MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202447092158 A) filed by Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp; and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, Japan, on Nov. 26, 2024, for 'cutting insert and rotary cutting tool.'

Inventor(s) include Matsubara, Kouki; Rikiso, Yuki; and Muraoka, Takuto.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This cutting insert has a base member and a blade edge member. The blade edge member has a rake face and a flank face that is contiguous to the rake face. The ridgeline between the rake face and the flank face forms a cutting edge. The base member is provided with a flow passage through which a fluid passes. The base member has: a front end face at which the blade edge member is disposed; a back end face which is located opposite to the front end face; a first side face which is located between the front end face and the back end face and is provided with the inlet of the flow passage; and a second side face which is located opposite to the first side face and is provided with the outlet of the flow passage. The back end face has a planar shape. The first side face has a planar shape. A virtual plane along the back end face and a virtual plane along the first side face are perpendicular to each other. A vector parallel to the direction in which the fluid flows out of the outlet and which is the tangential direction of the outlet of the flow passage has a component in a first direction which is perpendicular to the back end face and directed toward the back end face from the front end face. Said component is positive."

The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 26, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/006788.

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