru Shiroma
  • Patent number: 10520893
    Abstract: A decorative article has a substrate of which at least part of the surface is configured with Ti or stainless steel; and a coating made of primarily TiC and disposed on the substrate. The coating has at least a first region, and a second region disposed closer to the substrate than the first region. The elastic modulus of the second region is greater than the elastic modulus of the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuzuru Tsukamoto, Atsushi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10512977
    Abstract: A cutting insert for milling square shoulders has side surfaces each provided with a major cutting edge connected to an associated wiper edge on an adjacent side surface of the insert. The side surface provided with the major cutting edge has two generally flat and non-coplanar support surfaces arranged consecutively with respect to a direction of the extension of the major cutting edge and make different angles with a normal to a bottom surface of the insert. A border forming a limit of the support surfaces most distant to the bottom surface is inclined with respect to the bottom surface so that the distance of this border to the bottom surface increases in a direction of extension of the cutting edge towards the wiper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventor: Tomas Ahnfeldt
  • Patent number: 10507535
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a rake face, a flank surface, and a cutting edge, the cutting edge includes a bottom cutting edge that is positioned at a front end in a central axis direction and forms a convex arc shape and an outer peripheral cutting edge aligned with a radial-direction outer end of the bottom cutting edge and forms a convex arc shape of which a curvature radius is larger than that of the bottom cutting edge, an angle formed between a tangent line to a boundary point between the bottom cutting edge and the outer peripheral cutting edge and the central axis is less than 45°, a curvature radius R1 of the bottom cutting edge is 0.3 to 10 mm, and a ratio (R2/R1) of a curvature radius R2 of the outer peripheral cutting edge to the curvature radius R1 of the bottom cutting edge is 3.6 to 333.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10493540
    Abstract: A minor cutting edge has a first minor cutting edge and a second minor cutting edge that extends inward of the insert in a direction of an insert short side face axial line, as the second minor cutting edge extends from the first minor cutting edge in a direction of an insert major face axial line. A flank face of the second minor cutting edge is inclined outward of the insert in the direction of the insert short side face axial line, as the flank face extends from the second minor cutting edge in the direction of an insert long side face axial line, and is inclined outward of the insert in the direction of the insert short side face axial line, as the flank face extends from a major face adjacent to the flank face in the direction of the insert major face axial line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kitajima, Toshimitsu Furuki, Shigeru Ishimori, Kiichi Yamazaki, Takayuki Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 10486247
    Abstract: In a cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention, an upper surface sequentially includes a first rake surface and a second rake surface. The first rake surface being inclined toward the lower surface as going inward from the cutting edge at a first rake angle on a basis of a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a central axis extending between the upper surface and a lower surface. The second rake surface is located more inward than the first rake surface and is inclined toward the lower surface at a second rake angle different from the first rake angle on the basis of the perpendicular plane. An intersecting part of the first rake surface and the second rake surface includes a protruded part located at a highest position in a region of the intersecting part along the second side surface. A cutting tool with the cutting insert, and a method of producing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 10478901
    Abstract: A cutting insert of the present disclosure includes a first surface, a second surface, and a cutting edge. The first surface includes a corner part, and a first side and a second side each extending from the corner part. The second surface connects to the first surface. The cutting edge is located at a region where the first surface intersects with the second surface. The cutting edge includes a first cutting edge located at the first side, a second cutting edge located at the second side, and a third cutting edge located at the corner part. The first cutting edge and the third cutting edge are provided with a honing. A honing width of a side of the second cutting edge in the third cutting edge decreases as going away from the first cutting edge and then approaching the second cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Deguchi, Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10464145
