Patents by Inventor Chikako Kojima

Chikako Kojima 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: 8968866
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool excellent in wear resistance is provided. The surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is a single layer or a multilayer stack constituted of two or more layers made of at least one element selected from the group consisting of group IVa elements, group Va elements, group VIa elements in the periodic table, Al, and Si, or a compound of at least one element selected from this group and at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and boron. The outer layer includes ?-aluminum oxide as a main component and exhibits an equivalent peak intensity PR(024) of a (024) plane of x-ray diffraction of larger than 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Chikako Kojima, Yoshio Okada, Hideaki Kanaoka, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Anongsack Paseuth, Erika Iwai
  • Patent number: 8945707
    Abstract: The surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention is characterized in that a region of 10 ?m in a surface of the base material from point a? to point b? has two to seven cracks with a width of not more than 200 nm, or two to ten pores are present per length of 10 ?m in the surface of the base material from point a? to point b?, where points a? and b? are points defined respectively by lines drawn perpendicularly from points a and b to the surface of the base material where point a is a position located away from an edge ridgeline toward a rake face by distance La and point b is a position located away from the edge ridgeline toward a flank face by distance Lb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanaoka, Yoshio Okada, Chikako Kojima, Anongsack Paseuth, Erika Iwai, Hiroyuki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20140248968
    Abstract: An object of improvement is a threading tool that includes multiple cutting edges 3-1 to 3-n (where n is 5 in the drawings) disposed side by side and that performs threading successively using the multiple cutting edges to form a thread. At least one of the cutting edges of the tool except a finishing edge 3-5 is deviated in an opposite-to-feed-direction direction of the tool (may instead be the feed direction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Chikako Kojima, Mitsuhide Okano, Reizo Murakami
  • Patent number: 8801817
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a base material and a coating film formed on the base material. The coating film includes at least one TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a columnar crystal region. The columnar crystal region is characterized by having a composition of TiCxNy (in which 0.65?x/(x+y)?0.90) and having a (422) plane having a plane spacing of 0.8765 ? to 0.8790 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Yoshio Okada, Hideaki Kanaoka, Chikako Kojima, Erika Iwai
  • Patent number: 8741428
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a base material and a coating film formed on the base material. The coating film includes at least one TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a columnar crystal region. The columnar crystal region is characterized by having a composition of TiCxNy(in which 0.65?x/(x+y)?0.90), having a (422) plane having a plane spacing of 0.8765 ? to 0.8790 ? and having TC (220) showing a maximum value in an orientation index TC (hkl).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Yoshio Okada, Chikako Kojima, Hideaki Kanaoka, Erika Iwai, Hiroyuki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20130279998
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool excellent in wear resistance is provided. The surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is a single layer or a multilayer stack constituted of two or more layers made of at least one element selected from the group consisting of group IVa elements, group Va elements, group VIa elements in the periodic table, Al, and Si, or a compound of at least one element selected from this group and at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and boron. The outer layer includes ?-aluminum oxide as a main component and exhibits an equivalent peak intensity PR(024) of a (024) plane of x-ray diffraction of larger than 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Chikako Kojima, Yoshio Okada, Hideaki Kanaoka, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Anongsack Paseuth, Erika Iwai
  • Publication number: 20130164527
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a base material and a coating film formed on the base material. The coating film includes at least one TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a columnar crystal region. The columnar crystal region is characterized by having a composition of TiCxNy (in which 0.65?x/(x+y) 0.90), having a (422) plane having a plane spacing of 0.8765 ? to 0.8790 ? and having TC (220) showing a maximum value in an orientation index TC (hkl).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Yoshio Okada, Chikako Kojima, Hideaki Kanaoka, Erika Iwai, Hiroyuki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20130101365
    Abstract: The surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention is characterized in that a region of 10 ?m in a surface of the base material from point a? to point b? has two to seven cracks with a width of not more than 200 nm, or two to ten pores are present per length of 10 ?m in the surface of the base material from point a? to point b?, where points a? and b? are points defined respectively by lines drawn perpendicularly from points a and b to the surface of the base material where point a is a position located away from an edge ridgeline toward a rake face by distance La and point b is a position located away from the edge ridgeline toward a flank face by distance Lb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kanaoka, Yoshio Okada, Chikako Kojima, Anongsack Paseuth, Erika Iwai, Hiroyuki Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20130045057
