ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,668, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ALLIED MACHINE & ENGINEERING CORP. (Dover, Ohio).
"Drilling tools and inserts with coolant relief and method" was invented by Salvatore D. Deluca (Cadiz, Ohio), Jason Ripple (Dover, Ohio) and Cory L. Lawrence (Dover, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a drill insert for drilling metallic or other materials, comprising a drill insert body with first and second lands at the outside diameter of the body that interface with the wall of a drilled hole. There is provided a coolant relief arrangement at the outside diameter of the drill insert by a plurality of coolant supply channels...