Patents by Inventor HERBERT VOLK

HERBERT VOLK 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: 12623293
    Abstract: A tool holder has a holder body, a first clamping member, and a first fastening member. The holder body includes a fixation portion and a mounting portion located rearward of the fixation portion. The fixation portion has a front fixation surface facing in a forward direction, a cylindrical fixation bore opening out to the front fixation surface and extending rearwardly therefrom, and a longitudinally extending primary slot connecting the fixation bore to a fixation envelope surface. The first clamping member occupies a first clamping bore and traverses the primary slot. The first fastening member occupies a first fastening bore which intersects the first clamping bore and opens out to the front fixation surface. The fixation bore has a fixation bore first primary diameter which decreases and increases when the first fastening member is rotated in first fastening and first unfastening directions about the first fastening member axis, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Herbert Volk, Patrick Schöffel
  • Publication number: 20230364687
    Abstract: A tool holder has a holder body, a first clamping member, and a first fastening member. The holder body includes a fixation portion and a mounting portion located rearward of the fixation portion. The fixation portion has a front fixation surface facing in a forward direction, a cylindrical fixation bore opening out to the front fixation surface and extending rearwardly therefrom, and a longitudinally extending primary slot connecting the fixation bore to a fixation envelope surface. The first clamping member occupies a first clamping bore and traverses the primary slot. The first fastening member occupies a first fastening bore which intersects the first clamping bore and opens out to the front fixation surface. The fixation bore has a fixation bore first primary diameter which decreases and increases when the first fastening member is rotated in first fastening and first unfastening directions about the first fastening member axis, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: HERBERT VOLK, PATRICK SCHÖFFEL
  • Publication number: 20230226625
    Abstract: A milling tool having a shank portion and a head portion extending from the shank portion. A head internal surface of the head portion is formed with a peripherally extending head coolant obstruction arrangement comprising a head ridge which extends in a rearward direction more than an adjacent head portion of the head internal surface located in a radially-inward direction more than the head ridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: HERBERT VOLK, RUDI WILLI MEPPIEL, MATTHIAS GUTEWORT, CHEN BALBES