    Abstract: The technical objective of the present invention is to provide a cutting insert that has an improved fastening property with a cutting tool, thereby preventing reduction of the service life. To this end, the cutting insert according to the present invention has three corners along the circumference thereof; an upper main cutting edge, which is formed on the edge between the upper surface and the first side surface, and an upper sub cutting edge, which is formed on the edge between the upper surface and the second side surface, are continuously disposed between respective corners; the lower surface has the same shape as that of the upper surface; and the angle defined between the upper main cutting edge and the upper sub cutting edge, which are placed on both sides with reference to each corner, is larger than or equal to 85° and is smaller than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Nam-seon Lee, Ki-chan Nam, Kane-hee Lee, Hyo-san Kim, Young-heum Kim
  • Patent number: 10456845
    Abstract: A cutting insert of an embodiment includes an upper surface including a first upper cutting edge and a second upper cutting edge, a lower surface including a first lower cutting edge and a second lower cutting edge, and a side surface. The side surface includes a first surface extending from the second upper cutting edge, a second surface extending from the first lower cutting edge, a third surface extending from the first upper cutting edge, and a fourth surface extending from the second lower cutting edge. The first surface and the fourth surface are parallel to a central axis. The second surface is inclined so as to depart from the central axis as going from the lower surface toward the upper surface. The third surface is inclined so as to depart from the central axis as going from the upper surface toward the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shohei Mao
  • Patent number: 10427225
    Abstract: A cutting insert having two opposing end surfaces, two identical opposing major side surfaces and two identical opposing minor side surfaces. Each end surface has four corners with two lowered corners and two raised corners, the two lowered corners being diagonally opposite each other, the two raised corners being diagonally opposite each other. The cutting insert also includes a major cutting edge formed at an intersection of each major edge and the end surface. A first section of the major cutting edge proximate the raised corner constitutes a leading end of the major cutting edge, and a second section of the major cutting edge proximate the lowered corner constitutes a trailing end of the major cutting edge. An angled margin only partially extends along the leading end of the major cutting edge and segments the major cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Lance David Brunetto, Jean Luc Dufour, Andreas Lieber, Xiangdong Fang, Qiang Wu
  • Patent number: 10421128
    Abstract: A method to form a surface on a metal work piece includes providing a turning insert that has a nose angle formed between first and second cutting edges less than or equal to 85°; providing a turning tool having a tool body with an insert seat in which the turning insert is mountable; arranging the orientation of the second cutting edge such that it forms a back clearance angle of more than 90° in a feed direction; rotating the metal work piece around a rotational axis in a first direction; moving the turning insert in a direction parallel to or at an angle less than 45° relative to the rotational axis; and setting the longitudinal axis of the tool body at an angle greater than zero but less than or equal to 90° relative to the rotational axis of the metal work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Ronnie Lof, Adam Johansson
  • Patent number: 10406611
    Abstract: A cutting tool has a cutting body with a first insert pocket and an indexable cutting insert removably mounted therein. The first insert pocket has a first seat surface with a plurality of first engagement elements and a first support wall transverse thereto. The cutting insert has upper and lower surfaces and a boundary surface extending therebetween. The lower surface has a plurality of lower engaging elements and the boundary surface has a plurality of alternating first and second peripheral surfaces intersecting the upper surface to form first and second upper cutting edges. In each index position with the lower surface in contact with the first seat surface, the first support wall prevents translation of the cutting insert in a first direction, and the first engagement elements eccentrically contact the lower engaging elements to prevent translation of the cutting insert in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sergey Irlin
  • Patent number: 10384278
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert has upper and lower surfaces with a peripheral surface extending therebetween and having four side surfaces alternating with four corner surfaces. The side and corner surfaces intersect the upper surface to form side and corner cutting edges, respectively. Each side cutting edge includes a primary cutting edge adjoining one of the corner cutting edges at a first endpoint and a secondary cutting edge adjoining another one of the corner cutting edges at a second endpoint. In a top view, the four primary cutting edges define an imaginary first square, each primary cutting edge is tangential to its adjoining corner cutting edge, and each secondary cutting edge is curved and entirely located in one of four imaginary quadrants. The insert is removably secured in a rotary cutting tool such that one of the secondary cutting edges contains the axially forwardmost point of the insert's upper peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Adi Shapir
