US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on March 25 for "Cutting insert, cutting tool and method for manufacturing machined product" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,638, issued on March 25, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cutting insert, cutting tool and method for manufacturing machined product" was invented by Masahiro Yamamoto (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting insert may include a first surface, a second surface and a lateral surface. The first surface may have a polygonal shape and may include a first corner, a second corner, a third corner, a first side and a second side. The lateral surface may include a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface. At least a part of the first lateral surface may be located between the first side and the second s...