US 11,724,322 B2
Saw blade and method of manufacturing the same
Steven B. Smith, Waukesha, WI (US); Paul Trautner, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); Brian Harms, Cedarburg, WI (US); John R. Matthews, III, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Shane N. Felton, Colgate, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/611,429
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed May 16, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/032916
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 6, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/213413, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 22, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/508,084, filed on May 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0198035 A1, Jun. 25, 2020
Int. Cl. B23D 65/02 (2006.01); B23D 61/12 (2006.01)
CPC B23D 65/02 (2013.01) [B23D 61/121 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a saw blade, the method comprising:
providing a saw blade body;
forming first portions of a plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body and rake faces of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body such that the first portions of the plurality of tooth bodies and the rake faces of the plurality of tooth bodies define a plurality of gullets in the saw blade body, each of the rake faces located at a first end of a corresponding one of the plurality of tooth bodies, a second end of the corresponding one of the plurality of tooth bodies defining an undercut portion of each of the plurality of gullets positioned between the first portions of the plurality of tooth bodies and the saw blade body; and
forming second portions of the plurality of tooth bodies in the saw blade body separate to forming the first portions of the plurality of tooth bodies, the rake faces of the plurality of tooth bodies, and the plurality of gullets in the saw blade body.