US Patent Issued to KENNAMETAL on June 16 for "Cutting tool mounting assembly with split, modular and wireless wear detection system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,230, issued on June 16, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).

"Cutting tool mounting assembly with split, modular and wireless wear detection system" was invented by Shuangyuan Zhang (Shanghai), Hongyu Zhou (Shanghai), Yu Liu (Shanghai), Xiaofeng Yu (Shanghai) and Zhiquan Guo (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool mounting assembly includes a base that defines a receptacle. A bushing is configured to be received in the receptacle and includes an aperture. A rotatable cutting tool is received in the aperture of the bushing. The rotatable cutting tool includes a cutting tip. The cutting tool mounting assembly...