Spiral Channel Patents (Class 408/230)
  • Patent number: 12202057
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Tatsuo Nakahata, Ryohei Ono, Shinya Matsuo, Hideharu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12186814
    Abstract: A milling tool for milling workpieces, having a shank which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and at least one milling portion arranged on the shank along the axis of rotation. The milling portion first and second cutters arranged on the circumference and extending substantially over the milling portion in the direction of the axis of rotation and next to one another and/or one behind another as viewed in the direction of rotation/circumferential direction. The first cutter is arranged at a first angle and the second cutter is arranged at a second angle with respect to the axis of rotation. The first angle is not equal to the second angle. A first chip receptacle for receiving a chip of the workpiece that has been cut off is arranged at least between the first and the second cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HPTEC GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Netzer
  • Patent number: 12083605
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting tool capable of improving both the biting property to a work material and the chip discharge property. The cutting tool includes a drill body rotated about a central axis, four or more cutting edges formed on one end portion of the drill body to face a forward side of a rotation direction, and a flute groove that is formed between the cutting edges adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction and extends substantially spirally along the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Issei Hori
  • Patent number: 12076796
    Abstract: A drilling tool, in particular a twist drill, has a substantially cylindrical main body formed with a shank portion, a cutting-edge portion having a drill diameter, and a drill end. The drilling tool is rotatable in a direction of rotation about a drill longitudinal axis. At least two flutes extend in a twisted manner along the drill longitudinal axis and are inclined with at least one helix angle. The flutes form a chip space. Webs are formed between the flutes with a web width. The chip space is formed with a chip space extension that enlarges the chip space in at least part of at least one of the flutes. The web width is reduced in the region of the chip space extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ceratizit Balzheim GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Walcher, Nordine Bensadi
  • Patent number: 12070809
    Abstract: A handheld band saw includes a housing, a handle coupled to the housing and configured to be grasped by a user during a cutting operation, a motor supported by the housing, and a drive wheel assembly rotationally driven by the motor. The drive wheel assembly at least partially disposed within the housing. The band saw further includes a saw blade driven by the drive wheel assembly. The saw blade is configured to cut a workpiece during the cutting operation. The band saw further includes a pipe reamer attachment coupled to the drive wheel assembly. The pipe reamer attachment is configured to deburr the workpiece after completion of the cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: James C. Sitter, Kevin Staszak, David A. Bierdeman, Kevin R. Gee
  • Patent number: 12064126
    Abstract: A surgical bur including primary flutes and auxiliary flutes. The primary flutes include (i) first clearance surfaces, and (ii) first rake surfaces with first cutting edges. The primary flutes extend from a proximal end of the surgical bur to a distal end of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes are localized in central regions or distal regions of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes include (i) second clearance surfaces, and (ii) second rake surfaces with second cutting edges. At least one of the auxiliary flutes is located between a pair of adjacent ones of the primary flutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Kulas, Donald E. Stearns
  • Patent number: 12053831
    Abstract: A step drill bit having a hole processing portion and at least two flutes extending on the hole processing portion, the hole processing portion comprising step sections, each step section and the at least two flutes forming at least two cutting edges distributed in a circumferential direction of the step section, each cutting edge having a tooth profile, wherein the first cutting edge and the second cutting edge are at least partially different from each other in the structure of their respective tooth profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventor: Hongjia Wang
  • Patent number: 11919094
    Abstract: A modular drill apparatus (100) includes: a shank (110) having a pocket (112); a cylindrical post (117) centrally secured within a bottom (114) of the pocket (112); a cutting tip (130) including a lower portion (131) including a central bore (136) which receives the cylindrical post (117), an upper portion (132) and a channel (134) therebetween; and an insert assembly (150) interfitted within and supported by the channel (134), the insert assembly (150) being expandable along a length thereof for securing the cutting tip (130) to the shank (110) within the pocket (112) by providing an interference fit and retractable along the length thereof for releasing the cutting tip (130) from the pocket (112) by overcoming the interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Marcelo Euripedes da Silva, Ruy Frota de Souza Filho
