Patents by Inventor Machiko Abe

Machiko Abe 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: 11958782
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprising cubic boron nitride grains, a binder phase, and a void, in which a percentage of the cubic boron nitride grains based on the total of the cubic boron nitride grains and the binder phase is 40 vol % to 70 vol %, a percentage of the binder phase based on the total of the cubic boron nitride grains and the binder phase is 30 vol % to 60 vol %, the binder phase includes 10 vol % to 100 vol % of aluminum oxide grains, an average grain size of the aluminum oxide grains is 50 to 250 nm, the cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 0.001 vol % to 0.100 vol % of one or more first voids, and at least one portion of each of the first voids is in contact with the aluminum oxide grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kento Yamada, Machiko Abe, Hironari Moroguchi, Akihiko Ueda, Satoru Kukino
  • Publication number: 20230286869
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprising cubic boron nitride grains, a binder phase, and a void, in which a percentage of the cubic boron nitride grains based on the total of the cubic boron nitride grains and the binder phase is 40 vol % to 70 vol %, a percentage of the binder phase based on the total of the cubic boron nitride grains and the binder phase is 30 vol % to 60 vol %, the binder phase includes 10 vol % to 100 vol % of aluminum oxide grains, an average grain size of the aluminum oxide grains is 50 to 250 nm, the cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 0.001 vol % to 0.100 vol % of one or more first voids, and at least one portion of each of the first voids is in contact with the aluminum oxide grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kento YAMADA, Machiko ABE, Hironari MOROGUCHI, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO
  • Publication number: 20230013990
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: to 98 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes at least one selected from a group consisting of one or more first compounds and a solid solution originated from the first compounds, the cubic boron nitride grains include, on number basis, more than or equal to 50% of cubic boron nitride grains each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 0.5 ?m, and includes, on number basis, less than or equal to 50% of cubic boron nitride grains each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 2 ?m, and when a mass of the cubic boron nitride grains is assumed as 100 mass %, a total content of lithium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, beryllium, and barium in the cubic boron nitride grains is less than 0.001 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Machiko ABE, Satoru KUKINO, Michiko MATSUKAWA, Taisuke HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20230013675
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: 0 to 85 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes at least one selected from a group consisting of one or more first compounds and a solid solution originated from the first compounds, the cubic boron nitride grains include, on number basis, more than or equal to 50% of cubic boron nitride grains each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 0.5 ?m, and includes, on number basis, less than or equal to 50% of cubic boron nitride grains each having an equivalent circle diameter of more than 2 ?m, and when a mass of the cubic boron nitride grains is assumed as 100 mass %, a total content of lithium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, beryllium, and barium in the cubic boron nitride grains is less than 0.001 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Machiko ABE, Satoru KUKINO, Michiko MATSUKAWA, Taisuke HIGASHI
  • Publication number: 20220297201
    Abstract: A diamond cutting tool comprises a base metal part and a diamond part joined to the base metal part, wherein the base metal part is made of an alloy containing tungsten carbide, the diamond part configures at least a cutting blade, the cutting blade comprises a portion of a rake face, a portion of a flank face, and a ridge line at which the rake face and the flank face cross, the diamond cutting tool has a region A, the region A is a region that is present bridging over the three, which are the rake face, the ridge line, and the flank face on the surface of the cutting blade, and the region A has a surface roughness Ra of not more than 0.2 ?m and a concentration of tungsten element of not more than 1 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko UEDA, Mayuka SEGAWA, Rintaro SUGIMOTO, Machiko ABE, Takashi HARADA, Satoru KUKINO
  • Publication number: 20220288699
    Abstract: A drill includes a blade tip part that is formed of diamond and a trunk part that is formed of diamond and is continuous with the blade tip part, the drill rotating about a drill axis, the blade tip part includes N cutting edges where N is an integer of no less than 4, and a proportion of S1 to S2 is no less than 30% and no more than 60%, where S1 is an area of the drill in a cross-section with the drill axis as a normal line, the cross-section including a boundary between the blade tip part and the trunk part, r is a maximum value of a distance from the drill axis to an outer edge of the drill in the cross-section and S2 is an area of a circle with r as a radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mayuka SEGAWA, Machiko ABE, Akihiko UEDA, Yoshinori TANIGAWA, Takashi HARADA
  • Patent number: 11434550
