Patents Examined by Nicole N Ramos
  • Patent number: 11325195
    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: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohisa Ishi, Shohei Mao, Kazuki Yamamichi
  • Patent number: 11318542
    Abstract: A tool-changing device which is used on machine tools (18). Here, provision is made to carry out positioning of a tool holder (2) in the working position (6) of the tool holder with the aid of the locking element (7) of the drive device (4) of the tool-changing device (1). An adjusting movement (22) of the locking element (7) into the locking position (9) of the locking element on the tool holder (2) that is required for the use of the tool (3) is used to position the tool holder (2) in the working position (6) thereof, by the adjusting movement (2) of the locking element (7) being converted into a positioning movement (21) of the tool holders (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: J.G. Weisser Söhne GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Fehrenbacher, Thorsten Rettich, Reiner Jorg
  • Patent number: 11311949
    Abstract: Disclosed is an indexable face milling cutting insert which comprises an insert body and a cutting body laminated on an upper surface of the insert body, and the insert body comprises multiple positioning side surfaces, an upper plane, and a positioning bottom surface; a projection of an edge of the positioning bottom surface, or an extension line thereof, on a rake face is intersected with a corresponding edge of the rake face, or an extension line thereof, to form a surface deflection angle and multiple flank faces are arranged between the rake face and the multiple positioning side surfaces, so as to avoid damaging the positioning side surfaces when a cutting edge is sharpened, thereby ensuring stability and long-term effect of a positioning reference, and a face cutting milling and a wiper face milling are applicable to a same face milling insert retaining slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING WORLDIA DIAMOND TOOLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zongchao Zhang, Qi Han, Xiaoyan Fan
  • Patent number: 11311953
    Abstract: A machine tool that generates internal teeth or external teeth on a cylindrical workpiece includes a workpiece holder, a column which is relatively movable to the workpiece holder, a rotary main spindle which is rotatable with respect to the column, a working tool which is held by the rotary main spindle, and a phase detecting unit which detects a phase of the working tool with respect to the rotary main spindle. The working tool includes a cutter portion which has cutters, a holder portion, and a detected portion which is formed on the holder portion. The phase detecting unit includes a detecting section which detects the detected portion, and a calculating section which calculates a phase angle of the detected portion with respect to a reference position of the rotary main spindle, based on a result detected by the detecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Ohno, Minoru Sato, Takuya Nakayama, Tetsuro Furuhata
  • Patent number: 11305360
    Abstract: A milling head for a ball track milling cutter includes an imaginary center axis, a first, working-side end and a second, clamping-side end opposite the first end when viewed along the central axis, and comprising at least one geometrically defined cutting edge, extending along a cutting edge profile of the cutting edge from a first cutting edge end facing the first end of the milling head in the direction of the second end of the milling head up to a second cutting edge end facing the second end of the milling head, wherein at least one cutting edge is formed as an intersecting line between the rake face associated with at least one cutting edge and a first flank face associated with at least one cutting edge, wherein at least one cutting edge is assigned a negative rake angle, a first clearance angle and a wedge angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Mapal Fabrik für Praäzisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG
    Inventor: Dieter Kress
  • Patent number: 11298759
    Abstract: A rotary tool can be adapted for removing material from a workpiece such as a lower receiver. A rotary tool can have an adapter with a major diameter, and a cutter head with a minor diameter. The major diameter of the adapter can reduce deflection and chatter, while the minor diameter of the cutter head can be used to manufacture lower receivers with accuracy. The rotary tool can be adapted to be engaged with a rotary power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BlackHawk Manufacturing Group Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne R. Partington
  • Patent number: 11298757
    Abstract: A cutter holding assembly has a holder, a cutter, and a tightening positioning assembly. The holder has a first positioning recess. The cutter is connected to the holder and has a second positioning recess. The tightening positioning assembly has a positioning block, two tightening elements, and an adjusting element. The positioning block is mounted in the first positioning recess of the holder and the second positioning recess of the cutter. The tightening elements are mounted in two opposite sides of the positioning block. The adjusting element is mounted in the positioning block at a position between the two tightening elements. The adjusting element has a conical abutting surface for pushing the tightening elements to move opposite to each other to abut the opposite side surfaces of one of the first and the second positioning recesses while axially moving. The cutter can be firmly connected to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-YAIN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pen-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11292068
