With Integral Chip Breaker, Guide Or Deflector Patents (Class 407/114)
  • Patent number: 10315258
    Abstract: A cutting insert has an upper surface (21), a lower surface (91) and a side surface (61) that connects the two surfaces. A cutting edge is formed at an intersecting edge between the upper surface (21) and the side surface (61). The cutting edge includes at least a major cutting edge (33), a corner edge (34) connected to the major cutting edge (33), and a curved wiper edge (35) located on the opposite side of the major cutting edge (33) across the corner edge (34). A first angle ? made by the major cutting edge (33) and the chord of the wiper edge (35) is 155°??<180°, and a positive land is formed in the wiper edge (35). The cutting edge may further include an inner cutting edge (36) located on an opposite side of the corner edge (34) across the wiper edge (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10307845
    Abstract: A threading tool includes: a tool main body; and a cutting edge portion, which is provided on a tip portion of the tool main body and has a rake face and a flank face. The cutting edge portion includes: a primary cutting edge extending in a tooth width direction of the cutting edge portion; two corner edges, one and other of which are provided on one and other of both ends of the primary cutting edge, respectively, and are in a convex curve shape; and two secondary cutting edges, one and other of which extend from the one and the other of the two corner edges to a rear end side of the cutting edge portion, respectively. Two secondary cutting edges are shorter than the primary cutting edge. At least one of the two secondary edges is slanted to a direction intersecting the primary cutting edge in an obtuse angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: SHIMODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi Akashi, Takashi Koyama
  • Patent number: 10272508
    Abstract: A saw tooth including a body defining substantially opposed rear and front ends and an axial centerline extending between the rear and front ends, the body defining side faces joined to each other by body edge sections, each side face and each body edge section extending between the rear and front ends; edge cutting tips extending from the body at the front end and facing the direction of advance, each edge cutting tip being in prolongation of a respective one of the body edge sections; and side cutting tips extending from the body and facing the direction of advance, each of the side cutting tips being provided at the front end between two adjacent ones of the edge cutting tips in prolongation of a respective one of the side faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventor: Stephen MacLennan
  • Patent number: 10252342
    Abstract: A cutting insert (1) includes at least one cutting edge (8) formed on an intersecting ridge line portion between a rake surface (6) and a flank (7), and at least one ridge (12). The cutting edge includes a cutting edge portion (9) extending along a corner portion (5) and a straight-line shaped cutting edge portion (10) connecting to the cutting edge portion (9). The ridge (12) is formed to rise on the rake surface (6). The ridge (12) extends from a portion of a rake surface inside the cutting edge portion of the corner portion toward a rake surface inside the straight-line shaped cutting edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10239123
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an insert longitudinal axis defining a forward to rear direction, opposing insert inner and outer side surfaces and an insert peripheral surface extending therebetween. The insert peripheral surface includes an insert rear end surface and an adjacent insert lower surface. The cutting insert includes two spaced apart peripheral abutment ridges that are distal the insert outer side surface and extend along the insert rear end surface and the insert lower surface, respectively. The two peripheral abutment ridges converge towards each other at an acute insert wedge angle in a rearward direction of the cutting insert, away from a cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Oleg Kertsman
  • Patent number: 10232445
    Abstract: A cutting insert of one aspect is provided with a top surface having a polygonal shape and including a corner portion, a first side and a second side, each extending from the corner portion, a bottom surface, a side surface, and a cutting edge. The cutting edge includes a corner cutting edge disposed in a position corresponding to the corner portion, and a first cutting edge disposed in a position corresponding to the first side. The top surface includes an inclined surface provided with a first inclined surface disposed along the first side, a second inclined surface disposed along the second side, and a third inclined surface disposed along the corner portion. An inclination angle of the first inclined surface is greater than an inclination angle of the second inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihito Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10220448
    Abstract: A cutting insert that has, in an upper surface, a convex portion including a main portion having a flat upper end surface, a first portion projecting from the main portion to a corner portion of the upper surface, a second portion projecting from the first portion to the corner portion, and a third portion projecting from the second portion to the corner portion. Upper end heights of the second portion and the third portion are fixed toward the corner portion, respectively. The first portion and the second portion are connected by a first flat inclined wall surface, the second portion and the third portion are connected by a second wall surface of a convex curved surface, and a front end of the third portion and the breaker groove are connected by a third wall surface of a convex curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouhei Sakai
  • Patent number: 10213839
