Patents by Inventor Haruyo Fukui

Haruyo Fukui 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: 12263530
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcTi1-cN, and c represents 0.30 or more and 0.75 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12214426
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of Ti1-aMoaN, a represents 0.01 or more and 0.20 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlbCr1-bN, and b represents 0.40 or more and 0.80 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12186812
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcCr1-cN, and c represents 0.40 or more and 0.80 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12172221
    Abstract: A cutting tool comprises a rake face and a flank face, the cutting tool being composed of a substrate made of a cubic boron nitride sintered material and a coating provided on the substrate, the coating including a MAlN layer, when a cross section of the MAlN layer is subjected to an electron backscattering diffraction image analysis to determine a crystal orientation of each of the crystal grains of the MxAl1-xN and a color map is created based thereon, then on the color map, the flank face having the MAlN layer occupied in area by 45% to 75% by crystal grains of the MxAl1-xN having a (111) plane with a normal thereto extending in a direction within 25 degrees with respect to a direction in which a normal to the flank face extends, the MAlN layer having a residual stress of ?2 GPa to ?0.1 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Makoto Setoyama, Momoko Iida, Haruyo Fukui
  • Patent number: 12173411
    Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of Ti1-a-bAlaCebN, a is 0.350 or more and 0.650 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcCr1-cN, c is 0.40 or more and 0.75 or less, and a and c satisfy a relationship of c>a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Anongsack Paseuth, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12157172
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of TicSi1-cN, and c represents 0.80 or more and 0.99 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Publication number: 20240383042
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcCr1-cN, and c represents 0.40 or more and 0.80 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Nozomi TSUKIHARA, Toshihiro TABATA
  • Publication number: 20240383043
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcTi1-cN, and c represents 0.30 or more and 0.75 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Nozomi TSUKIHARA, Toshihiro TABATA
  • Publication number: 20240383044
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of TicSi1-cN, and c represents 0.80 or more and 0.99 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Nozomi TSUKIHARA, Toshihiro TABATA
  • Publication number: 20240383045
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer composed of hexagonal W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, and x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomi TSUKIHARA, Haruyo FUKUI, Toshihiro TABATA, Koji KURAMOCHI
  • Patent number: 12138692
    Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of Ti1-a-bAlaCebN, a is 0.350 or more and 0.650 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcV1-cN, c is 0.40 or more and 0.75 or less, and a and c satisfy a relationship of c>a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Anongsack Paseuth, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12090557
    Abstract: A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcV1-cN, and c represents 0.40 or more and 0.80 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12049693
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting tool comprising a base body and a hard carbon film arranged on the base body, in which the hard carbon film includes an amorphous phase and a graphite phase, the degree of crystallinity of the hard carbon film is no more than 6.5%, and the degree of orientation of the graphite phase is no more than 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daiji Tabayashi, Haruyo Fukui, Yoshihiro Saito, Kazuya Tokuda, Yoshiharu Utsumi, Hajime Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20240198431
    Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a base material and a coating disposed on the base material, wherein the coating comprises a first layer, the first layer consists of a MoC1-x layer formed from a compound represented by MoC1-x or a TaC1-y layer formed from a compound represented by TaC1-y, the compound represented by MoC1-x consists of a hexagonal crystal structure, the x is 0.40 or more and 0.60 or less, the compound represented by TaC1-y comprises 95% by mass or more of a hexagonal crystal structure, and the y is 0:40 or more and 0.60 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Daiji TABAYASHI, Momoko IIDA, Taisei TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20240189920
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting tool comprising a base material and a film arranged on the base material, in which the film includes a hard carbon film on the outermost surface thereof, the hard carbon film includes a first region, the first region is a region sandwiched between the surface of the hard carbon film and an imaginary plane P at a distance of 40 nm from the surface to the base material side, and the sp2 component amount C2 and the sp3 component amount C3 in the first region exhibit a relationship of the following formula 1: {C2/(C2+C3)}×100?2.0??formula 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiji TABAYASHI, Haruyo FUKUI, Shigeaki UEMURA
  • Patent number: 12005510
    Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of AlaCr1-a-bCebN, a is more than 0.500 and 0.800 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcV1-cN, c is 0.30 or more and 0.75 or less, and a and c satisfy a relationship of a>c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Anongsack Paseuth, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12005508
    Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of Ti1-a-bAlaCebN, a is between greater than or equal to 0.350 and equal to or less than 0.650, b is between greater than or equal to 0.001 and equal to or less than 0.100, the second unit layer is composed of TicSi1-cN, and c is between greater than or equal to 0.20 and equal to or less than 0.99.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Anongsack Paseuth, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 12005509
    Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of AlaCrl-a-bCebN, a is 0.400 or more and 0.800 of less, b is 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of TicSil-cN, and c is 0.200 or more and 0.990 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Nozomi Tsukihara, Anongsack Paseuth, Toshihiro Tabata
  • Patent number: 11992882
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting tool that can have a long tool life even when used to cut soft metals in particular. The cutting tool comprises a base body and a hard carbon film arranged on the base body, the hard carbon film includes an amorphous phase and a graphite phase, the density of the hard carbon film is no less than 2.5 g/cm3 and no more than 3.5 g/cm3, the degree of crystallinity of the hard carbon film is no more than 6.5%, and the average coordination number of the amorphous phase is no less than 2.5 and no more than 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Daiji Tabayashi, Yoshihiro Saito, Kazuya Tokuda, Yoshiharu Utsumi, Hajime Takamatsu
  • Publication number: 20240123513
    Abstract: A cutting tool is a cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating film disposed on the substrate, in which the coating film includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer where a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer is composed of AlaCr1-a-bCebN, a is 0.400 or more and 0.800 or less, b is 0.001 or more and 0.100 or less, the second unit layer is composed of TicSi1-cN, and c is 0.200 or more and 0.990 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruyo FUKUI, Nozomi TSUKIHARA, Anongsack PASEUTH, Toshihiro TABATA