ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,611, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ZHUZHOU CEMENTED CARBIDE CUTTING TOOLS Co. LTD. (Hunan, China).

"Drilling tool featuring stable radial clamping" was invented by Aisheng Jiang (Hunan, China), Liangxiong Xiang (Hunan, China), Yuzhong Wang (Hunan, China), Xingdong Xiang (Hunan, China), Lan Ni (Hunan, China) and Peiwen Chen (Hunan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling tool includes a cutting component and a clamping component. The cutting component comprises a cutting part and a connecting part. The clamping component comprises a clamping part matched with the cutting component. In a direction away from the cutting par...