ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,608, issued on April 7, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Cutting tool" was invented by Yusuke Koike (Osaka, Japan) and Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool includes a shaft, and a sensor device disposed in such a manner as to surround a portion of the shaft. The sensor device includes a sensor module including first sensors, a substrate connected to the first sensors, and a wireless communication unit connected to the substrate and configured to transmit a signal including information detected by the first sensors to outside and a housing accommodating the se...