ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. RE50,607, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).
"Lightweight cutting tool" was invented by Logan M. Semnisky (Greensburg, Pa.), Alan J. Bookheimer (Greensburg, Pa.), Ruy Frota de Souza Filho (Latrobe, Pa.), Werner Penkert (Furth, Germany), Ingo Grillenberger (Furth, Germany) and Dominik Schmid (Furth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightweight cutting tool, such as a reamer, includes a front cutting body, a front cutting ring, a center tube, a rear cutting ring and a rear machine connection member. An arm assembly of the front and rear cutting heads includes one or more leading arms, one or more trai...