    Abstract: The present disclosure comprises a gear manufacturing machine comprising a workpiece holder and a tool holder, which can each be caused to rotate by means of a drive, wherein the tool holder is arranged on a machining head, which can be moved relative to the workpiece holder by one or a plurality of motion axes of the gear manufacturing machine for gear manufacturing machining a workpiece held in the workpiece holder by means of a tool held in the tool holder, the tool holder having a counterholder. According to the present disclosure the counterholder is movable by a motion axis from its working position to an inactive position and/or is arranged on the machining head of the gear manufacturing machine in a releasably connectable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Johannes Weixler
  • Patent number: 11285547
    Abstract: A key cutting and decoding apparatus positions a key blank relative to two distinct, independently movable key cutters and decoding probes. A frame includes a reference axis extending longitudinally from the front of the frame to the rear of the frame. Two locking slots hold removable key blank holders upon a carriage assembly. The carriage assembly is arranged for movement along both an X-axis, generally axial direction of the reference axis, and a Y-axis, generally transverse to the reference axis of the frame. A first cutting assembly moves a cutting drill vertically, along a Z-axis generally orthogonal to each of the reference axis, the X-axis and the Y-axis. A second cutting assembly moves a cutting wheel rotationally, about a rotational axis orthogonal to the Z-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HUDSON LOCK, LLC
    Inventor: Martin Jalove
  • Patent number: 11285543
    Abstract: A cutting tool, a turning machine including the cutting tool, and an associated method are provided. The cutting tool includes a tool, a cutting head, a strain gauge, and an accelerometer. The cutting head is located at the tool bar and has a cutting edge. The strain gauge measures strain at the tool bar. The accelerometer measures acceleration at the tool bar or the cutting head. Deflection of the cutting edge is estimated based on output from the strain gauge and the accelerometer. In some embodiments, the accelerometer is arranged close to the cutting edge, while the strain gauge is arranged where the tool bar is susceptible to the largest strain. In some embodiments, low frequency vibrations of the cutting edge are estimated based on measured strain, high frequency vibrations are estimated based on measured acceleration, and medium frequency vibrations are estimated based on output from both sensor types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Dan Ostling, Tormod Jensen, Mathias Tjomsland, Oddvar Standal, Ole Henrik Johansen, Arnt Erik Reinsbakk
  • Patent number: 11278966
    Abstract: A cutting tool (35) for machining a differential case, the cutting tool (35) being attached to a machining apparatus and used to perform cutting on a spherical inner surface of a differential case (10), the cutting tool (35) including: a shaft part (50); a cutting edge (51) laterally protruding from the shaft part (50); a fixing part (53) formed at one end side of the shaft part (50) and that is for fixing the shaft part (50) to the machining apparatus; and a retaining part (54) formed at the other end side of the shaft part (50) and that is for retaining the shaft part (50) by the machining apparatus, wherein the cutting tool (35) is able to perform cutting on the spherical inner surface of the rotating differential case (10) in a both-ends-held state in which both the fixing part (53) and the retaining part (54) are supported by the machining apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: HARU TECHNIQUE LABORATORY INC.
    Inventor: Haruo Mandai
  • Patent number: 11278970
    Abstract: A drill bit includes a body having a first end, a second end, and an axis of rotation extending centrally through the body from the first end to the second end. The drill bit also includes a shank adjacent the second end. The drill bit further includes a cutting head adjacent the first end. The cutting head includes a pilot tip and a cutting portion. The cutting portion has first tip surfaces and second tip surfaces on opposite sides of the pilot tip. Each first tip surface extends radially outward from the pilot tip to a corresponding second tip surface. The first tip surfaces define a first tip angle through the axis of rotation that is less than 180 degrees. The second tip surfaces define a second tip angle through the axis of rotation that is smaller than the first tip angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander R. Greenhill, Brett A. Parendo, David Hlavac, WeiJie Wu, Gang Huang
  • Patent number: 11278972
    Abstract: A cutting insert (10) for a tool (100) for machining a workpiece. The cutting insert (10) is a four-bladed cutting insert which is in the form substantially of a rhomboid. The cutting insert (10) has two identical, oppositely arranged base sides (14a, 14b) and four identical main sides (16a-16d) which extend between the two base sides (14a, 14b). Each of the four main sides (16a-16d) comprises a rectilinear main cutting edge (12a-12d) and a rectilinear secondary cutting edge (26a-26d) which is arranged transversely thereto. The main and secondary cutting edges (12a-12d) and (26a-26d) of each main side (16a-16d) lie in each case in a common cutting plane which is aligned parallel to a contact surface (28a-28d) which is also provided on the main sides (16a-16d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Hom GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Stark
  • Patent number: 11273499
