Patents by Inventor Lars-Ola Hansson

Lars-Ola Hansson 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: 7114892
    Abstract: A rotatable tool for chip removing machining includes a drill shank, and an exchangeable loose top mounted at an axially front end of the shank. Between these there is a coupling, which includes a male part on the loose top, and a groove in the basic body. By means of a slot, two deflectable legs are defined by the shank, which legs form a jaw for receiving and clamping the male part. The maximal width of the jaw upon deflection of the legs away from one another is larger than the maximal breadth of a wedge portion included in the male part. Furthermore, the angles of inclination of flank surfaces on the male part and side surfaces in the groove, are equally large in order to guarantee surface contact between said surfaces, when the legs are resiliently tightened against the male part. The wedge portion is of dovetail shape, wherein the loose top is drawn axially against the shank as it is being radially clamped by the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property
    Inventor: Lars-Ola Hansson
  • Publication number: 20050186042
    Abstract: A rotatable tool for chip removing machining includes a drill shank, and an exchangeable loose top mounted at an axially front end of the shank. Between these there is a coupling, which includes a male part on the loose top, and a groove in the basic body. By means of a slot, two deflectable legs are defined by the shank, which legs form a jaw for receiving and clamping the male part. The maximal width of the jaw upon deflection of the legs away from one another is larger than the maximal breadth of a wedge portion included in the male part. Furthermore, the angles of inclination of flank surfaces on the male part and side surfaces in the groove, are equally large in order to guarantee surface contact between said surfaces, when the legs are resiliently tightened against the male part. The wedge portion is of dovetail shape, wherein the loose top is drawn axially against the shank as it is being radially clamped by the legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: SANDVIK AB
    Inventor: Lars-Ola Hansson
  • Patent number: 6899495
    Abstract: A rotatable tool for chip removing machining includes two parts, viz. a holder part, rotatable around a geometrical center axis, and a replaceable cutting part, which is rigidly connectable to a front end of the holder part via a male/female coupling. The coupling includes a tapering seat in the holder part and a tapering male member, protruding rearwardly from the cutting part. In the seat, there is a slot, which separates two elastically deflectable projections, that may be inwardly deflected towards each other during clamping of the male member in the seat. The male member is elongated in a radial direction, and the seat is in the form of a radial groove into and out of which the sheath body is transversely movable. The male member includes a dove-tail shaped portion received in a dove-tail shaper portion of the groove. A centering button on the male member enters a depression in the holder part to axially center the cutting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Lars-Ola Hansson, Christer Hoffman
  • Patent number: 6619891
    Abstract: A rotatable milling tool includes a body, and at least one set of circumferentially spaced cutting members that are intersected by a common plane oriented perpendicularly to a longitudinal center axis of the body. The set of cutting members includes at least three cutting members mounted in an envelope surface of the body. Each cutting member includes a flank surface and a cutting edge disposed adjacent to the flank surface. Each cutting edge has axially spaced apart ends. The flanked surface of each cutting member forms a clearance angle with a tangent extending through the respective cutting edge. The flank surface of the insert has a larger clearance angle than the flank surfaces of at least two other inserts in the same set. During a milling operation, the cutting members with smaller clearance angles tend to produce stability and vibration-free rotation, while the cutting member having the larger clearance angle ensures a high precision (smooth) machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Sandvik Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Lars-Ola Hansson, Göran Pantzar, Inge Svenningsson
  • Publication number: 20030103824
    Abstract: A rotatable tool for chip removing machining includes two parts, viz. a holder part, rotatable around a geometrical center axis, and a replaceable cutting part, which is rigidly connectable to a front end of the holder part via a male/female coupling. The coupling includes a tapering seat in the holder part and a tapering male member, protruding rearwardly from the cutting part. In the seat, there is a slot, which separates two elastically deflectable projections, that may be inwardly deflected towards each other during clamping of the male member in the seat. The male member is elongated in a radial direction, and the seat is in the form of a radial groove into and out of which the sheath body is transversely movable. The male member includes a dove-tail shaped portion received in a dove-tail shaper portion of the groove. A centering button on the male member enters a depression in the holder part to axially center the cutting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Lars-Ola Hansson, Christer Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20010041105
    Abstract: A rotatable milling tool includes a body, and at least one set of circumferentially spaced cutting members that are intersected by a common plane oriented perpendicularly to a longitudinal center axis of the body. The set of cutting members includes at least three cutting members mounted in an envelope surface of the body. Each cutting member includes a flank surface and a cutting edge disposed adjacent to the flank surface. Each cutting edge has axially spaced apart ends. The flanked surface of each cutting member forms a clearance angle with a tangent extending through the respective cutting edge. The flank surface of the insert has a larger clearance angle than the flank surfaces of at least two other inserts in the same set. During a milling operation, the cutting members with smaller clearance angles tend to produce stability and vibration-free rotation, while the cutting member having the larger clearance angle ensures a high precision (smooth) machining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Lars-Ola Hansson, Goran Pantzar, Inge Svenningsson
  • Patent number: 6196770
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a top chip face, a bottom surface and side faces extending therebetween. At each of the end faces the cutting insert has axially protruding portions, each of which having a bevel. Main cutting edges are provided by the intersection between the top face and respective side surfaces. On each side surface there is provided a clearance portion formed on a protruding portion of the insert body which via a step extends into a secondary helically twisted clearance surface, the chip angle of which increases with increasing cutting depth. With the cutting insert viewed in plan, the bevel is oriented perpendicularly to the main cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Magnus Aström, Lars-Ola Hansson
  • Patent number: 6193446
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an upper chip surface, a bottom surface and side faces therebetween. At each of the end faces the cutting insert has axially protruding portions, each of which appears with a bevel face. Main cutting edges are provided in the intersection between the chip surface and the side surfaces. On each side surface is provided a clearance surface formed on a protruding portion which via a step clearance extends into a secondary helically twisted clearance surface, the chip angle of which increases with increasing cutting depth. The upper face includes along the main cutting edges a planar inclined surface with constant width that extends inwards and intersects with an upwardly inclined secondary chip breaking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Sandvik Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Magnus Aström, Lars-Ola Hansson
  • Patent number: 5971672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a milling cutting insert having an upper side, a bottom side, and flank surfaces connecting the upper and bottom sides. At each operative cutting corner there is a projection which is depressed relative to the adjacent main cutting edge and corner cutting edge. At the front upper edge of the projection is the wiper edge that generates the surface on the workpiece. By tipping the cutting insert axially positively and radially negatively, the horizontally located wiper edge may be tipped frontwards into contact with the workpiece, while the vertically located wiper edge is tipped backwardly, so that it does not reach the workpiece. In this way an improved axial clearance is made possible and an undesired groove in the workpiece is avoided, which would otherwise be caused by the vertically located wiper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventor: Lars-Ola Hansson
  • Patent number: D363076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Lars-Ola Hansson, Lars-Gunnar Wallstrom, Goran Pantzer
  • Patent number: D364178
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Lars-Ola Hansson, Lars-Gunnar Wallstrom, Goran Pantzar