Patents by Inventor Akito Ishii
Akito Ishii 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).
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Publication number: 20250003034Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material of the present disclosure includes 35 to 100 volume % of a cubic boron nitride grain and 0 to 65 volume % of a binder, wherein: a lattice constant of the cubic boron nitride grain is 3.6140 ? to ?3.6161 ?, a silicon content in the cubic boron nitride grain is 0.02 mass % or less, and the binder material includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a compound and a solid solution of the compound, the compound consisting of at least one element selected from a group consisting of a group 4 element, a group 5 element, a group 6 element in the periodic table, aluminum, silicon, iron, cobalt and nickel, and at least one element selected from a group consisting of carbon, nitrogen, boron and oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenta SANO, Akito ISHII, Masato MICHIUCHI, Katsumi OKAMURA, Kei HIRAI
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Patent number: 12163207Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Akito Ishii, Yuichiro Watanabe, Katsumi Okamura, Yoshiki Asakawa, Akihiko Ueda, Satoru Kukino, Hisaya Hama
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Patent number: 12070802Abstract: A sintered material includes a first material and a second material, wherein the first material is partially stabilized ZrO2 in which 1 to 90 volume % of Al2O3 is dispersed in crystal grain boundaries or crystal grains, the Al2O3 is a grain having a grain size of less than or equal to 1 ?m, and the second material is at least one compound selected from a group consisting of a carbide, a nitride, and a carbonitride, and 5 to 95 volume % of the second material is included in the sintered material.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akito Ishii, Takashi Harada, Katsumi Okamura, Satoru Kukino
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Patent number: 12054813Abstract: A method of producing a cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: forming an organic cubic boron nitride powder by attaching an organic substance onto a cubic boron nitride source material powder; preparing a powder mixture including more than or equal to 85 volume % and less than 100 volume % of the organic cubic boron nitride powder and a remainder of a binder source material powder by mixing the organic cubic boron nitride powder and the binder source material powder, the binder source material powder including WC, Co and Al; and obtaining the cubic boron nitride sintered material by sintering the powder mixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Katsumi Okamura, Yuichiro Watanabe, Akito Ishii, Takashi Harada, Satoru Kukino
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Patent number: 11959156Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Yuichiro Watanabe, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Yoshiki Asakawa, Akihiko Ueda, Satoru Kukino, Hisaya Hama
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Patent number: 11795113Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than or equal to 80 volume % and less than or equal to 96 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and a binder, wherein the binder includes tungsten carbide, cobalt, and an aluminum compound, and Ha/Hb?0.40 is satisfied, where Hb represents a hardness of the cubic boron nitride sintered material and Ha represents a hardness of the cubic boron nitride sintered material after performing acid treatment onto the cubic boron nitride sintered material to substantially remove the binder in the cubic boron nitride sintered material.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Akito Ishii, Katsumi Okamura, Hisaya Hama, Yuh Ishida, Issei Nagashima
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Patent number: 11767268Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises 30% by volume or more and 99.9% by volume or less of cubic boron nitride grains and 0.1% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less of a binder phase, the cubic boron nitride grain having a carbon content of 0.08% by mass or less, the cubic boron nitride sintered material being free of free carbon.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akito Ishii, Katsumi Okamura
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Publication number: 20230295779Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Yuichiro WATANABE, Katsumi OKAMURA, Akito ISHII, Yoshiki ASAKAWA, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO, Hisaya HAMA
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Patent number: 11752559Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Yuichiro Watanabe, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Yoshiki Asakawa, Akihiko Ueda, Satoru Kukino, Hisaya Hama
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Publication number: 20230227949Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Akito ISHII, Yuichiro WATANABE, Katsumi OKAMURA, Yoshiki ASAKAWA, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO, Hisaya HAMA
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Publication number: 20230211422Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Yuichiro WATANABE, Katsumi OKAMURA, Akito ISHII, Yoshiki ASAKAWA, Akihiko UEDA, Satoru KUKINO, Hisaya HAMA
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Patent number: 11680022Abstract: A composite sintered material includes a plurality of diamond grains, a plurality of cubic boron nitride grains, and a remainder of a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes cobalt, a content of the cubic boron nitride grains in the composite sintered material is more than or equal to 3 volume % and less than or equal to 40 volume %, and an average length of line segments extending across continuous cubic boron nitride grains in appropriately specified straight lines extending through the composite sintered material is less than or equal to a length three times as large as an average grain size of the cubic boron nitride grains.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.Inventors: Naoki Watanobe, Takashi Harada, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Satoru Kukino, Taisuke Higashi
