Patents by Inventor Thomas Endtbacka

Thomas Endtbacka 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).

  • Ceramic cutting insert and method of making same
    Patent number: 9238285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a ceramic cutting insert, based on an oxide ceramic or a nitride ceramic or a mixed ceramic material, possibly containing whiskers, in a process comprising the powder metallurgical steps of providing a ready-to-press ceramic powder, pressing the ready-to-press powder into a compact of desired shape, sintering the compact to dense a ceramic blank followed by tumbling the ceramic blank, to remove sinter skin and provide an edge rounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventor: Thomas Endtbacka
  • Ceramic cutting insert and method of making same
    Publication number: 20080227620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a ceramic cutting insert, based on an oxide ceramic or a nitride ceramic or a mixed ceramic material, possibly containing whiskers, in a process comprising the powder metallurgical steps of providing a ready-to-press ceramic powder, pressing the ready-to-press powder into a compact of desired shape, sintering the compact to dense a ceramic blank followed by tumbling the ceramic blank, to remove sinter skin and provide an edge rounding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas Endtbacka