Patents by Inventor Kouhei Yoshimura

Kouhei Yoshimura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11534836
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes: a substrate including a rake face and a flank face; a first coating film that coats the rake face; and a second coating film that coats the flank face, wherein the first coating film includes a first composite nitride layer at a region d1 on the rake face, the second coating film includes a second composite nitride layer at a region d2 on the flank face, the first composite nitride layer includes Ti1-x1-y1Alx1Tay1C?1N?1, the second composite nitride layer includes Ti1-x2-y2Alx2Tay2C?2N?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kouhei Yoshimura, Haruyo Fukui, Makoto Setoyama, Keizo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11370033
    Abstract: A surface coated cutting tool comprises a base material and a coating layer that coats the base material, the coating layer including an alternate layer composed of a first unit layer and a second unit layer alternately stacked, the first unit layer being composed of a nitride containing aluminum and zirconium, in the first unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the first unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the zirconium being not less than 0.65 and not more than 0.95, the second unit layer being composed of a nitride containing titanium and silicon, in the second unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the second unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the silicon being larger than 0 and not more than 0.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Makoto Setoyama, Keizo Tanaka, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11298748
    Abstract: A surface coated cutting tool comprises a base material and a coating layer that coats the base material, the coating layer including an alternate layer composed of a first unit layer and a second unit layer alternately stacked, the first unit layer being composed of a nitride containing aluminum and zirconium, in the first unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the first unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the zirconium being not less than 0.65 and not more than 0.95, the second unit layer being composed of a nitride containing titanium and aluminum, in the second unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the second unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the aluminum being larger than 0.40 and not more than 0.70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Makoto Setoyama, Keizo Tanaka, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11020805
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Imamura, Hideaki Kanaoka, Anongsack Paseuth, Satoshi Ono, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11014169
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool having a rake face and a flank face includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b?a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(110) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(110) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanaoka, Shinya Imamura, Anongsack Paseuth, Satoshi Ono, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10994338
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool has a rake face and a flank face, and includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material has a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b?a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(006) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(006) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanaoka, Shinya Imamura, Anongsack Paseuth, Satoshi Ono, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10994340
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face. The coating includes a hard layer. A topmost layer in the hard layer has a compressive stress of more than or equal to 1.5 GPa in absolute value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Shinya Imamura, Hideaki Kanaoka, Anongsack Paseuth, Satoshi Ono, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10987738
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating that is disposed on the substrate and formed so as to cover at least a portion of a flank face, in which the coating includes an inner layer and an outer layer formed on the inner layer, the inner layer is formed of at least one layer and includes an aluminum oxide layer as a layer in contact with the outer layer, the outer layer has a multilayer structure that includes three or more layers stacked on top of one another, and each of the layers that constitute the multilayer structure contains titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanaoka, Shinya Imamura, Anongsack Paseuth, Yuta Koyoshi, Satoshi Ono, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20210069794
    Abstract: A surface coated cutting tool comprises a base material and a coating layer that coats the base material, the coating layer including an alternate layer composed of a first unit layer and a second unit layer alternately stacked, the first unit layer being composed of a nitride containing aluminum and zirconium, in the first unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the first unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the zirconium being not less than 0.65 and not more than 0.95, the second unit layer being composed of a nitride containing titanium and aluminum, in the second unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the second unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the aluminum being larger than 0.40 and not more than 0.70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Makoto SETOYAMA, Keizo TANAKA, Kouhei YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200368822
    Abstract: A surface coated cutting tool comprises a base material and a coating layer that coats the base material, the coating layer including an alternate layer composed of a first unit layer and a second unit layer alternately stacked, the first unit layer being composed of a nitride containing aluminum and zirconium, in the first unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the first unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the zirconium being not less than 0.65 and not more than 0.95, the second unit layer being composed of a nitride containing titanium and silicon, in the second unit layer, when the total number of metal atoms constituting the second unit layer is represented as 1, a ratio thereto of the number of atoms of the silicon being larger than 0 and not more than 0.20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Makoto SETOYAMA, Keizo TANAKA, Kouhei YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20200331071
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes: a substrate including a rake face and a flank face; a first coating film that coats the rake face; and a second coating film that coats the flank face, wherein the first coating film includes a first composite nitride layer at a region d1 on the rake face, the second coating film includes a second composite nitride layer at a region d2 on the flank face, the first composite nitride layer includes Ti1-x1-y1Alx1Tay1C?1N?1, the second composite nitride layer includes Ti1-x2-y2Alx2Tay2C?2N?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kouhei YOSHIMURA, Haruyo FUKUI, Makoto SETOYAMA, Keizo TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200180037
