Patents by Inventor Susumu Okuno

Susumu Okuno 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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 7553113
    Abstract: The present invention provides an indexable insert (1) which includes a body (8), a base layer disposed on the body (8), and a wear-indicating layer disposed on a part of the base layer, wherein at least one surface of the body (8) serves as a rake face (2), at least one other surface of the body serves as a flank face (3), the rake face (2) being connected to the flank face (3) with a cutting edge (4) therebetween, the base layer has a color different from that of the wear-indicating layer, and the wear-indicating layer is disposed on the rake face and on the base layer entirely or partially in a region A2 other than a region A1 that extends to a distance of 0.2 mm or more and less than 4.0 mm from the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20090162152
    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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Chikako Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090097933
    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: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Chikako Kojima
  • Publication number: 20090067938
    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: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20090003944
    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: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20080292905
    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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20080260477
    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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Susumu Okuno, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20080005515
    Abstract: There is provided a plant information processing system capable of easily gaining access to the latest data block on each of field apparatuses without the need for an onerous task. A user-defined object designating means accepts user's access to the respective data blocks as the designation of the respective user-defined objects, and an access means acquires the physical objects corresponding to the respective user-defined objects as designated in response to acceptance of the access by the user-defined object designating means by use of the correlating means, and using the physical objects as acquired to thereby gain access to the respective data blocks corresponding thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okita, Susumu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20070298230
    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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20070292670
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura, Susumu Okuno
  • Publication number: 20070282817
    Abstract: A storage section stores plant information as an object to which attribute information is attached. An extraction section compares an extraction condition that is written by a query language and is received from a client with the attribute information to extract plant information that meets the extraction condition from the plant information stored in the storage section by using a query engine. An information list providing section provides an information list of the plant information extracted by the extraction section to the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Okuno, Naoyuki Okita
  • Patent number: 6356184
    Abstract: A resistor chip has a pair of mutually separated upper-surface electrodes on the upper surface of an electrically insulating substrate in a form of a chip, an resistor film having end portions which are each over a corresponding one of these upper-surface electrodes, a cover coating made of a glass material which is over a portion of this resistor film, and a pair of plated metallic layers each over a corresponding one of end surfaces of the substrate. Edge sections of the insulator film over the upper-surface electrodes are not covered by the cover coating and are each directly covered by one of these plated metallic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Doi, Susumu Okuno