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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2007
Applicants:
Brian J. Schwartz, West Hartford, CT (US);
Daniel F. Grady, Athens, GR;
Robert E. Erickson, Storrs, CT (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Schwartz, West Hartford, CT (US);
Daniel F. Grady, Athens, GR;
Robert E. Erickson, Storrs, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tool for use in an abrasive machining process has a body extending along a central longitudinal axis from a first end to a tip end. An abrasive material is located on the tip end. The body has a tip end protuberance. An abrasive material is located on the protuberance. A body lateral surface has, over a radial span of at least 20% of a radius of the protuberance, a continuously concave longitudinal profile diverging tipward.