US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on Sept. 9 for "Cutting tool, tool system and communication control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,471, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Cutting tool, tool system and communication control method" was invented by Masataka Funaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool for turning includes a cutting insert having a cutting edge, a holder for holding the cutting insert, a wireless communication unit for transmitting information based on a measurement result of a sensor attached to the cutting tool, an acceleration sensor installed in the holder, and a control unit for performing first control for controlling activation of the wireless communication unit based ...