Patents Examined by Nicole N Ramos
  • Patent number: 11717898
    Abstract: A cutting insert 2 comprises a peripheral side surface 30 which is parallel to a central axis O of a first end surface 10 and a second end surface 20. The peripheral side surface 30 comprises a first side surface 31 facing a first major cutting edge 11, a second side surface 32 facing a first wiper edge 12, and a third side surface 33 facing a first inner edge 13. A flank 311 of the first major cutting edge 11 and a flank 321 of the first wiper edge 12 are inclined such that the flank 311 and 321 approaches the central axis O as it heads toward the first end surface 10. The flank 311 of the first major cutting edge 11 is located on a different plane from the first side surface 31. The flank 321 of the first wiper edge 12 is located on a different plane from the second side surface 32. Meanwhile, a flank of the first inner edge 13 is located on the same plane as the third side surface 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoru Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11712742
    Abstract: Hole-saws are provided herein, and more specifically to hole-saw assemblies and processes having adjustable platters for multiple simultaneous saw components, optional elimination of a guide drill, and the ability to retrieve cores of a sawed work piece before sawing completely through the workpiece. One hole-saw device, may have a motive force; a base plate rotatable by the motive force; cutters; and locking mechanisms to mount the base plate to the cutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Edward M. Galiber
  • Patent number: 11697165
    Abstract: A clamp is disclosed for a key making machine. The clamp may have an anvil, and a door movable toward the anvil to sandwich a key blank therebetween. The clamp may also have a gate pivotally connected to the door and configured to engage the key blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Phillip Gerlings, Michael Schmidt, Lawrence Perea
  • Patent number: 11679442
    Abstract: A drill bit for forming a round hole in a workpiece, includes a cylindrical shank having a longitudinally extending fluted portion with opposed first and second ends, and defining a longitudinal axis about which the shank is rotatable. The fluted portion includes opposed helical flutes formed in the cylindrical surface of the fluted portion of the shank and extending longitudinally along and between the first and second ends of the fluted portion. The helical flutes each define a concave surface intersecting with the cylindrical surface of the shank to form opposed flute edges. The first end of the fluted portion includes a cutting tip intersecting the helical flutes, wherein at least one of the flute edges has a concave cross-section extending from the second end toward the first end of the fluted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MAESTRO LOGISTICS, LLC
    Inventor: M. Mary Sinnott
  • Patent number: 11666977
    Abstract: An insert may include a first surface, a second surface, a ridge line located at an intersection of the first surface and the second surface. The first surface may include a first corner, a first side and a second side. The ridge line may include a corner cutting edge located on the first corner, a first cutting edge located on the first side, and a second cutting edge located on the second side. The first surface may further include a first region located from the first cutting edge toward a midportion of the first surface, a second region located from the second cutting edge toward the midportion of the first surface, and a concave part located on at least one of the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohisa Ishi, Shohei Mao, Kazuki Yamamichi
  • Patent number: 11668055
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rail vehicle that includes a chassis and a rail milling assembly coupled to the chassis. The rail milling assembly includes a bracket for coupling the rail milling assembly to the chassis and a milling workhead forming a portion of the rail milling assembly. The milling workhead including a spindle and a cutter depending downwardly from the spindle. The spindle and cutter are driven by a spindle motor. The milling workhead further includes a cylinder rod disposed between the spindle motor and the spindle to thereby bias the cutter towards the rail during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Robert R. Schrunk
  • Patent number: 11654491
    Abstract: A precision machine tool includes: a tool support for supporting a tool; a tool table serving as a moving mechanism capable of moving the tool support; and one or multiple imaging devices fixed to the tool support, the imaging devices each having an imaging unit configured to capture the image of a machining point on a workpiece machined by the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Arimatsu
  • Patent number: 11648635
    Abstract: A dust collector operable to collect dust and debris generated during operation of a power tool includes a mounting base configured to couple to the power tool. The mounting base defines a longitudinal axis. The dust collector also includes a shroud extending from the mounting base. The shroud includes a first end adjacent the mounting base, a second end operable to contact a workpiece, a sleeve extending between the first end and the second end, and a spring biasing the second end away from the first end. The second end is movable relative to the first end against the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Peterson, Bryan C. Ward, James E. Pangerc
  • Patent number: 11642729
    Abstract: A rotary tool may include a main body having a circular columnar body, including a rotation axis and extending from a first end to a second end. The main body may include first flutes, second flutes, a first cutting edge, and a second cutting edge. The first flutes may have a helix angle ?1 and the second flutes a reverse helix angle ?2. The first cutting edge may be located on a ridge line where the outer periphery of the main body intersects with the first flutes and the second cutting edge at a ridge line where the outer periphery of the main body intersects with the second flutes. The ?2 may be larger than the ?1, m?5, m?n?3, and m and n are coprime numbers, where m is the number of the first flutes and n is the number of the second flutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Waki
  • Patent number: 11623287
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool, in particular a drill, is described, which comprises a shank and an exchangeable cutting tip (14). For this purpose, a locking geometry having an undercut of a first type and a torque transmission geometry is provided on the shank. A locking projection having a torque transmission counter-geometry is provided on the cutting tip, wherein, in a mounted state, the locking projection engages in the undercut of the first type and the torque transmission counter-geometry abuts the torque transmission geometry. The rotary cutting tool further comprises a securing unit, which holds the cutting tip on the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Horst Manfred Jäger, Berthold Heinrich Zeug
  • Patent number: 11612942
