Patents Examined by Nicole N Ramos
  • Patent number: 10722954
    Abstract: Dual cutting milling tools for removing material from a workpiece include two cutting portions, with one cutting portion being configured for ruled milling, and the other cutting portion being configured for hemstitch milling. In this manner, the number of tool changes for a given manufacturing process may be reduced. Dual cutting milling tools include a first cutting portion and a second cutting portion both formed in a shank, with the first cutting portion being configured to perform hemstitch milling on the workpiece, and the second cutting portion being configured to perform ruled milling on the workpiece. Methods of removing material from a workpiece may include both hemstitch milling the workpiece with the first cutting portion of the dual cutting milling tool and performing ruled milling of the workpiece with the second cutting portion of the dual cutting milling tool, without changing tools in the milling machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Clifford D. Borowicz
  • Patent number: 10695843
    Abstract: A system includes a component to be machined, the component having a plastic base body having an outer diameter and a longitudinal axis and at least one clamping auxiliary structure, and a clamping element configured to clamp the component using the clamping auxiliary structure. The clamping element includes at least one clamping jaw having at least one counter-clamping auxiliary structure that is configured to engage the clamping auxiliary structure and to fix the component in an interference-fit manner in the axial direction with respect to the clamping element. Also a machining method using the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Erich Pfandl, Johann Moitzi
  • Patent number: 10695851
    Abstract: A method for deburring bevel gears using a deburring tool, which comprises at least one cutting edge, having the following steps: rotationally driving the deburring tool around a deburring spindle axis, rotationally driving a bevel gear around a workpiece spindle axis, wherein the rotational driving of the deburring tool and the rotational driving of the bevel gear take place in a coupled manner with an inverse coupling transmission ratio, it is a continuous method for deburring, in which the cutting edge executes a relative flight movement in relation to the bevel gear, the relative flight movement is defined by a hypocycloid, and wherein a burr is removed at least on one tooth edge of a tooth gap in the region of the bevel gear toe and/or the bevel gear heel by a cutting contact of the cutting edge with the tooth edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: KLINGELNBERG GMBH
    Inventors: Karl-Martin Ribbeck, Gary Töpfer, Jürgen Weber
  • Patent number: 10695842
    Abstract: A horizontal lathe machine includes a work spindle unit disposed on a middle portion of a machine base and proximate to a front side of the machine base for holding a workpiece in an X-direction, and two tooling turret units located at two opposite sides of the spindle unit and driven to move in the X-direction by X-direction driving units. Each turret unit has a saddle movable on the machine base in the X-direction, and a turret driven by a turret driving member to rotate about a turret axis in a Y-direction that is perpendicular to the X-direction for facilitating a tool changing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventor: Hsuan-Lung Wu
  • Patent number: 10661352
    Abstract: A parting lathe tool for machining metal is described. This has a clamping seat for receiving a cutting insert and an internal coolant supply system for supplying coolant to a cutting zone. In this case, the coolant supply system comprises at least three coolant outlets. The coolant outlets are fluidically connected to a coolant supply port via at least two separate coolant lines running within the parting lathe tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Igor Kaufmann, Fabian Birkmann
  • Patent number: 10661361
    Abstract: Provided is a milling/cutting tool including: a tool main unit that is rotated about an axis; and a plurality of tips that are disposed at one end surface of the tool main unit with spacings therebetween in a circumferential direction about the axis of the tool main unit, wherein the individual tips are disposed so that turning rake surfaces thereof are inclined in the axial directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Uenishi
  • Patent number: 10661367
    Abstract: A gear machining method includes: roughing a workpiece while causing a cylindrical hob cutter to rotate in synchronization with a rotation of the workpiece such that a cutting allowance remains; and finishing by cutting off the cutting allowance remaining on the workpiece on which the roughing has been performed during the roughing to form a desired gear shape by feeding a skiving cutter relatively to the workpiece in the rotation axis direction of the workpiece while causing the skiving cutter to rotate in synchronization with the rotation of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Sato, Hideaki Uno
  • Patent number: 10632541
