ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,599, issued on April 7, was assigned to AB Sandvik Coromant (Sandviken, Sweden).
"Cutting tool" was invented by Jose Luis Garcia (Sandviken, Sweden), Leif Dahl (Sandviken, Sweden), Johnny Bruhn (Sandviken, Sweden) and Erik Holmstrom (Sandviken, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool includes a supporting body and a cBN or PCD cutting edge tip attached to the supporting body via a 5-150 micro metre braze joint. The supporting body is cemented carbide having 3-25 wt % of a metallic binder, optionally up to 25 wt % of carbides or carbonitrides of one or more elements of group 4, 5, or 6, and the rest WC. The metallic binde...