US Patent Issued to Iscar on Dec. 9 for "Cutting insert having two forwardly converging abutment surfaces, insert holder and cutting tool" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,565, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Iscar Ltd. (Tefen, Israel).

"Cutting insert having two forwardly converging abutment surfaces, insert holder and cutting tool" was invented by Shimon Athad (Maalot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting insert includes opposing insert first and second side surfaces. The insert first side surface includes a first mounting arrangement. The first mounting arrangement includes a) at least one first side abutment surface facing away from the insert second side surface, b) a first stopper abutment surface oriented transversely to the at least one first side abutment surface and c) two opposit...