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool excellent in wear resistance is provided. The surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is a single layer or a multilayer stack constituted of two or more layers made of at least one element selected from the group consisting of group IVa elements, group Va elements, group VIa elements in the periodic table, Al, and Si, or a compound of at least one element selected from this group and at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and boron. The outer layer includes ?-aluminum oxide as a main component and exhibits an equivalent peak intensity PR(024) of a (024) plane of x-ray diffraction of larger than 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Chikako Kojima, Yoshio Okada, Hideaki Kanaoka, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Anongsack Paseuth, Erika Iwai
  • Publication number: 20120275870
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a base material and a coating film formed on the base material. The coating film includes at least one TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a columnar crystal region. The columnar crystal region is characterized by having a composition of TiCxNy (in which 0.65?x/(x+y)?0.90) and having a (422) plane having a plane spacing of 0.8765 ? to 0.8790 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Yoshio Okada, Hideaki Kanaoka, Chikako Kojima, Erika Iwai
  • Publication number: 20120270037
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool according to the present invention includes a base material and a coating film formed on the base material. The coating film includes at least one TiCN layer. The TiCN layer has a columnar crystal region. The columnar crystal region is characterized by having a composition of TiCxNy (in which 0.65?x/(x+y) 0.90), having a (422) plane having a plane spacing of 0.8765 ? to 0.8790 ? and having TC (220) showing a maximum value in an orientation index TC (hkl).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Anongsack Paseuth, Yoshio Okada, Chikako Kojima, Hideaki Kanaoka, Erika Iwai, Hiroyuki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8231312
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) and a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is A, a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the coating layer (108) is larger than 0.04×A. Also, a surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) of the substrate (104) is B1, and the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is B2, a value obtained by dividing an absolute difference value between B1 and B2 by a larger value of B1 and B2 is larger than 0.04.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Chikako Kojima
  • Patent number: 7967533
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) and a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is A, a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the coating layer (108) is 0.04×A or less. Also, a surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) of the substrate (104) is B1, and the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is B2, a value obtained by dividing an absolute difference value between B1 and B2 by a larger value of B1 and B2 is 0.04 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Chikako Kojima
  • Publication number: 20100232893
    Abstract: An indexable insert according to the present invention includes a substrate and a coating layer formed on the substrate, the coating layer is formed of a plurality of layers including at least a TiCN layer, at least one of the plurality of layers is provided with compressive residual stress, the TiCN layer is mainly composed of TiCN and has highest peak intensity in a (422) plane and second peak intensity in a (311) plane in X-ray diffraction, and a ratio of peak intensity I(422)/I(311) between peak intensity I(422) of the (422) plane and peak intensity I(311) of the (311) plane is not lower than 1.1 and not higher than 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Shinya Imamura, Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Chikako Kojima, Susumu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20090162152
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) and a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is A, a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the coating layer (108) is larger than 0.04×A. Also, a surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) of the substrate (104) is B1, and the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is B2, a value obtained by dividing an absolute difference value between B1 and B2 by a larger value of B1 and B2 is larger than 0.04.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Chikako Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090097933
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) and a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is A, a difference between the maximum and minimum thicknesses of the coating layer (108) is 0.04×A or less. Also, a surface-coated cutting tool includes a coating layer (108) formed on a substrate (104), wherein assuming that the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a first surface (106) of the substrate (104) is B1, and the average thickness of the coating layer (108) on a second surface (107) of the substrate (104) is B2, a value obtained by dividing an absolute difference value between B1 and B2 by a larger value of B1 and B2 is 0.04 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Chikako Kojima