Grinding bit having a novel grinding grip

• US 5,702,294 A
• Filed: 09/01/1995
• Issued: 12/30/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Constant Velocity Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Constant Velocity Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Baltazar, Lawrence C., Naumann, John O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eley, Timothy V.
• Application Number:
  US08/522,566
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 451/540, 451/548, 451/541, 408/144, 408/145
• US Class Current: 451/541
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 19/02 for grinding grooves, e.g. on shafts, in casings, in tubes, homokinetic joint elements
• CPC Class Codes: B24D 7/16 Bushings; Mountings
• CPC Class Codes: B24D 7/18 Wheels of special form
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34376 Management nc programs, files
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36509 Select as function of shape, dimension of workpiece
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/45161 Grinding machine
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/50214 Refurbish, refinish, reprofile, recondition, restore, rebuild profile
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/78 Tool of specific diverse material
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 408/81 Tool having crystalline cutting edge

Abstract

A grinding bit for regrinding a component of a constant velocity universal joint which contains a grinding tip, an arbor, and means for removably attaching said grinding tip to said arbor.

The arbor has a length of from about 2.0 to about 4.3 inches, the grinding tip has a length of from about 0.7 to about 1.9 inches, and the length of the arbor exceeds the length of the grinding tip by at least about 1.0 inch. The grinding has a head portion with a substantially arcuate shape and has a substrate coated with a abrasive material.

Claims

1. A grinding bit for regrinding a component of a constant velocity universal joint, wherein said grinding bit has a length of from about 2.0 to about 4.75 inches and is comprised of a grinding tip, an arbor, and means for removably attaching said grinding tip to said arbor, and wherein:

(a) said arbor has a length of from about 2.0 to about 4.3 inches, said grinding tip has a length of from about 0.7 to about 1.9 inches, and the length of said arbor exceeds the length of said grinding tip by at least about 1.0 inch;

(b) said grinding tip has a maximum cross-sectional dimension of from about 0.2 to about 1.3 inches, said arbor has a maximum cross-sectional dimension of from about 0.2 to about 0.8 inches, and the maximum cross-sectional dimension of said grinding tip exceeds the maximum cross-sectional dimension of said arbor by at least about 0.1 inches;

(c) said grinding tip is comprised of a head portion with a substantially arcuate shape;

(d) said grinding tip is comprised of a substrate coated with a first abrasive material, wherein;

1. at least 95 weight percent of said grinding tip is comprised of a second material which has a tensile strength of at least 60,000 pounds per square inch,

2. said abrasive material has a hardness of at least about 9 Mohs,

3. said coating of said first abrasive material has a thickness of less than about 0.02 inches; and

(e) said arbor is comprised of at least about 95 weight percent of a third material with a Young'"'"'s modulus of at least about 31,000,000 pounds per square inch and a coefficient of thermal expansion of from about 2.5 to about 3.9×

10^-6 inches/inch-degree Fahrenheit, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of said third material is from about 0.8 to about 1.8 times as great as the coefficient of thermal expansion of said second material.

2. The grinding bit as recited in claim 1, wherein said first abrasive material consists essentially of cubic boron nitride.

3. The grinding bit as recited in claim 1, wherein said substrate of said grinding tip consists essentially of steel.

4. The grinding bit as recited in claim 3, wherein said steel is high carbon steel.

5. The grinding bit as recited in claim 1, wherein said arbor is comprised of from about 75 to about 90 weight percent of a metal carbide.

6. The grinding bit as recited in claim 5, wherein said metal carbide is tungsten carbide.

7. The grinding bit as recited in claim 1, wherein said arbor has a density of from about 0.4 to about 0.55 pounds per cubic inch.

8. The grinding bit as recited in claim 1, wherein said arbor has a thermal conductivity of from about 16 to about 69 British Thermal Units per hour per square foot per degree Fahrenheit per foot.

9. The grinding bit as recited in claim 1, wherein said arbor has a Young'"'"'s modulus of from about 61.6 to about 94.8 million pounds per square inch.

10. A grinding bit, wherein said grinding bit has a length of from about 2.0 to about 4.75 inches and is comprised of a grinding tip, an arbor, and means for removably attaching said grinding tip to said arbor, and wherein:

(a) said arbor has a length of from about 2.0 to about 4.3 inches, said grinding tip has a length of from about 0.7 to about 1.9 inches, and the length of said arbor exceeds the length of said grinding tip by at least about 1.0 inch;

(b) said grinding tip has a maximum cross-sectional dimension of from about 0.2 to about 1.3 inches, said arbor has a maximum cross-sectional dimension of from about 0.2 to about 0.8 inches, and the maximum cross-sectional dimension of said grinding tip exceeds the maximum cross-sectional dimension of said arbor by at least about 0.1 inches;

(c) said grinding tip is comprised of a head portion with a substantially arcuate shape;

(d) at least 95 weight percent of said grinding tip is comprised of a second material which has a tensile strength of at least 60,000 pounds per square inch; and

(e) said arbor is comprised of at least about 95 weight percent of a third material with a Young'"'"'s modulus of at least about 31,000,000 pounds per square inch and a coefficient of thermal expansion of from about 2.5 to about 3.9×

10^-6 inches/inch-degree Fahrenheit, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of said third material is from about 0.8 to about 1.8 times as great as the coefficient of thermal expansion of said second material.

11. A grinding tip comprised of a head portion with a proximal end and a distal end and with a substantially hemispherical shape, and a tail portion with a proximal end and a distal end which is integrally formed with said head portion, wherein said grinding tip has a length of from about 0.7 to about 1.9 inches, and wherein:

(a) said grinding tip is comprised of a substrate coated with a first abrasive material with a Mohs hardness of at least about 9, wherein;

1. at least 95 weight percent of said substrate is comprised of a second material which has a tensile strength of at least 60,000 pounds per square inch,

3. said coating of said first abrasive material has a thickness of less than about 0.02 inches; and

(b) said grinding bit is comprised of an interior cavity extending from said distal end of said tail portion of said grinding tip to a point intermediate said distal end of said tail portion and said proximal end of said grinding bit, wherein said interior cavity is comprised of a first threaded bore communicating with a second unthreaded bore, wherein said second unthreaded bore communicates with a third conical bore, wherein said third conical bore is formed by tapered conical surfaces extending outwardly from said second unthreaded bore, and wherein;

1. said tapered conical surfaces are beveled at an angle of from about 9 to about 45 degrees,

2. said first threaded bore has a length of from about 0.31 to about 0.62 inches, and

2. said third conical bore has a length of from about 0.22 to about 0.29 inches.