US Patent Issued to KENNAMETAL on Dec. 30 for "Rotary cutting tool and holding element for a rotary cutting tool" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,660, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).

"Rotary cutting tool and holding element for a rotary cutting tool" was invented by Michael Schuffenhauer (Fuerth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The described rotary cutting tool comprises a tool body extending along a rotational axis and a cutting insert comprising at least one cutting edge. The tool body is mounted in a mounting pocket delimited by two clamping fingers. A clamping finger bore is provided on each of the clamping fingers. The cutting insert also has a through bore. A holding element is arranged in the clamping finger bores and in the thr...