Patents by Inventor Samuel L. Eichelberger

Samuel L. Eichelberger 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 tool assembly having clamp assembly comprising a clamp and a coolant plate
    Patent number: 9827614
    Abstract: A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder that includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface wherein the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas J. Henry, Kent P. Mizgalski, Samuel L. Eichelberger
  • Cutting tool assembly having clamp assembly comprising a clamp and a coolant plate
    Patent number: 9511421
    Abstract: A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder that includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface wherein the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas J. Henry, Kent P. Mizgalski, Samuel L. Eichelberger
  • CUTTING TOOL ASSEMBLY HAVING CLAMP ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CLAMP AND A COOLANT PLATE
    Publication number: 20160271704
    Abstract: A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder that includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface wherein the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas J. Henry, Kent P. Mizgalski, Samuel L. Eichelberger
  • CUTTING TOOL ASSEMBLY HAVING CLAMP ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CLAMP AND A COOLANT PLATE
    Publication number: 20140369772
    Abstract: A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder that includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface wherein the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas J. Henry, Kent P. Mizgalski, Samuel L. Eichelberger