US Patent Issued to Tennine on Sept. 9 for "Cutting tool assembly for use in controlled fracture machining" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,577, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Tennine Corp. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Cutting tool assembly for use in controlled fracture machining" was invented by William Q Tingley (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Daniel R. Bradley (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Stephen C. Parrow (Grandville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool assembly for use in controlled fracture machining includes a body having a rectilinear shape with a top end and bottom end and a tool holder attached to the bottom end of the body. A first cutting tool is configured at one lower end of the tool holder is to operate the tool in a forward direction of movement whil...