Patents Examined by Eric A. Gates
  • Patent number: 11458550
    Abstract: A tool holder includes a main body defining a mounting end and a receiving end, the mounting end positioned opposite from the receiving end, the main body defining a main body bore extending into the receiving end toward the mounting end; an extension defining a tool head attached to a rod, the tool head defining a tool head end opposite from the rod, a tool holder length defined between the mounting end and the tool head end, the tool head configured to receive at least one cutting tool, the rod received within the main body bore; and a locking mechanism engaging the extension and the main body in a locked position, the locking mechanism being disengaged from either the main body or the extension in an unlocked position, the locking mechanism being selectively positionable about and between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Anjian Chen, Jeffrey Allen Huffman
  • Patent number: 11458583
    Abstract: A suction-extraction attachment for an insertion tool includes a housing, a bearing unit, and a suction-extraction opening. The housing has an end-side opening that is configured to accommodate the insertion tool. The bearing unit is configured to mount the suction-extraction attachment on the insertion tool. The suction-extraction opening is configured to couple the suction-extraction attachment to a suction-extraction device. The end-side opening and the suction-extraction opening form a transporting channel. The suction-extraction attachment is configured to be mounted on the insertion tool via the bearing unit in an axially movable and rotatable manner such that a position of the suction-extraction attachment relative to the insertion tool alters as a drill-hole depth increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Sonntag
  • Patent number: 11453070
    Abstract: A cutting head rotatable about a head axis has a cap portion and a mounting protuberance joined thereto. The cap portion has N cutting portions circumferentially alternating with N head flutes. The mounting protuberance has N circumferentially spaced apart engagement portions, each including a radially outward facing clamping surface and a torque transmission surface. In a cross-section taken in a head plane perpendicular to the head axis, a first imaginary circle having a first diameter circumscribes the N clamping surfaces, and N radially outermost torque points of the N torque transmission surfaces define a second imaginary circle having a second diameter. The second diameter is greater than ninety percent of the first diameter. A rotary cutting tool includes a tool shank extending along a shank axis and a head receiving pocket at a forward end thereof, and the cutting head is releasably secured in the head receiving pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 11456161
    Abstract: The systems and methods discussed herein are associated with substrate support pedestals used in processing chambers to manufacture semiconductors, electronics, optics, and other devices. The substrate support pedestals include an electrostatic chuck body bonded to a cooling base via a bond layer. A gas flow passage is formed between a top surface of the electrostatic chuck body and a bottom surface of the cooling base, and a porous plug is positioned in the gas flow passage. The gas flow passage passes through a hole in the bond layer and the porous plug and has a swept volume physically shielded from an inside edge of the hole in the bond layer, protecting the bond layer from erosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Joseph Larosa, Stephen Prouty
  • Patent number: 11453069
    Abstract: A drilling tool includes a step drill bit and an arbor assembly. The arbor assembly includes a shank having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second ends. The first end of the shank is removably coupled to the step drill bit, and the second end of the shank is configured to be coupled to a power tool. The arbor assembly includes a sleeve moveable along the shank parallel to the longitudinal axis, and a ball bearing disposed on the sleeve and moveable with the sleeve. The ball bearing engages the step drill bit to releasably secure the step drill bit to the shank. When the sleeve moves toward the second end of the shank, the ball bearing moves radially inward and disengages the step drill bit, allowing removal of the step drill bit from the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bryan C. Ward
  • Patent number: 11453068
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping apparatus (1) for clamping a workpiece (100), which is or is to be toothed and has an axis of rotation, onto a spindle, which can be rotationally driven and has a spindle axis defining an axial direction (A), with a clamping mechanism (20), which converts an axial force (FA) transferred via a force transfer device (10) into a clamping force (Fg) directed radially to the spindle axis, wherein the force transfer device (10) has a first section (12) movably guided by a guide arrangement (30) in relation to a movement having an axial direction component, wherein the first section (12) is segmented into several transfer elements (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) spaced apart from one another in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GLEASON-HURTH TOOLING GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Schneider, Uwe Rusch
  • Patent number: 11453071
    Abstract: A core cutter includes: a cylindrical body; and a tipped bit that is disposed in a manner to protrude from a distal end of the body. The core cutter is configured to cut a workpiece with the bit when the body is rotated about a rotational axis that is an axis of the body. At a distal end of the body, a notch is formed adjacently to the bit at a position forward of the bit in a rotation direction of the body. A width of the notch in a circumferential direction of the body at the distal end of the body is less than or equal to 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA MIYANAGA
