Patents by Inventor Takahiro Aso

Takahiro Aso 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: 11833594
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a grip part and a cutting part. The grip part and the cutting part have a channel for guiding fluid supplied from outside to an outflow port. The channel includes a plurality of first channels that extend at least partially parallel to a rotational center axis, and second channels that extend from the first channels toward cutting edges of cutting inserts. In the cutting tool, the number of first channels is smaller than the number of cutting edges arranged in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11826838
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a grip part and a cutting part. In the grip part and the cutting part, a channel for guiding fluid supplied from the outside to an outflow port is formed. The channel includes: a first channel extending in parallel to a rotational center axis and linearly from an end part of the grip part on an opposite side to the cutting part; and a second channel extending linearly from the first channel toward a cutting edge of a cutting insert. The first channel is formed such that a center axis thereof is decentered so as not to match the rotational center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11794260
    Abstract: Provided is a milling tool that allows a life of a tool main body to be elongated. The milling tool includes a replaceable cutting insert and a tool main body in which at least one insert seat that fixes the cutting insert is provided on a distal end side. The tool main body has a reinforcing wall covering at least a portion of the cutting insert when the cutting insert that is in a state of being fixed to the tool main body is viewed from the distal end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11780019
    Abstract: Chip discharge control is further improved. A cutting insert includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a screw hole having an axis penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface, a peripheral side surface, and a major cutting edge, a wiper edge, and an inner edge formed in an intersecting region between the upper surface and the peripheral side surface. In a side view in which the peripheral side surface on which the inner edge is formed is seen from a direction perpendicular to the axis, the inner edge includes a recessed part recessed toward the lower surface, a length DL of the inner edge on one side of the recessed part in the side view is longer than a length DR of the inner edge on the other side of the recessed part, a lowest point of the inner edge is at a position lower than a flat part of the upper surface, and at least a part of the inner edge on the one side is at a position higher than the flat part of the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11745276
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert configured to be able to realize downsizing of a cutting tool. A cutting insert includes: an upper surface and a lower surface facing each other and having a plurality of corner parts; a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface and forming intersecting edges with the upper surface and the lower surface, respectively; and a through hole that has a central axis extending from the upper surface to the lower surface and that is formed for penetration from the upper surface to the lower surface. A corner cutting edge arranged at a position corresponding to a corner part of the upper surface, a minor cutting edge connected to a first end of the corner cutting edge, and a major cutting edge connected to a second end of the corner cutting edge are formed on the intersecting edge between the upper surface and the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Publication number: 20230063846
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a grip part and a cutting part. The grip part and the cutting part have a channel for guiding fluid supplied from outside to an outflow port. The channel includes a plurality of first channels that extend at least partially parallel to a rotational center axis, and second channels that extend from the first channels toward cutting edges of cutting inserts. In the cutting tool, the number of first channels is smaller than the number of cutting edges arranged in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Publication number: 20230067692
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a grip part and a cutting part. In the grip part and the cutting part, a channel for guiding fluid supplied from the outside to an outflow port is formed. The channel includes: a first channel extending in parallel to a rotational center axis and linearly from an end part of the grip part on an opposite side to the cutting part; and a second channel extending linearly from the first channel toward a cutting edge of a cutting insert. The first channel is formed such that a center axis thereof is decentered so as not to match the rotational center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Patent number: 11583943
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert and a cutting tool equipped with the cutting tool improving the force to clamp the insert and improving the strength of the insert and the chip dischargeability. The cutting insert includes: an upper surface, which is a first end surface; a lower surface, which is a surface on an opposite side to the upper surface, and is a second end surface having an installing surface for installing a cutting tool; a screw hole which has an axial line penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface; a peripheral side surface which is formed such that the upper surface and the lower surface are connected; a major cutting edge and an inner cutting edge which are formed in an intersecting region between the upper surface and the peripheral side surface, and an intersecting region between the lower surface and the peripheral side surface, respectively; and a constraining surface which is formed on the peripheral side surface so as to at least partially contact with a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11554428
    Abstract: A cutting insert suitable for a small-diameter milling tool is provided. A cutting insert has a rake face, a bottom surface, a circumferential side surface, and a through hole. A first ridgeline at which the rake face and the circumferential side surface intersect each other includes a first main cutting edge, and a first corner cutting edge connected to a tip of the first main cutting edge. The bottom surface includes a first bottom surface that comes closer to the rake face gradually toward a side at which the first main cutting edge is located when viewed from a central axis of the through hole, and a second bottom surface that comes closer to the rake face gradually toward a side opposite to the first main cutting edge when viewed from the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Publication number: 20220258258
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert configured to be able to realize downsizing of a cutting tool. A cutting insert includes: an upper surface and a lower surface facing each other and having a plurality of corner parts; a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface and forming intersecting edges with the upper surface and the lower surface, respectively; and a through hole that has a central axis extending from the upper surface to the lower surface and that is formed for penetration from the upper surface to the lower surface. A corner cutting edge arranged at a position corresponding to a corner part of the upper surface, a minor cutting edge connected to a first end of the corner cutting edge, and a major cutting edge connected to a second end of the corner cutting edge are formed on the intersecting edge between the upper surface and the side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Publication number: 20220250175
