Patents by Inventor Niro Odani
Niro Odani 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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Patent number: 6976812Abstract: A small drill includes one chip-discharging flute which is helically formed in the exterior surface of a cutting portion of the small drill. The small drill also includes a flute-shaped portion which is formed in the front region of the chip-discharging flute in the rotating direction, which is connected to the chip-discharging flute, and which is open at the exterior surface of the cutting portion. The core diameter ratio d/D, in percent, of the small drill is set to 60% or more, and a margin angle ? thereof is set to 120° or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2001Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Kaneko, Niro Odani
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Publication number: 20040037662Abstract: A small drill includes one chip-discharging flute which is helically formed in the exterior surface of a cutting portion of the small drill. The small drill also includes a flute-shaped portion which is formed in the front region of the chip-discharging flute in the rotating direction, which is connected to the chip-discharging flute, and which is open at the exterior surface of the cutting portion. The core diameter ratio d/D, in percent, of the small drill is set to 60% or more, and a margin angle &thgr; thereof is set to 120° or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Kazuhiro Kaneko, Niro Odani
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Patent number: 5589223Abstract: A cermet cutting tool, and process for producing the same, comprising a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet, and a hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5.about.20 .mu.m, formed onto the surface of the cermet substrate comprising a lower layer formed from at least one layer of a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TiN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO) and titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO), and aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3). Additionally, at least one of the layers comprising the hard coating layer is a titanium carbo-nitride layer, and at least one layer of this titanium carbo-nitride layer comprises a longitudinal growth crystal structure, and a further layer comprises a granular crystal structure. In the method of fabrication, chemical vapor deposition is performed using a reaction gas composed of 1.about.5% of TiCl.sub.4, 0.1.about.1% of CH.sub.3 CN, 0.about.25% of N.sub.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1995Date of Patent: December 31, 1996Assignee: Mitsubishi Material Corp.Inventors: Niro Odani, Hironori Yoshimura, Akira Osada, Tetsuya Tanaka, Seiichirou Nakamura
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Patent number: 5518822Abstract: A TiCN-based cermet cutting insert superior in toughness with improved wear resistance includes a binding phase and at least two hard dispersion phases. One of the hard dispersion phases includes one of a duplex and triplex structure having a core structure containing at least one of titanium carbonitride and a carbonitride solid solution of Ti and one of a V, Cr, Ti, Nb, Zr, W and Mo (hereinafter referred to as a (Ti,M)CN. The other hard dispersion phase includes a single structure wherein the core structure is composed of at least one of (Ti,M)CN or (Ti,M)CN and TiCN.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1994Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Kiyohiro Teruuchi, Katsuhiko Yano, Niro Odani
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Patent number: 5460893Abstract: A TiCN-based cermet cutting insert superior in toughness with improved wear resistance includes a binding phase and at least two of four hard dispersion phases. One of the two hard dispersion phases includes at least one of a duplex or triplex phase structure with a core of a composite carbonitride solid solution and a single-phase structure of a composite carbonitride solid solution. The other hard dispersion phase includes one of a hard dispersion phase of titanium carbonitride and a hard dispersion phase which includes a single-phase structure of titanium carbonitride.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 1994Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Kiyohiro Teruuchi, Katsuhiko Yano, Niro Odani
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Patent number: 5436071Abstract: The present invention discloses a cermet cutting tool, and process for producing the same, comprising a substrate formed from titanium carbo-nitride based cermet, and a hard coating layer of average thickness 0.5.about.20 .mu.m, formed onto the surface of the cermet substrate comprising a lower layer formed from at least one layer of a compound selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide (TiC), titanium nitride (TIN), titanium carbo-nitride (TiCN), titanium carbo-oxide (TiCO) and titanium carbo-oxi-nitride (TiCNO), and aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3). Additionally, at least one of the layers comprising the hard coating layer is a titanium carbo-nitride layer, and at least one layer of this titanium carbo-nitride layer comprises a longitudinal growth crystal structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1993Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Niro Odani, Hironori Yoshimura, Akira Osada, Tetsuya Tanaka, Seiichirou Nakamura
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Patent number: 5370719Abstract: A TiCN-based cermet cutting insert superior in toughness with improved wear resistance includes a binding phase and at least two hard dispersion phases. One hard dispersion phases includes a core of TiCN while the other hard dispersion phases includes a core of a carbonitride solid solution of Ti and one of a V,Hf,Cr, Ta,Nb, Zr, W and Mo.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 1993Date of Patent: December 6, 1994Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Kiyohiro Teruuchi, Fumihiro Ueda, Niro Odani
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Patent number: 5296016Abstract: There is disclosed a surface coated cermet blade member which includes a cermet substrate and a hard coating of an average thickness of 0.5 to 20 .mu.m formed thereon. The substrate contains, apart from unavoidable impurities, a binder phase of 5 to 30% by weight of at least one of cobalt, nickel, iron and aluminum, and a hard dispersed phase of a balance carbo-nitride of metals. The metals are titanium, tungsten and at least one of tantalum, niobium, vanadium, zirconium, molybdenum and chromium. The substrate includes a surface portion having a hardness greater than an interior portion. The hard coating may be composed of one or more coating layers. Each coating layer is formed of TiX or Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, where X denotes at least one element of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and boron.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 1991Date of Patent: March 22, 1994Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials CorporationInventors: Hironori Yoshimura, Seiichirou Nakamura, Niro Odani
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Patent number: 5110543Abstract: A blade member for cutting-tools includes a cermet substrate which contains, apart from unavoidable impurities, a binder phase and a hard dispersed phase. The binder phase contains 5% to 30% by weight of cobalt and/or nickel. The hard dispersed phase contains a balance composite carbonitride of titanium and one or more of the elements tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, hafnium and zirconium. The composite carbo-nitride satisfies the relationship 0.2.ltoreq.b/(a+b).ltoreq.0.7, where a and b denote atomic ratios of carbon and nitrogen, respectively. The substrate includes a hard surface layer in which the maximum hardness is present at a depth between 5 .mu.m and 50 .mu.m from a substrate surface thereof. The substrate surface has a hardness of 20% to 90% of the maximum hardness.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1991Date of Patent: May 5, 1992Assignee: Mitsubishi Metal CorporationInventors: Niro Odani, Kazuyoshi Yoshioka, Sinichi Sekiya
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Patent number: 5059491Abstract: A blade member for cutting-tools includes a cermet substrate which contains, apart from unavoidable impurities, a binder phase and a hard dispersed phase. The binder phase contains 5% to 30% by weight of cobalt and/or nickel. The hard dispersed phase contains a balance composite carbonitride of titanium and one or more of the elements tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, hafnium and zirconium. The composite carbo-nitride satisfies the relationship 0.2.ltoreq.b/(a+b).ltoreq.0.7, where a and b denote atomic ratios of carbon and nitrogen, respectively. The substrate includes a hard surface layer in which the maximum hardness is present at a depth between 5 .mu.m and 50 .mu.m from a substrate surface thereof. The substrate surface has a hardness of 20% to 90% of the maximum hardness.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1989Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Mitsubishi Metal CorporationInventors: Niro Odani, Kazuyoshi Yoshioka, Sinichi Sekiya
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Patent number: 4950328Abstract: An end mill formed of a tungsten carbide-base sintered hard alloy comprising a binder phase including a Co-base alloy, and a hard disperse phase consisting essentially of WC in proportions of:binder phase: 6-23 wt. %, andhard disperse phase: 77-94 wt %,the binder phase having a composition of:Cr: 1-15 wt. %,W: not more than 5 wt. %, andthe balance of Co and inevitable impurities, the hard disperse phase having a mean grain size of 0.5-2 .mu.m.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1989Date of Patent: August 21, 1990Assignee: Mitsubishi Metal CorporationInventors: Niro Odani, Katsuhisa Yamamoto, Hitoshi Mayumi
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Patent number: 4935057Abstract: A cermet has a hard phase and a binder phase. The hard phase is formed by about 70% to about 95% by weight of elements including titanium, tantalum, tungsten, carbon and nitrogen. The elements have atomic ratios so as to satisfy the relationships of 0.05.ltoreq.b/(b+a).ltoreq.0.20, 0.04.ltoreq.c/(c+a).ltoreq.0.20 and 0.15.ltoreq.y/(x+y).ltoreq.0.60, where a, b, c, x and y denote atomic ratios of titanium, tantalum, tungsten, carbon and nitrogen, respectively. The binder phase is formed by about 5% to about 30% by weight of at least one metal of cobalt and nickel. Additionally, there is disclosed a process for producing such a cermet.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1989Date of Patent: June 19, 1990Assignee: Mitsubishi Metal CorporationInventors: Hironori Yoshimura, Niro Odani