  • Patent number: 10384270
    Abstract: A machining tool for cutting a work component includes a cutting tool insert having a cutting surface along a portion of an external surface that defines a circumference of the cutting tool insert. A plurality of cartridges are insertable into the machining tool, each having an insert pocket for receiving the cutting tool insert. The cutting tool insert is rotatable between first, second and third fixed positions in each insert pocket of the plurality of cartridges, a first portion of the cutting surface exposed when the cutting tool insert is in the first fixed position, a second portion of the cutting surface exposed when the cutting tool insert is in the second fixed position, and a third portion of the cutting surface exposed when the cutting tool insert is in the third fixed position. The insert pocket of each of the plurality of cartridges is offset from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dale Quinn, Joseph Zarb, Adam Bezzina
  • Patent number: 10363616
    Abstract: A cutting tool has an insert receiving pocket provided with a base surface. The base surface has a screw hole, and second and third engagement surfaces which are brought into contact with a first engagement surface formed in the lower surface of the cutting insert, thereby suppressing shifting of the cutting insert during cutting. The base surface is divided into four areas by a first boundary which passes through the screw hole's center point, and a second boundary is perpendicular to the first boundary and also passing though the center point. The second engagement part is formed on the outer side surface side relative to the first boundary and on the base end side relative to the second boundary, and the third engagement part is formed on the outer side surface side relative to the first boundary and on the leading end surface side relative to the second boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 10357833
    Abstract: The technical objective of the present invention is to provide a cutting insert that can minimize a phenomenon in which the cutting insert is lifted up from a seat surface of a cutting tool while a cutting process is being performed, and can increase an area by which the cutting insert is fastened to the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Min Seok Oh, Ki Chan Nam, Tae Kyun Kim, Nam Seon Lee, Hyo San Kim, Young Heum Kim
  • Patent number: 10350689
    Abstract: In a circular cutting insert of the present invention, the upper side surface and the lower side surface each include: a plurality of planar restraining faces which are disposed sequentially in a circumferential direction of the upper side surface and the lower side surface so as to interpose a joint portion between each of the planar restraining faces and each have a side disposed on the side surface-intermediate line (N); and a plurality of antivibration restraining faces which are each disposed between two planar restraining faces adjacent through the joint portion and each include an inclined face, and the restraining faces of the lower side surface are disposed so as to be shifted with respect to the restraining faces of the upper side surface by a predetermined angle (?) around a central axis of a screw insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hayato Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10350688
    Abstract: An indexable tangential cutting insert for a milling tool includes two opposing side surfaces and four identical lateral surfaces extending between the side surfaces. Each lateral surface of the insert is provided with a support surface configured to be supported by, on one hand, a corresponding support face of a pocket of a tool body providing an axial support to the insert in two of eight index positions and, on the other, a corresponding support face of the pocket providing a tangential support to the insert in two other of said eight index positions. Each lateral surface of the insert is provided with a single second support surface being concave as seen in a direction perpendicular to said side surfaces and extending diagonally across the lateral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Marc Rue, Yannick Sarton
  • Patent number: 10343226
    Abstract: A cutting insert comprises: a first end surface and a second end surface which are opposed to each other; a peripheral side surface which extends so as to connect the first end surface and the second end surface; a first cutting edge which is arranged in an intersecting edge between the first end surface and the peripheral side surface; and a second cutting edge which is arranged in an intersecting edge between the second end surface and the peripheral side surface. The peripheral side surface includes a first flank which is connected to the first cutting edge and an intermediate peripheral side surface portion which is arranged closer to the second end surface than the first flank. The first flank extends in a direction perpendicular to the first end surface. The intermediate peripheral side surface portion protrudes outward from the first flank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Yoshida, Keisuke Morita