  • Patent number: 11794259
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool according to the present disclosure is rotatable about an axial line and includes a rake face and a flank face. The flank face is contiguous to the rake face. A ridgeline between the rake face and the flank face constitutes a cutting edge. In a cross section perpendicular to the axial line, the rake face is constituted of a plurality of straight line portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Masashi Harada, Naoki Watanobe, Takashi Harada, Taisuke Higashi
  • Patent number: 11691206
    Abstract: A tool tip is integral with or removably secured to a tool body and configured to machine a metal object. The tool tip has a tool tip diameter, a rotational axis and at least one coolant duct. The tool tip includes at least one major cutting edge formed at an intersection of a rake face and a first major flank. The rake face forms part of a chip flute. The coolant duct is configured to be in flow communication with discharge orifices located exclusively in the tool tip. The tool tip has an arrangement, such as a row of two or more discharge orifices located exclusively in the rake face of a major cutting edge. The arrangement extends at a non-zero angle relative to the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventor: Bjorn Sterling
  • Patent number: 11623287
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool, in particular a drill, is described, which comprises a shank and an exchangeable cutting tip (14). For this purpose, a locking geometry having an undercut of a first type and a torque transmission geometry is provided on the shank. A locking projection having a torque transmission counter-geometry is provided on the cutting tip, wherein, in a mounted state, the locking projection engages in the undercut of the first type and the torque transmission counter-geometry abuts the torque transmission geometry. The rotary cutting tool further comprises a securing unit, which holds the cutting tip on the shank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Horst Manfred Jäger, Berthold Heinrich Zeug
  • Patent number: 11577429
    Abstract: A drill bit includes a drill bit head, a multi-strand helix made up of three or more helix ribs, and a shank end along a drill bit axis. The multi-strand helix is made up of a conveyance area, a helix gradient, and a pitch. The helix ribs extend parallel to the drill bit axis in a first area adjacent to the drill bit head and a second area adjacent to the shank end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guenter Domani, Carsten Peters, Florian Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11549543
    Abstract: A drill bit structure of a self-tapping screw is rotated clockwise to screw with a workpiece or is rotated counterclockwise to remove from the workpiece, and the self-tapping screw contains: a head, a shank, and a drill bit. The head is configured to connect with a tool. The shank integrally extends from the head. A conical face has a tip, two arcuate grooves, and two first cutting edges. Each of the first cutting edges is formed on a connection portion of each arcuate groove and the conical face. The drill bit includes two third cutting edges, and each third cutting edge is adjacent to the tip, shapes of the two first cutting edges correspond to shapes of the two third cutting edges respectively, and heights of the two first cutting edges are not less than the conical face. Each first cutting edge has a reinforcement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Hsiao-Wen Huang
  • Patent number: 11511359
    Abstract: A drill may include a body extending from a first end toward a second end, and the body may include an outer peripheral surface and a cutting edge. The cutting edge may include a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge. The second cutting edge may be positioned closer to the second end and the outer peripheral surface than the first cutting edge. The second cutting edge may include a first part, a second part and a third part. The second part may be positioned closer to the outer peripheral surface than the first part and may be positioned closer to the second end as close to the first part. The third part may be positioned closer to the first cutting edge than the first part and may be positioned closer to the second end as close to the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Satoshi Tetsukawa
  • Patent number: 11486433
    Abstract: A self-drilling screw includes a leading section having a drill body and opposite discharge grooves formed on the drill body. The drill body and the discharge grooves meet at cutting edges. On the drill body are formed two blade portions connected to the cutting edges and tapering at respective second tips. The blade portion has a second included angle of not more than 50 degrees. Between the blade portions is formed a drilling portion terminating at a first tip and having a first included angle of not more than 60 degrees. Two opposite concave surfaces each extend from the drilling portion to each blade portion. The first tip and the second tips are situated at different places. Accordingly, the end of the leading section presents a shape of a curved bow riser to cut quickly and help quick removal of chips, thereby decreasing resistance and preventing the cracking problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Shan Yin International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kou-Tsair Su, Yu-Jung Su
