Patents Examined by Daniel Howell
  • Patent number: 10058930
    Abstract: The coupling part, in particular cutting head for a drilling tool for the interchangeable fastening in a coupling receptacle, has a coupling pin which is enclosed by a head support surface, wherein the coupling pin has a plurality of types of functional surfaces, namely stop surfaces for transmitting a torque between the cutting head and the carrier, and clamping surfaces for centering and clamping the cutting head in the coupling receptacle. The coupling pin has an axially front pin region and an adjoining, axially rear pin region, and the clamping surfaces and the stop surfaces are arranged in different pin regions. This decoupling and distribution of the functional surfaces to the various pin regions permits simpler production of the coupling pin and an overall more robust configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Juergen Schwaegerl, Berthold Heinrich Zeug
  • 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: 10058962
    Abstract: A two-layer disk type tool magazine device matched with a numerical control machine tool, comprises a tool magazine base, a tool magazine support, tool sleeve chucks, a tool disk base, tool sleeves and a tool alignment instrument. The tool magazine base is connected to and installed on the machine tool. The tool magazine support is connected to one end of the tool magazine base. The tool disk base is connected to the support by means of a bolt. The tool alignment instrument is installed at the other end of the tool magazine base. The two tool sleeve chucks are installed on the tool disk base and partitioned by a tool disk partition sleeve. The two layers of tool sleeve chucks clamp a tool sleeve base and are fixed by means of bolts. A tool disk pressing ring presses against the tool sleeve chuck on the upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Greatoo Intelligent Equipment Inc.
    Inventors: Guiyang Cai, Yingjun Zhou, Haiyu Lu, Dehua Li
  • Patent number: 10058943
    Abstract: A cutting insert and a gear milling cutter is disclosed. A first major side portion of an insert body of the cutting insert is provided with a first recess having a first bottom surface (24a) and a second major side portion is provided with a second recess having a second bottom surface. The first and second bottom surfaces extend substantially in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the insert body. A first minor side portion is provided with a third recess having a third bottom surface and a second minor side portion is provided with a fourth recess having a fourth bottom surface, the third and fourth bottom surfaces extending across the longitudinal axis. Thus, the cutting insert may be supported in a relevant gear milling cutter against one of the first and second bottom surfaces and against one of the third or fourth bottom surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventor: Johan Thornqvist
  • Patent number: 10064284
    Abstract: Disclosed is a drilling method for PCBs with high hole position precision, comprising: step 1 of fixing a PCB on a workbench; step 2 of pre-drilling a to-be-drilled portion of the PCB by using a short-blade drilling tool; and step 3 of deeply drilling the to-be-drilled portion which has been machined in step 2 by using along-blade drilling tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: YIXING SILICON VALLEY ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., GUANGZHOU FASTPRINT CIRCUIT TECH CO., LTD., SHENZHEN FASTPRINT CIRCUIT TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolang Ren, Bei Chen, Zhijun Zeng, Wenjiao Xie
  • Patent number: 10058403
    Abstract: A rotating member of a dental clamping apparatus is movably connected to a body and disposed in a through hole. A hole diameter is located on an inner side of a clamping member and is corresponding to an elastic abutting slope. The clamping member is movably connected to the rotating member. A first blocking member disposed in a first blocking hole is engaged with an annular groove so as to rotate the rotating member relative to the body. A second blocking member disposed in a second blocking hole is engaged with an axial track so as to move the clamping member along an axial direction relative to the body. The rotating member is rotated relative to the body to axially move the clamping member. The elastic abutting slope is abutted against an annular slope so as to resiliently deform the clamping member to change the hole diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CHILIAD BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Jung Lin
  • Patent number: 10052698
    Abstract: The modular carrier tool (2), in particular drilling tool, extends along a central longitudinal axis (4) in axial direction (6) and comprises a carrier (8) as well as a tool head (10) that can be reversibly mounted on the front-end of the carrier (8). The carrier (8) has a head retainer (14) for the insertion of the tool head (10) as well as clamping webs (24), which radially delimit the head retainer (14) and also have bearing surfaces (28). The tool head (10) comprises clamping surfaces (35) extending in axial direction as well as underhead bearing surfaces (34). In a mounted state the clamping webs (24) clamp the tool head (10) in radial direction to the clamping surfaces (35) and the underhead bearing surfaces (34) are pressed against the bearing surfaces (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Tim Guter
  • Patent number: 10052699
