Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Heavy Industries
  • Patent number: 11998969
    Abstract: Provided is a forming system that expands and deforms a metal material to perform forming, the forming system including: a forming device that performs the forming; and at least one transport device that transports the metal material, in which the transport device transports the metal material to the forming device in a held state, in a case where a pretreatment device that performs pretreatment for the forming is present, the transport device transports the metal material to the pretreatment device in a held state, and during a period from a transport process in which the metal material is transported to any of devices by the transport device to a treatment process performed by any of the devices, at least one of the transport device and any of the devices continues holding the metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Itagaki, Kei Yamauchi, Kiyomasa Koukami
  • Patent number: 11992987
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an injection molding machine including a mold clamping unit that clamps a mold unit, an injection unit that fills the mold unit clamped by the mold clamping unit with a molding material, an ejector unit that takes out a molding product from the mold unit after the molding material filled by the injection unit is cooled and solidified, a plurality of data acquisition units that acquire different types of data from each other, and a data transmission unit that transmits data acquired by the plurality of data acquisition units to a management device in a state where the data are capable of being compared in time-series for each type of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Arita, Hiroshi Mogi
  • Publication number: 20240167554
    Abstract: A gear device includes a resin gear that is formed of a first resin material, and a connected member that is formed of a second resin material and that is connected to the resin gear, in which the first resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a first base material resin with first reinforcement fibers, the second resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a second base material resin with second reinforcement fibers, and a fiber content ratio of the second reinforcement fibers in the second resin material is higher than a fiber content ratio of the first reinforcement fibers in the first resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TAMURA, Masahiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11987960
    Abstract: There is provided a work machine including a traveling body, a rotating platform mounted on the traveling body, an attachment mounted on the rotating platform, and including a work element, an imaging unit mounted on the rotating platform, and configured to capture a peripheral image, and an imaging controller configured to cause the imaging unit to capture the image, when an imaging range of the imaging unit includes a predetermined subject region designated in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kiyota, Masahito Indoh
  • Patent number: 11987957
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, an attachment, and processing circuitry. The attachment includes a boom attached to the upper swing structure, an arm attached to the distal end of the boom, and an end attachment attached to the distal end of the arm. The processing circuitry is configured to automatically move the attachment in such a manner as to relatively reduce the movement of the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Okada, Keiji Honda
  • Publication number: 20240159304
    Abstract: A bending meshing type gear device includes a wave generator, a bending gear that is bent and deformed by the wave generator, and a meshing gear that meshes with the bending gear, in which the meshing gear is formed of a first resin having a glass transition point lower than about 140° C., the bending gear is formed of a first high thermal conductivity material having higher thermal conductivity than the first resin, and the wave generator is formed of a second high thermal conductivity material having higher thermal conductivity than the first high thermal conductivity material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro TAMURA, Masahiro WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11977366
    Abstract: An assist device is for grasping the operating status of a plant and includes a data acquisition unit that acquires process data for the plant, a summarization unit that summarizes the dimensionality of the process data acquired by the data acquisition unit, and a display unit that displays the summarized data summarized by the summarization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 11976437
    Abstract: A shovel includes an attachment attached to a revolving upper body; and a control device including a memory and a processor configured to execute estimating a center of gravity of loaded matter loaded in the attachment, and calculating a weight of the loaded matter based on the estimated center of gravity of the loaded matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Sano, Chunnan Wu, Kazunori Hiranuma
  • Patent number: 11978586
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet device includes a tubular cryostat defining a central cavity therein, a first superconducting coil set and a second superconducting coil set disposed outside the central cavity and inside the tubular cryostat, and a power supply system being capable of controlling a magnitude of a first exciting current to the first superconducting coil set and a magnitude of a second exciting current to the second superconducting coil set independently of each other. The first superconducting coil set generates a magnetic field distribution, which is convex downward on an X axis and convex upward on a Y axis when the first exciting current is supplied, in the central cavity. The second superconducting coil set generates a magnetic field distribution, which is convex upward on the X axis and convex downward on the Y axis when the second exciting current is supplied, in the central cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Hashimoto, Jyun Yoshida, Kenta Demura, Takaaki Morie
  • Patent number: 11978608
    Abstract: There is provided an ion generation device including a plasma generation chamber that generates a plasma for extracting an ion, and a heating device configured to heat the plasma generation chamber by irradiating a member that defines the plasma generation chamber or a member that is to be exposed to the plasma generated inside the plasma generation chamber with a laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES ION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuji Ishida
  • Publication number: 20240142149
    Abstract: A cryocooler includes: a compressor; a plurality of cold heads connected in parallel to the compressor; a pressure sensor that measures a pressure of a working gas on a supply side from the compressor to the plurality of cold heads or on a collection side from the plurality of cold heads to the compressor; and a controller configured to acquire, for each of the plurality of cold heads, individual pressure waveform data measured by the pressure sensor when the cold head is individually operated, and to operate the plurality of cold heads simultaneously and asynchronously based on the individual pressure waveform data of the plurality of cold heads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shuji OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240141977
