Patents by Inventor Akira Ikada

Akira Ikada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11920621
    Abstract: A fastening method for fastening using a fastener having a fastener pin and a collar. The method includes a mounting step in which, in a state in which a head portion of the fastener pin is positioned on one side of the portion to be fastened through which the fastener pin is passed, and a lock portion of the fastener pin is positioned on the other side of the portion to be fastened, the collar is mounted onto lock grooves. The method includes a fastening step in which, on the basis of an un-swaged portion height derived from the thickness of the portion to be fastened, the collar is swaged onto the lock grooves and the portion to be fastened is fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Tsukioka, Michinobu Takahagi, Akira Ikada
  • Patent number: 11745250
    Abstract: Provided is a swaging device including: an upper anvil that is disposed in a state in which the upper anvil faces an end surface of a head of a rivet; a lower anvil that is disposed in a state in which the lower anvil faces an end surface of a shaft portion of the rivet; and a pressurizing mechanism that generates a pressurizing force of causing a distance between the upper anvil and the lower anvil along an axial line to decrease and plastically deforms the rivet, in which an end surface of the upper anvil includes a bottom surface that perpendicularly intersects the axial line X and a support surface that has a projecting length in a direction of the axial line with respect to the bottom surface gradually increasing from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side in the radial direction formed therein, and an inclination angle of the support surface is smaller than an inclination angle of the inclined surface of the rivet by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Tsukioka, Akira Ikada, Michinobu Takahagi
  • Patent number: 11465166
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a viscous material application apparatus capable of reliably applying an appropriate amount of a viscous material to a shaft-shaped member. A seal application apparatus (1) is provided with a flexible tubular nozzle (2), which is capable of discharging a sealing agent from an opening (6) formed on the tip thereof, and an actuator (3) for moving the nozzle (2). After or during discharge of the sealing agent by the nozzle (2), the tip of the nozzle (2) moves in the circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface of a fastener (20), and as the nozzle (2) is stopping the discharge of the sealing agent, the tip of the nozzle (2) moves in a direction away from the outer circumferential surface of the fastener (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jiro Wada, Michinobu Takahagi, Yasumasa Sugekawa, Akira Ikada, Yuki Tsukioka
  • Publication number: 20220042536
    Abstract: A fastening method for fastening using a fastener having a fastener pin and a collar. The method includes a mounting step in which, in a state in which a head portion of the fastener pin is positioned on one side of the portion to be fastened through which the fastener pin is passed, and a lock portion of the fastener pin is positioned on the other side of the portion to be fastened, the collar is mounted onto lock grooves. The method includes a fastening step in which, on the basis of an un-swaged portion height derived from the thickness of the portion to be fastened, the collar is swaged onto the lock grooves and the portion to be fastened is fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki TSUKIOKA, Michinobu TAKAHAGI, Akira IKADA
  • Publication number: 20220001460
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to, after a through-hole is formed in a plurality of members between which a sealant is applied, rapidly and easily remove the sealant flowing into the through-hole. This through-hole forming method is provided with: a step (S2) in which a cutting tool rotates about the axis thereof, thereby forming a through-hole in a plurality of members between which a sealant is provided; and a step (S4) in which after the through-hole is formed, the cutting tool continues the rotation about the axis thereof for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of rotations, thereby removing the sealant flowing into the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Akira IKADA, Michinobu TAKAHAGI, Ryo NAKAMURA, Yuki TSUKIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210394251
    Abstract: Provided is a riveting device that deforms a rivet inserted into a through-hole formed in a plurality of plate-shaped members disposed in a superimposed state and secures the plurality of plate-shaped members, the riveting device including: an upper anvil that is disposed in a state in which the upper anvil faces an end surface of a head of the rivet; a lower anvil that is disposed in a state in which the lower anvil faces an end surface of a shaft portion 210 of the rivet; and a pressurizing mechanism that generates a pressurizing force of causing a distance between the upper anvil and the lower anvil along an axial line to decrease and plastically deforms the rivet, in which the pressurizing surface of the lower anvil is formed into a flat shape that perpendicularly intersects the axial line, and a surface roughening treatment is performed on the pressurizing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki TSUKIOKA, Akira IKADA, Michinobu TAKAHAGI