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes 40% by volume or more and 96% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 4% by volume or more and 60% by volume or less of a binder phase, and the cubic boron nitride grains have a dislocation density of less than 1×105/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Machiko Abe, Satoru Kukino, Michiko Matsukawa
  • Patent number: 11214522
    Abstract: A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprising 96% by volume or more of cubic boron nitride, wherein the cubic boron nitride has a dislocation density of more than 8×1015/m2, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprises a plurality of crystal grains, and the plurality of crystal grains have a median diameter d50 of an equivalent circle diameter of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Michiko Matsukawa, Satoru Kukino, Taisuke Higashi, Machiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11208324
    Abstract: A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprising 98.5% by volume or more of cubic boron nitride, wherein the cubic boron nitride has a dislocation density of more than 8×1015/m2, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprises a plurality of crystal grains, and the plurality of crystal grains have a median diameter d50 of an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 0.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Michiko Matsukawa, Satoru Kukino, Taisuke Higashi, Machiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11186485
    Abstract: A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprising 96% by volume or more of cubic boron nitride, wherein the cubic boron nitride has a dislocation density of 8×1015/m2 or less, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprises a plurality of crystal grains, and the plurality of crystal grains have a median diameter d50 of an equivalent circle diameter of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Michiko Matsukawa, Satoru Kukino, Taisuke Higashi, Machiko Abe
  • Patent number: 11161790
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 20% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grains having a dislocation density of 3×1017/m2 or more and 1×1020/m2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironari Moroguchi, Michiko Matsukawa, Satoru Kukino, Akito Ishii, Katsumi Okamura, Machiko Abe, Kenta Sano
  • Publication number: 20210246077
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 20% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grains having a dislocation density of 3×1017/m2 or more and 1×1020/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironari MOROGUCHI, Michiko MATSUKAWA, Satoru KUKINO, Akito ISHII, Katsumi OKAMURA, Machiko ABE, Kenta SANO
  • Publication number: 20210246076
    Abstract: The cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 80% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 20% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grains having a dislocation density of 1×1015/m2 or more and 1×1017/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironari MOROGUCHI, Michiko MATSUKAWA, Satoru KUKINO, Akito ISHII, Katsumi OKAMURA, Machiko ABE, Kenta SANO
  • Publication number: 20210238036
    Abstract: A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprising 98.5% by volume or more of cubic boron nitride, wherein the cubic boron nitride has a dislocation density of more than 8×1015/m2, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprises a plurality of crystal grains, and the plurality of crystal grains have a median diameter d50 of an equivalent circle diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 0.5 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Michiko MATSUKAWA, Satoru KUKINO, Taisuke HIGASHI, Machiko ABE
  • Publication number: 20210238100
    Abstract: A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprising 96% by volume or more of cubic boron nitride, wherein the cubic boron nitride has a dislocation density of more than 8×1015/m2, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprises a plurality of crystal grains, and the plurality of crystal grains have a median diameter d50 of an equivalent circle diameter of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Michiko MATSUKAWA, Satoru KUKINO, Taisuke HIGASHI, Machiko ABE
  • Publication number: 20210198772
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes 40% by volume or more and 96% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 4% by volume or more and 60% by volume or less of a binder phase, and the cubic boron nitride grains have a dislocation density of less than 1×105/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Machiko ABE, Satoru KUKINO, Michiko MATSUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210087058
    Abstract: A polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprising 96% by volume or more of cubic boron nitride, wherein the cubic boron nitride has a dislocation density of 8×1015/m2 or less, the polycrystalline cubic boron nitride comprises a plurality of crystal grains, and the plurality of crystal grains have a median diameter d50 of an equivalent circle diameter of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Michiko MATSUKAWA, Satoru KUKINO, Taisuke HIGASHI, Machiko ABE
  • Patent number: D888786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Machiko Abe, Hiroyuki Shimada, Kazuya Yano
  • Patent number: D910093
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Machiko Abe, Hiroyuki Shimada, Kazuya Yano
  • Patent number: D966359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Yoshinori Tanigawa, Machiko Abe