    Abstract: A turning insert includes a top surface, an opposite bottom surface, a reference plane located parallel to and between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a center axis extending perpendicular to the reference plane and intersecting the reference plane (RP), the top surface and the bottom surface. Side surfaces connect the top surface and the bottom surface. Three nose portions are formed symmetrically relative to the center axis. Each nose portion includes a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge and a convex nose cutting edge connecting the first) and second cutting edges. In a top view the first and second cutting edges on the same nose portion form a nose angle of 25-50° relative to each other. The distance from the first cutting edge to the reference plane varies in such a way that that this distance is decreasing at increasing distance from the nose cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Ronnie Lof, Adam Johansson
  • Patent number: 11267091
    Abstract: Embodiments of a quill stop are disclosed. The quill stop can move between an open and closed position. The quill stop has a left and a right securing member, a locking element, a right arm, a left arm, and a left arm spring. The right arm can actuate the locking element out of engagement with a locking projection so that the right securing member and the left securing member can move relative to each other and allow a rod to be inserted between them. The locking element prevents unwanted actuation of the quill stop during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Rodger Gabriel Marchisset
  • Patent number: 11260458
    Abstract: An insert may include a main body. The main body may include a first surface, a second surface, a side surface, a first cutting edge and a through hole. The side surface may be located between the first surface and the second surface. The first cutting edge may be located on at least a part of a ridge line where a first side surface of the side surface intersects with a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface. The through hole may open into the first surface. The main body may further include a first concave part located from the first surface to the side surface. The first concave part may be located away from an imaginary straight line connecting the first cutting edge and a center of the through hole in a front view of the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Ando
  • Patent number: 11260461
    Abstract: A cutting insert of the present invention comprises: an upper surface and a lower surface; first and second lateral surfaces; first and second cutting edge parts; and corner cutting edges, wherein the first cutting edge part includes: a first main cutting edge for forming one end at a portion spaced farthest away from the corner cutting edge; a first sub-cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge; and a first auxiliary cutting edge for connecting the first main cutting edge and the first sub-cutting edge so as to form a step between the same, and the first sub-cutting edge and the corner cutting edge form one straight line when viewed toward the first lateral surface, and are inclined upward in the direction opposite to the direction toward the lower surface while gradually going in the direction toward the second cutting edge part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Min Seok Oh, Ki Chan Nam, Byeong Yun Lee, Hyo San Kim, Young Heum Kim
  • Patent number: 11253934
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes: a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a leading and trailing ends, the body having a clamping region disposed at or about the trailing end and a cutting region which extends toward the clamping region from the leading end of the body; a plurality of flutes defined in the body, each extending from the leading end toward the coupling portion; a plurality of peripheral cutting edges, each extending from the leading end toward the coupling portion along a corresponding flute of the plurality of flutes; and a plurality of end cutting edges disposed at the leading end, each end cutting edge extending from at or near the longitudinal axis outward along a corresponding flute. At least one end cutting edge is defined, in-part, by a plurality of rake faces which each extend from a corresponding portion of the one cutting edge into the corresponding flute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Leonid B. Sharivker, Sergei V. Boulakhov
  • Patent number: 11253924
    Abstract: A control device for a machine tool and a machine tool, for which settings of the number of vibrations per rotation become easy, is provided. The control device of the machine tool controls a relative rotation between a workpiece and a cutting tool and a relative reciprocal movement between the workpiece and the cutting tool in a feed direction to perform vibration cutting to the workpiece. The control device includes a control section for controlling a spindle headstock, a first tool post, and a second tool post, the workpiece W being installed on the spindle headstock, the first tool post being provided to be reciprocally movable along the feed direction with respect to the spindle headstock and installed with a first cutting tool for cutting the workpiece, and the second tool post being provided to be reciprocally movable along the feed direction with respect to the spindle headstock independently of the first tool post and installed with a second cutting tool for cutting the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayako Kitakaze, Masahiro Muramatsu, Kenji Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11253930
    Abstract: Tool system 1 comprising a tool holder 2 that has an insert seat 17 for receiving a cutting insert 6, and comprising a clamping element 4 that has an opening 26 for receiving a clamping means 15, an interface 30 being arranged between the tool holder 2 and the clamping element 4, and channels for the purpose of cooling by means of a fluid being arranged in the tool holder 2 and the clamping element 4, and a sealing means 31 being arranged in the region of the interface 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CERAMTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Henzler, Michael Nitsche