  • Patent number: 11471952
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool includes a tool shank, a replaceable cutting head mounted on the tool shank, a coupling pin, and an actuation member. In one embodiment, the coupling pin has a cylindrical portion with a reduced-diameter portion defined by a pair of angled side walls separated by a bottom surface for cooperating with a non-threaded portion at one end of the actuation member. In another embodiment, the coupling pin has a cylindrical portion with a notch with a pair of side walls for cooperating with a frustoconical member at one end of the actuation member. When assembled, a pair of V-shaped contact surfaces on the cutting head engage a pair of oppositely facing V-shaped contact surfaces on the tool shank to provide stability against the momentum created by cutting forces in two different directions and securely hold the cutting head in place during machining operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Marcelo Euripedes Silva, Ruy Frota de Souza Filho
  • Patent number: 11406396
    Abstract: A surgical bur is disclosed having cutting and trailing edges and associated flutes and lands. Each flute includes a cutting edge. Each of the trailing edges relatives in a selected dimension to a preceding cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Vu, Donald E. Stearns
  • Patent number: 11370039
    Abstract: Two discharge grooves (4) are formed in a drill (1). A cutting edge (5) is formed on a ridge section between an inner face (41) that faces a rotation direction (T) side of the discharge groove (4), and a flank (6). A thinning edge (7) is formed from an inner end (51) of the cutting edge (5) to the side of a chisel (9), by thinning processing, and further, a gash portion (8) is formed from an inner end (72) of the thinning edge (7), the gash portion extending in a circular arc shape and being connected to the discharge groove (4) further to an inner side in the radial direction than an outer peripheral surface (31). A circular arc groove (10) is formed in a section connecting a thinning face (71) and a gash face (81). The chips being cut by the thinning edge (7) are scooped up to the gash portion (8), are curled, and are discharged to the discharge groove (4). The chips are not likely to become caught by being provided with the circular arc groove (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: OSG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Makino
  • Patent number: 11364555
    Abstract: Provided herein is a drill having less possibility of cracks in an inner periphery of a drilled workpiece and deformation of a workpiece upon penetrating with a drill, as well as delamination. A drill according to the present invention comprises two cutting blades which are formed symmetrical about an axis of rotation, wherein each of the cutting blades has a main cutting blade formed from a drill tip toward a peripheral side of the drill to become a shape with curves, a thinning cutting blade in a shape with curves formed in closer to the drill tip than the main cutting blade, and an U-shaped cutting blade in a shape with curves formed in closer to the periphery of the drill than the thinning cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Bic Tool Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Koichi Arai, Giichi Arai, Katsuyo Kimura, Satoshi Teshima
  • Patent number: 11358229
    Abstract: A drill includes a drill body having a longitudinal axis, a front end, and a frontend portion and at least one flute in the front end portion. A cutting insert is mounted to the drill body in each flute of the at least one flute at the front end of the drill body. The at least one flute includes a plurality of grooves, concave surfaces of adjacent ones of the grooves intersecting to define a ridge separating the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Lars B. Nilsson, Christian Ahlstrom, Michael Svensson
  • Patent number: 11229959
    Abstract: A drill includes a body. The body includes a first cutting edge, and a second cutting edge apart from the first cutting edge to the back end side relative to the first cutting edge and formed in a recess traversing an outer peripheral portion of the body. In a side view of the body in a first direction in which a distance between a center axis of the body and a first outer end of the first cutting edge is seen the longest, a second outer end of the second cutting edge is located at the center axis side relative to the first outer end of the first cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Shuhei Misumi, Minoru Yoshida, Yoshiji Sato
  • Patent number: 11191551