    Abstract: A speed reducer includes an output member to which a driven member is connected, in which the output member is formed of resin and includes a plurality of first screw holes into which fine-thread screws for connection of the driven member are screwed and each of which includes a bottom, and the output member is provided with a weight reduction portion between the plurality of first screw holes in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240141982
    Abstract: A gear device that is incorporated in a food machine which is used in a process of handling food, includes a first gear, a second gear that meshes with the first gear, grease that is accommodated in an internal space in which a meshing portion between the first gear and the second gear is present, and a gap portion that allows the internal space to communicate with an external space, in which the first gear is made of fiber-reinforced resin, an accommodation amount of the grease is 1% or more and 30% or less of capacity of a grease accommodation space that is configured by a part of the internal space and accommodates the grease, and the grease is grease that does not correspond to food grease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro TAMURA
  • Patent number: 11971108
    Abstract: A rotary valve of a cryocooler includes a valve stator, a valve rotor, a rotation member that rotates the valve rotor around an axis with respect to the valve stator, and a rotor holder connected to the valve rotor so as to rotate around an axis together with the valve rotor, and forming a low pressure section having a pressure lower than an ambient pressure between the valve rotor and the rotor holder so as to reduce an axial force of pressing the valve rotor against the valve stator. The rotation member is connected to the rotor holder so as to rotate the valve rotor around the axis via the rotor holder. The rotor holder is disposed between the rotation member and the valve rotor in an axial direction, and is movable in the axial direction with respect to the rotation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyao Xu, Qian Bao
  • Publication number: 20240125548
    Abstract: An oil-lubricated cryocooler compressor that compresses a refrigerant gas of a cryocooler includes a liquid-cooled heat exchanger that cools the refrigerant gas and/or an oil through heat exchange with a coolant and a cooling controller that is configured to acquire a supply temperature of the coolant supplied to the liquid-cooled heat exchanger and to control a flow rate of the coolant of the liquid-cooled heat exchanger and/or an exhaust heat amount of the cryocooler compressor based on the acquired supply temperature of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Sho SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11959254
    Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling lower body; a revolving upper body rotatably installed on the traveling lower body; an excavation attachment attached to the revolving upper body; and a control device, wherein the control device includes a setting unit to set a target trajectory as a trajectory to be followed by a predetermined part of the excavation attachment, based on information on a landform before excavation is started, and a target excavation volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Sano
  • Patent number: 11959247
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, a work attachment attached to the upper swing structure and including a boom, an arm attached to the boom, and an end attachment attached to the arm, a first obtaining device configured to obtain data on the pose state of the work attachment, and a second obtaining device configured to obtain data on the pose state of the lower traveling structure or the upper swing structure. Predetermined control related to the movement of the work attachment is executed based on the data obtained by the first and second obtaining devices. Information on the type of the end attachment is obtained, and a response characteristic of the work attachment or the details of an operation for the work attachment during the predetermined control are corrected based on the obtained information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Honda
  • Publication number: 20240118007
    Abstract: A method for operating a cryocooler includes: connecting a second compressor in series with a first compressor on a high pressure line or a low pressure line; connecting a buffer volume to the low pressure line via a supply valve; executing initial cooling for cooling an expander from an initial temperature to a cryogenic temperature in a state where the second compressor and the buffer volume are connected to the cryocooler; and executing a steady operation of maintaining the expander at the cryogenic temperature after the initial cooling. The execution of the initial cooling includes supplying a working gas to the expander by using the first compressor and the second compressor, and controlling the supply valve to keep a pressure of the high pressure line within a preset appropriate pressure range based on the measured pressure of the high pressure line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki YOKODO, Takaaki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20240102705
    Abstract: A cryocooler includes an expander provided with an expander motor including a motor rotary shaft, a displacer that changes a volume of an expansion space of a working gas by reciprocating linearly by the motor rotation shaft rotating, and a rotary valve that controls intake and exhaust of the working gas into the expansion space by rotating by the motor rotation shaft rotating, a pressure sensor that measures a pressure of the working gas and outputs a measurement signal indicating the measured pressure, and a controller that receives the measurement signal, detects a feature point appearing periodically in the measured pressure during an operation of the cryocooler, acquires a motor drive waveform indicating a command rotation speed of the motor rotary shaft determined to vary within one rotation of the motor rotary shaft, and outputs the motor drive waveform in synchronization with the feature point appearing periodically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki MORIE
  • Patent number: 11939747
    Abstract: A display device displays information image related to an excavation work, in an ambient environment image in a view of a work area or an attachment viewed from a shovel, or in a field of view of an operator viewing the work area or the attachment from the shovel. The shovel may include the display device. A management device may include a display apparatus, a communication device which communicates with the shovel, and a remote control device operated by a user to remotely control the shovel via the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Itoh, Masaru Onodera