    Abstract: A cutting insert of an embodiment includes a cutting edge located at an intersecting part of an upper surface and a side surface. The cutting edge includes a corner cutting edge, a major cutting edge, and a flat cutting edge. The upper surface includes a first land surface located along the corner cutting edge, a second land surface located along the major cutting edge, and a third land surface located along the flat cutting edge. A maximum value of a width of the third land surface is smaller than a maximum value of a width of each of the first land surface and the second land surface in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouhei Sakai
  • Patent number: 10201855
    Abstract: A cutting insert having a first end surface, a second end surface, and a peripheral side surface. The peripheral side surface includes a rake surface, a front flank and a first cutting edge located in an intersecting edge between the rake surface and the front flank. The first end surface includes a central surface and a side flank located closer to the front flank as compared to the central surface. An intersecting edge between the central surface and the peripheral side surface serves as a first edge, and an intersecting edge between the side flank and the peripheral side surface serves as a second edge, and an angle formed by the first cutting edge and the first edge serves as a first angle ?, and an angle formed by the first cutting edge and the second edge serves as a second angle ?, wherein ? is smaller than ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiro Ida
  • Patent number: 10155270
    Abstract: A cutting insert (1) has a first end surface (2); a second end surface (3) opposing the first end surface; and a peripheral side surface (4) connecting the first and second end surfaces. A cutting edge (6) extends along an intersecting edge between the first end surface and the peripheral side surface. A land (20) is formed in the first end surface and extends along the cutting edge. At least one groove (18) is formed in the peripheral side surface, each groove forming an opening in the first end surface and separating the cutting edge into a plurality of portions. In a plan view of the first end surface, a portion of the land adjacent to an end area (S) of the groove, has a greater width than a width of a portion of the land which is distant from the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 10131002
    Abstract: A polygonal cutting has opposing first and second end surfaces connected by a side surface, and a plurality of cutting edges formed between the end surfaces and the side surface. Each cutting edge is formed at corner and includes a corner cutting edge and a major cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge. A rake surface formed along the cutting edge on first the end surface is inclined toward the second end surface. In a side view of the cutting insert, the major cutting edge includes an inclined part which is inclined so as to approach the second end surface from the corner cutting edge. A portion of the rake surface along the inclined part is formed such that an angle of inclination toward the second end surface increases toward the corner in a direction along the intersecting edge between the first end surface and the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Matsumura, Satoru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10124425
    Abstract: To reduce burrs that may be formed at a corner portion of a machined surface in a face milling process, there is provided a cutting insert that does not tend to form burrs. A milling cutting insert includes cutting edges provided as ridges each defined by an upper or lower face and a side face that intersect each other, the cutting edges including a flat cutting edge. The cutting edge include a major cutting edge provided between adjacent ones of corner portions, the flat cutting edge provided at the corner portion, and a minor cutting edge provided between the major cutting edge and the flat cutting edge. A surface roughness of a side face that is continuous with the major cutting edge is higher than a surface roughness of a side face that is continuous with the minor cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Nagami, Atsuhiko Maeta
  • Patent number: 10086436
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a cutting edge member. The cutting edge member forms a corner portion. The cutting edge member includes a cutting edge formed at the intersection of a rake surface and a flank, at least two breaker wall surfaces and at least one convex portion. The cutting edge includes a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge connected thereto. The second cutting edge is situated at the corner portion. Each breaker wall surface is formed to extend along the cutting edge. The convex portion is formed between the two breaker wall surfaces spaced from each other to protrude relatively toward the cutting edge side. A part of the convex portion is situated around a connecting portion of the first and second cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasutake Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10086435
    Abstract: A cutting insert for high-efficiency cutting is disclosed. The cutting insert includes an upper surface (110a), a lower surface (HOb), side surfaces (114) and corner side surfaces (116), which connect the side surfaces to each other. A circular opening is formed through the central portions of the upper and lower surfaces. In the cutting insert, cutting edges are formed by respective junctions between one of the upper and lower surfaces and the side surfaces and between one of the upper and lower surfaces and the corner side surfaces. The cutting edges comprise three corner cutting edges (122), six major cutting edges (124), which extend from opposite ends of the corner cutting edges towards the neighbor corner cutting edges, and three minor cutting edges (126), which are connected between the major cutting edges. Furthermore, the cutting edges may be formed on both the upper surface and the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Korloy Inc.