    Abstract: A milling insert for a side and face milling tool includes an upper side defining an upper extension plane, a lower side defining a lower extension plane, and a side surface extending between the upper and the lower sides around a periphery of the insert that includes a main radial clearance surface, two opposite axial clearance surfaces and two corner clearance surfaces. At least one cutting edge is formed in a transition between the upper and the side surfaces, wherein each cutting edge includes a main cutting edge extending above the main radial clearance surface and two corner cutting edges extending above the corner clearance surfaces on opposite sides of the main cutting edge. The main cutting edge slopes downward toward a midpoint of the main cutting edge and the main cutting edge and the main radial clearance surface slope outward from the corner cutting edges toward the midpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Linda Stefansson, Ulrik Sunnvius
  • Patent number: 11607737
    Abstract: A milling tool for producing chamfer surfaces at workpieces. It has a cylindrical shaft and a cutting part, which has at least two end cutting edges, which are each located on a cone jacket surface and which run in a spiraled convex manner in the direction of rotation, and which each extend from a radially outer cutting corner to an inner cutting corner on the end side. To broaden the area of application of the milling tool to processes, such as the “ramping” or the linear diagonal plunging, respectively, the circular milling, the spot-drilling, or the waterline milling, the end cutting edges merge at the inner cutting corner into center cutting edges, which are located on a cone jacket surface with a tip angle of above 180°, and which run with a positive chip angle into a region of the milling cutter center located in the milling cutter core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Guehring KG
    Inventors: Rolf Ehrler, Martin Dallmann, Jakob Ebel
  • Patent number: 11602811
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a headstock that holds a workpiece, a tool post that is movable in a first axis direction parallel to a workpiece rotation axis and in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis and holds a tool, an in-machine robot, an opening for communicating the inside and the outside of a working chamber, and a door that opens and closes the opening. The robot includes a root joint fixed in the working chamber and a link unit positioned on a distal end side of the root joint. The root joint is a linear-motion joint extendable in a direction orthogonal to the workpiece rotation axis, and is a linear-motion joint extendable between the length for causing the entire link unit to be positioned inside the working chamber and the length for causing the entire link unit to be positioned outside the working chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shoichi Morimura
  • Patent number: 11597019
    Abstract: A slotting tool body includes a disc-like cutter portion including opposing forward and rearward cutter portion side surfaces and a cutter portion peripheral surface extending therebetween and a shank portion projecting rearwardly from the rearward cutter portion side surface. The cutter portion includes a number N of angularly spaced apart clamping portions, each having a peripherally disposed insert receiving slot. The cutter portion further includes a flexibility recess recessed in the forward cutter portion side surface and extending to each of the insert receiving slots. A cutting insert is releasably and resiliently clamped in each insert receiving slot to form a rotary slot cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shimon Athad
  • Patent number: 11590590
    Abstract: A metal slitter body including a cylindrical body portion and cutting body portions extending outwardly from and integrally formed with the cylindrical body portion. The cutting body portions each include an insert pocket having an insert receiving slot, first and second clamping jaws and a slot end. The slitter body further including a reinforcement portion extending from the cylindrical body in an outward radial direction further than each slot end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shimon Athad
  • Patent number: 11590582
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert that can suppress damage of a corner cutting edge. The cutting insert has an approximately polygonal shape, and is constituted of a main cutting edge and a corner cutting edge connected to the main cutting edge. The cutting insert includes: a first side face portion that is connected to the main cutting edge, has a negative clearance angle, and is formed such that height thereof increases gradually in a direction of approaching the corner cutting edge; and a second side face portion that is connected to the corner cutting edge, has a negative clearance angle, and has height that is greater than the first side face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11583936
    Abstract: A cutting head attachment assembly for a cutting tool includes a body forming an axially forward part of the cutting tool attachable to a cutting head via a clamping element and a fixation element. A guide surface provided at the body or cutting head extends in both a radial and an axial direction to support movement of the clamping element in both the radial and axial directions via actuation of the fixation element to force and clamp together axially the head and body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Kaja Marie Flottorp, Reidar Hovtun
  • Patent number: 11583943
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert and a cutting tool equipped with the cutting tool improving the force to clamp the insert and improving the strength of the insert and the chip dischargeability. The cutting insert includes: an upper surface, which is a first end surface; a lower surface, which is a surface on an opposite side to the upper surface, and is a second end surface having an installing surface for installing a cutting tool; a screw hole which has an axial line penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface; a peripheral side surface which is formed such that the upper surface and the lower surface are connected; a major cutting edge and an inner cutting edge which are formed in an intersecting region between the upper surface and the peripheral side surface, and an intersecting region between the lower surface and the peripheral side surface, respectively; and a constraining surface which is formed on the peripheral side surface so as to at least partially contact with a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11583970
    Abstract: A system for reprofiling a wheel set of a railway vehicle allows the center of rotation of the wheel set to move relative to supporting rollers. A cutting tool used to reprofile the wheel profile on a wheel set is moved relative to the center of rotation of the wheel set to maintain a constant distance between the center of rotation and the cutter. The rollers are maintained in a fixed position during the cutting process. The system avoids mechanically forcing a constant location of the wheel set relative to the center of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NSH USA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael H. Chu, James G. Otton, Eric S. Butler
  • Patent number: 11583941
    Abstract: An assembled chamfer mill comprises a tool holder, an extension shaft, and chamfer bits locked to two ends of the extension shaft. The chamfer bits each have upper blades and lower blades for chamfering the edges of a workpiece simultaneously. The length of a shaft body of the extension shaft may be set in various sizes. Depending on the thickness and shape of the workpiece, the shaft body having an appropriate length is selected, so as to control the distance between the two chamfer bits. Another extension shaft may be provided to connect a further chamber bit for chamfering the edges of the workpiece simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventor: Hsin-Tien Chang