ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,795, issued on April 21.
"Constant rake fluted drill bit and method of manufacture" was invented by Jeffrey Bonner (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constant rake planar cutting edge fluted drill bit and a method of manufacturing the same. The drill bit includes a planar cutting face formed at the tip end of the bit by a motion of a rotating machining wheel respective to a stationary blank in a first step. Once the cutting face is formed, the blank is rotated and translated in a direction parallel to an elongated axis, during which the rotating machining wheel creates a flute. Upon completion of the first flute, the bit...