Patent 9205498 was granted and assigned to Kennametal on December, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A rotary cutting tool has a shank and an interchangeable cutting tip which can be coupled to the shank. The shank has a locking geometry having an undercut into which a locking projection of the cutting tip projects. Numerous lateral supporting surfaces and supporting counter-surfaces are provided for laterally fixing the cutting tip in the shank.