Patents Examined by SAra Addisu
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Patent number: 11453064Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting insert having a polygonal upper side. Cutting edges, which are alternately configured as roughing cutting edges and finishing cutting edges, are provided at the edges of the upper side. The finishing cutting edges define an incircle (K1) having a diameter that is enlarged in comparison to a nominal size of the cutting insert, and the roughing cutting edges define an incircle (K2) having a diameter that is reduced in comparison to the nominal size of the cutting insert. The invention further relates to a cutting tool having a tool body on which at least one such cutting insert is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventor: Konrad Spitzenberger
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Patent number: 11453073Abstract: A cutting insert includes a first end surface and a second end surface, in which a first peripheral side surface includes a first rake surface adjacent to a first main cutting edge and a first concave surface connected to the second end surface and formed to be recessed from the first rake surface toward a central axis of a through hole, and the first concave surface has a first restraint surface provided at a position where a distance between the first restraint surface and a second main cutting edge is smaller than a distance between the central axis of the through hole and the second main cutting edge, when viewed from a direction parallel to the central axis of the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventor: Yosuke Yamada
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Patent number: 11446745Abstract: A turning insert has two opposite main surfaces and a peripheral surface which extends therebetween and has N side surfaces, where 2<N<9. The insert has mirror symmetry about a mid-plane and 360/N degree rotational symmetry about a central axis perpendicular to the mid-plane. The insert has two main edges which each have N main cutting edges and N corner cutting edges. Each main cutting edge has two raised edge portions and a lowered edge portion. Each main surface has N main rake surfaces and N corner rake surfaces. Each main surface further has at least N convex island protrusions and N at least partially convex peninsula protrusions, any and all island protrusions associated with a given main rake surface being located between two adjacent peninsula protrusions, each pair of adjacent peninsula protrusions having at least one island protrusion located therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.Inventors: Amjad Dakwar, Daniel Hen
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Patent number: 11440101Abstract: Tool for machining a workpiece, comprising: a holder having a first internal coolant duct; a cutting insert having a main cutting edge; a first fastening element for releasably fastening the cutting insert to the holder; a plate-like coolant guiding attachment having a second internal coolant duct; and a second fastening element for releasably fastening the coolant guiding attachment to the holder. In the assembled state of the tool, the first internal coolant duct is fluidically connected to the second internal coolant duct and the coolant guiding attachment covers at least a part of the cutting insert.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbHInventor: Matthias Luik
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Patent number: 11433460Abstract: A cutting insert of a substantially horizontal cylindrical segment shape may include top and bottom surfaces having a circular segment shape. The cutting insert may include a convex side and a flat side. The cutting insert may include a top cutting edge which is formed where the convex side and the top surface meet, and a bottom cutting edge which is formed where the convex side and the bottom surface meet. The cutting insert may include a hole extending from the convex side towards the flat side. The hole may be positioned at a center of a surface of the flat side.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd UniversityInventors: Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Azhar Ali Khan
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Patent number: 11433461Abstract: A tool adaptor has a front retaining portion and a rear mounting portion, the front retaining portion having a base jaw, a clamping jaw, and an insert receiving pocket located therebetween, and the rear mounting portion having a rear mounting surface and a first fastening bore. A primary slot separates the base jaw from the clamping jaw and communicates with the insert receiving pocket, and a secondary slot transverse to the primary slot separates the clamping jaw from the rear mounting portion. The first fastening bore has a first bore axis which intersects the rear mounting surface and the secondary slot. A cutting tool assembly includes a tool shank, and the tool adaptor secured to a front mounting portion of the tool shank by means of a first fastening screw occupying the first fastening bore and a first shank bore of the front mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.Inventor: Ali Thabit
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Patent number: 11426800Abstract: A portable apparatus for configuring a wheel associated with a track is provided. The apparatus is in a fixed position with respect to a rail associated with the track when in operation. The apparatus includes a tool configured to engage the wheel, a position system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axis, and a computer control. The computer control is coupled to control the positioning system. The positioning system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: HJR Real Estate Management, LLCInventor: Harold F. Ross
