Patents by Inventor Shinichiro TOMITA

Shinichiro TOMITA 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).

  • CUTTING TOOLS HAVING MOVABLE COVER MOUNTING STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20120017735
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a tool unit having a rotary cutting blade, a movable cover configured to cover the rotary cutting blade, and a rotary support member mounted to the tool unit and rotatably supporting the movable cover about a rotational axis. The rotary support member and the movable cover has contact surfaces that slidably contact with each other or slidably contact with contact surface of an intermediate member interposed between the rotary support member and the movable cover. At least one of the contact surfaces includes a groove formed therein, so that the groove can receive cutting powder or chips produced by the rotary cutting blade during a cutting operation and entering between the movable cover and the rotary support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko INAI, Toshiyuki KANI, Syuji AOYAMA, Shinichiro TOMITA