Patent ID: 9254526
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B21D,B23D,B23P,B26F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A punch comprising: a cylindrical punch body having a first end surface and a second, opposite end surface, said punch body defining a perimeter; a punch wall extending upwardly from said second end surface and having a free end, said punch wall extending around the entire perimeter of said punch body, said punch wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface, said punch wall formed of a plurality of alternating flutes and lobes, each said lobe having a pair of walls angling from a piercing point; a punch profile formed on said free end of said punch wall and extending between said exterior and interior surfaces of said punch body, said punch profile formed by a cutting surface having a thickness and a shearing surface having a thickness, wherein each of the cutting surface and the shearing surface extend continuously around the perimeter of the punch wall, said cutting surface having a first end and a second end and a positive cut edge geometry, said cutting surface extending between said exterior surface of the punch wall and said shearing surface, said cutting surface extending inwardly from said exterior surface toward said second end surface of said punch body at an angle such that said first end of said cutting surface is spaced from said second end surface of said punch body at a distance which is greater than a distance said second end of said cutting surface is spaced from the second end surface of said punch body, the shearing surface having a first end and a second end, the first end of the shearing surface overlapping the second end of the cutting surface, said shearing surface extending inwardly from the cutting surface to the interior surface of the punch wall at an angle, the angle of the shearing surface is different than the angle of the cutting surface, said shearing surface being spaced from said second end surface of said punch body at a lesser distance than a distance at which said first end of said cutting surface is spaced from said second end surface of said punch body; and a passageway extending through said punch body, said passageway spaced from said punch wall.