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Patent number: 11413689Abstract: Cutting tool systems including a cutting tool and cutting inserts are disclosed. The cutting inserts have indexable cutting edges and seating face features which enable uniform facets along a portion of each cutting edge of the indexable insert. The first and second seating face surfaces of the cutting insert each comprise control cavities that adjoin the cutting edge facet surfaces. Each control cavity allows its corresponding cutting edge to have a facet width that is defined by the cavity to provide uniform surfaces. The control cavities reduce and limit the amount of the first and second seating face surfaces that need to be ground. Methods of making such cutting inserts are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: Sebastian Schleicher, Konrad Spitzenberger
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Patent number: 11407036Abstract: A machine tool (1) removes chips adhering to a working portion of a tool (T). More specifically, a fluid injecting nozzle (23, 24) injects a fluid toward the tool (T) enclosed in an enclosure (22). A controller (15) controls a position of the tool (T) within the enclosure (22), and further controls operation of the fluid injecting nozzle (23, 24) such that the fluid is injected when the tool (T) is within the enclosure (22).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuhiko Kuriya, Katsuhito Miyahara, Atsushi Tokuhara
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Patent number: 11400521Abstract: A cutting insert has a top surface, a seating surface, and an outer peripheral surface. The cutting edge includes a corner cutting edge portion, a first cutting edge portion, and a second cutting edge portion. The top surface includes a first rake face, a second rake face, a third rake face, a front side surface, an upper surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface. A ridgeline between the first side surface and the second side surface is continuous to the upper surface. When seen in a direction perpendicular to the seating surface, a width of a boundary between the front side surface and the third rake face is larger than a width of a boundary between the front side surface and the upper surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Hideo Maeno, Takahiro Okuno, Naoki Matsuda
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Patent number: 11396048Abstract: A turning tool for internal turning of a metal work piece having a rear end, an opposite forward end and a longitudinal center axis extending therebetween. The first nose cutting edge includes a first radially distal point having an associated first rake face and separates and connects a first forward cutting edge and a first rearward cutting edge. A second nose cutting edge of the turning tool includes a second radially distal point having an associated second rake face and separates and connects a second forward cutting edge and a second rearward cutting edge. The second radially distal point is positioned ahead of the first radially distal point. The first forward cutting edge forms an acute first entering angle, the second forward cutting edge forms an obtuse second back clearance angle, and the second rearward cutting edge forms an acute second entering angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventors: Adam Johansson, Ronnie Lof
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Patent number: 11396051Abstract: A tool system for machining includes a tool body that has a first end for connecting to a machine tool and a second end having an end face on which a seat for an interchangeable cutting insert is formed. The cutting insert has an underside formed as an abutment surface, a top side formed as a rake face, and an encircling side face formed as a flank, and a cutting edge is formed at a transition from the top side to the encircling side face. The cutting insert is arranged on the seat such that the top side extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tool body and the cutting edge protrudes beyond the outer circumference of the end face of the tool body in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis with two usable cutting corners and cutting-corner portions adjoining the latter on both sides.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Ceratizit Austria GmbHInventors: Hans Maier, Siegfried F. Kerle, Alfred Hofegger, Harald Urschitz, Einar Schurda
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Patent number: 11389883Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cutting insert, and a cutting insert according to the present disclosure comprises: an upper surface and a lower surface oriented in opposite directions; a first and a second shorter side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface to each other and oriented in opposite directions; a first and a second longer side surfaces connecting the upper surface and the lower surface to each other, connecting the first and the second shorter side surfaces to each other, oriented in opposite directions, and being longer than the first and the second shorter side surfaces; and a through hole extending through the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein when viewed toward the upper surface, the first longer side surface has two side portions, each side portion having an inclined shape with reference to the center portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: KORLOY INC.Inventors: Young Nam Choi, Sang Yong Lee, Young Heum Kim, Sun Yong Ahn
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Patent number: 11376674Abstract: A tool body and at least one cassette for a milling tool. The tool body includes at least two identical insert seats, each insert seat being configured to support a cutting insert arranged to be mounted therein. At least one side contact surface is provided in each insert seat for supporting a bottom support surface and at least one side support surface of the cutting insert. The cassette has a peripheral side surface including at least one side support surface and at least one insert seat configured to support a cutting insert. The at least one side support surface and a bottom support surface of the cassette are configured to be supported by the at least one contact surface of any one of the insert seats of the tool body, the cassette being configured to be detachably mounted in any one of the identical insert seats of the tool body.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventor: Johan Thornqvist
