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US 12,202,057 · App. 17/388,364 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Drill and method of producing drilled product

Inventors: Masao Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Sugawara (Tokyo, JP); Tatsuo Nakahata (Tokyo, JP); Ryohei Ono (Tokyo, JP); Shinya Matsuo (Tokyo, JP); Hideharu Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
B23B51/08B23B2226/275B23B2251/04B23B2251/047B23B2251/14B23B2251/188
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Patent No.
US 12,202,057
App. No.
17/388,364
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.

Claims (39)

1. A drill comprising:

at least one first cutting edge for drilling a prepared hole in a workpiece, the at least one first cutting edge being formed in a tip side of the drill, a first point angle of the at least one first cutting edge at a tip position being more than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees, the first point angle continuously or intermittently decreasing from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill, a first relief angle of the at least one first cutting edge continuously or intermittently decreasing from the tip side toward the rear end side;

at least one second cutting edge for reaming the prepared hole, the at least one second cutting edge being formed at a position away in the rear end side from the at least one first cutting edge, the at least one second cutting edge having a second relief angle at a maximum diameter position of the at least one second cutting edge; and

a holding part that reduces deflection of the at least one second cutting edge, the holding part including margins and being formed between the at least one first cutting edge and the at least one second cutting edge, the holding part being insertable into the prepared hole, and

wherein the at least one first cutting edge and the at least one second cutting edge are configured such that the at least one first cutting edge is defined by a first quadratic curvature and the at least one second cutting edge is defined by a second quadratic curvature, with the second quadratic curvature defining a point angle that decreases continuously or intermittently from an origination location of the at least one second cutting edge that is closest to the holding part to a more rearward location of the at least one second cutting edge along the drill, and

wherein the holding part is free of cutting edges.

2. The drill according to claim 1 , wherein the first quadratic curvature has an elliptical or parabolic configuration, and the second quadratic curvature has an elliptical or parabolic configuration that is different than that of the first quadratic curvature.

3. The drill according to claim 1 , wherein the point angle of the second quadratic curvature decreases continuously from the origination location to the more rearward location.

4. The drill according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of two or three first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of not less than three second cutting edges.

5. The drill according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of second cutting edges more than the first cutting edges.

6. The drill according to claim 1 ,

wherein a clearance is formed between the at least one second cutting edge and a margin region of the holding part, and

a minimum diameter of the at least one second cutting edge is not more than a maximum diameter of the holding part.

7. The drill according to claim 1 ,

wherein the point angle of the at least one second cutting edge decreases intermittently or continuously down to 0 degrees, with the 0 degrees being at the maximum diameter position.

8. The drill according to claim 7 ,

wherein the first and second quadratic curvatures are selected from a group of quadratic shapes consisting of an ellipse and a parabola, and wherein the first and second quadratic curvatures have a common one of said quadratic shapes.

9. The drill according to claim 7 ,

wherein a clearance is formed between the at least one second cutting edge and a margin region of the holding part, and

a minimum diameter of the at least one second cutting edge is not more than a maximum diameter of the holding part.

10. The drill according to claim 7 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of two or three first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of not less than three second cutting edges.

11. The drill according to claim 7 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of second cutting edges more than the first cutting edges.

12. The drill according to claim 8 ,

wherein a clearance is formed between the at least one second cutting edge and a margin region of the holding part, and

a minimum diameter of the at least one second cutting edge is not more than a maximum diameter of the holding part.

13. The drill according to claim 8 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of two or three first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of not less than three second cutting edges.

14. The drill according to claim 8 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of second cutting edges more than the first cutting edges.

15. The drill according to claim 6 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of two or three first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of not less than three second cutting edges.

16. The drill according to claim 6 ,

wherein the at least one first cutting edge consists of first cutting edges while the at least one second cutting edge consists of second cutting edges more than the first cutting edges.

17. A method of producing a drilled product comprising:

drilling the workpiece with the drill according to claim 7 , in order to produce the drilled product.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2021
From: WATANABE, MASAO; SUGAWARA, HIROYUKI; NAKAHATA, TATSUO; ONO, RYOHEI; MATSUO, SHINYA; TAKAHASHI, HIDEHARU
To: SUBARU CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-148602 · Sep 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220063004A1 · Mar 3, 2022
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