Patents by Inventor Naoya Omori

Naoya Omori 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: 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: 8137795
    Abstract: An indexable insert (1) includes a substrate (8) and a coating layer formed on the substrate. The coating layer includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is constituted by a layer containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Group IVa elements, Group Va elements, and Group VIa elements in the periodic table, and Al and Si. The uppermost layer of the inner layer in contact with the outer layer is composed of a compound at least containing Ti and at least one of nitrogen and boron. The outer layer is constituted by an alumina layer or an alumina-containing layer. In a region involved in cutting, the outer layer satisfies B/A?0.9 where A ?m is the average thickness at the flank face (3) side and B ?m is the average thickness at the rake face (2) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Patent number: 8133576
    Abstract: A coated cutting insert according to the present invention includes a substrate, a base layer formed on the substrate, and an indicating layer formed on a part of the base layer. The base layer exhibits a color different from that of the indicating layer. The indicating layer is formed on the base layer, in at least a part of a surface including a cutting-edge portion and a rake face except for a flank face. When a surface relative roughness Ra of a breaker recess portion or a land portion of the rake face is set to A?m and a surface relative roughness Ra of the flank face is set to B?m, relation of B/A?1 is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • Patent number: 8097332
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert (1) includes a base (8) and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer includes an inner sublayer and an outer sublayer, each of subsublayer constituting the inner sublayer is composed of a compound containing 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, the outer sublayer is an alumina sublayer or a sublayer containing aluminum, and in portions of the outer sublayer participating in cutting, when an average thickness on the flank face (3) side is represented by A ?m and an average thickness on the rake face (2) side is represented by B ?m, A/B?0.95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Patent number: 8012611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surface-coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating formed on the substrate, the coating includes a first coating of TiCN and a second coating of ?-type Al2O3, the first coating is located between the substrate and the aforementioned second coating, and the second coating has compressive stress S1 in an area A1 spreading from an insert ridge portion in the direction of a rake face and the direction of a flank face with distances of at least 0.5 mm respectively and has tensile stress S2 in an area A2 other than this area A1, while compressive stress S1 and tensile stress S2 are defined by the following expression (I): 400 MPa?|S1?S2|?3500 Mpa ??(I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • Patent number: 8003234
    Abstract: A coated cutting insert according to the present invention includes a base layer formed on a substrate and an indicating layer formed on a part of the base layer. The indicating layer is formed on a flank face, on the base layer on the entire surface or a part of a region A2 except for a specific region A1, and on a rake face, on the base layer on the entire surface or a part of a region B2 except for a specific region B1. In the region A1 and the region B1, the base layer is exposed at the surface, and has compressive residual stress in one or both of the region A1 and the region B1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Patent number: 7972714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool (1) including a substrate (8) and a coating (9) formed on the substrate (8), wherein the coating (9) includes a first coating (10) composed of TiCN and a second coating (11) composed of ?-Al2O3, the first coating (10) is positioned between the substrate (8) and the second coating (11) and has tensile stress S1, the second coating (11) has compressive stress S2, and the tensile stress S1 and the compressive stress S2 are defined by the following equation (I): 400 MPa?|S2?S1|?3500 MPa??(I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7901796
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool and its manufacturing method are provided. The coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating layer formed on a surface of the base material. The coating layer includes an alternate layer having at least one layer of each of an A layer and a B layer stacked one on another alternately. The A layer is made of a nitride containing Al and Cr, and when the total number of metal atoms constituting the A layer is represented as 1, a ratio of the number of Cr atoms is more than 0 and not more than 0.4. The B layer is made of a nitride containing Ti and Al, and when the total number of metal atoms constituting the B layer is represented as 1, a ratio of the number of Al atoms is more than 0 and not more than 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Haruyo Fukui, Naoya Omori, Shinya Imamura, Hideki Moriguchi, Makoto Setoyama, Akihiko Shibata
  • Patent number: 7874770
    Abstract: A indexable insert (1) of the present invention has a structure including at least a rake face (2) and a bearing surface (5), the indexable insert (1) including a substrate and a coating layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes one or more layers, and at least one layer of the one or more layers covers the entire surface of the substrate and satisfies the relationship F1<F2, wherein F1 represents the residual stress in the rake face (2) and F2 represents the residual stress in the bearing surface (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Patent number: 7837416
