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US 6,398,467 B1Granted
One piece cutter body
AssigneeDana Corporation
InventorsMax E. Herendeen, Kenneth J A Keller, Andrew A. Reuvers
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Abstract
One-piece cutter body for gear cutting operations. The one-piece cutter body has a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots for receipt of gear cutting blade. The slots are formed by a heatless electroerosive process, preferably electron-discharge machining (EDM) process utilizes computer numerical control (CNC) methods. A cutter body having outstanding strength and durability with highly precise slot configurations is obtained.
Claims4
A one-piece cutter body for a cutting assembly used in gear cutting operations,
- said body being formed from a single piece of metal,
- said body comprising a cylindrical portion and a frustoconical portion integrally joined thereto, said cylindrical portion including a first face, a sidewall and an annular surface spaced from and parallel to said first face, said frustoconical portion including a second face and a frustoconical surface extending from said annular surface to a second face,
- said body further comprising a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots formed in said first face in said cylindrical portion and extending through the body and through said second face in said frustoconical portion, said slots being adapted to receive cutting tools in predetermined positions projecting from at least one face of said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.