US 12,128,484 B2
Cutting tool with modular pocket wall
Patrick Kuhlemann, Fuerth (DE); Michael Schuffenhauer, Fuerth (DE); Marcelo Euripedes da Silva, Piracicabo (BR); and Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Latrobe, PA (US)
Assigned to KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US)
Filed by Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,966.
Prior Publication US 2024/0024958 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B23B 51/02 (2006.01); B23B 27/16 (2006.01); B23B 51/00 (2006.01); B23C 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC B23B 27/16 (2013.01) [B23B 51/0003 (2022.01); B23B 51/0004 (2022.01); B23B 51/02 (2013.01); B23C 5/22 (2013.01); B23B 2205/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular cutting tool, comprising:
a base body having a base flute portion; and
a cutting head at least partially disposed within a modular pocket of the base body, the cutting head having a cutting head flute portion and a dovetail shaped portion protruding radially outward therefrom,
wherein the modular pocket of the base body is formed by at least one wall section removably attached to the base body by a threaded fastener, the at least one wall section including a dovetail shaped recess for receiving the dovetail shaped portion of the cutting head when the at least one wall section is removably attached to the base body, the threaded fastener being axially offset from the dovetail shaped portion, and
wherein the base flute portion and the cutting head flute portion align to form a flute of the modular cutting tool when the cutting head is mounted on the base body.