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert (1) of the present invention includes at least one face (2), at least two flanks (3), at least one edge line (4), at least one corner (9), and a base layer having a different color from a use-state indicating layer. The use-state indicating layer is formed on at least one of the flanks (3) so that the use-state indicating layer is formed on the base layer over the entire surface or a part of a region A2 excluding at least one region A1 of 2 mm2 containing at least one corner (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura
  • Patent number: 7803464
    Abstract: A surface-coated cutting tool comprising a substrate, and a coating formed thereon, characterized in that the coating includes a first coating containing TiCN and a second coating containing ?-type Al2O3, the first coating is interposed between the substrate and the second coating, and the second coating has compressive stress S1 on the rake face and tensile stress S2 on the flank face, with the compressive stress S1 and the tensile stress S2 being defined by the following expression; 441 MPa?|S1?S2|?3500 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7785700
    Abstract: A coating layer formed from an outermost layer and an inner layer disposed on a substrate surface of a surface coated cutting tool. The inner layer is formed from a periodic table group IVa, Va, VIa metal, Al, Si, B compound. The outermost layer is formed from aluminum nitride or aluminum carbonitride. The outermost layer has a chlorine content of more than 0 and no more than 0.5 atomic percent. The protective coating on the tool surface is made easier to form during cutting by further adding a predetermined amount of chlorine to the film formed from aluminum nitride, which provides thermal stability and lubricity. Lubricity can be increased by using this protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Haruyo Fukui, Junya Okida
  • Patent number: 7695222
    Abstract: An indexable insert (1) of the present invention includes a substrate (8) and a coating layer which includes inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer includes an alumina layer or an alumna-containing layer serving as an outermost layer in contact with the outer layer, and the outer layer is composed of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of the periodic table group IVa elements, Va elements, and VIa elements, Al, and Si or a compound of at least one of the metals and at least one element selected from the group consisting of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and boron. In addition, the outer layer, in a portion involved in cutting, satisfies B/A?0.9 wherein A ?m is the average thickness on the flank face (3) side, and B ?m is the average thickness on the rake face (2) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20100040423
    Abstract: An indexable insert (1) of the present invention has a structure including at least a rake face (2) and a bearing surface (5), the indexable insert (1) including a substrate and a coating layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes one or more layers and satisfies the relationship 0.9>R1/R2, wherein R1 represents the surface roughness Rz of the coating layer in the rake face (2), and R2 represents the surface roughness Rz of the coating layer in the bearing surface (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20090311056
    Abstract: A indexable insert (1) of the present invention has a structure including at least a rake face (2) and a bearing surface (5), the indexable insert (1) including a substrate and a coating layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes one or more layers, and at least one layer of the one or more layers covers the entire surface of the substrate and satisfies the relationship F1<F2, wherein F1 represents the residual stress in the rake face (2) and F2 represents the residual stress in the bearing surface (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20090297835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting tool (1) including a substrate (8) and a coating (9) formed on the substrate (8), wherein the coating (9) includes a first coating (10) composed of TiCN and a second coating (ii) composed of ?-Al2O3, the first coating (10) is positioned between the substrate (8) and the second coating (11) and has tensile stress S1, the second coating (11) has compressive stress S2, and the tensile stress S1 and the compressive stress S2 are defined by the following equation (I): 400 MPa?|S2?S1|?3500 MPa??(I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20090274525
    Abstract: An indexable insert (1) according to the present invention has at least a rake face (2) and a seating face (5). The indexable insert (1) includes a substrate and a coating formed on the substrate. The substrate is exposed in the seating face (5) without the coating formed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20090269150
    Abstract: An indexable insert (1) includes a substrate (8) and a coating layer formed on the substrate. The coating layer includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is constituted by a layer containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Group IVa elements, Group Va elements, and Group VIa elements in the periodic table, and Al and Si. The uppermost layer of the inner layer in contact with the outer layer is composed of a compound at least containing Ti and at least one of nitrogen and boron. The outer layer is constituted by an alumina layer or an alumina-containing layer. In a region involved in cutting, the outer layer satisfies B/A?0.9 where A ?m is the average thickness at the flank face (3) side and B ?m is the average thickness at the rake face (2) side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura