US Patent Issued to Sandvik Intellectual Property on May 26 for "Cutting insert and crank shaft milling tool" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,717, issued on May 26, was assigned to Sandvik Intellectual Property AB (Sandviken, Sweden).

"Cutting insert and crank shaft milling tool" was invented by Stefan Knecht (Meerbusch, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disc milling tool including cutting inserts is provided. The cutting insert includes a top face and a bottom face parallel to the top face. Four side faces and four corner faces extend between the top and bottom faces. At least one cutting edge is formed at an intersection of the top face and at least one of the corner faces and two of the side faces connected to the corner face. The top face forms a rake surface, wh...