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool insert according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: an annular rake face provided with at least one recess portion; and a cutting edge formed at an outer circumference of the rake face, the recess portion having a width of more than or equal to 1.2 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm in a circumferential direction of the rake face, a distance between the cutting edge and an end of the recess portion at the outer circumference side of the rake face being more than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 0.5 mm. According to the rotary cutting tool insert according to the one embodiment of the present invention, roughness of a processed surface and vibration due to a cutting process can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp., DMG Mori Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Ikenaga, Junya Okida, Morihiro Hideta
  • Patent number: 10632548
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert has opposing upper and lower end surfaces, and a peripheral surface including three side surfaces circumferentially alternating with three corner surfaces. The three side surfaces define an imaginary triangle and an imaginary hexagon. Each corner surface intersects the upper end surface to form an upper corner peripheral edge having a primary cutting edge. In a top view, each triangle side traverses two upper corner peripheral edges, imaginary lines tangential to the end points of each primary cutting edge are either collinear or form an obtuse angle greater than 175 degrees, each primary cutting edge has a primary length greater than half the hexagon side length, and at least one triangle side traverses each primary cutting edge. The insert is removably secured in a rotary cutting tool such that one of the upper corner peripheral edges contains an axially forwardmost point of the insert's upper peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuri Men
  • Patent number: 10632547
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a main body including a first face, a second face, and a third face. The second face includes a rake face. Among the outer-peripheral sides of the second face, the boundary portion with the first face is a main cutting edge. When viewed from the side where the first face is disposed, the main cutting edge includes a first straight portion, a second straight portion, and a curved portion. The first straight portion is located adjacent to a reference side. The second straight portion is arranged at a distance from the first straight portion. The curved portion connects the first straight portion and the second straight portion. A first intersection angle of the first straight portion with respect to the reference side is different from a second intersection angle of the second straight portion with respect to the reference side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventor: Yuta Morisaki
  • Patent number: 10632611
    Abstract: The machine tool includes a tool post linearly movable along a direction parallel to an X axis and a direction parallel to a Z axis, a workpiece spindle which retains a workpiece in a condition rotatable about an axis parallel to the Z axis, and an in-machine robot which is installed in a machining chamber and has joints. The joints of the in-machine robot include a base joint rotatable about an axis parallel to the Z axis, and three parallel joints rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the base joint, the parallel joints being located on a distal end side of the base joint and successively arranged from the base joint. The axis of rotation of the base joint is displaced from that of the workpiece spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoichi Morimura
  • Patent number: 10632540
    Abstract: A cutting insert in the present disclosure includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface, and an edge. The upper surface includes a first corner part and a second corner part. The edge is located in a region which is located between the first corner part and the second corner part. The edge includes a first edge located at a side of the first corner part, a second edge located at a side of the second corner part, and a third edge located between the first edge and the second edge. The edge has a curvilinear shape being recessed toward the lower surface in a side view. Each of a radius of curvature R1 of the first edge and a radius of curvature R2 of the second edge is smaller than a radius of curvature R3 of the third edge in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 10618121
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a device for milling wheel window burrs on line, which is composed of a frame, a base plate, a lifting cylinder, a first bracket, a bearing base, a linear bearing, a mounting plate, a guide shaft, a lifting shaft, a first servo motor, a first synchronous pulley, a connecting plate and the like. The device comprises a lifting portion, in which the base plate is fixed on the frame, the mounting plate is fixed on the base plate via the first bracket, the bearing base and the lifting cylinder are fixed on the mounting plate, and the lifting shaft is mounted on the bearing base via the linear bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weidong Liu, Fengyan Liu, Jinling Yang