    Inventors: Wook Jung Sung, In Sik Sung
  • Patent number: 10076788
    Abstract: A cutting insert has a cutting corner, having a bisector, located on a top surface of the cutting insert. A chip-control arrangement is located at the cutting corner. The chip-control arrangement includes a projection protruding from the top end face and that extends longitudinally in a direction transverse to, and to opposites sides of, the bisector. The chip-control arrangement also includes a protrusion protruding from the top end face and comprising a protrusion ridge that extends from the projection towards a corner cutting edge at the cutting corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Roman Krishtul
  • Patent number: 10058935
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment has a lower surface, an upper surface, a side surface disposed between the lower surface and the upper surface, a pair of corner cutting edges located along an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface, and a major cutting edge located between the pair of corner cutting edges. The major cutting edge has a downwardly dented curvilinear part and a pair of straight parts respectively extending from the curvilinear part toward the pair of corner cutting edges in a side view. A portion of the curvilinear part located lowermost is close to one corner cutting edge in the side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 10058937
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes: a polygonal shaped upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface connected to each of the upper and lower surfaces; and an upper cutting edge located at the intersection of the upper surface and the side surface. The upper surface alternately includes three major corners and three minor corners. The upper cutting edge includes: a corner cutting edge; a minor cutting edge inclined toward the lower surface as separating from the corner cutting edge at a first inclination angle; and a major cutting edge inclined toward the lower surface as separating from the minor cutting edge at a second inclination angle. The corner cutting edge, the minor cutting edge and the major cutting edge are located sequentially from a first major corner to each of first and second minor corners, both of which are adjacent to the first major corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichirou Koga, Masahiro Shibata, Kazuki Yamamichi
  • Patent number: 10046396
    Abstract: The cutting insert is provided with: a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface, a cutting edge located at the intersection portion of the top surface and the side surface; a through hole located from the top surface to the bottom surface; a projecting portion extending from a corner section to a through hole side; and a rake surface located between the cutting edge and the projecting portion. A boundary line between the rake surface and the projecting portion comprises a first end. In a top view, a bisector of the corner section intersects the cutting edge at a first point and intersects a top edge section of the through-hole at a second point. The first end is located closer to the through-hole side than a perpendicular line that passes through a midpoint of a line segment connecting the first point and the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Youji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10040125
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a rake face, a flank face, a cutting edge formed at a ridge where the rake face and the flank face intersect, a land provided on the rake face along the cutting edge, a breaker groove provided in the rake face inside of the land, and a curved surface formed between a groove surface of the breaker groove and the land. A radius of curvature of the curved surface is 0.5 mm or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuda, Yousei Tensaka, Shinya Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 10029317
    Abstract: A cutting insert is used in a cutting edge replaceable rotary cutting tool. The cutting insert includes a first cutting edge formed on an intersecting ridge portion between a first end surface of two opposite end surfaces and a circumferential side surface, and a first depressed portion formed along a part of the first cutting edge. The first depressed portion is provided to form a larger rake angle at the first cutting edge than that at a part not having the first depressed portion of the first cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sozo Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 10029311
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention has a body section and a cutting section located closer to a front end side than the body section. The cutting section has an end cutting edge located along an intersection of an upper surface and a side surface, a recess located from the end cutting edge toward the body section, and a pair of protrusions opposed to each other with the recess interposed therebetween. The pair of protrusions has a first protrusion and a second protrusion located on the first protrusion. The first protrusion has a first inclined surface that is inclined upward and approaches another one of the pair of protrusions as going from the front end side toward the rear end side. A periphery of the second protrusion which is close to the front end side has a convex curvilinear shape in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10010939
    Abstract: A cutting insert of one aspect includes a main body section and a cutting section located at least at the front end side of the main body section, wherein the cutting section includes a top surface and a front cutting edge disposed along a ridge line at an intersection between the top surface and a front side surface, the front cutting edge includes a first section, a second section, and a third section, and a portion of the second section is located above the first section and the third section. The front side surface includes a first region located below the first section, a second region located below the second site, and a third regions located below the third site, wherein an angle of inclination of the second region is greater than angles of inclination of the first region and the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 10010940
