Patents Examined by Andrea Wellington
  • Patent number: 8944726
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stop for arrangement on a drilling, milling or countersinking tool for machining a work piece, wherein the work piece has a surface, and wherein the drilling, milling or countersinking tool has a cutting section. The stop comprises a contact surface, wherein the contact surface is arranged such that once a predetermined machining depth in the work piece is reached, the contact surface is seated against the surface, at least in some sections. A connecting element is provided, wherein the connecting element is arranged between the contact surface and the cutting section. The connecting element is suited to prevent a relative movement between the contact surface and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Guehring OHG
    Inventors: Jens Mario Lange, Günther Hartmann, Ingo von Puttkamer
  • Patent number: 8944732
    Abstract: A machining head replaceable rotating tool having a fastening male screw and a fastening female screw disposed on respective shaft centers of one and the other of a machining head and a holder, the fastening male and female screws being threadably engaged with each other to concentrically and removably attach the machining head to a tip portion of the holder, the machining head and the holder being disposed with abutting surfaces abutted against each other in a fastened state when the fastening male and female screws are threadably engaged, the machining head replaceable rotating tool being integrally and rotationally driven via the holder in a tool rotation direction causing the fastening male and female screws to be fastened by a machining load to perform predetermined machining with the machining head, the abutment of the abutting surfaces preventing the fastening male and female screws from being further fastened by a machining load, the fastening male and female screws being saw-tooth buttress screws hav
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: OSG Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Osawa, Tasuku Itoh
  • Patent number: 8939683
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool for forming a heat plate has a plurality of cutting blades arranged about a cutting tool body. The cutting edge profile of the rotary cutting tool has a lower radius portion and a middle convex portion. The lower radius portion has its center on the axis of the rotary cutting tool and the middle convex portion is defined by an inverse square curve of form Y=1/X2 with the vertical axis of the origin of the inverse square curve offset from the axis of the rotary cutting tool. X has values between 0.25 units and 4 units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Alvin White
  • Patent number: 8911184
    Abstract: The invention relates to a regulating element for a cutting member clamped in a tool seat of a cutting tool, comprising a cylindrical basic body, and an active surface impacting the cutting member at a face side when in a mounted state, having a contour deviating from the cylindrical shape at the cylinder sleeve of the basic body as anti-twist protection for the regulating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Hacker, Heinrich Manner, Xaver Spichtinger
  • Patent number: 8911185
    Abstract: This detachable insert type cutting tool is provided with a cutting insert and a holder which holds the cutting insert. An insert mounting seat on which the cutting insert is mounted and upper and lower jaw sections which pinch the cutting insert are provided in the holder. The insert mounting seat is provided between the lower surface of the upper jaw section and the upper surface of the lower jaw section. Convex curve outer surfaces are formed on one side of the upper and lower jaw sections when viewed from the leading end sides of the upper and lower jaw sections, and concave curve inner surfaces are formed on the other side of the upper and lower jaw sections. In a state where the cutting insert is fixed to the insert mounting seat, the concave curve inner surface of the upper jaw section is disposed at a position retreated further radially outward than an arc surface extending along the concave curve inner surface of the lower jaw section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiko Nagaya, Norio Aso, Shoichiro Watanabe, Yasuharu Imai, Kenji Ishizawa
  • Patent number: 8905691
    Abstract: An arc surface milling machine includes a worktable, a base and a backup plate. The worktable is assembled adjacent to the base. The backup plate is adjustably mounted on the base and positioned adjacent to the worktable. The worktable includes a work surface, an opposite bottom surface, and a mounting end. The base is assembled to the mounting end of the worktable. The work surface defines a concave wedge-shaped receiving space adjacent to the mounting end and forms a milling opening communicating with the work surface and the mounting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhao-Lei Ma, Hong-Jun Zhu, Chen-Hong Hou, Xin-Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 8905684
    Abstract: A slotting cutter includes a disc-like cutter body rotatable in a predetermined direction on a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the cutter body. The cutter body includes a stop slot, an upper cam slot and a lower slot. A plurality of pockets adapted to receive a cutting inset are formed about a perimeter of the body. A cantilevered clamping member includes a bottom surface with a pair of clamping surfaces that engage a pair of angled clamping surfaces on a top surface of the cutting insert during operation. A wrench is provided to lift the cantilevered clamping member for inserting, indexing or removing the cutting insert from the slotting cutter. The wrench includes two fixed pins and a floating pin that prevents the cantilevered clamping member from bending too far and limiting the useful life of the slotting cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Waggle, Kevin Michael Gamble
