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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Helmut Glimpel, Lauf a.d. Pegnit, DE;
Dietmar Hechtle, Pegnitz, DE;
Peter Kopton, Koesching, DE;
EMUGE-WERK RICHARD GLIMPEL GMBH & CO. KG FABRIK FUER PRAEZISIONSWERKAEUGE, Lauf an der Pegnitz, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
The thread generating tool for producing a thread in a workpiece has the following features: a) the tool is rotatable about a tool axis (A), b) the tool has a number n≧1 of groove generating regions for generating in each case one groove in the workpiece and a number m≧1 of thread generating regions for generating the thread in the workpiece, c) each of the m thread generating regions is arranged behind one of the n groove generating regions as viewed in an axial projection parallel to the tool axis (A), and has a smaller extent than said groove generating region as viewed in cross section in the axial projection.