    Abstract: A cutting tool based on an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a cylindrical main body section which is made of a cobalt-containing cemented carbide alloy and is rotatable about the central axis thereof, a cutting edge which is provided at at least one of the tip and the periphery of the main body section, a chip discharge groove which extends from the cutting edge toward the rear end of the main body section, and a coating layer which is made of diamond and covers the cutting edge, wherein the cobalt content of the surface of the main body section at the part coated with the coating layer is less than the cobalt content of the surface of the main body section at parts other than the part coated with the coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10046402
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool (10) comprises a shank (12) formed of a first material of a first hardness. The shank (12) has a first end (12a), and a plurality of elements (14) are provided at the first end (12a) of the shank (12). The elements (14) are formed of a second material of a second hardness greater than that of the first hardness. The elements (14) provide a platform to be able to create a plurality of cutting edges or teeth (18, 20a). A method of forming such a rotary cutting tool is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: EXACTAFORM CUTTING TOOLS LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter Raynor
  • Patent number: 10046400
    Abstract: Systems and methods for robotic positioning of multiple tools. The system may include one or more robotic devices, multiple tools, and one or more controllers. The one or more robotic devices are each configured to connect to the tools, move the tools to a desired work position, and release the tools at the work position. The tools are able to operate mechanically independently from the robotic devices to perform an operation at the position to which they are delivered. After releasing the tools, the robotic devices are able to perform other operations including moving additional tools to different work positions. The one or more controllers oversee the operation of the one or more robotic devices and tools and control the overall operation on a work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: APEX BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Douglas Rola, Yen-Chien Wang
  • Patent number: 10047908
    Abstract: A robotic tool changer includes a locking feature, and may be made washable by sealing against fluid incursion. The tool changer comprises a master unit and one or more tool units, and it transitions between decoupled and coupled states by rotation of one part relative to another. The rotation displaces rolling members in the master unit, such as balls, from a retaining surface to a locking surface which is sized and positioned to force the rolling members against a coupling surface of the tool unit. A deformable pin interposed between the retaining and locking surfaces resists movement of the rolling members therebetween, requiring the application of force. The pin remains deformed, and continues to exert a force on the rolling members, when the robotic tool changer is in the coupled state, providing a locking feature which automatically and positively resists any inadvertent decoupling of the tool changer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: David John Bohle, II, Michael Joseph Gala
  • Patent number: 10040137
    Abstract: A compound fillet radii cutter may have a shaft having a cylindrical member, frustoconical cutting surface, a small radius cutting surface having an arc length of a first circle, and a large radius cutting surface having an arc length of a second circle. The frustoconical cutting surface may be disposed between the cylindrical member and the small radius cutting surface. The small radius cutting surface may be disposed between the frustoconical cutting surface and the large radius cutting surface, and a juncture of the large radius cutting surface and the small radius cutting surface may form a tangential union. In this manner, a single cutter may cut radii of various sizes or cut compound radii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chung Y. Wu
  • Patent number: 10040156
    Abstract: An apparatus for the collection, gathering, and disposal of the debris that is created when drilling a hole into a vertical surface. The ‘Disposable Drill Debris Eliminator’ (DDDE) is designed and constructed in a very simple manner and is thus very inexpensive to manufacturer; the DDDE is designed and constructed so that it is foldable, stackable, and thus very compact; the DDDE it is disposable; the DDDE contains in its design, a method of alignment, which enables the user to align the drill more easily to the intended hole position in a more perpendicular manner; the DDDE contains in it's design and construction, a device that enables the user to control the depth of the hole being drilled; and the DDDE is re-positionable for many uses because the adhesive strength is of the strength of re-positionable sticker notes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: James Anzai Castillo
  • Patent number: 10040129
