US Patent Issued to KENNAMETAL on Aug. 4 for "Modular drill with double sided cam" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,665, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).

"Modular drill with double sided cam" was invented by Alan J. Bookheimer (Greensburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular drill is disclosed. The modular drill includes a tool shank extending from a shank top end to a shank bottom end along a rotational axis and includes a cam slot extending at least partially through a width of the tool shank. The modular drill also includes a cutting head centered on the rotational axis including a cutting head top surface, a cutting head bottom surface, a draw pin extending from the cutting head bottom surface along the...