ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,035, issued on July 22, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).
"Tool holders with fluid directing passages" was invented by Logan Semnisky (Greensburg, Pa.) and Alan Bookheimer (Greensburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool holder (e.g., shrink fit adapter) with fluid directing passages includes a shank and a fluid/coolant directing structure including one or more nozzles fluidically connected to feeder channels of the shank. The one or more nozzles each include an inner wall and an outer wall configured/shaped to direct fluid/coolant flow both radially inwardly and longitudinally distally and/or to variably modulate...