  • Publication number: 20210379645
    Abstract: Provided is a swaging device including: an upper anvil that is disposed in a state in which the upper anvil faces an end surface of a head of a rivet; a lower anvil that is disposed in a state in which the lower anvil faces an end surface of a shaft portion of the rivet; and a pressurizing mechanism that generates a pressurizing force of causing a distance between the upper anvil and the lower anvil along an axial line to decrease and plastically deforms the rivet, in which an end surface of the upper anvil includes a bottom surface that perpendicularly intersects the axial line X and a support surface that has a projecting length in a direction of the axial line with respect to the bottom surface gradually increasing from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side in the radial direction formed therein, and an inclination angle of the support surface is smaller than an inclination angle of the inclined surface of the rivet by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yuki TSUKIOKA, Akira IKADA, Michinobu TAKAHAGI
  • Patent number: 11168725
    Abstract: A thermoplastic plastic nut includes a nut main section having a second thread to screw a first thread of a bolt; and a thin wall section weldable to the first thread and disposed to protrude upwardly from the nut main section. A material of the nut main section contains a thermoplastic resin and a material of the thin wall section contains the thermoplastic resin. Thus, a thermoplastic plastic nut, a nut welding device and a nut welding method are provided to make it possible to easily prevent the loosening of the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ikada, Taichi Uehara
  • Publication number: 20210308713
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a viscous material application apparatus capable of reliably applying an appropriate amount of a viscous material to a shaft-shaped member. A seal application apparatus (1) is provided with a flexible tubular nozzle (2), which is capable of discharging a sealing agent from an opening (6) formed on the tip thereof, and an actuator (3) for moving the nozzle (2). After or during discharge of the sealing agent by the nozzle (2), the tip of the nozzle (2) moves in the circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface of a fastener (20), and as the nozzle (2) is stopping the discharge of the sealing agent, the tip of the nozzle (2) moves in a direction away from the outer circumferential surface of the fastener (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jiro WADA, Michinobu TAKAHAGI, Yasumasa SUGEKAWA, Akira IKADA, Yuki TSUKIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210237144
    Abstract: A clamping method includes a step (S3) for applying, by a first support portion disposed on one surface side of a plurality of superposed members and a second support portion disposed on the other surface side of the plurality of members, a predetermined first pressure to the plurality of members, and sandwiching the plurality of members; a step (S4) for forming a through hole with respect to the plurality of members by a cutting tool with the first pressure; a step (S5) for applying a predetermined second pressure to the plurality of members after the through hole is formed, and sandwiching the plurality of members by the first and second support portions, the second pressure being lower than the first pressure; and a step (S6) for fixing a fastening part inserted into the through hole to the plurality of members by a riveting device with the second pressure applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Akira IKADA, Hideyuki SUZUKI, Yuichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200232498
    Abstract: A thermoplastic plastic nut includes a nut main section having a second thread to screw a first thread of a bolt; and a thin wall section weldable to the first thread and disposed to protrude upwardly from the nut main section. A material of the nut main section contains a thermoplastic resin and a material of the thin wall section contains the thermoplastic resin. Thus, a thermoplastic plastic nut, a nut welding device and a nut welding method are provided to make it possible to easily prevent the loosening of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Akira IKADA, Taichi UEHARA
  • Publication number: 20200147635
