US Patent Issued to TUNGALOY on June 23 for "Blade" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,716, issued on June 23, was assigned to TUNGALOY Corp. (Fukushima, Japan).

"Blade" was invented by Shunsuke Miyazawa (Iwaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade in which coolant can be efficiently supplied to a machining place with a reduced pressure loss is provided. In a blade 100 in which a cutting insert 13 is attached to an insert attachment portion 12 provided at a longitudinal end part of a blade body 11 formed in a long plate shape, the blade body 11 includes a supply inlet 51 opened at one side surface, a lower discharge port 53 and an upper discharge port 54 that are opened at an end face nearby the insert attachme...