US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on June 23 for "Drill and method for manufacturing machined product" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,721, issued on June 23, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Drill and method for manufacturing machined product" was invented by Hiroshi Ogawa (Omihachiman, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill may include a base. The base may be extended from a first end to a second end. The base may include a first part, a second part, a step, a first cutting edge, a first flute, a second cutting edge and a second flute. The step may be located between the first part and the second part, and may have a larger outer diameter as coming closer to the second part. The first flute may be extended from the first cutting edge. The secon...