ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,796, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SECO TOOLS TOOLING SYSTEMS (Bouxwiller, France).
"Non-rotating boring tool for internal turning and a boring arrangement comprising such a boring tool" was invented by Yannick Groll (Bouxwiller, France), Pascal Krumhorn (Bouxwiller, France) and Mathieu Ostermann (Bouxwiller, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-rotating boring tool for internal turning includes a boring bar having an elongated body, a cutting element with a rake side, a relief surface and a cutting edge, and an electrically controlled vibration actuator for active vibration damping of the boring bar. Moreover, when seen ...