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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Donald J. Grzina, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Rajesh Talwar, Frontenac, MO (US);
Jian Cao, Wilmette, IL (US);
Qian Wang, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Tiffany Davis Ling, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Pinzhi Liu, Evanston, IL (US);
Donald J. Grzina, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Rajesh Talwar, Frontenac, MO (US);
Jian Cao, Wilmette, IL (US);
Qian Wang, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Zhiyong Cedric Xia, Canton, MI (US);
Tiffany Davis Ling, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Pinzhi Liu, Evanston, IL (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A cutting tool comprising first and second surfaces that intersect at an edge, wherein the first surface (e.g., a rake face, a flank surface or a margin) has a textured region comprising a multiplicity of recesses each having a length greater than its width. The recesses are distributed in a pattern comprising rows of recesses arranged lengthwise along respective lines with spaces between neighboring recesses. The recesses of one row are offset from the recesses of the next row. Each recess of the one row having one end portion that overlaps with an end portion of one recess in the next row and another end portion that overlaps with an end portion of another recess in the next row. The recesses are generally parallel to the edge.