ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,581, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan) and THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Tokyo).
"Coated tool" was invented by Takahito Tanibuchi (Satsumasendai, Japan), Hayato Kubo (Satsumasendai, Japan), Yukihiro Shimogaki (Tokyo), Takeshi Momose (Tokyo) and Momoko Deura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated tool in a non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base and a coating film located on the base. The coated tool includes a first surface, a second surface adjacent to the first surface, and a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridge part of the first surface and the second surfa...