Patents by Inventor Akihiko Ueda

Akihiko Ueda 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: 11959156
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises cubic boron nitride particles and a bonding material, wherein the bonding material comprises at least one first metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, hafnium, tantalum, chromium, rhenium, molybdenum, and tungsten; cobalt; and aluminum; the cubic boron nitride sintered material has a first interface region sandwiched between an interface between the cubic boron nitride particles and the bonding material, and a first virtual line passing through a point 10 nm apart from the interface to the bonding material side; and when an element that is present at the highest concentration among the first metallic elements in the first interface region is defined as a first element, an atomic concentration of the first element in the first interface region is higher than an atomic concentration of the first element in the bonding material excluding the first interface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Watanabe, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Yoshiki Asakawa, Akihiko Ueda, Satoru Kukino, Hisaya Hama
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11938547
    Abstract: A turning tool includes: a holder portion; and a cutting edge portion fixed to the holder portion, wherein the cutting edge portion is composed of a synthetic single-crystal diamond, and the cutting edge portion has a nose curvature having a curvature radius of more than or equal to 0.1 mm and less than or equal to 1.2 mm, and the nose curvature satisfies at least one of a condition that a direction of a line of intersection between the rake face and a bisecting cross section of a vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <110> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond, and a condition that the direction of the line of intersection between the rake face and the bisecting cross section of the vertex angle of the nose curvature is within ±10° relative to a <100> direction of the synthetic single-crystal diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Takuya Nohara, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240091862
    Abstract: A sintered material includes diamond grains and a binder. A boron concentration in the diamond grains is more than or equal to 0.001 mass % and less than or equal to 0.9 mass %. A boron concentration in the binder is more than or equal to 0.5 mass % and less than or equal to 40 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu IWASAKI, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO
  • Publication number: 20240001453
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge ridge line connecting the rake face and the flank face. A portion of the rake face and a portion of the flank face adjacent to the cutting edge ridge line are made of a diamond sintered body including diamond grains. A dislocation density in the portion of the flank face is 8×1015/m2 or less. The diamond grains have an average grain size of 0.1 ?m to 50 ?m. A content ratio of the diamond grains in the diamond sintered body is 80% by volume to 99% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu IWASAKI, Akihiko UEDA, Naoki WATANOBE, Takashi HARADA, Satoru KUKINO
  • Publication number: 20230383387
    Abstract: A diamond sintered material includes diamond grains, wherein a content ratio of the diamond grains is more than or equal to 80 volume % and less than or equal to 99 volume % with respect to the diamond sintered material, an average grain size of the diamond grains is more than or equal to 0.1 ?m and less than or equal to 50 ?m, and a dislocation density of the diamond grains is more than or equal to 8.1×1013 m?2 and less than 1.0×1016 m?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu IWASAKI, Akihiko UEDA, Michiko MATSUKAWA, Satoru KUKINO, Kei HIRAI
  • Patent number: 11773030
    Abstract: A cBN sintered material comprising cBN particles and a binder phase, in which the binder phase contains AlN and AlB2, a content proportion of cBN particles is 70 to 97 vol %, cBN sintered material has a volume resistivity up to 5×10?3 ?cm, a rate of a peak intensity derived from Al with respect to a peak intensity derived from cBN particles is less than 1.0%, cBN particles include fine particles and coarse particles, coarse particles optionally include ultra-coarse particles, with respect to the entire cBN particles, a content proportion ? of fine particles is from 10 vol %, a content proportion ? of coarse particles is from 30 vol %, a content proportion ? of ultra-coarse particles is 25 vol % or less, and a total of the content proportion ? of fine particles and the content proportion ? of coarse particles is 50 to 100 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Keita Miyamoto, Satoru Kukino, Akihiko Ueda, Michiko Matsukawa
  • Publication number: 20230295779
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises cubic boron nitride particles and a bonding material, wherein the bonding material comprises at least one first metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, vanadium, niobium, hafnium, tantalum, chromium, rhenium, molybdenum, and tungsten; cobalt; and aluminum; the cubic boron nitride sintered material has a first interface region sandwiched between an interface between the cubic boron nitride particles and the bonding material, and a first virtual line passing through a point 10 nm apart from the interface to the bonding material side; and when an element that is present at the highest concentration among the first metallic elements in the first interface region is defined as a first element, an atomic concentration of the first element in the first interface region is higher than an atomic concentration of the first element in the bonding material excluding the first interface region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro WATANABE, Katsumi OKAMURA, Akito ISHII, Yoshiki ASAKAWA, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO, Hisaya HAMA
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11752559
