US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Oct. 28 for "Cutting tool, data collection system, and cutting tool holder" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,009, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cutting tool, data collection system, and cutting tool holder" was invented by Shigetaka Hashimoto (Higashiomi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool may include a base body, a tip, a sensor, and a cover. The base body may have a shank portion extending in a first direction, a fixation portion, and a recess opening at an outside surface of the shank portion. The tip may be fixed to the fixation portion and may have a cutting edge. The sensor may be positioned inside the recess. The cover may close the recess. Among peripheral surfaces of the shank po...