Patents by Inventor Nobukazu Yoshikawa

Nobukazu Yoshikawa 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: 6824823
    Abstract: There are disclosed a coated cutting tool which comprises a base material of a hard alloy comprising a hard phase of tungsten carbide and at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of a metal selected from the Group 4, 5 and 6 of the Periodic Table and a mutual solid solution thereof and a binder phase of at least one element selected from Fe, Ni and Co, and a hard coating film formed on the surface of the base material by a CVD method, wherein the hard coating film has a columnar crystal layer comprising at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of titanium, the columnar crystal layer contains large-sized particles and small-sized particles, and the ratio of the amounts of the large particles to the small particles is 3 to 50; and a method for producing the same which comprises forming the hard coating film by at least one coating film of a carbide, carbonitride and carbonitroxide of titanium using a hydrocarbon gas containing ethane as a carbon elem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba Tungaloy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kodama, Nobukazu Yoshikawa, Itsuo Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20040028923
    Abstract: There are disclosed a coated cutting tool which comprises a base material of a hard alloy comprising a hard phase of tungsten carbide and at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of a metal selected from the Group 4, 5 and 6 of the Periodic Table and a mutual solid solution thereof and a binder phase of at least one element selected from Fe, Ni and Co, and a hard coating film formed on the surface of the base material by a CVD method, wherein the hard coating film has a columnar crystal layer comprising at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of titanium, the columnar crystal layer contains large-sized particles and small-sized particles, and the ratio of the amounts of the large particles to the small particles is 3 to 50; and a method for producing the same which comprises forming the hard coating film by at least one coating film of a carbide, carbonitride and carbonitroxide of titanium using a hydrocarbon gas containing ethane as a carbon elem
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TUNGALOY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kodama, Nobukazu Yoshikawa, Itsuo Yazaki
  • Patent number: 6627335
    Abstract: There are disclosed a coated cutting tool which comprises a base material of a hard alloy comprising a hard phase of tungsten carbide and at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of a metal selected from the Group 4, 5 and 6 of the Periodic Table and a mutual solid solution thereof and a binder phase of at least one element selected from Fe, Ni and Co, and a hard coating film formed on the surface of the base material by a CVD method, wherein the hard coating film has a columnar crystal layer comprising at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of titanium, the columnar crystal layer contains large-sized particles and small-sized particles, and the ratio of the amounts of the large particles to the small particles is 3 to 50; and a method for producing the same which comprises forming the hard coating film by at least one coating film of a carbide, carbonitride and carbonitroxide of titanium using a hydrocarbon gas containing ethane as a carbon elem
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Toshiba Tungaloy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kodama, Nobukazu Yoshikawa, Itsuo Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20030022029
    Abstract: There are disclosed a surface coated sintered alloy member having a hard film coated on a base material of a sintered alloy of a cemented carbide or cermet, wherein the hard film comprises at least one Ti-containing layer which comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of TiC, TiN, TiCN, TiCO, TiNO, TiCNO, a composite nitride, carbonitride, nitroxide, carboxide or carbonitroxide each containing Ti and Al, and the uppermost Ti-containing layer has a maximum surface roughness Rmax of 0.6 &mgr;m or less and an average surface roughness Ra of 0.2 &mgr;m or less in the reference length of 5 &mgr;m under conditions without being subjected to machining; and a surface coated sintered alloy member further comprising an aluminum oxide layer formed on the surface of the Ti-containing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TUNGALOY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kidama, Nobukazu Yoshikawa, Itsuo Yazaki
  • Publication number: 20010036388
    Abstract: There are disclosed a coated cutting tool which comprises a base material of a hard alloy comprising a hard phase of tungsten carbide and at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of a metal selected from the Group 4, 5 and 6 of the Periodic Table and a mutual solid solution thereof and a binder phase of at least one element selected from Fe, Ni and Co, and a hard coating film formed on the surface of the base material by a CVD method, wherein the hard coating film has a columnar crystal layer comprising at least one material selected from a carbide, nitride and carbonitride of titanium, the columnar crystal layer contains large-sized particles and small-sized particles, and the ratio of the amounts of the large particles to the small particles is 3 to 50; and a method for producing the same which comprises forming the hard coating film by at least one coating film of a carbide, carbonitride and carbonitroxide of titanium using a hydrocarbon gas containing ethane as a carbon elem
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Applicant: TOSHIBA TUNGALOY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kodama, Nobukazu Yoshikawa, Itsuo Yazaki