    Abstract: An object is to prolong the life of a cubic boron nitride cutting tool used for cutting a heat-resistant alloy. A cubic boron nitride cutting tool includes an edge tip made of a sintered cubic boron nitride compact having a thermal conductivity within the range of 20 to 70 W/m·K and including cubic boron nitride particles having an average particle diameter within the range of 0.5 ?m to 2 ?m; and a base metal that holds the edge tip at a corner portion of the base metal, wherein a cutting edge formed on the edge tip of the tool has a positive rake angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hirano, Katsumi Okamura, Naoki Watanobe
  • Patent number: 10005131
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a body having three vertices, an upper face, a lower face, and six planar flank faces perpendicular to and joining the upper and lower faces. A cutting edge is formed at an intersection between the upper and lower faces and each of the planar flank faces. A triangular-shaped island surrounds a central axis, A, of the cutting insert and is higher in elevation than the upper and lower faces. A tool holder includes a tool holder body having a generally triangular-shaped insert-receiving pocket with a triangular-shaped recess that is substantially identical in shape to the triangular-shaped island of the cutting insert that interacts with the island to properly locate and prevent rotation of the cutting insert when mounted in the tool holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Padmakumar Muthuswamy, Arunachalam Muthuchidambaram, Arvind Mani
  • Patent number: 10005142
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention has an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface, and a cutting edge located along an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface. The upper surface has a land surface disposed along the cutting edge, a rake surface which is located further inside than the land surface and is inclined so as to have a smaller height as departing from the land surface, and a bottom surface located further inside than the rake surface. The rake surface has a projection-shaped first region and a concave-shaped second region which are alternately disposed along the bottom surface. The first region has a first recess that reaches the second region adjacent to the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shin Deguchi
  • Patent number: 9999932
    Abstract: A tool for machining a workpiece. The tool comprises a first tool component which comprises a first internal coolant bore and, on a first face side end, a first connection interface, wherein the first connection interface comprises a first end face for attaching a joining material as well as an elevation which protrudes from the first end face, wherein a first coolant outlet of the first internal coolant bore is arranged on the elevation. In addition, the tool comprises a second tool component which comprises a second internal coolant bore and, on a second face side end, a second connection interface, wherein the second connection interface comprises a second end face for attaching the joining material as well as a recess provided in the second end face, wherein a second coolant outlet of the second internal coolant bore is arranged in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HARTMETALL-WERKZEUGFABRIK PAUL HORN GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Luik, Christoph Hamm
  • Patent number: 9993884
    Abstract: A double-sided tangential cutting insert comprising a pair of cutting rake faces, a pair of major side surfaces and a pair of opposing minor side faces each having a twisted convex shape. Each of the cutting rake faces is defined between a pair of main cutting edges, a pair of full nose cutting edges, and a pair of opposing convex minor cutting edges. Each of the minor side faces is defined between one of the convex minor cutting edges at one of the rake faces and one of the convex minor cutting edges at the other one of the rake faces wherein, at each minor side face, a ridge line interconnects an apex of the convex minor edge at the one of the rake faces and an apex of the convex minor cutting edge at the other one of the rake faces. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Xiangdong Daniel Fang, Michael R. Cripps, Jean-Luc Daniel Dufour, David J. Wills
  • Patent number: 9981323
    Abstract: A double-sided tangential cutting insert, as well as a tool holder system that carries a plurality of the double-sided tangential cutting inserts, that has a peripheral side shape, as viewed from one of said cutting rake faces, that includes a pair of generally identical opposing main cutting edges wherein each of the main cutting edge comprises a substantially straight main cutting edge portion and an adjoining convex main cutting edge portion. The convex main cutting edge portion is truncated by an adjacent convex minor side face so as to define a generally sharp edge and a point of truncation. The peripheral side shape further includes a pair of opposing full nose cutting edges with a nose cutting radius; and a pair of opposing convex minor cutting edges with a minor cutting edge radius. The minor cutting edge radius is at least about four times greater than the nose cutting radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Xiangdong Daniel Fang, Jean-Luc Dufour, Lance Brunetto, Kent Mizgalski, David Wills, David Cope
  • Patent number: 9925595
