ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,607, issued on July 29, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Coated tool and cutting tool" was invented by Satoshi Mori (Satsumasendai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated tool according to the present disclosure comprises a base body and a coating film. The base body is made of a cemented carbide or a cermet. The coating film is located on the base body. In a case where a hardness is measured by pressing an indenter from a surface of the coating film to a depth of 20% of the coating film while changing an indentation load of the indenter, when a minimum hardness of the hardness is defined as a first hardness, a m...