# US 12,214,427 B2 · Insert and cutting tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,427 B2 - Document ID: US12214427B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/437,841 - Filed: 2020-03-12 - Published: 2022-05-12 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-14 - Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation - Applicants: Kyocera Corporation - Inventors: Mitsuru Hasegawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214427B2 ## CPC - B23B 27/145: {characterised by having a special shape} - B23B 27/1611: {characterised by having a special shape} - B23B 27/10: Cutting tools with special provision for cooling {(drills with lubricating or cooling equipment B23B51/06; features relating to lubricating or cooling of milling cutters B23C5/28; arrangements or devices for cooling or lubricating tools or work B23Q11/10)} - B23B 2200/086: with one or more grooves - B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q) ## Abstract An insert includes a base which includes a first surface, a second surface connecting to the first surface, and a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridgeline of the first surface and the second surface. The first surface includes a plurality of grooves located at a position away from the ridgeline and extended at an angle of 20-90° relative to the ridgeline. The grooves are away from the ridgeline in a range of 40-700 μm. A width W of the grooves is 50-700 μm, and a depth D of the grooves is 20-700 μm. Spacing S between the grooves adjacent to each other is 50-700 μm. A cutting tool includes a holder, which has a length extending from a first end to a second end and includes a pocket located on a side of the first end, and the insert is located in the pocket. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An insert, comprising a base, the base comprising a first surface, a second surface connecting to the first surface, and a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridgeline of the first surface and the second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a plurality of grooves which is located at a position away from the ridgeline and at an angle of 20-90° relative to the ridgeline, each of the plurality of grooves has a first end part being an end part closest to the cutting edge and a second end part being an end part most away from the cutting edge, and extends from the first end part to the second end part, each of the plurality of grooves comprises an opening, a bottom surface facing toward the opening, and a raised surface directly connected to the bottom surface and the first end part, wherein the raised surface is gradually inclined from the bottom surface to the first end part, and in a direction from the first end part to the second end part, a length of the bottom surface is larger than a length of the raised surface, the plurality of grooves is away from the ridgeline in a range of 40-700 μm, and a width W of each of the plurality of grooves is 50-700 μm, a depth D of each of the plurality of grooves is 20-700 μm, and spacing S between grooves adjacent to each other is 50-700 μm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein a ratio (S/W) of the spacing S between the grooves adjacent to each other to the width W of each of the plurality of grooves is 0.9-2.0. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein in each of the plurality of grooves, a ratio (D/W) of the depth D to the width W is 0.5-2.0. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein a relationship of W1(W2/W1) is satisfied in which W1 is a width of a first portion of one of the plurality of grooves at a position located 0.5 mm away from the first end part, and W2 is a width of a second portion of the one of the plurality of grooves at a position located 2.0 mm away from the first end part, and D1 is a depth of the first portion of the one of the plurality of grooves at a position located 0.5 mm away from the first end part, and D2 is a depth of the second portion of the one of the plurality of grooves at a position located 2.0 mm away from the first end part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The insert according to claim 6, wherein (D2/D1)/(W2/W1) is 1.5 or more. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein a maximum width of each of the plurality of grooves is a width of the opening. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein the base comprises a hard phase comprising WC, and a binding phase comprising Co. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein the base is exposed in a first region of the first surface in a range within 0.5 mm from the cutting edge and the plurality of grooves. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of grooves is located at a corner part of the base. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of grooves is away from the ridgeline in a range of 50-120 μm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein the first surface further comprises a concave part connected to the second end parts of the plurality of grooves. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The insert according to claim 1, wherein in at least one of the plurality of grooves, the bottom surface gradually inclines upward from a side of the second end part to the raised surface. ### Claim 15 A cutting tool, comprising: a holder which has a length extending from a first end to a second end, and which comprises a pocket located on a side of the first end; and an insert, the insert being located in the pocket, wherein the insert includes a base, the base comprising a first surface, a second surface connecting to the first surface, and a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridgeline of the first surface and the second surface, the first surface comprises a plurality of grooves which is located at a position away from the ridgeline and at an angle of 20-90° relative to the ridgeline, each of the plurality of grooves has a first end part being an end part closest to the cutting edge and a second end part being an end part most away from the cutting edge, and extends from the first end part to the second end part, each of the plurality of grooves comprises an opening, a bottom surface facing toward the opening, and a raised surface directly connected to the bottom surface and the first end part, wherein the raised surface is gradually inclined from the bottom surface to the first end part, and in a direction from the first end part to the second end part, a length of the bottom surface is larger than a length of the raised surface, the plurality of grooves is away from the ridgeline in a range of 40-700 μm, and a width W of each of the plurality of grooves is 50-700 μm, a depth D of each of the plurality of grooves is 20-700 μm, and spacing S between grooves adjacent to each other is 50-700 μm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The cutting tool according to claim 15, wherein the holder comprises a flow path configured to allow a coolant to pass through.