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an insert body, a rake face on an upper surface of an end portion of the insert body, a cutting edge on a ridge between the rake face and an end surface of the insert body, side cutting edges on ridges between the rake face and side surfaces of the insert body, each connected to both end portions of the cutting edge, and a breaker convex portion on the rake face. The breaker convex portion includes two breaker island portions extending toward the side cutting edge as extending closer to the front cutting edge. Each breaker island portion includes from the front cutting edge side a first raised portion, a descending portion which becomes lower from a top portion of the first raised portion, and a second raised portion which becomes higher, from the descending portion, than the top portion of the first raised portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9903164
    Abstract: A roof-bolt drill bit has a bit body rotatable about a central axis and at least one coupling pocket defined in the bit body. At least one coupling pocket is defined in the bit body, the at least one coupling pocket being defined by a pocket back surface, a first pocket side surface having a substantially planar surface extending from the pocket back surface, and a second pocket side surface having a substantially planar surface extending from the pocket back surface, the second pocket side surface being nonparallel to the first pocket side surface. The first pocket side surface extends at an angle of between approximately 45° and approximately 90° relative to the second pocket side surface and the first pocket side surface and the second pocket side surface are separated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: DOVER BMCS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
    Inventor: E. Sean Cox
  • Patent number: 9884378
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment has a polygonal shaped upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface, and a cutting edge. The cutting edge has an arc-shaped first corner edge, an arc-shaped second corner edge, and a wiper edge located between the first corner edge and the second corner edge. The wiper edge has an arc-shaped first wiper edge and an arc-shaped second wiper edge located closer to the second corner edge than the first wiper edge. R0<R1<R2 is satisfied wherein R1 is a radius of curvature of the first wiper edge, R2 is a radius of curvature of the second wiper edge, and R0 is a radius of curvature of each of the corner edges in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohisa Ishi, Yoshihito Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9884377
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a first surface and a second surface each of which is polygonal and that face away from each other; a side surface that is continuous with the first surface and a side surface that is continuous with the second surface; a cutting edge formed along each of a ridge where the first surface and the side surface intersect and a ridge where the second surface and the side surface intersect; a bearing surface formed in each of a part the first surface and a part of the second surface adjacent to an insert center, the bearing surfaces disposed parallel to each other; and a recessed portion that separates the side surface that is continuous with the first surface from the side surface that is continuous with the second surface. The cutting edge includes three corner edges, a first cutting edge, and a second cutting edge, the first and second cutting edges being continuous with each other and located between each pair of the corner edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yusuke Koike, Kouki Matsubara, Katsuya Nakakihara, Atsuhiko Maeta
  • Patent number: 9849514
    Abstract: A cutting insert of one embodiment is provided with: an insert body having a top surface that has a corner section, a bottom surface, and side surfaces; a cutting edge that is positioned at an intersection between the top surface and the side surfaces, and includes a corner cutting edge, a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge; a rake face that slopes downward away from the cutting edge; and a first raised part that is positioned inside the rake face, and rises upward. The first raised part includes a protruding section that protrudes toward the corner cutting edge. The cutting insert is further provided with a second raised part that extends toward the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge from the protruding section, and has a convex curved shape in which, when viewed from above, the outer peripheral edge on the corner section side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Kouhei Sakai
  • Patent number: 9821376
    Abstract: A cutting insert (1) includes a top surface (6), a side surface, a rake face (10) on the top surface (6), a front flank face (11) and a lateral flank face (12), a cutting edge (9) including a front cutting edge (13), and a lateral cutting edge (14), a breaker groove (15) adjacent to the front cutting edge (13) and the lateral cutting edge (14), and a rake face end (20). The breaker groove (15) includes a descending surface (16) and an ascending surface (17). The ascending surface (17) includes a front wall surface (21) and a lateral wall surface (22) on the side of the front cutting edge (13) and the side of the lateral cutting edge (14). An opening angle (?1) of the front wall surface (21) is greater than an opening angle (?2) of the lateral wall surface (22) in the top surface (6) view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9796024
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a body having an upper face, a lower face, a plurality of planar flank faces, bidirectional acute cutting corners and bidirectional obtuse cutting corners joining two adjacent flank faces. A land has a varying width. An annular island includes a plurality of bulged extensions, relatively longer and narrower chip breaking points proximate the acute cutting corners, and relatively shorter and wider chip breaking points proximate the obtuse cutting corners. A chip breaking ramp surface flanks each of the relatively longer and narrower chip breaking points and each of the relatively shorter and wider chip breaking points. The chip breaking ramp surfaces form a series of non-collinear lines that are at a non-zero angle with respect to the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INDIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Nagarajan, Hariharan Suryanarayanan, Igor Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 9776258