  • Patent number: 8899887
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) drilling apparatus that greatly increases the speed, accuracy and depth of the drilling process as well as increasing the life of the drill bits by decoupling the reactionary forces encountered in the positioning and drilling functions of the apparatus in the x, y and z axes from the components that accomplish the positioning, measuring and drilling of the stacked printed circuit boards. The part of the apparatus that moves and drills as well as the feedback position sensors are mounted to a set of vibration isolation pads that absorb the vibrations that would disturb the feedback sensors. Additionally, the force frame of the apparatus that experiences the reactionary force movements are decoupled from the metrology frame of the apparatus that house the feedback sensors, also increasing the throughput and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Interdyne Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Kosmowski, Wojciech B. Kosmowski
  • Patent number: 8888416
    Abstract: A control system for an air driven drill is described, wherein the control system is of the kind that provides a feed stroke to a drill bit. The system comprises an interrupt line so that compressed air fed to a feed chamber is also fed to a clamp chamber whereby the unbalanced force on the feed piston becomes balanced so as to stop the feed stroke. An adjustable frequency generator is provided to impose a pulsating pressure variation in an air pressure supply. During a feed stroke under which compressed air is fed to the feed chamber, air fed to the clamp chamber via the interrupt line is caused by the adjustable frequency generator to have a pulsating pressure, so that the feed stroke is caused to be stopped for a first period, then resumed for a second period, to provide a periodically interrupted feed stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: U.S. Industrial Tool & Supply Company
    Inventor: Boris Spivak
  • Patent number: 8888419
    Abstract: A tool (100) for working the internal bore of a tube comprises a motor (10), having a housing with a rotary output; a housing sleeve (14a) and shaft (22); a first bearing housing (16), having a rotatably journalled first spindle (102), mounted on the housing sleeve; and an end sleeve and shaft connected to a tool head. The motor output drives, along a common axis (1), the housing shaft, first bearing spindle, end shaft and tool head. A change mechanism (56,58) is in the tool head to change direction of said drive to transverse said common axis. An output (60) is adapted to receive a tool bit. Gauge means (18,18?) is disposed on said tool head and is adapted, in use, to bear against the bore of the tube and maintain the tool head located radially with respect to the tube axis; and support means (24,24?) is disposed on one or more of said housing shaft, first bearing housing and end sleeve adapted, in use, to bear against the bore of the tube and support the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventor: Wessley Jack Wilmot
  • Patent number: 8882410
    Abstract: A tool and method for drilling holes through first and second structural members having a layer of liquid shim disposed between the first and second structural members. The tool has a drill jig with apertures defining a location for the holes to be drilled in the structural members and a heat blanket coupled to at least a portion of a bottom surface of the drill jig. The tool is coupled to one of the structural members in an area proximate the liquid shim. The heat blanket is activated to raise the temperature of the liquid shim past a curing temperature for a pre-determined period of time. Holes are then drilled through the holes in the drill jig, into the structural members and the liquid shim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Helen Mary Owens, Stephen A. Staud, Michael W. Malinowski, Emily Sprik
  • Patent number: 8882405
    Abstract: A double-sided, indexable face milling insert, including an upperside, an underside, and a neutral plane (NP) parallel to the upperside and the underside, the neutral plane forming a right angle with a geometrical center axis (C2). A plurality of indexable cutting edges are formed along circumferential borderlines in transitions between a number of clearance surfaces and the upperside as well as the underside. Each cutting edge includes a chip-removing main edge and a surface-wiping secondary edge, the secondary edge forming an obtuse angle with the main edge in planar view. A corner clearance surface extends between and connects each pair of upper and lower secondary edges, the corner clearance surface including first and second part surfaces which each form an acute angle (?) in side elevation view with respective reference planes (RP) parallel to the neutral plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventors: Amil Oprasic, Lennart Wihlborg, Leif Widin, Stefan Roman
  • Patent number: 8882411
    Abstract: A drill of the present invention includes a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge each located at a front end of a cylindrical cutting part; a first flute and a second flute connected to the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge, respectively, in which the first and second flutes are positioned helically from a front end to a rear end on a peripheral section of the cutting part; and a first land and a second land each extended from the front end to the rear end on the peripheral section of the cutting part, in which the first and second lands are being located portions between the first flute and the second flute, respectively. The first flute and the second flute are separately extended from the front end to the rear end. The cutting part includes a first region in which a diameter of an inscribed circle in a cross section perpendicular to a rotation axis of the cutting part increases in a direction away from the front end and toward the rear end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Koike, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 8882416