  • Patent number: 10610936
    Abstract: Pipe machining apparatuses, tool supports, and methods of operating pipe machining apparatuses are provided. In one aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes a frame, a tool carrier coupled to and movable relative to the frame, and a tool support coupled to and movable with the tool carrier relative to the frame. The tool support is adapted to support a tool and move the tool in a first direction toward a pipe at a first increment and move the tool in a second direction away from the pipe at a second increment. The second increment is larger than the first increment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Roy C. Coakley
  • Patent number: 10576554
    Abstract: The present application provides a device for correcting an aluminum alloy wheel, which is mainly composed of a frame, an expansion cylinder, a correction motor, a feed motor and the like. A hub positioning unit initially positions a hub to prepare for positioning a center hole expansion sleeve; a hub feed unit performs precise center hole positioning on the hub and completes upward feed movement of the hub; and a tool correction unit completes hub correction through a rotating standard correction cutter head. The device may meet the process requirements of wheels in flow production, improve the runout and balance qualified rate of products, and solve the problems of decentraction of the outer diameter in the first procedure and the second procedure and deformation of rim bulges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Huiying Liu, Zhiyuan Yu, Yao Zheng
  • Patent number: 10569353
    Abstract: A tip dresser blade blank includes a casting, wherein the casting is ground to provide a geometry having a web width in the range of 0.25 mm to 3.00 mm, inclusive, a first blade depth in the range of 1.00 mm to 3.00 mm, inclusive, a second blade depth in the range of 2.30 mm to 6.30 mm, inclusive, a first Profile Angle in the range of 2 degrees to 35 degrees, inclusive, a first Cutting Edge in the range of 0.010 mm to 0.035 mm, inclusive, and a second Cutting Edge in the range of 0.010 mm to 0.035 mm, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Semtorq, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Lanham
  • Patent number: 10569335
    Abstract: The invention discloses a wheel machining tool. A rough turning tool and a finish turning tool are respectively arranged on two sides of a tool head, the primary declination angle ? of the rough turning tool is set to 90° to 120°, and the primary declination angle ? of the finish turning tool is set to 85° to 95°; the axial height difference between the rough turning tool and the finish turning tool is set to 0.2-0.5 mm; the distance c between the rough turning tool and the tool head is set to 5-8 mm, and the distance b between the finish turning tool and the tool head is set to 3-5 mm. The rake angle ? of the rough turning tool is set to 12°-15°, the rake angle ? of the finish turning tool is set to 14°-17°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Minghua Liu, Yingjun Zhou, Weidong Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiaoguang Huang, Jiandong Guo, Huiying Liu, Yuexin Lu, Zhiyuan Yu, Ruixiao Zhou
  • Patent number: 10569341
    Abstract: A contouring head includes a sleeve and coaxially mounted spindle connected by means of a yoke to a slide mounted by first and second sets of roller bearings to and between a slide track and a pair of keeper plates which hold the slide to the slide plate and within a slide track formed therein. A yoke interconnects the spindle to the slide to convert axial motion of the spindle into radial motion of the slide. A tool mount in the form of a pot is connected to the slide to control the radial position of a single edged cutting tool. A cover is mounted on the keeper plates and slide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: LINTECH
    Inventor: Conrad B. Lindstrom
  • Patent number: 10569347
    Abstract: A deep hole drilling system and methods provide stability and cutting performance to produce deep holes having desired straightness. The system may include a replaceable cutting head provided with a center cutting member and first and second side cutting inserts. The tool provides a major diameter with the OD cutting margins on the replaceable side inserts, as well as possibly cutting margins on the center cutting member. Adjustment mechanisms are provided to adjust the center cutting member and/side cutting inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: ALLIED MACHINE & ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul W. Best, Salvatore D. Deluca, Lucas S. Dummermuth, David J. Carlisle
  • Patent number: 10562108
    Abstract: A cutting tool is provided that is operable to provide a circular cut or hole in a material or work piece. In various embodiments, a guide member is provided that facilitates alignment of a cutting edge of the invention with a pre-existing cut, hole or aperture. Devices and methods of the present disclosure provide for quick and easy centering of a cutting tool in order to form an enlarged hole that is concentric with a pre-existing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Reagan Majoria