IP Library Granted Patent US 8,734,067
Granted Patent B2
US 8,734,067 · App. 12/720,314 · Granted May 27, 2014

Drill

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Patent No.
US 8,734,067
App. No.
12/720,314
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drill includes a pair of main cutting edges extending from a distal portion of the drill to a position close to a proximal end of the drill to entirely define a two-edge configuration, and a pair of auxiliary cutting edges extending between positions at the distal and proximal sides of a maximum diameter position to partly define a four-edge configuration. A ridgeline of each auxiliary cutting edge is located within an angle smaller than 90° from a ridgeline of the corresponding main cutting edge toward the rear in a rotation direction of the drill. The point angle of the auxiliary cutting edges increases at a higher rate than the point angle of the main cutting edges in a predetermined range from the maximum diameter position toward a distal end of the drill.

Claims (14)

1. A drill, comprising:

a pair of main cutting edges formed at opposite positions with respect to an axis of the drill; and

a pair of auxiliary cutting edges formed at opposite positions with respect to the axis of the drill, the positions of the auxiliary cutting edges being different from the positions of the main cutting edges in a circumferential direction,

wherein an axial formation range of each main cutting edge extends from a position close to a proximal end of the drill across a maximum diameter position toward a distal end of the drill,

wherein an axial formation range of each auxiliary cutting edge extends from a position close to the proximal end of the drill across the maximum diameter position toward the distal end of the drill,

wherein a terminal of the axial formation range of each auxiliary cutting edge located close to the distal end of the drill is closer to the proximal end of the drill than a terminal of the axial formation range of each main cutting edge located close to the distal end of the drill,

wherein each auxiliary cutting edge has a ridgeline located within an angle range smaller than 90° from a ridgeline of a main cutting edge toward the rear in a rotation direction of the drill, and

wherein the ridgelines of the main and auxiliary cutting edges have a point angle of 0° in a range from the maximum diameter position to a position located closer to the proximal end of the drill than the maximum diameter position, and the ridgelines of the main and auxiliary cutting edges have point angles which increase from the maximum diameter position toward the distal end of the drill, the point angle of the auxiliary cutting edges having a higher increasing rate than an increasing rate of the point angle of the main cutting edges in a predetermined range from the maximum diameter position, so that the ridgelines of the auxiliary cutting edges are located closer to the center of the drill than the ridgelines of the main cutting edges and the point angle of the auxiliary cutting edges is larger than the point angle of the main cutting edges in a range from the maximum diameter position toward the distal end of the drill.

2. The drill according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ridgeline of each main cutting edge in an axial range from the maximum diameter position to at least the terminal of the auxiliary cutting edges located close to the distal end of the drill has a shape of a first arc, the first arc having an end point at the maximum diameter position, a tangent to the first arc at the maximum diameter position being parallel to the axis of the drill,

wherein the ridgeline of each auxiliary cutting edge in the axial range from the maximum diameter position to the terminal of the auxiliary cutting edges located close to the distal end of the drill has a shape of a second arc, the second arc having an end point at the maximum diameter position, a tangent to the second arc at the maximum diameter position being parallel to the axis of the drill, and

wherein the second arc of each auxiliary cutting edge has a smaller radius than the first arc of each main cutting edge.

3. The drill according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum diameter position of the main cutting edges and the maximum diameter position of the auxiliary cutting edges are located at substantially the same position in an axial direction of the drill.

4. The drill according to claim 1 , wherein straight grooves are formed along an axial direction of the drill between a cutter edge section and a shank section, the cutter edge section including the pair of main cutting edges and the pair of auxiliary cutting edges, and the shank section being located in a rear position with respect to the cutter edge section in the axial direction of the drill.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2017
From: MAKOTOLOY CO., LTD
To: SUBURU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043892/0411 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 12, 2017
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042624/0886 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 15, 2014
From: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 033989/0220 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 16, 2014
From: SAITO, MANABU; NAKAHATA, TATSUO; TAKAHASHI, HIDEHARU; TSUCHIYA, JUNJI; HASHIMOTO, EIJI; HIGASHIWAKI, HIROFUMI
To: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA; MAKOTOLOY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031987/0386 →