US Patent Issued to Seco Tools on July 21 for "Cutting tool with a clamp for securing a cutting insert to a tool body of the cutting tool" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,061, issued on July 21, was assigned to Seco Tools AB (Fagersta, Sweden).

"Cutting tool with a clamp for securing a cutting insert to a tool body of the cutting tool" was invented by Mikael Jansson (Fagersta, Sweden) and Robin Warnander (Fagersta, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool including a tool body with an insert seat and an associated clamp pocket, a cutting insert releasably mountable in the insert seat, a clamp received in the clamp pocket and a screw that extends with play through a through hole in the clamp and is engaged in a hole at the bottom of the clamp pocket, is provided. Upon tightening of the scre...