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool has a rake face and a flank face, and includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material has a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b?a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(006) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(006) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanaoka, Shinya Imamura, Anongsack Paseuth, Satoshi Ono, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10654181
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an ?-Al2O3 layer. The ?-Al2O3 layer contains a plurality of ?-Al2O3 crystal grains and chlorine, and has a TC(006) of more than 5 in texture coefficient TC(hkl). The ?-Al2O3 layer includes lower and upper layers, the lower layer is located closer to the base material than the upper layer is, and the upper layer is located opposite to the base material across the lower layer, in a thickness direction of the ?-Al2O3 layer. The lower layer has a thickness of 1.0 ?m. The upper layer has a thickness of 0.5 ?m or more. The chlorine in the lower layer has a concentration distribution in which an atomic concentration CCl of the chlorine decreases in a direction away from the base material, in a thickness direction of the lower layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Kouhei Yoshimura, Shinya Imamura, Hideaki Kanaoka, Anongsack Paseuth, Satoshi Ono
  • Publication number: 20190232380
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating that is disposed on the substrate and formed so as to cover at least a portion of a flank face, in which the coating includes an inner layer and an outer layer formed on the inner layer, the inner layer is formed of at least one layer and includes an aluminum oxide layer as a layer in contact with the outer layer, the outer layer has a multilayer structure that includes three or more layers stacked on top of one another, and each of the layers that constitute the multilayer structure contains titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanaoka, Shinya Imamura, Anongsack Paseuth, Yuta Koyoshi, Satoshi Ono, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20190232385
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face. The coating includes a hard layer. A topmost layer in the hard layer has a compressive stress of more than or equal to 1.5 GPa in absolute value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya IMAMURA, Hideaki KANAOKA, Anongsack PASEUTH, Satoshi ONO, Kouhei YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190210117
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. A surface of the base material includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge face connecting the rake face to the flank face. The base material has an oxygen concentration of less than or equal to 1 at. % at a depth position of 0.4 ?m from the cutting edge face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Shinya IMAMURA, Hideaki KANAOKA, Anongsack PASEUTH, Satoshi ONO, Kouhei YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190210116
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool having a rake face and a flank face includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The base material is a cemented carbide or a cermet. The coating includes an aluminum oxide layer containing a plurality of aluminum oxide crystal grains. The aluminum oxide layer includes: a first region made up of a region A on the rake face and a region B on the flank face; a second region on the rake face except for the region A; and a third region on the flank face except for the region B. The aluminum oxide layer satisfies a relation: b?a>0.5, where a is an average value of TC(110) in the first region in texture coefficient TC(hkl), and b is an average value of TC(110) in the second or third region in texture coefficient TC(hkl).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hideaki KANAOKA, Shinya IMAMURA, Anongsack PASEUTH, Satoshi ONO, Kouhei YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180339415
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an ?-Al2O3 layer. The ?-Al2O3 layer contains a plurality of ?-Al2O3 crystal grains and chlorine, and has a TC(006) of more than 5 in texture coefficient TC(hkl). The ?-Al2O3 layer includes lower and upper layers, the lower layer is located closer to the base material than the upper layer is, and the upper layer is located opposite to the base material across the lower layer, in a thickness direction of the ?-Al2O3 layer. The lower layer has a thickness of 1.0 ?m. The upper layer has a thickness of 0.5 ?m or more. The chlorine in the lower layer has a concentration distribution in which an atomic concentration CCl of the chlorine decreases in a direction away from the base material, in a thickness direction of the lower layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Kouhei Yoshimura, Shinya Imamura, Hideaki Kanaoka, Anongsack Paseuth, Satoshi Ono
  • Patent number: 9338897
    Abstract: A ceramic substrate is provided that includes a ceramic substrate main body including a principal surface, a connecting terminal portion disposed on the principal surface of the ceramic substrate main body that is capable of being connected to another component via solder, the connecting terminal portion including a copper layer and a coating metal layer covering a surface of the copper layer; a contact layer of titanium or chromium disposed between the ceramic substrate main body and the connecting terminal portion; and an intermediate layer disposed between the copper layer of the connecting terminal portion and the contact layer, the intermediate layer including one of a titanium-tungsten alloy, a nickel-chromium alloy, tungsten, palladium, and molybdenum. The contact layer and the intermediate layer are set back from a side surface of the copper layer in a substrate plane direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuma Otsuka, Kazunori Fukunaga, Atsushi Uchida, Kouhei Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9301404
    Abstract: A ceramic substrate is provided that includes a ceramic substrate main body having a principal surface, and a connecting terminal portion disposed on the principal surface of the ceramic substrate main body that is capable of being connected to another component via solder. The connecting terminal portion includes a copper layer and a coating metal layer covering a surface of the copper layer. The ceramic substrate includes a contact layer disposed between the ceramic substrate main body and the copper layer. The contact layer includes one of a nickel-chromium alloy, chromium, molybdenum, and palladium, and is set back from a side surface of the copper layer in a substrate plane direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO. LTD
    Inventors: Yuma Otsuka, Kazunori Fukunaga, Atsushi Uchida, Kouhei Yoshimura