# US 7,607,867 B2 · Tooling insert with mating surface > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,607,867 B2 - Document ID: US7607867B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/639,151 - Filed: 2006-12-15 - Published: 2008-06-19 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2006-12-15 - Assignees: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB - Inventors: Lloyd Ray Benson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607867B2 ## CPC - B23B 27/164: {characterised by having a special shape} - B23B 2200/0461: Round - B23B 2200/165: with one or more grooves - B23B 2200/167: with serrations - B23B 2200/168: star form - B23B 2205/12: Seats for cutting inserts - Y10T 407/22: including holder having seat for inserted tool - Y10T 407/227: with separate means to fasten tool seat to holder - Y10T 407/2272: with separate means to fasten tool to holder - Y10T 407/23: including tool having plural alternatively usable cutting edges - Y10T 407/235: with integral chip breaker, guide or deflector - B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A tool holding system has a tool holder including a seat and a clamping device having a clamping end aligned with a surface of the seat, a shim mounted in the seat of the tool holder and including a receiving surface oriented to open toward the clamping end of the clamping device, and a cutting insert mounted in contact with the receiving surface. The cutting insert has a plurality of cutting edges arranged around a periphery of a first face and a plurality of radially oriented features on a mating face in contact with the receiving surface. The receiving surface has corresponding features to that of the mating face of the cutting insert. A radius containing one of the plurality of radially oriented features forms an acute angle, an obtuse angle or a right angle to a radius containing a second of the plurality of radially oriented features. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cutting insert, comprising: one or more cutting edges at an intersection of a first surface and a clearance surface; and a mating surface on a second surface, the mating surface including a plurality of radially oriented features, wherein the first surface is adapted to receive a clamp from a tool holder to seat the mating surface to a receiving surface having a corresponding surface to the mating surface, wherein a radius containing one of the plurality of radially oriented features forms an acute angle, an obtuse angle or a right angle to a radius containing a second of the plurality of radially oriented features, wherein the cutting insert is monolithic, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes at least two adjacent ridges including V-shaped peaks separated by a groove including a V-shaped base, and wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes alternating ridges and grooves, wherein a ridgeline of each ridge is oriented to intersect at a common point. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cutting insert of claim 1, wherein the common point is at a radial center axis of the cutting insert. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cutting insert of claim 1, wherein the common point is off-centered from a radial center axis of the cutting insert. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2, 3) The cutting insert according to claims 2 or 3, wherein an amount of the plurality of radially oriented features correspond in number and position to the cutting edges at the intersection of the first surface and the clearance surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The cutting insert claim 2, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes at least three radially oriented features. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The cutting insert of claim 5, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes from 3 to 36 radially oriented features. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The cutting insert of claim 2, wherein the height or depth of the radially oriented features varies to zero as the radial distance nears the common point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The cutting insert of claim 2, wherein the area surrounding the common point is a land region absent features that serve to position or mate the cutting insert to the mating surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The cutting insert of claim 3, wherein the height or depth of the radially oriented features varies to zero as the radial distance nears the common point. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The cutting insert of claim 3, wherein the area surrounding the common point is a land region absent features that serve to position or mate the cutting insert to the mating surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The cutting insert claim 3, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes at least three radially oriented features. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The cutting insert of claim 11, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes from 3 to 36 radially oriented features. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cutting insert of claim 1, wherein the cutting insert is not parallelepiped. ### Claim 14 A tool holding system, comprising: a tool holder including a seat and a clamping device having a clamping end aligned with a surface of the seat; a shim mounted in the seat of the tool holder, the shim including a receiving surface oriented to open toward the clamping end of the clamping device; and a monolithic cutting insert mounted in contact with the receiving surface, the cutting insert including one or more cutting edges at an intersection of a first face and a clearance surface, the first face in contact with the clamping end of the clamping device, and a plurality of radially oriented features on a mating face in contact with the receiving surface, wherein the receiving surface has corresponding features to that of the mating face of the cutting insert and wherein a radius containing one of the plurality of radially oriented features forms an acute angle, an obtuse angle or a right angle to a radius containing a second of the plurality of radially oriented features, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes at least two adjacent ridges including V-shaped peaks separated by a groove including a V-shaped base, and wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes alternating ridges and grooves, wherein a ridgeline of each ridge is oriented to intersect at a common point. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The tool holding system of claim 14, wherein the common point is at a radial center axis of the cutting insert. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The tool holding system of claim 14, wherein the common point is off-centered from a radial center axis of the cutting insert. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15, 16) The tool holding system according to claims 15 or 16, wherein an amount of the plurality of radially oriented features correspond in number and position to the cutting edges on the periphery of the first surface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The tool holding system claim 15 wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes at least three radially oriented features. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The tool holding system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes from 3 to 36 radially oriented features. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The tool holding system of claim 15, wherein all of the plurality of radially oriented features on the mating face are in registration with corresponding features on the receiving surface. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The tool holding system of claim 15, wherein less than all of the plurality of radially oriented features on the mating face are in registration with corresponding features on the receiving surface. ### Claim 22 (depends on 15) The tool holding system of claim 15, wherein the height or depth of the radially oriented features varies to zero as the radial distance nears the common point. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The tool holding system of claim 15, wherein the area surrounding the common point is a land region absent features that serve to position or mate the cutting insert to the mating surface. ### Claim 24 (depends on 15, 16) The tool holding system according to claims 15 or 16, wherein at least a portion of the corresponding features on the receiving surface are separated from each other by a land region. ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The tool holding system of claim 16, wherein the height or depth of the radially oriented features varies to zero as the radial distance nears the common point. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The tool holding system of claim 16, wherein the area surrounding the common point is a land region absent features that serve to position or mate the cutting insert to the mating surface. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The tool holding system claim 16, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes at least three radially oriented features. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The tool holding system of claim 27, wherein the plurality of radially oriented features includes from 3 to 36 radially oriented features. ### Claim 29 (depends on 16) The tool holding system of claim 16, wherein all of the plurality of radially oriented features on the mating face are in registration with corresponding features on the receiving surface. ### Claim 30 (depends on 16) The tool holding system of claim 16, wherein less than all of the plurality of radially oriented features on the mating face are in registration with corresponding features on the receiving surface. ### Claim 31 (depends on 14) The tool holding system of claim 14, wherein the cutting insert is not parallelepiped.