  • Patent number: 10343221
    Abstract: A cutting insert and a cutting tool having same. The cutting insert includes: an upper surface; a lower surface having a flat surface; a fastening hole penetrating the upper surface and the lower surface; side surfaces each connecting to the upper surface and the lower surface; and cutting edges formed by the upper surface and the side surfaces. A first cutting edge is inclined downward. A major side surface comprises a first major side surface connected to the upper surface so as to constitute the first cutting edge, and a second major side surface connected to the first major side surface and the lower surface. A minor side surface comprises a first minor side surface connected to the upper surface so as to constitute a second cutting edge, and a third minor side surface connected to the upper surface and the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Ki-Chan Nam, Young-Heum Kim, Hyo-San Kim
  • Patent number: 10328495
    Abstract: A cutting tool according to an aspect of the present invention is a cutting tool for cutting a rotationally symmetrical surface of a rotating workpiece. The cutting includes the step of feeding the cutting tool in a direction inclined with respect to a rotational axis of the rotationally symmetrical surface, while holding the cutting tool in contact with the rotationally symmetrical surface. In the step of feeding the cutting tool, the cutting tool has a point that is in contact with the rotationally symmetrical surface and the point shifts as the cutting tool is fed. The cutting tool includes: a rake face; a flank face; and a cutting edge connecting the rake face and the flank face. The cutting edge as seen from above the flank face has a shape including at least one arc, and the arc has a radius of curvature of not less than 100 mm and not more than 500 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kanada, Kunishige Tanaka, Shota Takemura
  • Patent number: 10322458
    Abstract: A cutting insert has a first (top) end surface, a second (bottom) end surface, a peripheral side surface connecting the top and bottom end surfaces, and a mounting hole having a central axis O which penetrates the top and bottom end surfaces. Cutting edges are formed on an intersecting edge between the first end surface and the peripheral side surface. The second end surface has an inclined part. When a virtual plane substantially perpendicular to the axis O and passing through any point of the cutting edges is defined, the inclined part is inclined so as to be more distant from the virtual plane, heading from the peripheral side surface to the axis O. A projected part projected in a direction along the axis O is formed in an area around the mounting hole in the inclined part. This reinforces the strength of the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruki Kumoi, Ryuichi Saji
  • Patent number: 10307828
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting insert (1) for installation in carrier tools for machining workpieces, comprising a top side (2), a bottom side (3), and side surfaces (4) connecting the top side (2) and the bottom side (3), wherein a peripheral protective chamfer (5) having an upper edge (6) adjoining the top side (2) of the cutting insert (1) and having a lower edge (7) adjoining the side surfaces (4) is arranged at the transition from the top side (2) to the side surfaces (4), wherein the upper edge (6) forms cutting edges (9) and cutting corners (10) and, in the region of the cutting edges (9), the lower edge (7) transitions into a cutting-edge clearance angle surface (8) having an edge clearance angle of 3° to 11°. For improved edge stability in drawn cuts, it is proposed that, in the region of the cutting corners (10), the lower edge (7) of the protective chamfer (5) transitions into a corner clearance angle surface (11) having an edge clearance angle of 3° to 5°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: CERAMTEC GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Kiemele
  • Patent number: 10307840
    Abstract: An indexable milling or drilling insert having a 180-degree rotational symmetry about each of the first, second and third axes (X, Y, Z) of a three-dimensional euclidean space. The insert has opposite first and second main surfaces and a peripheral surface extending therebetween. Each main surface has a main abutment surface and at least two rake surfaces. The insert has a through clamping bore which extends along the third axis and opens out to the main surfaces. The peripheral surface has two opposite front surfaces connected to two opposite side surfaces. Each front surface has a pair of outward abutment surfaces and each side surface has a pair of at least partially planar inward abutment surfaces. Each pair of outward abutment surfaces converge outwardly away from the third axis and each pair of inward abutment surfaces converge inwardly towards the third axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuri Men
  • Patent number: 10300538
