Patents by Inventor Charles L. Conway

Charles L. Conway 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).

  • Cutting assembly
    Patent number: 8388268
    Abstract: A toolholder has a head region, which contains a slot separating the head region into a lower section and an upper section, with a lower seat and an upper section to retain a cutting insert. The head region contains a coolant entrance passage, which receives coolant from a coolant source, and a coolant delivery passage, which discharges coolant toward a cutting insert. The head region further contains a fastener bore, which receives a fastener. The fastener has an axial fastener bore which provides fluid communication between the coolant entrance passage and a coolant reservoir between the fastener and the fastener bore. The coolant delivery passage communicates with the coolant reservoir to receive coolant, which passed from the coolant entrance passage and through the axial fastener bore into the coolant reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Henry, Charles L. Conway
  • CUTTING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120230780
    Abstract: A toolholder has a head region, which contains a slot separating the head region into a lower section and an upper section, with a lower seat and an upper section to retain a cutting insert. The head region contains a coolant entrance passage, which receives coolant from a coolant source, and a coolant delivery passage, which discharges coolant toward a cutting insert. The head region further contains a fastener bore, which receives a fastener. The fastener has an axial fastener bore which provides fluid communication between the coolant entrance passage and a coolant reservoir between the fastener and the fastener bore. The coolant delivery passage communicates with the coolant reservoir to receive coolant, which passed from the coolant entrance passage and through the axial fastener bore into the coolant reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Henry, Charles L. Conway