    Abstract: A surgical bur includes a body and a drill point. The body includes flutes and lands. Each of the flutes includes a cutting edge, a rake face, and a clearance surface. Each of the lands is convex-shaped and disposed between a pair of the flutes. The drill point includes axial relief surfaces. Each of the axial relief surfaces has a planar area, is distinct from the lands and borders (i) a distal portion of one of the cutting edges, (ii) one of the lands, and (iii) one of the clearance surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Kulas, Donald E. Stearns
  • Patent number: 11173554
    Abstract: A cutting tool comprises at least one cutting edge and at least one relief surface adjacent thereto. The relief surface is arranged to provide clearance behind the cutting edge between the cutting tool and a workpiece and comprises one or more grooves arranged to communicate, in use, a cutting media across the relief surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: GKN Aerospace Sweden AB
    Inventors: Tore Hagward, Anders Wretland
  • Patent number: 11141799
    Abstract: The drill has a rake face, a flank face, and an outer circumferential surface. The flank face is continuous to the rake face. The outer circumferential surface is continuous to both the rake face and the flank face. A ridgeline between the rake face and the flank face constitutes a cutting edge. A ridgeline between the rake face and the outer circumferential surface constitutes an outer circumferential end. A groove is provided cyclically in the rake face to extend at an angle relative to an axis of the drill, the angle being larger than a helix angle of the drill. The groove has a depth of more than or equal to 1.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventor: Shinya Nakata
  • Patent number: 10952746
    Abstract: A method for producing a cutting tool, in particular a drill bit, is specified wherein the cutting tool has a front end (F) at the front and a rear end (R) toward the rear, wherein a tool tip is formed on the front end (F), a point thinning is ground at the tool tip with a grinding tool, the point thinning being ground to be narrower toward the front than toward the rear. The point thinning is ground with a constant point thinning angle (AW). Furthermore, a corresponding cutting tool is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Tim Guter, Jürgen Schwägerl
  • Patent number: 10882121
    Abstract: A drill according to a non-limiting aspect may have a body, a cutting edge, a rake face, and a groove. The cutting edge may have a curved chisel edge, a pair of first cutting edges, and a pair of second cutting edges. The second cutting edge may have a first portion extending from the chisel edge and a second portion extending from the first portion toward the first cutting edge. The rake face may have a first region extending from the first portion and a second region extending from the second portion. A first rake angle of the first region may be zero or a negative value. A second rake angle of the second region may be a negative value. An absolute value of the second rake angle may be greater than an absolute value of the first rake angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Nishikoori
  • Patent number: 10850333
    Abstract: A drill including: a chip discharge groove formed in an outer periphery of an edge portion serving as a leading end side portion of a drill body; and a cutting edge formed in an intersecting edge between a rake surface of a leading end side region and a leading end flank of the edge portion. The drill having a margin portion, a shoulder portion and a web thinning portion. The cutting edge includes, in order from a rotation center, first cutting edge, second cutting edge, shoulder cutting edge, and margin cutting edge portions. Honing widths of the second cutting edge, the margin cutting edge, and the shoulder cutting edge portions satisfy a relation represented by expression (1), as follows: honing width of the shoulder cutting edge portion>honing width of the margin cutting edge portion?honing width of the second cutting edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takao Katagiri
  • Patent number: 10786266
    Abstract: A surgical bur including primary flutes and auxiliary flutes. The primary flutes include (i) first clearance surfaces, and (ii) first rake surfaces with first cutting edges. The primary flutes extend from a proximal end of the surgical bur to a distal end of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes are localized in central regions or distal regions of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes include (i) second clearance surfaces, and (ii) second rake surfaces with second cutting edges. At least one of the auxiliary flutes is located between a pair of adjacent ones of the primary flutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Kulas, Donald E. Stearns
  • Patent number: 10710175
    Abstract: An orbital drill includes a drilling portion, a shank portion, and a neck portion between the drilling portion and the shank portion. The drilling portion includes one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting into a material. The right-handed spiral flutes have a positive radial and axial rake angle. The drilling portion also includes one or more left-handed spiral flutes located rearward of the one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial and radial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting back out of the material and removing any material left in the hole, thereby eliminating a separate reaming operation. A method of machining a workpiece using the orbital drill is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Danny R. Davis, Stephen G. Pritchard