    Abstract: Chip discharge control is further improved. A cutting insert includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a screw hole having an axis penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface, a peripheral side surface, and a major cutting edge, a wiper edge, and an inner edge formed in an intersecting region between the upper surface and the peripheral side surface. In a side view in which the peripheral side surface on which the inner edge is formed is seen from a direction perpendicular to the axis, the inner edge includes a recessed part recessed toward the lower surface, a length DL of the inner edge on one side of the recessed part in the side view is longer than a length DR of the inner edge on the other side of the recessed part, a lowest point of the inner edge is at a position lower than a flat part of the upper surface, and at least a part of the inner edge on the one side is at a position higher than the flat part of the upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Patent number: 11407044
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cutting tool that requires the smaller number of parts and can be manufactured at a lower cost. A cutting tool includes: a tool body extending along a central axis and rotatable around the central axis; a cutting insert to be mounted on an insert mounting seat of the tool body; and at least one flow passage provided inside the tool body, the at least one flow passage extending from a back end side toward a front end side of the tool body so as to supply a coolant toward at least a part of the inside of the tool body, a back end side of the at least one flow passage being open at a portion sealed by the tool body and the holding member when the holding member is coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11407043
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert, within which a burr being generated at an outer edge of a finished surface is inhibited and chipping of the cutting insert is inhibited even when the cutting insert is formed to have multiple corners superior in economical efficiency. The cutting insert has an upper surface, a lower surface on an opposite side to the upper surface, and a circumferential side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface to each other. A first ridgeline at which the upper surface and the circumferential side surface intersect each other includes major cutting edges and wiper cutting edges which are alternately disposed one by one, and corners each disposed between each of the major cutting edges and each of the wiper cutting edges. A distance between the corners that are adjacent to each other is equal to or less than 60% of a diameter of an inscribed circle of the first ridgeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Patent number: 11383310
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert, which has excellent chip discharge performance even when formed with multiple corners superior in economic efficiency. A first ridgeline at which an upper surface and a circumferential side surface intersect each other includes a plurality of corners disposed at equal intervals and a plurality of main cutting edges disposed one by one between the corners adjacent to each other. A distance between the corners adjacent to each other is equal to or less than 60% of the diameter of a circle inscribed within the ridgeline. The main cutting edges includes a first cutting edge that is linearly formed and a second cutting edge that is linearly formed. The length of the second cutting edge is equal to or less than half the length of the first cutting edge and is positioned closer to a center side of the cutting insert than an extension line of the first cutting edge is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Publication number: 20220105577
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert and a cutting tool equipped with the cutting tool improving the force to clamp the insert and improving the strength of the insert and the chip dischargeability. The cutting insert includes: an upper surface, which is a first end surface; a lower surface, which is a surface on an opposite side to the upper surface, and is a second end surface having an installing surface for installing a cutting tool; a screw hole which has an axial line penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface; a peripheral side surface which is formed such that the upper surface and the lower surface are connected; a major cutting edge and an inner cutting edge which are formed in an intersecting region between the upper surface and the peripheral side surface, and an intersecting region between the lower surface and the peripheral side surface, respectively; and a constraining surface which is formed on the peripheral side surface so as to at least partially contact with a body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Publication number: 20220072635
    Abstract: A cutting insert suitable for a small-diameter milling tool is provided. A cutting insert has a rake face, a bottom surface, a circumferential side surface, and a through hole. A first ridgeline at which the rake face and the circumferential side surface intersect each other includes a first main cutting edge, and a first corner cutting edge connected to a tip of the first main cutting edge. The bottom surface includes a first bottom surface that comes closer to the rake face gradually toward a side at which the first main cutting edge is located when viewed from a central axis of the through hole, and a second bottom surface that comes closer to the rake face gradually toward a side opposite to the first main cutting edge when viewed from the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Publication number: 20220072633
    Abstract: Provided is a milling tool that allows a life of a tool main body to be elongated. The milling tool includes a replaceable cutting insert and a tool main body in which at least one insert seat that fixes the cutting insert is provided on a distal end side. The tool main body has a reinforcing wall covering at least a portion of the cutting insert when the cutting insert that is in a state of being fixed to the tool main body is viewed from the distal end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Patent number: 11192193
    Abstract: An object of this disclosure is to provide a cutting insert that is shaped so that a major cutting edge is not damaged easily. In the cutting insert, a major cutting edge, a corner edge, a flat cutting edge and an inner cutting edge are formed on at least an upper surface, a protruding portion protruding outward is formed in a major cutting edge side surface portion of a side surface that corresponds to the major cutting edge, and a first section is formed in which, when viewed from above, the protrusion amount becomes smaller as the protruding portion separates from the corner edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aso
  • Publication number: 20210178496
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert, which has excellent chip discharge performance even when formed with multiple corners superior in economic efficiency. A first ridgeline at which an upper surface and a circumferential side surface intersect each other includes a plurality of corners disposed at equal intervals and a plurality of main cutting edges disposed one by one between the corners adjacent to each other. A distance between the corners adjacent to each other is equal to or less than 60% of the diameter of a circle inscribed within the ridgeline. The main cutting edges includes a first cutting edge that is linearly formed and a second cutting edge that is linearly formed. The length of the second cutting edge is equal to or less than half the length of the first cutting edge and is positioned closer to a center side of the cutting insert than an extension line of the first cutting edge is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO
  • Publication number: 20210178497
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting insert, within which a burr being generated at an outer edge of a finished surface is inhibited and chipping of the cutting insert is inhibited even when the cutting insert is formed to have multiple corners superior in economical efficiency. The cutting insert has an upper surface, a lower surface on an opposite side to the upper surface, and a circumferential side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface to each other. A first ridgeline at which the upper surface and the circumferential side surface intersect each other includes major cutting edges and wiper cutting edges which are alternately disposed one by one, and corners each disposed between each of the major cutting edges and each of the wiper cutting edges. A distance between the corners that are adjacent to each other is equal to or less than 60% of a diameter of an inscribed circle of the first ridgeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro ASO