    Abstract: This application is directed to groove milling devices for milling a groove in a component. In one example, a groove milling device includes a milling disk which is rotatable about a rotational axis, wherein the groove milling device comprises a displacement device for moving the milling disk along the rotational axis during the milling process. In an example, the groove milling device may include a control device which actuates the displacement device automatically when a predetermined depth of the milled groove is reached during the milling process. In an example, the groove milling device may include a switch for activating the displacement device by an operator during the milling process. In an example, the energy required for actuating the displacement device may be generated by a generator coupled to a main drive spindle of the groove milling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Franz Baur, Franz Haser, Lamello AG
    Inventors: Franz Baur, Franz Haser, Wilfried Schneider, Patrick Jeker
  • Patent number: 8882404
    Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a cutting tool holder and a cutting insert adapted to be mounted thereon. The tool holder comprises an insert seat defined by a base and at least one side wall extending from the base to define an insert seat space adapted to receive therein the insert. The seat comprises a support element extending into the insert seat from the base, and a fastening member engageable with the seat. The fastening member is displaceable with respect thereto between a mounting position adapted to allow the insert to be mounted onto the seat and a securing position adapted for securing the insert within the seat. The insert is formed with a securing cavity and when the insert is mounted onto the tool holder and is in the securing position, a portion of the support element and the fastening member is received within the cavity of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: No Screw Ltd
    Inventor: Gershon Harif
  • Patent number: 8882408
    Abstract: A cutting insert having a cutting edge is located along an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface, having a major cutting edge, a second cutting edge, and a minor cutting edge located between the major cutting edge and the flat cutting edge. The upper surface includes a flat part located away from the cutting edge, and a rake face inclined downward from the cutting edge to the flat part. In at least a part between the major cutting edge and the flat part, a groove part lies along the major cutting edge. The groove part includes the rake face and a rising face inclined upward from the rake face to the flat part. A connection part where the rake face and the flat part exist continuously extends from the minor cutting edge to a boundary of the minor cutting edge and the major cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 8882407
    Abstract: A cutting insert is provided including at least three cutting edges, each cutting edge including a primary cutting edge. Each primary cutting edge is associated with a respective different side surface of the cutting insert, each side surface having a respective rake surface and a clearance surface. The clearance surface is of varying width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Seco Tools AB
    Inventor: Adnan Agic
  • Patent number: 8882415
    Abstract: A telescopic cover of a machine tool is provided with two movable covers connected by a joint, two pulleys mounted on the joint, and a single wire stretched around and between the two pulleys. One and the other ends of the wire are secured to the mobile element, and a middle portion of the wire to a fixed portion. In this arrangement, the two movable covers connected by the joint move half the movement stroke of the mobile element in association with the action of the mobile element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Nagao, Naoki Sato
  • Patent number: 8881627
    Abstract: There is provided a workpiece supply/conveyance device that can remove a workpiece from a spindle and supply another workpiece to the spindle smoothly and in a short time. A workpiece holding section of one of a plurality of arms includes an unmachined workpiece holding section 29 for holding an unmachined workpiece and a machined workpiece holding section 21 for holding a machined workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Masuda
  • Patent number: 8876446
    Abstract: A cutting tool has a cutting insert secured in a tool shank by means of a clamping bolt, whereby two opposing side surfaces of a body portion of the cutting insert are located between two spaced apart protuberances of the tool shank. The body portion includes a cut-out extending between the two opposing side surfaces and opening out to a bottom surface. The cut-out includes an undercut with at least one undercut sub-surface with respect to a forward direction. The clamping bolt can be rotated from a locked position wherein the bolt shank has a threaded portion engaged in one of the protuberances and a bolt locking portion located directly forward of the at least one undercut sub-surface, to an un-locked position wherein the threaded portion remains engaged in the protuberance and no portion of the bolt shank is located directly forward of the at least one undercut sub-surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Philip Shaheen