Patents Examined by Nicole N Ramos
  • Patent number: 12370610
    Abstract: A cutting insert has an upper surface, a lower surface and a lateral surface. The upper surface has a first upper side, and a second upper side. The lower surface has a first lower side and a second lower side. The lateral surface has a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, and a third lateral surface. The first lateral surface has a first concave part having a first constraining surface having a flat shape. The second lateral surface has a second concave part having a second constraining surface having a flat shape. The third lateral surface has a convex part. The first concave part and the second concave part are separated from each other by the convex part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironori Nishikoori
  • Patent number: 12365037
    Abstract: Provided are a guide pad having sufficient strength and a gun drill having the guide pad. A guide pad includes: a first surface; a second surface that is a flat surface located at a position opposed to the first surface; and a third surface that connects the first surface and the second surface to each other. When viewed along a rotational center axis, the first surface is a circular-arc-shaped surface, and when a point at which a virtual line passing through a circular-arc center of the first surface and perpendicular to the second surface and the second surface cross each other is assumed as a first point and a point at which a central axis of the through hole and the second surface cross each other is assumed as a second point, the first point is located at a position closer to the third surface than the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroya Shikama
  • Patent number: 12358056
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a shaft portion. The shaft portion includes an increased-diameter portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of other portion of the shaft portion. The increased-diameter portion has a recessed portion formed in a peripheral surface of the increased-diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Koike
  • Patent number: 12343803
    Abstract: The boundary flow path is constituted of a pair of boundary wall surfaces facing each other in a first cross section intersecting each of the first flow path, the boundary flow path, and the second flow path. An inclination of a tangent to at least one of the pair of boundary wall surfaces is continuously changed. In a second cross section perpendicular to a direction in which coolant flows, a lateral width of the first flow path is larger than a longitudinal width of the first flow path and a lateral width of the second flow path is larger than a longitudinal width of the second flow path when a longitudinal direction represents a direction in which the pair of boundary wall surfaces face each other and a lateral direction represents a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yifan Wen, Yosuke Shimamoto, Naoya Tsuda, Yasuhiko Okita, Taiga Sueyoshi, Junya Okida
  • Patent number: 12337394
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and/or the like are provided for an adapter. An adapter may include a block having a top surface, a bottom surface, and four sides; at least one adapter pocket configured to receive at least a portion of a toolset adapter for a toolset, wherein the adapter pocket is disposed on the top surface of the block; a plurality of fastener holes, each of the plurality of fastener holes being configured to receive one or more fastening devices, wherein the plurality of fastener holes are disposed annularly around the at least one adapter pocket; a plurality of machine attachment holes configured to receive one or more fasteners and thereby secure the adapter to a machining device, wherein the plurality of machine attachment holes are disposed on the top surface of the block; and a fluid hole being configured to receive one or more fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Justin Smith
  • Patent number: 12337395
    Abstract: The present invention can realize better cutting performance while suppressing an influence of, for instance, deflection of a head and an increase in a moment acting on a fastening mechanism even when a cutting insert of a long total length is used. A shank of a head replaceable type cutting tool includes: a fastening mechanism that is formed at a leading end part in a longitudinal direction of the shank, and attaches a head; and a recessed part that is formed at the leading end part so as to accommodate a part of a cutting insert held by the head and avoid an interference with the cutting insert. The recessed part may be provided to accommodate a non-use part of the cutting insert held by the head in a state where the head is attached to the leading end part, and avoid an interference with the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12311449
    Abstract: A method for cutting a thread on a rotating workpiece by means of a cutting tool having a cutting edge. The method includes sequentially performing a number of passes, each pass includes simultaneously moving the cutting tool and/or the workpiece relative to each other along and oscillating the cutting tool towards and away from workpiece rotational such that the cutting edge exits and enters the workpiece forming an air cut. The air cuts performed in a final pass are longer than all the other passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Vladimir Koren
