US 2023/0027255 A1Published application

Tooling assembly with internal coolant passages for machines

AssigneeFord Motor Company

InventorsDavid Stephenson, Timothy G. Beyer, Michael A. Kopmanis, David Ozog, William E. Dowling, JR.

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Abstract

The present disclosure is directed toward a tooling assembly for a machine having an automatic tool changing system. The tooling assembly includes a holder, a tool body, and an internal passage defined within and extending through the holder and the tool body. The holder includes a machine interface configured to engage with a spindle of the machine. The internal passage is operable to have a coolant fluid flow within, and has a stem channel and a curved channel extending from the stem channel.

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Dependent claims

A tooling assembly for a machine having an automatic tool changing system, the tooling assembly comprising:

a tool body disposed about a rotational axis, the tool body defining a first internal passage operable to have a coolant fluid flow within, wherein the first internal passage includes an inlet, a stem channel, a first curved channel, and a first outlet,
wherein the inlet is configured to receive the coolant fluid from the machine and the first outlet is open through an exterior of the tool body,
wherein the stem channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and the first curved channel to provide the coolant from the inlet to the first curved channel,
wherein the first curved channel is in fluid communication with the stem channel and the first outlet to provide the coolant from the stem channel to the first outlet, and
wherein at least one portion of the first internal passage tapers from a first diameter to a second diameter, the first diameter being greater than the second diameter and upstream of the second diameter.

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A tooling assembly for a machine having an automatic tool changing system, the tooling assembly comprising:

a tool body disposed about a rotational axis, the tool body defining a first internal passage operable to have a coolant fluid flow within, wherein the first internal passage includes an inlet, a stem channel, a first transition portion, a second transition portion, a first curved channel, a second curved channel, a first outlet, and a second outlet,
wherein the inlet is configured to receive the coolant fluid from the machine and the first and second outlets are open through an exterior of the tool body,
wherein the stem channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and the first and second curved channels to provide the coolant from the inlet to the first and second curved channels,
wherein the first curved channel is in fluid communication with the stem channel and the first outlet to provide the coolant from the stem channel to the first outlet and the second curved channel is in fluid communication with the stem channel and the second outlet to provide the coolant from the stem channel to the second outlet, and
wherein the first transition portion connects the stem channel to the first curved channel and has a size that decreases as the first transition portion approaches the first curved channel, wherein the second transition portion connects the stem channel to the second curved channel and has a size that decreases as the second transition portion approaches the second curved channel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/958,791Filed 3 Oct 2022
Priority: 8 Jan 2018
Published: 26 Jan 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

B23Q 3/15724
The storage device comprising rotating or circulating storing means: chains or belts
B23Q 3/155
Devices holding, supporting, or positioning work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine: arrangements for automatic insertion or…
B23Q 11/1023
By supplying a cutting liquid through the spindle: tool holders, or tools in general specially adapted for receiving the cutting liquid from the…
B23Q 11/1046
Using cutting liquids with special characteristics, e.g. flow rate, quality: using a minimal quantity of lubricant

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Application15/864,031Division · filed 8 Jan 2018
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