ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,237, issued on June 16, was assigned to KENNAMETAL INC. (Latrobe, Pa.).
"Cutting tool with pressure sensor" was invented by Christoph Gey (Neuhausen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool comprising at least one cavity spaced apart from an outer contour of the cutting tool by a wear layer, wherein a thickness of the wear layer corresponds to a wear limit of the cutting tool, wherein the cavity is fluidly connected to a supply line arranged within the cutting tool and configured so as to provide a predetermined pressure in the cavity, wherein a pressure sensor fluidly connected to the supply line indicates a wear o...