ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,802, issued on July 1, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Coated tool and cutting tool including the same" was invented by Yuusaku Sugawa (Chikushino, Japan), Hirotoshi Ito (Satsumasendai, Japan), Kenji Kumai (Satsumasendai, Japan), Takanori Sugiyama (Satsumasendai, Japan) and Tadashi Katsuma (Satsumasendai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated tool in the present disclosure includes a base and a coating layer located on a surface of the base. The coating layer includes an intermediate layer including Ti, and an Al2O3 layer. The Al2O3 layer is located in contact with the intermediate layer at a position further aw...