    Abstract: A milling insert, including an upperside, an underside, and a reference plane parallel thereto. A plurality of indexable cutting edges are formed along a peripheral borderline in transitions between at least the upperside and a number of clearance surfaces. Each cutting edge includes a chip-removing main edge and a surface-wiping secondary edge. The main edge, from a first end of the main edge adjacent to the secondary edge, first declines toward the underside of the milling insert and then, from a lowest part, rises toward an opposite second end of the main edge. The secondary edge is inclined at an angle (?) in relation to the reference plane as viewed perpendicularly to the clearance surface of the secondary edge, such that a first end of the secondary edge connected to the main edge is situated on a lower level than the opposite, second end of the secondary edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventors: Amil Oprasic, Leif Widin, Stefan Roman, Lennart Wihlborg
  • Patent number: 10286455
    Abstract: There is provided a throw-away tip which includes a blade containing diamond and is excellent in chip processability. The throw-away tip comprises a body and a blade provided to the body and having a cutting edge, the blade containing 80% by volume or more of diamond, the blade having a land surface extending along the cutting edge, and a chip breaker having a recess located opposite to the cutting edge with the land surface therebetween, the recess having a side surface having an inclined surface that recedes continuously as a distance thereof from the land surface increases in magnitude and that has a shape identical to that of a portion of a side surface of a shape of a body of revolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Yuji Tomoda, Yasuyuki Kanada, Kunishige Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10259057
    Abstract: A cutting insert, a cutting tool and method of manufacturing a machined product. The cutting insert includes: upper and lower surfaces; a side surface; a cutting edge; and a rake portion on the upper surface. The cutting edge includes major and minor cutting edges that are convex toward outside of the main body portion. The minor cutting edge has a curvature radius smaller than a curvature radius of the major cutting edge. The rake portion is inclined and approaches the lower surface as moving from the major cutting edge toward inside of the main body portion and is located along the major cutting edge. An inclination angle of the rake portion becomes smaller as moving from a part continuous with one end of the major cutting edge toward a part continuous with center of the major cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10259053
    Abstract: A cutting insert including first cutting edges and second cutting edges respectively formed in a first end surface and a second end surface which are opposed to each other; at least one groove formed in a peripheral side surface which connects the first end surface and the second end surface; and, while one end of the groove reaches the first end surface, another end thereof reaches the second end surface, and an opening width in the first end surface is different from an opening width in the second end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Saji, Yosuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 10245644
    Abstract: A cutting insert including a surface involved in cutting, for which a cutting tool material of a hard sintered body is used. A radius of a nose R portion is 0.4 mm or greater and 2.4 mm or less, an apex angle ? of the nose R portion is 50° or greater and 95° or less, a rake angle ? at a position of a bisecting plane of the apex angle of the nose R portion is 1° or greater and 10° or less, a chamfer provided in a cutting edge portion is a negative land with unequal width, and at least on one side of the negative land with respect to a boundary which is an apex of a nose R portion cutting edge, a width of the negative land gradually decreases from the apex of the nose R portion cutting edge to a position at which the nose R portion cutting edge is connected to a linear cutting edge. Let W1 be the width of the negative land at the apex of the nose R portion cutting edge, and W2 be the width of the negative land at both ends of the nose R portion cutting edge, then the W1 is 0.04 mm or greater and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Kukino, Kentaro Chihara, Takashi Harada
  • Patent number: 10239125
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a cutting insert includes an upper surface, a one or more side surfaces, and a cutting edge. The upper surface includes a first corner portion, and a first side that is adjacent to the first corner portion. The side surfaces are adjacent to the upper surface. The cutting edge is disposed on at least a portion of a section where the upper surface and the side surfaces intersect. The cutting edge includes first, second, third and fourth cutting edges. The first cutting edge is disposed at the first corner portion and has a convex curved shape. The second cutting edge is next to the first cutting edge, and has a linear shape. The third cutting edge is next to the second cutting edge, and has a convex curved shape. The fourth cutting edge is next to the third cutting edge on the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Gonzui
  • Patent number: 10239133
    Abstract: A rotating tool includes a tool body which rotates around an axial line, four or more chip discharge grooves which are formed on an outer periphery of the tool body with gaps therebetween in a circumferential direction, and a plurality of cutting inserts which are arranged in multiple stages along the chip discharge grooves. In a cross-sectional view perpendicular to the axial line, when a center angle formed between a pair of virtual straight lines which connects each of the cutting edges of the cutting inserts disposed in a pair of chip discharge grooves adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction and the axial line to each other is defined as an angle, a plurality of angles formed around the axial line include one maximum angle (?max), one minimum angle (?min), and two or more angles other than the angle (?max) and the angle (?min).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: National University Corporation Nagoya University, MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikazu Suzuki, Jun Kitajima
  • Patent number: 10220453
    Abstract: A milling tool is disclosed. The milling tool may include an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of cutting inserts. The cutting inserts may each have a cutting edge and a cutting radius and be coupled to the body and spaced along the longitudinal axis. One or more of the plurality of cutting inserts may be adjustable (e.g., mechanically adjustable) between first and second cutting radii. A difference between the first and second cutting radii may be at least 10 ?m. The milling tool may include cutting inserts having a plurality of different cutting radii. The milling tool may be configured to have a length that spans an entire height of an engine bore. The cutting inserts having different radii may compensate for dimensional errors in an engine bore diameter that occur when milling a deep pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: David Alan Stephenson, David Alan Ozog, David Garrett Coffman
  • Patent number: 10213849
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention has a cutting edge having a first corner cutting edge, a flat cutting edge, a connecting edge, a major cutting edge, and a second corner cutting edge in the order named. The major cutting edge has an upwardly protruding curvilinear portion, a first straight line portion extending from the curvilinear portion toward the connecting edge, and a second straight line portion extending from the curvilinear portion toward the second corner cutting edge. The flat cutting edge and the major cutting edge have a straight line shape, and the connecting edge has an outwardly protruding curvilinear shape in a top view. The flat cutting edge, the connecting edge, and the first straight line portion are located on a straight line in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 10207342
    Abstract: An insert detachably attached to an indexable rotary cutting tool, having an upper surface having cutting edges along the ridgeline, a lower surface, side surfaces, and a center hole for a fastening screw; each cutting edge having a corner cutting edge formed in each acute corner portion, and a bottom cutting edge and a peripheral cutting edge formed along the ridgelines on both sides of the corner cutting edge; the bottom cutting edge and the peripheral cutting edge having different clearance angles; a flank of the corner cutting edge having an angle-changing surface portion having a clearance angle continuously changing in a region from the bottom cutting edge to the peripheral cutting edge; and the length of the peripheral cutting edge being restricted by a receding portion adjacent to an upper end of the peripheral cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanori Mura, Tadahiro Hibata, Tomohiro Murata
  • Patent number: 10207341
    Abstract: A disposable drilling and milling cutter for use with an NC or CNC machine tool and configured to be fed in a spiral manner includes a shank, a chip removing groove at one of a plurality of offset positions at one end of the shank, a blade seat at a distal end of the chip removing groove, and a disposable blade locked to the blade seat. The disposable blade has a cutting edge at each of its upper and lower ends, and each cutting edge has an irregular height and a notch. The wavy structural design of the disposable blade enables the disposable drilling and milling cutter to drill and mill in a sectioned manner, to break the drilling/milling chips automatically, and to perform intermittent processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Hsin-Tien Chang
  • Patent number: 10201856
    Abstract: A method for designing a cutting edge of a cutting element configured for removing material from a workpiece to leave therein a desired end profile (B22,B24,B26). The method comprises the steps of modeling a desired end profile (B22,B24,B26) of the workpiece, the profile having a longitudinal axis and being defined by a bottom surface (B12), a side surface (B16) and an adjustment surface (B14) extending therebetween; defining a lead profile plane (RPL) and an trail profile plane (RPT) spaced therefrom, each of the planes being oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; determining a profile contour defined by the intersection line between the end profile (B22,B24,B26) and the lead profile plane (RPL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: GERSHON SYSTEM LTD.
    Inventor: Gershon Harif
  • Patent number: 10189097
    Abstract: A substantially parallelogramatic insert having a downward inclined main cutting edge and an auxiliary cutting edge in part of a long-side ridgeline and a short-side ridgeline adjacent to a pair of corner cutting edges of an upper surface; the main cutting edge being constituted by first to third straight cutting edges; the first to third straight cutting edges being connected in a bent-line shape with inward obtuse crossing angles when viewed from above, such that the second straight cutting edge is positioned outermost; and cutting edge angles ?1, ?2, ?3 between the rake faces and flanks of the first to third straight cutting edges meeting the relation of ?1>?2>?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Syoujirou Touma
  • Patent number: 10183333
    Abstract: A cutting tool has an insert holder with an indexable cutting insert removably secured therein. The cutting insert has upper and lower end surfaces with a peripheral side surface and a through bore extending therebetween, and a plurality of upper cutting edges formed on an upper peripheral edge. The peripheral side surface includes a non-circular upper relief surface adjacent the upper peripheral edge and a circular upper abutment surface spaced apart from the upper peripheral edge. Each upper cutting edge exhibits mirror symmetry about a bisector plane, and is non-linear in a side view. The through bore has an inner undercut formed by upper and lower bore surfaces located on opposite sides of a median plane, and a clamping member makes contact with one of the upper and lower bore surfaces at an inner contact zone located between the median plane and a seat surface of the insert holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Hecht, Daniel Hen
  • Patent number: 10178820
    Abstract: A cut and clinch device includes a movable section slidable with respect to a main body section. A first insertion hole is formed in main body section, and a second insertion hole is formed in the movable section. A lead is cut by the movable section being slid with the lead inserted into the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole. A recognition mark is provided on the movable section and the main body section, and the types of the movable section and the main body section are recognized based on image data of the recognition marks. By this, it is possible to appropriately check the type of the portion that cuts a lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Degura
  • Patent number: 10173274
    Abstract: A tool and a cutting insert for chip removing machining includes a tool body with an insert seat, a cutting insert mounted in the insert seat, and a fastening member. The cutting insert includes a first locking member extending in an area located outside of a central axis of the cutting insert. A second locking member configured to engage with the first locking member is provided in the insert seat. The fastening member extends through a through-hole and bears on a lower contact region of the cutting insert to press the cutting insert against a top support member provided rotationally ahead of the insert seat so that the second and first locking members lock with each other and form a radial support for the cutting insert, and on the other hand it presses an axial support region in the side surface of the cutting insert against an axial contact surface provided in the insert seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Sven Pettersson, Lennart Wihlborg, Isak Kakai
  • Patent number: 10166606
    Abstract: A cutting insert of one aspect includes a top surface including a first corner portion and a second corner portion; and a top cutting edge. The top cutting edge includes a first corner cutting edge, a first major cutting edge, a second corner cutting edge, and a second major cutting edge. The top surface includes a first breaker protrusion and a second breaker protrusion. A gap between the first breaker protrusion and the first corner cutting edge is larger than a gap between the second breaker protrusion and the second corner cutting edge, a gap between the first breaker protrusion and the first major cutting edge becomes larger as a distance from the first corner cutting edge increases, and a gap between the second breaker protrusion and the second major cutting edge becomes smaller as a distance from the second corner cutting edge increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kanenori Fujii
  • Patent number: 10166607
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a two-way indexable cutting insert retained in a tool holder by a clamping member. The cutting insert has a tetrahedral basic shape and includes two cutting edges at opposite ends of thereof. The insert holder includes a forwardly located mounting portion that includes three spaced apart mounting jaws which together define an insert receiving pocket having a pocket opening. The clamping member is attached to the insert holder body so that a clamping portion of the clamping member protrudes into the pocket opening. When the cutting insert is releasably attached to the insert holder in a fastened position of a cutting tool, the cutting insert is located in the insert receiving pocket and clampingly engaged therein by the clamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yossi Abrahami
  • Patent number: 10150170
    Abstract: Provided is an insert for being mounted on a tool holder. The insert includes three substantially right-angled corners along a perimeter, a main cutting edge, a sub cutting edge, and a flat lower surface. A clearance angle of a second end main side surface forms an obtuse angle with respect to a lower surface, and a clearance angle of a second end sub side surface forms an obtuse angle with respect to the lower surface. A clearance angle of a first end main side surface forms a right angle with respect to the lower surface, and a clearance angle of a first end sub side surface forms a right angle with respect to the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Ki-Chan Nam, Kane-Hee Lee, Young-Heum Kim
  • Patent number: 10144071
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a tool holder, having a holder pocket with a pocket opening, and a cutting member releasably retained therein. The tool holder includes an adjustment cavity that includes circumferentially merging threaded and guiding bore portions. The tool holder further includes an adjustment arrangement that includes an adjustment member including a wedge adjustment portion and a guiding portion integrally formed therewith. The adjusting arrangement further includes an adjustment screw. The wedge adjustment portion is located in the pocket adjustment region and the guiding portion is located in the guiding bore portion and partially protrudes into the threaded bore portion. The adjustment screw is threadingly rotatable between a first rotated position and a second rotated position, and in the second rotated position the adjustment member, and thus the cutting member, is located closer to the pocket opening than in the first rotated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Martin Zettler