    Abstract: The cubic boron nitride sintered material is a cubic boron nitride sintered material comprising: cubic boron nitride particles in an amount of 70 vol % or more and less than 100 vol %, and a bonding material, wherein the bonding material includes an aluminum compound, and includes cobalt as a constituent element; the cubic boron nitride sintered material has a first region in which a space between adjacent cubic boron nitride particles is 0.1 nm or more and 10 nm or less; and when the first region is analyzed by using an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer equipped with a transmission electron microscope, the atom % of aluminum in the first region is 0.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Watanabe, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Yoshiki Asakawa, Akihiko Ueda, Satoru Kukino, Hisaya Hama
  • Publication number: 20230227949
    Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes cubic boron nitride and a binder. The binder includes a first material and a second material. The first material is one or two or more first chemical species each including at least one first metallic element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, cobalt, and aluminum. Each of the first chemical species is a metal, an alloy, an intermetallic compound, a compound, or a solid solution. The second material is one or two or more second chemical species each including at least one second metallic element selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, and chromium. Each of the second chemical species is a solid solution derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of nitride, carbide, and carbonitride. In each of the second chemical species, 0.1 atom % to 10 atom % of aluminum is dissolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Akito ISHII, Yuichiro WATANABE, Katsumi OKAMURA, Yoshiki ASAKAWA, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO, Hisaya HAMA
  • Publication number: 20230211422
    Abstract: The cubic boron nitride sintered material is a cubic boron nitride sintered material comprising: cubic boron nitride particles in an amount of 70 vol % or more and less than 100 vol %, and a bonding material, wherein the bonding material includes an aluminum compound, and includes cobalt as a constituent element; the cubic boron nitride sintered material has a first region in which a space between adjacent cubic boron nitride particles is 0.1 nm or more and 10 nm or less; and when the first region is analyzed by using an energy dispersive X-ray analyzer equipped with a transmission electron microscope, the atom % of aluminum in the first region is 0.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro WATANABE, Katsumi OKAMURA, Akito ISHII, Yoshiki ASAKAWA, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO, Hisaya HAMA
  • Publication number: 20230203624
    Abstract: A diamond sintered material includes diamond grains, wherein a content ratio of the diamond grains is more than or equal to 80 volume % and less than or equal to 99 volume % with respect to the diamond sintered material, an average grain size of the diamond grains is more than or equal to 0.1 ?m and less than or equal to 50 ?m, and a dislocation density of the diamond grains is more than or equal to 1.2×1016 m?2 and less than or equal to 5.4×1019 m?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hirotsugu IWASAKI, Akihiko UEDA, Michiko MATSUKAWA, Satoru KUKINO
  • Publication number: 20230192557
    Abstract: A cBN sintered material comprising cBN particles and a binder phase, in which the binder phase contains AlN and AlB2, a content proportion of cBN particles is 70 to 97 vol %, cBN sintered material has a volume resistivity up to 5×10?3 ?cm, a rate of a peak intensity derived from Al with respect to a peak intensity derived from cBN particles is less than 1.0%, cBN particles include fine particles and coarse particles, coarse particles optionally include ultra-coarse particles, with respect to the entire cBN particles, a content proportion ? of fine particles is from 10 vol %, a content proportion ? of coarse particles is from 30 vol %, a content proportion ? of ultra-coarse particles is 25 vol % or less, and a total of the content proportion ? of fine particles and the content proportion ? of coarse particles is 50 to 100 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Keita MIYAMOTO, Satoru KUKINO, Akihiko UEDA, Michiko MATSUKAWA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220274186
    Abstract: There is provided a diamond cutting tool including a cutting edge portion containing single crystal diamond or binderless polycrystalline diamond and graphite, wherein when Raman spectroscopy is performed on a surface of the cutting edge portion, a ratio R1 of Ig1 to a sum of Id1 and the Ig1 is equal to or more than 0.5 and equal to or less than 1, where the Idi represents a peak intensity of first carbon in the surface, the Ig1 represents a peak intensity of second carbon in the surface, the first carbon represents carbon that forms the single crystal diamond or the binderless polycrystalline diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Akihiko UEDA, Naoki WATANOBE, Satoru KUKINO
  • Publication number: 20210268562
    Abstract: A tool with a through hole includes a base and a diamond component held by the base, and when the length of the diamond component along a center line of the through hole is denoted as L1 and the maximum value of a diameter of a circle having the same area as a region surrounded by an outer edge of the diamond component in a cross section having the center line as a normal line is denoted as M1, the ratio L1/M1 between L1 and M1 is 0.8 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya NOHARA, Akihiko UEDA, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Yoshiki NISHIBAYASHI
  • 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
  • Patent number: D977540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Takuya Nohara, Mayuka Segawa, Soichiro Kakinoki, Yoshinori Tanigawa, Gaku Harada, Takashi Harada, Satoru Kukino, Akihiko Ueda