Patents by Inventor Bruce C. Woodward

Bruce C. Woodward has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6702525
    Abstract: A tool for removing material from a workpiece includes a tool body equipped with at least one roughing head and at least one finishing head. The finishing head includes a holder containing at least first and second finishing inserts. The first finishing insert has a cutting edge which extends a distance F1 from the tool body. The second finishing insert has a cutting edge which extends a distance F2 from the tool body. The distance F1 is less than the distance F2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce C. Woodward
  • Publication number: 20020119016
    Abstract: A tool for removing material from a workpiece includes a tool body equipped with at least one roughing head and at least one finishing head. The finishing head includes a holder containing at least first and second finishing inserts. The first finishing insert has a cutting edge which extends a distance F1 from the tool body. The second finishing insert has a cutting edge which extends a distance F2 from the tool body. The distance F1 is less than the distance F2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventor: Bruce C. Woodward
  • Patent number: 5944462
    Abstract: A hole cutting tool for holemaking, chamfering, grooving, threading and/or O-ring grooving. The tool is a rotary tool for holemaking in a workpiece which includes one or more holemaking inserts about the outermost end of the tool, at least a pair of axially spaced apart chamfering inserts radially sunken into the intermediate portion of the tool, and one or more grooving inserts also radially sunken into the intermediate portion of the tool between the chamfering inserts, all of which provides for holemaking with chamfered entrance and exit edges and/or a slot, groove, or threads within the hole. An additional O-ring grooving insert may be provided to cut an annular groove around the hole on an end face of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce C. Woodward