  • Patent number: 12285813
    Abstract: Provided is an endmill. The maximum spindle speed, per one minute, of a main spindle to which the endmill is attached is Smax. The number of teeth of the endmill is N. The outer shape of the endmill is Da. The natural frequency at which vibrations at the end of the endmill reach a maximum level is ?1. ?1 and/or N are set so that when the diameter-direction infeed amount of the endmill is set to Rd: i) ?1×60/N×6<Smax, if Rd is at least 4% of Da; and ii) ?1×60/N×3<Smax, if Rd is less than 4% of Da.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Eto
  • Patent number: 12285811
    Abstract: A method of cutting (e.g. micro-milling) brittle materials where a protective ductile layer is present on the brittle material during the cutting step. The method offers an improved edge quality of the machined profile relative to previous cutting (e.g. micro-milling) techniques. A machined product obtained by or obtainable by this method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: University of Newcastle upon Tyne
    Inventors: Zi Jie Choong, Dehong Huo, Patrick Degenaar, Anthony O′Neill
  • Patent number: 12275071
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention is a double-sided cutting insert comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface, a cutting edge, and a mounting hole penetrating the upper surface and the lower surface, in which the upper surface is provided with a single upper surface boss portion that surrounds the mounting hole and is flat, the cutting edge includes a main cutting edge, a corner cutting edge extending from the main cutting edge, a sub-cutting edge extending from the corner cutting edge, and a side portion extending from the sub-cutting edge, a first main cutting edge flank surface extending from the main cutting edge forms an acute angle with an extension line of the upper surface boss portion, a sub-cutting edge chip breaker surface extending from the sub-cutting edge is at a gradually increasing angle with the extension line of the upper surface boss portion, as the sub-cutting edge chip breaker surface is distanced away from the corner cutting edge, and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Nam Seon Lee, Ki Chan Nam, Tae Kyun Kim, Young Heum Kim
  • Patent number: 12275072
    Abstract: Novel endmills are provided. Such endmills have a body with outside diameter (OD), and outer surface, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of flutes, helical in some embodiments. Flutes include a narrow leading edge land portion with circular segment profile and having flute cutting edge portions along a substantially uniform circumferential location, with an eccentric relief margin rotationally rearward of the narrow leading edge land portions. Face portions are provided with face cutting edge portions, and with a first dish portion adjacent each of the cutting edge portions sloping inwardly and downwardly generally toward a central longitudinal axis at a first dish angle alpha (?). Corner blend portions extend from flute cutting edge portions to the face cutting edge portions. Corner blend portions are provided in a variety of profiles, including an embodiment wherein the profile of the corner blend portions are truncated before the segment of curvature becomes tangential to the face cutting edge portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: NEW TECH CUTTING TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Steven M. Swift, Luke Tyler Swift
  • Patent number: 12269101
    Abstract: The present invention provides a twist drill. A cone portion is provided at a front end of the operating portion, and an exterior surface of the operating portion is provided with a spiral flute for shunting cutting chips. The exterior surface of the cone portion is provided with a plurality of composite cutting blade groups which are sequentially enlarged in diameter from the front end to the rear end of the cone portion. The cone portion is provided with a top blade on the tip. In use, the top blade is used for positioning, and the cutting process is carried out by the top blade and the composite cutting blade groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Inventor: Hongjia Wang
  • Patent number: 12226840
    Abstract: A straight line along the second line segment and a straight line along the fourth line segment form an acute angle. The straight line along the second line segment and the straight line along the third line segment form an obtuse angle. The straight line along the first line segment and the straight line along the fourth line segment form an obtuse angle. Each of the third curved portion and the fourth curved portion is larger in radius of curvature than the first curved portion and larger in radius of curvature than the second curved portion. In a direction perpendicular to the bottom surface, a distance between the top surface and the bottom surface is equal to a distance between the cutting edge and the bottom surface, or is shorter than the distance between the cutting edge and the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kouki Matsubara, Sachie Goto, Kohei Ito, Toya Nonen
  • Patent number: 12220753