    Inventor: Masaaki Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 11453108
    Abstract: A hand-held rotary tool includes a housing that encloses a motor having an output shaft. The tool includes a quick connect adaptor configured to connect an accessory to the output shaft. The adaptor includes a driver that is connected to the output shaft and rotates in concert with the output shaft. An outer surface of the driver has a first flat. The adaptor includes a receiver that includes a connector configured to detachably connect with the housing, and a torque transfer device configured to receive the driver. An inner surface of the torque transfer device includes a second flat that engages with the first flat in such a way that rotation of the driver results in rotation the torque transfer device relative to the connector. The adaptor includes an output device that supports the accessory and that is driven by the torque transfer device to move relative to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jeremy Rubens, Christopher Crowell
  • Patent number: 11440105
    Abstract: A clamping arrangement for fixing workpieces, having a housing with a clamping cone and a clamping segment ring with a plurality of clamping segments. The clamping segments are movable radially relative to one another via joint axial movement relative to the clamping cone. An ejector pin is provided for removal of the clamping segment ring from the clamping cone. A contact region for reception of or contact with a distal end of the ejector pin is provided on an end face of at least one of the clamping segments, which contact region is designed such that the ejector pin restricts outward mobility of the clamping segment in the radial direction in a positive locking manner when the distal end of the ejector pin is arranged in the contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HAINBUCH GMBH SPANNENDE TECHNIK
    Inventor: Heiko Buschmann
  • Patent number: 11440108
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool includes a main body and a shank. The main body has a tip end. The shank is continuous with the main body on the side opposite to the tip end. The main body is provided with a first cutting edge having a positive twist angle, and a second cutting edge having a negative twist angle and separated from the first cutting edge. Each of the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge extends continuously from the tip end to the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Nozomi Tsukihara, Yutaka Kobayashi, Minoru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11440106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a deep hole drilling method for producing a pipe with an inner profile which has at least one recess extending helically along the inner side of the pipe, wherein with a deep hole drilling machine a tool, comprising a basic body extending along a longitudinal axis and at least one cutting edge arranged on an outer circumference of the basic body, is pulled or pushed through the interior of the pipe while being turned about its longitudinal axis, so that the cutting edge completes a cut along a helical cutting line on the inner side of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Schmidt + Clemens GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Detlev Lattner
  • Patent number: 11440104
    Abstract: A device for clamping a workpiece has a receiving head in a housing connected to a rotary drive with a rigid drive connection between a drive motor and the receiving head, radially adjustable clamping jaws connected to a clamping drive externally clamping the workpiece, and linear drives displacing the clamping jaws and forming the clamping drive driven jointly by a gear transmission with a central gear coaxial to the drive shaft of the receiving head by a separate drive motor. The central gear can be driven synchronously with the receiving head in the clamping position of the clamping jaws, and the rotary drive for the central gear comprises a rigid drive connection between its drive motor and the central gear or a superimposed gear comprising two input shafts drive-connected to the drive motor for the rotary drive of the receiving head and to the drive motor for the central gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: Friedrich Moser
  • Patent number: 11433462
    Abstract: A drilling tool with improved structure to improve chips discharging performance. The drilling tool comprises a cutting insert 60 having a cutting edge 62 at the front end portion and a main body 10 mounted with the cutting insert 60, further, the drilling tool comprises a hollow discharge channel 12 formed inside the main body 10, and the discharge channel 12 has a curved surface 14 for guiding the chips S in a direction towards the base end portion opposite to the front end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroya Shikama
  • Patent number: 11426804
    Abstract: An assembly for guiding a drill bit of a drill assembly comprises a chassis and a centering bushing, comprising an exterior conical portion and a central opening. The assembly further comprises a vacuum-cup bracket, coupled to the chassis and adjustably positionable relative to the chassis along a second axis. The assembly also comprises vacuum cups, coupled to the vacuum-cup bracket. The assembly additionally comprises a pressure foot, coupled to the chassis at the first end of the chassis and adjustably positionable relative to the chassis along the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Voltaire Valeriano, Jr., Matthew G. Kesterson, Florante M. Halili, Gregory Van
  • Patent number: 11426803
