US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on Oct. 6 for "Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method for manufacturing machined product" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,349, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method for manufacturing machined product" was invented by Hirokazu Hatano (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minor cutting edge in a cutting insert of one aspect has a protruding curved shape protruding upward in a side view and includes: a first portion including an apex portion protruding most upward in the minor cutting edge; a second portion located between the first portion and a connection edge; and a third portion located between the second portion and the connection edge. Each of the second portion and the third...