    Abstract: A tool head having a shrink-fit chuck (10) that has an axial receiving hole (22), and having a tool (12) that is insertable by way of its cylindrical tool shank (24) into the receiving hole (22), which is open at the front end of the shrink-fit chuck (10), and is fixable therein by thermal shrinking of the shrink-fit chuck (10). The shrink-fit chuck (10) has, in its front end portion, an annular recess (30) that radially widens the receiving hole (22) and is open at the end side, and a function ring (14) is positioned on the tool shank (24), wherein, in the shrink-fitted state, the tool shank (24) is frictionally fixed in the receiving hole (22) and the function ring (14) sits at least partially in the annular recess (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: BILZ WERKZEUGFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Michael Voss
  • Patent number: 10040127
    Abstract: A tunable or tuned boring bar having increased stiffness is provided. Increasing the stiffness of the bar increases the natural frequency, thereby reducing directional deformation of the bar during use. The tunable boring bar includes a distal portion configured to support a tool, a proximal portion configured for attachment to a support structure of a metalworking machine, and a body, which is at least partially tubular, extending between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The tubular portion of the body has an elongated cylindrical cavity. The body of the boring bar includes a core layer formed from a first material and a coating layer formed from a second material. The second material has a higher modulus of elasticity than the first material. In certain configurations, the coating layer is bonded to the core layer by cladding, welding, chemical adhesives, chemical vapor deposition, pulsated plasma diffusion, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho
  • Patent number: 10040128
    Abstract: A tool arrangement containing a tool holder and a tool having a tool head for processing workpieces and a shaft supporting the tool head, wherein the tool holder and the shaft each have a planar surface oriented transversely with respect to the axial direction of the tool holder and the shaft, the planar surfaces lying opposite one another. The tool holder and the shaft are connected non-rotatably and releasably to one another by a connecting mechanism which has a journal projecting in the axial direction and a receptacle which receives the journal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: KOMET GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Benno Spors, Hendrik Nitzsche, Manuel Mayer
  • Patent number: 10040133
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an axle device and a boring tool. The axle device includes a main shaft, an expanding unit, a drill, and an engaging unit. The main shaft is magnetic. The expanding unit includes a cone blocking member and an expanding member. The cone blocking member has an inclined plane. The expanding member is limited at the main shaft and includes a plurality of pawls, wherein the pawls are against the inclined plane. The engaging unit includes a rotating member and an engaging element. The rotating member is screwed on the main shaft. The engaging element engages the drill with the rotating member. When the rotating member rotates and moves toward a first direction, the engaging element correspondingly brings the drill and the cone blocking member toward the first direction, such that the inclined plane of the cone blocking member expands the pawls outwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Sin-Yi Yu
  • Patent number: 10040157
    Abstract: A device (1) for holding a tool (3), and the device (1) has a cavity (2) for the tool (3) and at least two channels (6) designed to allow the passage of a lubricant. Each channel has an inlet opening (7) and an outlet opening (8) for the lubricant. The at least two channels (6) are helically formed around the bore (2) and have a cross-section which increases in size from the inlet opening (7) to the outlet opening (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: HOCHSCHULE FURTWANGEN
    Inventors: Siegfried Schmalzried, Thomas Herberth
  • Patent number: 10040132
    Abstract: The rotary tool comprises a support and a cutting head which can be inserted into a pin receptacle of the support via a coupling pin. The support and the cutting head have mutually corresponding surface sections for transferring a radial clamping force and have mutually corresponding torque sections for transferring torque. For an axial pull-out stop device, effective stop surfaces are formed on the pin receptacle and on the coupling pin in the axial direction, wherein, to do this, a stop element is formed, the radial extension of which is smaller than or equal to a radial extension (r2) of the surface sections of the coupling pin and wherein the stop surfaces and the surface section are offset relative to each other in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Horst Jäger, Jürgen Schwägerl, Berthold Zeug
  • Patent number: 10035196
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a drilling tool having one or more locating brackets. The locating brackets include contacts that when engaged by a workpiece or a component adjacent to a workpiece, complete a pneumatic circuits of a pneumatic switch. Completion of the pneumatic circuits facilities operation of a drill of the drilling tool, thus allowing operation of the drilling tool and/or engagement of the drill with a workpiece. The locator brackets are sized and positioned such that engagement of the contacts occurs when the drilling tool is located in a predetermined position, thereby ensuring that drilling of a hole occurs in a desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Nelsen Stavig, Jr., Avery C. Alby