    Abstract: A double-sided, trigon cutting insert has three three major cutting edges formed at an intersection between a first planar side surface portion and first and second surfaces, and three minor cutting edges formed at an intersection between a second planar side surface portion and first and second surfaces. A planar rake surface extends radially inward and downward from each major cutting edge, and a rounded rake surface extends radially inward and downward from each minor cutting edge. An insert-receiving pocket of a cutting tool includes a planar bottom support surface, a first planar side support surface, a second planar side support surface, and a third planar side support surface. Each rounded rake surface is formed with a radius, R, that causes only a high point of each minor cutting edge to contact a workpiece during a machining operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Lance David Brunetto, Brad Daniel Hoffer
  • Patent number: 9770767
    Abstract: A cutting insert of an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface, and an upper cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface. The lower surface includes a mount part having alternately three first top portions spaced a distance a away from a central axis extending between the upper and lower surfaces and three second top portions spaced a distance b away from the central axis in a bottom view. The mount part further has a concave part including at least the central axis. The second top portions are located closer to the upper surface than the first top portions. A cutting tool with the cutting insert, and a method of manufacturing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Shibata
  • Patent number: 9707625
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to one aspect of the present invention includes a polygonal columnar shape, and includes an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface located between the upper surface and the lower surface, and a cutting edge is formed at an intersecting portion between the upper surface and the side surface, the upper surface includes a main portion of a convex shape including a flat upper end surface, a first projecting portion which projects from the main portion to a corner portion of the upper surface, and a pair of second projecting portions which each project from the first projecting portion to a periphery of the upper surface to interpose a region between a front end of the first projecting portion and the corner portion, and each of upper ends of the pair of second projecting portions is spaced part from the first projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chie Onodera
  • Patent number: 9700969
    Abstract: A cutting tool system is designed to have a combined sinusoidal-shaped and helical-shaped cutting edge formed by an assembly of aligned common cutting inserts each having a sinusoidal and helical cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: X. Daniel Fang, Frederick John Palmer, Jean-Luc Dufour, David J. Wills
  • Patent number: 9649692
    Abstract: A tool includes, at least on its edge, a sintered cBN compact which includes cBN particles and a bonding phase, a plurality of flutes is formed on a rake face, each of the flutes having a starting end on the edge ridgeline and causing the edge ridgeline to be wavy, and the terminal end of the flute is disposed inwardly of the edge ridgeline. It is preferable that the flute width of the flute decreases with distance from the edge ridgeline, the flute depth of the flute decreases with distance from the edge ridgeline, and the rake face has a positive rake angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Katsumi Okamura, Kunishige Tanaka, Satoru Kukino
  • Patent number: 9630255
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to configure a cutting-off processing tool that includes a cutting edge angled at an end cutting edge angle and causes evacuation of chips to be controlled so that the chips are evacuated in the tool axis direction, thereby reducing concerns about damage to a processed surface by the chips. The cutting-off processing tool includes a cutting edge angled at the end cutting edge angle. In the cutting-off processing tool, an upper surface has a shape laterally asymmetric about a center in a width direction. In the cutting-off processing tool, when ?b is a rake angle of a rake face on a first corner side positioned on a foremost end of the tool, and ?c is a rake angle of the rake face on a second corner side, ?b>?c is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yosuke Shimamoto, Tomoyuki Fukuyama, Masanobu Ueda
  • Patent number: 9630257
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a land and a breaker flute on a rake face, the land providing a cutting edge by intersecting a flank face. The breaker flute includes breakers. A width T of a portion of the land that extends along a portion of the cutting edge that is at a round corner portion is 0.05 mm<T<0.15 mm. A plurality of crest portions each extending over the entirety of the portion of the cutting edge that is at the round corner portion are provided on a sloping surface of the breaker flute that is on a land side. The crest portions are arranged side by side in a depth direction of the breaker flute. A rake angle ? of at least one of inclined surfaces that form each of the crest portions is expressed as ?>20°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventor: Yousei Tensaka
  • Patent number: 9630256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting insert having a cutting edge which is provided with a corner section that forms a convex arc shape when seen in a planar view from the direction facing the rake face and a pair of linear sections that are in contact with the corner section at the both ends thereof. The cutting edge is provided with a first region along the corner section, a second region along the linear section and a third region positioned between them, and a cross-sectional area of the insert main body on a cross-section orthogonal to the cutting edge in a range of width which is a radius R (mm) of the corner section is made largest in the third region, smallest in second region and between them in the first region in terms of size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Nada, Osamu Ichinoseki