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Patent number: 11629101Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than or equal to 20 volume % and less than 80 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and more than 20 volume % and less than or equal to 80 volume % of a binder phase, and when a carbon content is measured from a cubic boron nitride grain into the binder phase in a direction perpendicular to an interface between the cubic boron nitride grain and the binder phase using TEM-EDX, a first region having a carbon content larger than an average value of a carbon content of the binder phase exists, the interface exists in the first region, and a length of the first region is more than or equal to 0.1 nm and less than or equal to 10 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Hisaya Hama, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Satoru Kukino
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Patent number: 11591266Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than or equal to 50 volume % and less than 80 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and more than 20 volume % and less than or equal to 50 volume % of a binder phase, and when an oxygen content is measured in a direction perpendicular to an interface between cubic boron nitride grains using TEM-EDX, a first region having an oxygen content larger than an average value of an oxygen content of a cubic boron nitride grain exists, the interface exists in the first region, and a length of the first region along the direction perpendicular to the interface is more than or equal to 0.1 nm and less than or equal to 10 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Hisaya Hama, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Satoru Kukino
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Publication number: 20230027098Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: more than or equal to 80 volume % and less than or equal to 96 volume % of cubic boron nitride grains; and a binder, wherein the binder includes tungsten carbide, cobalt, and an aluminum compound, and Ha/Hb?0.40 is satisfied, where Hb represents a hardness of the cubic boron nitride sintered material and Ha represents a hardness of the cubic boron nitride sintered material after performing acid treatment onto the cubic boron nitride sintered material to substantially remove the binder in the cubic boron nitride sintered material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Akito ISHII, Katsumi OKAMURA, Hisaya HAMA, Yuh ISHIDA, Issei NAGASHIMA
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Patent number: 11542203Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: 20 to 80 volume % of cBN grains; and 20 to 80 volume % of a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes first binder grains and second binder grains, in each of the first binder grains, a ratio of the number of atoms of the first metal element to a total of the number of atoms of the titanium and the number of atoms of the first metal element is more than or equal to 0.01% and less than 10%, in each of the second binder grains, this ratio is more than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 80%, and in an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the cubic boron nitride sintered material, one or both of conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Mayu Amemiya, Akito Ishii, Katsumi Okamura, Hironari Moroguchi, Satoru Kukino
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Patent number: 11518718Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material includes: 20 t to 80 volume % of cBN grains; and 20 to 80 volume % of a binder phase, wherein the binder phase includes first binder grains and second binder grains, in each of the first binder grains, a ratio of the number of atoms of the first metal element to a total of the number of atoms of the titanium and the first metal element is more than or equal to 0.01% and less than 10%, in each of the second binder grains, the ratio is more than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 80%, and an average grain size of the second binder grains is more than or equal to 0.2 ?m and less than or equal to 1 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Mayu Amemiya, Katsumi Okamura, Akito Ishii, Satoru Kukino, Hironari Moroguchi
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Publication number: 20220290021Abstract: A coated super-abrasive grain comprises: a body composed of cubic boron nitride; and a coating film coating at least a portion of a surface of the body, the body having a dislocation density of 9×1014/m2 or less, the coating film including one or more types of compounds composed of at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of a group 4 element, a group 5 element and a group 6 element of the periodic table, aluminum and silicon, and at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, and boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Akito ISHII, Katsumi OKAMURA, Masahiro OHATA, Masato MICHIUCHI, Kei HIRAI, Nobuhide NAKAMURA, Kentaro CHIHARA
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Publication number: 20220289633Abstract: A cubic boron nitride sintered material comprises cubic boron nitride particles and a binding phase. The binding phase includes a first region and a second region. The first region accounts for 1.0 vol % or more in the binding phase. The first region includes a plurality of needle crystals. Each of the plurality of needle crystals includes a boride. Each of the plurality of needle crystals has an aspect ratio of 1.5 or more in a cross-section image of the cubic boron nitride sintered material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Katsumi OKAMURA, Akito ISHII, Mayu AMEMIYA, Hironari MOROGUCHI, Satoru KUKINO
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Publication number: 20220274229Abstract: A super-abrasive grain comprises a body composed of cubic boron nitride or diamond, and a coating film including aluminum and oxygen and coating at least a portion of a surface of the body of the abrasive grain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Katsumi OKAMURA, Akito ISHII, Masahiro OHATA, Kentaro CHIHARA, Nobuhide NAKAMURA