  • Patent number: 10632542
    Abstract: A cutting tool according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a cutting edge portion which contains at least one of cubic boron nitride and polycrystalline diamond. The cutting edge portion includes a flank face, a negative land contiguous to the flank face, and a cutting edge formed by a ridgeline between the flank face and the negative land. At least one of the negative land and the flank face is provided with a plurality of recesses and a projection. The projection is formed by arranging the edges of adjacent recesses in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Gaku Harada, Yoshinori Tanigawa, Satoru Kukino
  • Patent number: 10596641
    Abstract: A drill structure includes a shank part and a flute part arranged on one end of the shank part. A chisel edge is formed on the front end of the flute part and two drill blades with tilt directions toward the shank part are symmetrically formed on the two sides of the chisel edge. Every drill blade includes: a primary relief surface with a cutting edge, a first connecting edge and a first chamfering edge, a secondary relief surface with a knife-back edge, a second connecting edge, a second chamfering edge and an outer edge, and an assist relief surface. The second connecting edge joins to the first connecting edge, and the second chamfering edge connects with the first chamfering edge. The assist relief surface, which tilts toward the shank part the, is extend from the first chamfering edge and the second chamfering edge. This drill structure can improve the surface finish of the drilling hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TCT GLOBAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Sung-Hao Chien, Li-Yi Chao, Feng-Yu Lin, Ming-Yuan Zhao, Chun-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10576552
    Abstract: The rotary tool has two coupling parts, namely a carrier and a cutting head having a front end face. The carrier has a pin seat into which a coupling pin of the cutting head is inserted. Effective stop faces are formed on the pin seat and on the coupling pin in the axial direction for axial pull-out protection. For a design that is as simple as possible, in particular in terms of grinding, a side face adjoins a respective stop face of the coupling pin and, when viewed in the axial direction, freely extends to the end face. In particular, the side face forms a torque face. For reliable clamping attachment, in particular with larger nominal diameters (D), a separating slot is made in the carrier and a clamping screw is inserted into it, both of which serve to fix the cutting head in the pin seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Horst Manfred Jäger, Michael Schuffenhauer, Jüergen Schwäegerl, Berthold Heinrich Zeug
  • Patent number: 10518336
    Abstract: A drill according to an embodiment includes a bar-shaped drill body extending along a rotation axis, a cutting edge located at a front end of the drill body, and a first flute extending spirally from the cutting edge toward a rear end of the drill body. The first flute includes a first region which is located close to the front end and has a helix angle ?1, and a second region which is located closer to the rear end than the first region and has a helix angle ?2 smaller than the helix angle ?1. The second region includes an elongated protruding part along the first flute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichirou Koga, Hirokazu Hatano
  • Patent number: 10507533
    Abstract: The drill comprises a base body, which extends in the axial direction along an axis of rotation and rotates about the axis of rotation in a direction of rotation during operation. Into the base body are incorporated flutes and between consecutive flutes is formed a rear surface, which extends, in relation to the direction of rotation, from a leading flute to a trailing flute. On the rear surface in the region of the leading flute, a guide chamfer and a support chamfer spaced apart from it in the direction opposite the direction of rotation are formed, wherein the support chamfer, as radially outermost region, forms a support edge for a merely linear support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Tim Guter
  • Patent number: 10357832
    Abstract: A drill is provided with a body having a rod shape configured to rotate about a rotational axis, a cutting edge that is located at a tip portion of the body and extends from an outer periphery of the body toward the rotational axis when viewed from the tip portion, a flank located at the tip portion and disposed along the cutting edge, a covering layer that covers at least the tip portion of the body, and one or more recessed portions disposed on the flank at positions close to the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10335167