  • Patent number: 9623486
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cutting insert which can minimize friction with a chip and maximize heat-radiating performance. To this end, the present invention provides a cutting insert comprising: an upper surface; a lower surface; a plurality of lateral surfaces for connecting the upper surface with the lower surface; a main cutting edge formed between the lateral surface and the upper surface; and a main cutting edge land and a main cutting edge incline formed in series between the main cutting edge and the upper surface, wherein the main cutting edge incline has a first wavy shape in which two or more incline convex parts and two or more incline concave parts are repeated from the main cutting edge land toward the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Ki-Chan Nam, Wook-Jung Sung, Sang-Yong Lee, Young-Jun Park
  • Patent number: 9597733
    Abstract: A cutting insert may have an upper surface, lower surface, side surface, and a polygonal plate shaped to form a cutting edge at a ridgeline where the upper surface and the side surface intersect. The upper surface has a major part having a flat upper end surface, a first protrusion protruding from the major part toward a corner part of the upper surface, a second protrusion protruding from the first protrusion toward the corner part, and a pair of projections located between the second protrusion and the cutting edge. A height of an upper end of the first protrusion from the lower surface is lower than a height of the upper end surface of the major part and is higher than a height of the cutting edge. A height of an upper end of the second protrusion from the lower surface is equal to the height of the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kanenori Fujii
  • Patent number: 9579729
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of peripheral side surfaces. The top and bottom surfaces and the side surfaces are joined to form rounded cutting corners. A plurality of cutting edges are formed at an intersection between the top surface and the plurality of side surfaces. A pair of asymmetric chip formers are proximate opposite rounded cutting corners. A distance between the opposite rounded cutting corners and the asymmetric chip formers varies in such a way that a ratio of a chip thickness and the distance is substantially constant as a function of a depth of cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INDIA LIMITED
    Inventor: Sreekala Pacheri
  • Patent number: 9555484
    Abstract: A drill may have a cutting tip and a holder located on a rear end portion side of the cutting tip. The cutting tip has two cutting edges located away from each other at a front end portion, two flutes respectively extending from the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge toward the rear end portion, two side surfaces respectively extending from the first flute and the second flute toward a front side in a rotation direction, and two constraining surfaces respectively extending from the first side surface and the second side surface in a tilt direction with respect to the rotation direction. The first side surface and the second side surface are asymmetric with respect to a central axis, and the first constraining surface and the second constraining surface are point symmetric with respect to the central axis in a front end view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichirou Koga
  • Patent number: 9545671
    Abstract: A polygonal indexable cutting insert including a pair of faces, a plurality of peripheral side surfaces, a plurality of rounded corners, a plurality of cutting edges formed with an edge radius, a plurality of triangular-shaped areas proximate the rounded corners; and a plurality of chip breaking scallops positioned along the cutting edges. Each scallop has a bottom surface formed by a rake face and an arcuate back wall having a varying depth. The arcuate back wall of each scallop intersects the arcuate back wall of adjacent scallops at a point located at a distance from each cutting edge for providing a wedge effect that facilitates in dividing and breaking chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INDIA LIMITED
    Inventor: Sreekala Pacheri
  • Patent number: 9539658
    Abstract: A reaming tool, having a rotationally drivable main body (16) and at least one cutting body (18) fastened thereto. The at least one cutting body has at least one reaming blade (26) at the edge of a rake face (28). A chip-forming step (32) and/or chip-breaking elements (34) are formed in the rake face (28) and the reaming blade (26) has a ground cutting edge (40, 42, 44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KOMET GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Roman Eigenmann, Erkan Hodza, Niklas Kramer, Henry Schütt
  • Patent number: 9533356
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes: a polygonal shaped upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface connected to each of the upper and lower surfaces; and an upper cutting edge located at the intersection of the upper surface and the side surface. The upper surface alternately includes three major corners and three minor corners. The upper cutting edge includes: a corner cutting edge; a minor cutting edge inclined toward the lower surface as separating from the corner cutting edge at a first inclination angle; and a major cutting edge inclined toward the lower surface as separating from the minor cutting edge at a second inclination angle. The corner cutting edge, the minor cutting edge and the major cutting edge are located sequentially from a first major corner to each of first and second minor corners, both of which are adjacent to the first major corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichirou Koga, Masahiro Shibata, Kazuki Yamamichi