ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,031, issued on Nov. 25, 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 contains a plurality of boron nitride particles. The coating film is located on the base body. Furthermore, the coating film includes a hard layer and a metal layer other than a simple substance of Ti, Zr, V, Cr, Ta, Nb, Hf, and Al located between the base body and the hard layer."
The patent was filed on March 25, 2021, under Application No. 17/914...