    Abstract: A rotary tool may include a base extended along a rotation axis from a first end toward a second end. The base may include a cutting part and a flow path located inside the base. The cutting part may include a first flute and a first ridgeline. The first flute may be spirally extended from the first cutting edge. The first ridgeline may be a ridgeline formed by the first flute and an outer peripheral surface adjacent to the first flute on a rear side in a rotation direction. The flow path may include a first sub flow path extended from a main flow path toward a side of the second end. A first angle formed by the rotation axis and the first sub flow path may be smaller than a helix angle formed by the rotation axis and the first ridgeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12220754
    Abstract: Rotary cutting tool (100) having plurality of major flutes (130) arranged helically opposite to plurality of discontinuous minor flutes (135) and intersecting to form plurality of teeth. Each tooth includes a first cutting edge formed with the major flute and a second cutting edge formed with the minor flute, the first and second cutting edges meeting at an apex and form part of a periphery of a quadrilateral-shaped face portion. The face portion has non-planar surfaces extending from the respective first and second cutting edges that define a relief surface of each cutting edge. First and second cutting edges are arranged on an imaginary cylinder having a center axis coaxial with the axis of rotation of the tool and respective relief surfaces are radially inward of a surface of the imaginary cylinder such that the first and second cutting edges each have a clearance in a rotational direction of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventor: Dennis Noland
  • Patent number: 12214431
    Abstract: A jig for adapting a cutting machine to cut a work piece along a radius. The jig includes a base for mounting the jig to the cutting machine. A bridge is pivotally mounted to the base. The bridge is further configured to receive the work piece. A slide is disposed beneath the bridge, where the slide is configured to selectively engage the bridge at a desired position along a length of the bridge. The slide mounts to the table at a variable position along a length of the table, and the slide is further configured to move the bridge relative to the base in a generally arcuate manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC
    Inventor: Justin T. Bolton
  • Patent number: 12208453
    Abstract: A machining system configured to reduce spring back following machining operations comprising a machining tool and a spring back control system. The spring back control system comprises a number of force generators and a number of force loaded members coupled to the number of force generators, each force loaded member of the number of force loaded members comprising a material contact surface. The material contact surface is a roller, wherein the machining tool is independently moveable relative to the spring back control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Garth Tristan Irvine, Claudio Zubin, Darren G. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 12202050
    Abstract: A turning toolholder includes a shank, a club head, and a clamp and a clamp screw for clamping a cutting insert. The club head includes a clamp coolant supply hole in fluid communication, a flank coolant supply hole and an auxiliary rake coolant supply hole, all in fluid communication with the main coolant supply hole. Coolant is supplied through a rake coolant exit opening formed in the forward nose portion of the clamp to direct coolant to the top rake surface of the cutting insert, and coolant is supplied through a flank coolant exit opening located below the insert-receiving pocket to provide coolant to the side flank surfaces of the cutting insert. In addition, an auxiliary rake coolant supply housing formed on a top surface of the club head supplies additional coolant to the top rake surface of the cutting insert during high heat applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Eichelberger, Igor Kaufmann, Dominik Schmid
  • Patent number: 12202054
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a tool driving device includes a drill chuck, a motor, a casing and a vibrating mechanism. The drill chuck holds a drill. The motor is configured to rotate the drill chuck. The casing houses the motor. The vibrating mechanism is configured to periodically reciprocate the drill chuck relatively to the casing in a tool axis direction during rotation of the drill chuck. The vibrating mechanism is configured to distance the drill chuck from the casing at a first speed smaller than a second speed for bringing the drill chuck close to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata, Shinya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 12194549
    Abstract: A cutting insert for a milling tool including an upper side having a central surface, a lower side, a peripheral side surface, and a cutting edge formed between the upper side and the peripheral side surface. The cutting edge having a positively inclined main cutting edge projecting at least partly above the central surface. The upper side includes a rake surface extending inside of and along the at least one cutting edge, sloping downward toward the central surface. A plateau, elevated with respect to the central surface and extending along the main cutting edge, is formed inside the rake surface. A transition between the rake surface and the plateau extends at an angle ?2 with respect to an upper extension plane, wherein ?2>0°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Mikael Jansson, Fredrik Kantojarvi