ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,163, issued on June 2, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).

"Coolant turbine for rotary cutting tool; rotary cutting tool; coolant turbine module; and method for operating a rotary cutting tool" was invented by Alexander Kroedel (Fuerth, Germany), Santosh Boregowda (Bangalore, India), Iranna Shidrameshetra (Bangalore, India), Ravi Halasur (Bangalore, India) and Nicholas Henry (Latrobe, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a coolant turbine for a rotary cutting tool, a rotary cutting tool, a coolant turbine module, and a method for operating a rotary cutting tool. The coolant turbine comprises an annul...