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US 10,695,846 B2Granted
Interpolated milling methods
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsMichael Joseph Habel, Gregory S. Carlone, Emenike Nick Chukwuma, Youssef Ziada
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Abstract
A milling method includes moving a milling tool having at least two axially spaced apart sets of cutting inserts to an axial position within a bore in a material and rotating the milling tool about a longitudinal axis. The method further includes initiating contact between the milling tool and a wall of the bore in a region of the wall having a least amount of material at the axial position. The method further includes moving the milling tool around a perimeter of the bore.
Claims16
A method, comprising:
- moving a milling tool having at least two axially spaced apart sets of cutting inserts to an axial position within a bore having a wall at least partially defining at least two tapered channels extending perpendicular to and intersecting the bore, and being wider at a first wider end than a second narrower end;
- rotating the milling tool about a longitudinal axis;
- initiating contact between the milling tool and a wall of the bore in a region of the wall having a least amount of material at the axial position, the initiating step includes initiating contact between the milling tool and the wall of the bore in a region of the wall including the first wider ends of the at least two tapered channels;
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- moving the milling tool around a perimeter of the bore, each of the at least two axially spaced apart sets of cutting inserts is aligned with one of the at least two tapered channels when the milling tool is in the axial position such that the moving the milling tool around the perimeter of the bore enlarges the at least two tapered channels aligned with the set of cutting inserts.
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A method, comprising:
- moving a milling tool including two axially spaced apart sets of cutting inserts to an axial position within a bore having a wall at least partially defining at least two tapered channels extending perpendicular to and intersecting the bore, and being wider at a first wider end than a second narrower end;
- rotating the milling tool about a longitudinal axis;
- initiating contact between the milling tool and a wall of the bore in a region of the wall having a least amount of surface area at the axial position, the initiating step includes initiating contact between the milling tool and the wall of the bore in a region of the wall including the first wider end of the at least two tapered channels;
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- moving the milling tool around a perimeter of the bore, each of the at least two axially spaced apart sets of cutting inserts is aligned with one of the at least two tapered channels when the milling tool is in the axial position such that the moving the milling tool around the perimeter of the bore enlarges the at least two tapered channels aligned with the set of cutting inserts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.