    Abstract: A drill bit including a shaft which has a pyramidal shaped end defining a drill tip with a plurality of edges defining the pyramidal shape. One or more recesses are provided for directing away debris produced while drilling, the at least one recess having a first portion extending along the shaft and a second portion having a first portion extending along the shaft and a second portion which extends along the drill tip; wherein the. The second portion which extends along the drill tip. The second portion of the at least one recess extends along an edge of the drill tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SURGIBIT IP HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED
    Inventor: Liam Patrick Ellis
  • Patent number: 10335866
    Abstract: A method is specified for producing a rotary tool (2) having a base body (4), which extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and in which at least one flute (6) is ground in by grinding in a first partial flute (12A) with a first helix angle (W1) in a first grinding step and by subsequently grinding in a second partial flute (12B) with a second helix angle (W2) in a second grinding step, the second helix angle differing from the first helix angle (W1) so that a flute (6) that expands in the longitudinal direction (L) is formed, wherein the two partial flutes (12A, 12B) are ground in using the same grinding wheel (11). In this way, a particularly quick production is realized. Furthermore, a corresponding rotary tool (2) is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Julia Tempelmeier
  • Patent number: 10335166
    Abstract: A surgical bur including flutes and lands. Each of the flutes includes a cutting edge, rake surfaces and a clearance surface. The rake surfaces of one of the flutes are decoupled from each other. Each of the lands is disposed between a pair of the flutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONICS PS MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: John W. Kulas, Donald E. Stearns
  • Patent number: 10279398
    Abstract: A drill of the present invention includes: a drill main body; a plurality of convex-arc cutting edges which are formed on a tip side of the drill main body from an outer periphery of the drill main body to a chisel edge provided near to a rotational axis; second faces which are each formed in an approximately band shape and are each formed along each of the convex-arc cutting edges on a back side of the convex-arc cutting edge in the rotational direction; third faces which are each formed to be continuous with a back side of each of the second faces in the rotational direction; and fourth faces which are each formed to be continuous with a back side of each of the third faces in the rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Fujiwara, Teruaki Niwa
  • Patent number: 10259050
    Abstract: A drill includes a bar-shaped drill body, a major cutting edge which is located at a front end of the drill body and has a straight-line region in a front view, a rake surface located along the major cutting edge, and a chip discharge flute being extended spirally around a rotation axis of the drill body in a direction from the rake surface toward a rear end of the drill body. The rake surface has a flat region located along the straight-line region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10207336
    Abstract: A rotary tool comprising two coupling parts, namely a carrier and a cutting head in a front end surface. The carrier comprises a pin receptacle into which a coupling pin of the cutting head is inserted. In order to prevent pulling-out in an axial direction, stop surfaces are provided on the pin receptacle and on the coupling pin, said stop surfaces being effective in an axial direction. For a design that is as simple as possible, in particular with regard to grinding, each stop surface of the coupling pin is adjoined by a lateral surface which freely tapers off in the direction toward the end surface as viewed in the axial direction. In particular, the lateral surface constitutes a torque surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Jürgen Schwägerl, Berthold Heinrich Zeug, Horst Manfred Jäger
  • Patent number: 10183342
    Abstract: The invention concerns a cutting tip (6) comprising: a core (10) that extends axially; and at least a first branch (12) and a second branch (14) that extend radially from the core (10), each comprising: a proximal portion (12a, 14a) connected to the core (10), a distal portion (12b, 14b), and a central portion (12c, 14c) connecting the proximal portion (12a, 14a) and the distal portion (12b, 14b); and a cutting edge (12d, 14d) extending at least along the distal portion (12b, 14b) and the central portion (12c, 14c); in which: the distal portion (12b) of the first branch (12) is arranged radially forward relative to the central portion (12c) of the first branch (12); and the central portion (14c) of the second branch (14) is arranged radially forward relative to the distal portion (14b) of the second branch (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: DIAGER
    Inventor: Olivier Bonhomme
  • Patent number: 10144104
    Abstract: In order, in a drill tip (2) which is provided particularly for a modular drilling tool, to generate a ridge (18) with supporting chamfers (26, 28) in a simple way, a non-round grinding method is provided, in which, proceeding from a starting rotary position (30) which corresponds to a cutting corner position, the radius is first reduced and is subsequently increased again to form the supporting chamfer (28). There is therefore no need for a separate grinding step to form the supporting chamfers (26, 28). The supporting chamfers (26, 28) preferably extend parallel to the longitudinal mid-axis (22) in the axial direction (24) and intersect coiled chucking grooves (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Horst Manfred Jaeger
