Patent ID: 9375793
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B23C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A cutting insert for heavy machining operations, comprising: two opposing end surfaces, two opposing minor side surfaces extending between the two opposing end surfaces, two opposing major side surfaces extending between the end surfaces and the minor side surfaces, four opposed corner side surfaces between the minor and major side surfaces and the end surfaces, each end surface having four corners comprising two lowered corners and two raised corners, each end surface provided with two raised members, each raised member provided with two lowered abutment members, each lowered abutment member having a shim abutment surface, wherein the cutting insert further includes two opposing major edges formed at an intersection of each end surface and the major side surfaces, two opposing minor edges formed at an intersection of each end surface and the minor side surfaces, and two opposing corner edges formed at an intersection of each the corner side surfaces and the major side surfaces, and wherein the cutting insert further includes a major cutting edge formed at an intersection of each major edge and the end surface, and a minor cutting edge formed at an intersection of each minor edge and the end surface, and a corner cutting edge formed at an intersection of the major and minor cutting edges, and wherein the minor cutting edge includes a first section extending from one of the two raised corners to proximate a first central axis A wherein the first and second sections are angled with respect to a third central axis A