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Patent number: 11370032Abstract: A cutting tool may include a main body having a bar shape extended along a central axis. The main body may include a cutting edge, a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow and a fourth flow path. The first flow path is located along the central axis and may include an inflow port. The second flow path is located along the central axis and may include a smaller inner diameter than the first flow path. The third flow path may connect to the first flow path and may include a first outflow port. The fourth flow path may connect to the second flow path and may include a second outflow port. The first outflow port is located more away from an imaginary plane including the central axis and the cutting edge than the second outflow port.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Yuichi Ando
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Patent number: 11351614Abstract: A reaming apparatus for reaming pipe may include a body having a planar front surface, an annular groove defined in the planar front surface of the body and concentric with a center of the body, and a straight groove defined in the planar front surface of the body, radially aligned with the center of the body, and intersecting the annular groove. The straight groove may pass through the center of the body. The reaming apparatus may include a reaming blade having a planar front surface and at least one notch defined in the planar front surface of the reaming blade, the at least one notch being positioned on the reaming blade to substantially align with the annular groove when the reaming blade is disposed within the straight groove. The reaming apparatus can be removably mounted to a pulley of a bandsaw to ream pipe under the power of the bandsaw.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Baldwin Products, LLCInventor: Tyler Baldwin
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Patent number: 11344961Abstract: A modification system for the modification of elongated pieces of stock may include a powered tool for modifying, or altering the piece of elongated stock, and a support device for supporting a position of the elongated stock relative to the powered tool. An arrangement of the components of the powered tool may provide for ergonomic balance of the powered tool. The support device may include a clamping device that clamps, or holds the elongated stock, and an adjustment device that adjusts a position of the clamping device based on a size of the elongated stock. The support device may include a latching device that maintains the position of the clamping device relative to the stock. A reaction arm may inhibit rotation of the tool relative to the stock during operation. A biasing device may provide for application of an axial biasing force on the stock, to initiate operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Warren A. Ceroll, Jinhua Ye, John Michael Peiffer, Paul G. Gross, Daniel Puzio, Scott M. Rudolph, Youwei Cai, Zhenyang Bi
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Patent number: 11344958Abstract: A cutting insert which is excellent in both cutting edge strength and chip evacuation is provided. A corner edge of the cutting insert is formed in an arc shape. In a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of a body, a width of the corner edge is 40% or more and 50% or less of a width of the cutting insert. An upper surface has a negative land which is formed along a cutting edge and has a negative angle. The angle of the negative land increases from one end, which is connected to an inner cutting edge, of both ends of the corner edge toward the other end.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATIONInventor: Naoki Komatsu
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Patent number: 11338369Abstract: Represented and described is an underfloor wheel set processing machine, in particular an underfloor wheel lathe (1?) for reprofiling wheels and brake discs of wheel sets (20) of rail vehicles, comprising: a machine stand (3), a crossbeam (2) for bridging a workshop track (4) with at least two rails (4A, 4B, 4C) in the transverse direction, two roller carriers (7A, 7B), at least four friction rollers (8), at least one friction roller drive (9) to drive the friction rollers (8) and at least one axial guide roller (19) to axially guide the wheel set (20), wherein the machine stand (3) has a first part (3A) and a second part (3B), wherein the crossbeam (2) is supported on both parts (3A, 3B) of the machine stand (3), wherein the roller carriers (7A, 7B) are movably connected to the machine stand (3), and wherein the friction rollers (8) are rotatably supported on the roller carrier (7A, 7B).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Hegenscheidt-MFD GmbHInventor: John Oliver Naumann
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Patent number: 11331728Abstract: A turning insert includes a top surface, an opposite bottom surface and a reference plane located parallel to and between the top surface and the bottom surface. A nose portion has a convex nose cutting edge, a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge. The nose cutting edge connects the first and second cutting edges. The first and second cutting edges form a nose angle (?) of 71-85° relative to each other. The nose portion includes a third convex cutting edge adjacent to the first cutting edge and a fourth cutting edge adjacent to the third convex cutting edge. The fourth cutting edge forms an angle (?) of 10-30° relative to a bisector. The distance from at least a portion of the fourth cutting edge to the reference plane increases as the distance from the nose cutting edge increases.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ABInventors: Adam Johansson, Ronnie Lof