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool includes a replaceable cutting head and a tool holder. The replaceable cutting head includes a forward cutting portion and a rearward mounting portion. The mounting portion includes a male coupling member that includes an external thread defined by external inner and outer cylinders. The external thread has concavely curved external thread roots which each merge with a respective straight external loaded surface at a first external root point. The first external root point is spaced apart from the external inner cylinder by a first external radial distance. The first external radial distance is greater than a third and less than two thirds of the external thread height. The tool holder includes a female coupling member that includes an internal thread. When the rotary cutting tool is in a locked position, the external thread is threadingly engaged with the internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 11420271
    Abstract: An adapter sleeve is described for inserting into an expansion chuck of a cutting device with a substantially cylindrical body that defines a longitudinal axis (L) of the adapter sleeve and a seat area for a cutting tool. The body comprises an axial front end and an axial rear end opposite the front end by means of which the adapter sleeve can be inserted into the expansion chuck of the cutting device. An outlet element is provided at the axial front end through which a coolant can be discharged toward the cutting tool. At least one cooling line extends along the body up to the outlet element and comprises a body line section and an outlet element section. At least one channel-like outlet nozzle is formed in the outlet element and is in fluidic connection with the at least one cooling line. The flow cross-section of the cooling line decreases or remains the same toward the axial front end. In addition, a cutting device is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Santhosha Borapura Boregowda, Gururaj Bommagatti Hanumeshachar, Josef Konrad Herud
  • Patent number: 11420268
    Abstract: A known rotary tool holder (10) comprises a rotary tool gripper (11) and a non-rotary part (16) presenting a flat front wall (18), the rotary tool gripper projecting from the flat front wall and comprising a shaft segment (15) having two shaft flats (12, 13). A kit to assist in the manual change of a tool from such a rotary tool holder comprises a forked holding element (20) provided with two fingers (22, 23) that are suitable to be fitted by their inside on the two shaft flats, and a locking plate (30) that comprises a recess (31) and is suitable to be fixedly mounted on the front wall with the recess facing it, said recess being configured to house the two fingers fitted on the two shaft flats when the locking plate is mounted on the front wall, the recess extending across the locking plate and being delimited by two steps (32, 33) against which the two fingers can be fitted by their outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DAUNERT MAQUINAS HERRAMIENTAS, S.A.
    Inventors: Maximilian Daunert Armillas, Martín Crecente Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11420269
    Abstract: A clamping assembly includes a base member having an internal bore, a lock rod within the internal bore of the base member and moveable in a forward direction and rearward direction between an unlocked position and a locked position, a crank wheel having an axis of rotation, and a linkage coupled to the lock rod and coupled to the crank wheel at a position radially offset from the axis of rotation of the crank wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Logan M Semnisky, Alan J Bookheimer
  • Patent number: 11420270
    Abstract: A clamping device for clamping an article or workpiece to be balanced includes a clamping apparatus for clamping the article. The clamping apparatus has an adjusting device for adjusting the clamping diameter of a clamping body of the clamping apparatus for clamping the article on a placement surface. The clamping body has a disk-shaped spring element sprung in radial direction with a centrally disposed clearance forming at least one spring element cone. The clamping body also has a clamping element inserted into the clearance and having at least one corresponding clamping element cone. The adjusting device has an actuating device for displacing the clamping element relative to the spring element, for moving the cone surfaces of the clamping element cone and the spring element cone relative to one another and for consequently clamping and/or unclamping the spring element in radial direction by the cone surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Franz Haimer Maschinenbau KG
    Inventor: Franz Haimer
  • Patent number: 11413654
    Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic vibration processing device which can suppress vibration of components due to an ultrasonic vibrator and can perform processing using ultrasonic vibration in a preferable manner; the ultrasonic vibration processing device includes: a housing (10); an ultrasonic vibrator (20) including a horn portion (21A) to which a tool holder (70) is detachably attached and a piezoelectric element (23), the ultrasonic vibrator having a rear end located at a node of ultrasonic vibration and being supported inside the housing (10) so as to be rotatable; a connecting portion (30) stored in the housing (10) so as to be rotatable together with the ultrasonic vibrator (20); a motor (40) connected to the connecting portion (30); and a non-contact power supply unit (50) including a primary transformer (51) and a secondary transformer (52), the primary transformer (51) being fixed to the housing (10) and including a primary coil (51B) that receives high frequency power from an external power supply, the sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: KIRA CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI, THE UNIVERISITY OF KITAKYUSHU
    Inventors: Hiromichi Onikura, Osamu Ohnishi, Hiroshi Murakami