ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,036, issued on July 22, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP. (Itami, Japan) and AISIN FUKUI Corp. (Echizen, Japan).
"Cutting insert" was invented by Hideo Maeno (Itami, Japan), Junya Okida (Itami, Japan) and Daichi Yamaguchi (Echizen, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting insert includes a first surface, a second surface, and an outer peripheral side surface. A ridgeline between the first surface and the outer peripheral side surface forms a first ridgeline. A ridgeline between the second surface and the outer peripheral side surface forms a second ridgeline. The first ridgeline includes a first straight portion...