  • Patent number: 10137506
    Abstract: A hand drilling tool of one or more elements coupled therebetween comprising: a chuck (2) tightened in the spindle of a tool machine allowing the tool rotation; an elongated point body (3) with tool diameter (2) having at least four helical grooves developing longitudinally on the point body and defining at least two primary cutters, and at least two secondary cutters; said two primary cutters forming a tip angle; said secondary cutters having a discharge surface S; said discharge surface S is shaped so as to create an interruption between the secondary cutters and the primary cutters by contributing to reduce the operator's effort, to reduce the temperature and to promote the discharge of the worked material. Said point body (3) is formed by a substantially cylindrical first portion and a substantially conical second portion with taper towards the end of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Natalino Capone
  • Patent number: 9955981
    Abstract: A surgical bur including primary flutes and auxiliary flutes. The primary flutes include (i) first clearance surfaces, and (ii) first rake surfaces with first cutting edges. The primary flutes extend from a proximal end of the surgical bur to a distal end of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes are localized in central regions or distal regions of the surgical bur. The auxiliary flutes include (i) second clearance surfaces, and (ii) second rake surfaces with second cutting edges. At least one of the auxiliary flutes is located between a pair of adjacent ones of the primary flutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc
    Inventors: John W. Kulas, Donald E. Stearns
  • Patent number: 9924952
    Abstract: A surgical dissection tool for cutting bone and other tissue includes a cutting head having an outer surface having non-paired or an odd number of flutes formed therein. Each flute includes a rake surface intersecting with the outer surface to form a cutting edge, and a relief surface opposite the rake surface. The relief surface and the rake surface form a first angle. Each flute also includes a leading angled surface extending from the relief surface to a distal end portion of the cutting head, the leading angled surface and the rake surface forming a second angle substantially the same as the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Medtronic PS Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Kulas, Donald E. Stearns
  • Patent number: 9901990
    Abstract: A drilling tool includes at least two chip flutes and a chisel edge with a thinned region. The thinned region merges continuously into the chip flutes in such a way that the thinned region forms the end of the respective chip flute in the region of the chisel edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Jurgen Schwagerl
  • Patent number: 9839984
    Abstract: A method of making a cutting tap includes: providing an elongate tap body having an axial forward end, an axial rearward end and a central longitudinal axis; securing the axial rearward end of the tap body in a grinding machine; and forming in the axial forward end of the tap body a correction grind and a main flute in one continuous grinding operation. A cutting tap made by the invention is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Steven R. Burns
  • Patent number: 9731354
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a body having an upper face, a lower face, a plurality of planar flank faces joining the upper and lower faces, and a plurality of curved flank faces joining the plurality of flank faces. A T-land is formed at a downward sloping angle with respect to the upper face. A cutting edge is formed at an intersection of a respective flank face and the T-land. A curved cutting edge is formed at an intersection of a respective curved flank face and the T-land. A micro-channel is formed in one of the flank faces, the curved flank faces and the T-land and proximate one of the cutting edge and the curved cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Naveen Kondameedi, Raouf Ben Amor
  • Patent number: 9724174
    Abstract: An endodontic instrument (20) for drilling root a canal within a tooth. The instrument has a working area (21) that is arranged so as to form, shape and/or cut the inner wall of the root canal. The instrument has a plurality of flutes wound around a central axis in the form of a spiral, within a conical envelope (25) so as to have a cross-section that becomes narrower from a first end (23) to the second end (26) of the instrument. The working area (21) is sub-divided into adjacent segments (13) such that the flutes alternately have a straight section and a section that is twisted in the form of a spiral and are arranged, in such a way, that the edges of the flutes are located either on the conical envelope (25) or inside the envelope on the straight sections or on the twisted sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FKG Dentaire S.A.
    Inventor: Olivier Breguet