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sealant application nozzle and a sealant application device that can apply a suitable amount of sealant uniformly and with which rapid work can be performed. A sealant application nozzle is provided with: a porous impregnation part that can be impregnated with sealant and elastically deforms by contact with a chamfered part; a sealant supply path that supplies sealant to the impregnation part; a base part that surrounds the impregnation part such that the tip part of the impregnation part is exposed to the outside; and a retention space that is formed between the base part and the impregnation part and retains the sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Michinobu TAKAHAGI, Takuya GOTO, Akira IKADA
  • Patent number: 10533596
    Abstract: The present invention is relates to a fiber reinforced resin screw 10, 20 shaped using a resin composition containing reinforcing fiber in a resin. A pitch of threads has a length of 1.5 to 2 times of a standard pitch corresponding to an outer diameter of the threads prescribed in standards of a metric coarse screw, a unified coarse screw and a unified fine screw. An average fiber length of the reinforcing fiber is 1 to 1/3 times of the pitch of the threads in the fiber reinforced resin screw. A content rate of the reinforcing fiber is in a range of 20 to 80%. In this way, the fiber reinforced resin screw to have improved is provided in the strength of the thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ikada, Naohiro Horie
  • Patent number: 10434565
    Abstract: A swaging tool for fastening a pair of plate members sewages a collar fitted to a pintail side of a fastening pin, where a pinhead of the fastening pin is positioned on one of the plate members and the pintail of the fastening pin is positioned on the other plate member, to the fastening pin with the collar being in contact with the other plate member and to apply a tensile load to the pintail to break off and remove the pintail. The swaging tool includes a holding member that holds the pintail of the fastening pin, a swaging member having a swaging die that comes into contact with and sewages the collar, and a stroke mechanism configured to expand and contract a space between the swaging member and the holding member. The stroke mechanism includes a rotatable rotary member that converts a rotation of the rotary member to the expansion and contraction of the space between the holding member and the swaging member and restricts a rotation of the swaging member and a rotation of the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ikada, Taro Takeuchi, Yuki Utsumi, Iori Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20190039216
    Abstract: It is supposed that N is defined as an optional natural number equal to or more than 3. A key wrench has a key section 5-2 engageable with a socket 2 of an N-sided polygon, and a proximal section 5-1. The key section 5-2 has N side surfaces that contain a first side surface 50-1, a second side surface 50-2 and an Nth side surface 50-N. The first side surface 50-1 is a tapered surface, and the Nth side surface 50-N is a non-tapered surface. Thus, the key wrench is provided to restrain a transformation of the surface of the socket and a generation of an excessive cam out load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Akira IKADA, Toyohiko KONO, Koya NOMURA
  • Patent number: 9776732
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a structural material for structures which is capable of attaining reductions in working time and cost in production steps and of preventing an increase in weight; a fuel tank; a main wing; and an aircraft. A rib (11) as the structural material for structures is characterized by comprising a carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic wherein the reinforcement comprises carbon fibers and the matrix comprises a plastic, and the surface of the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic was coated with a low-viscosity surface-protective material (18) having conductivity imparted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kamihara, Toshio Abe, Akihisa Okuda, Akira Ikada, Masayuki Yamashita, Kazuaki Kishimoto, Yuichiro Kamino
  • Publication number: 20170241465
    Abstract: The present invention is relates to a fiber reinforced resin screw 10, 20 shaped using a resin composition containing reinforcing fiber in a resin. A pitch of threads has a length of 1.5 to 2 times of a standard pitch corresponding to an outer diameter of the threads prescribed in standards of a metric coarse screw, a unified coarse screw and a unified fine screw. An average fiber length of the reinforcing fiber is 1 to ? times of the pitch of the threads in the fiber reinforced resin screw. A content rate of the reinforcing fiber is in a range of 20 to 80%. In this way, the fiber reinforced resin screw to have improved is provided in the strength of the thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Akira IKADA, Naohiro HORIE
  • Patent number: 9610631
    Abstract: A swaging tool in which the pinhead of a fastening pin is positioned on one plate of a pair of plates through which the fastening pin is passed, the pintail of the fastening pin is positioned on the other plate, a collar mounted on the pintail side of the fastening pin is moved to the pinhead side so as to be brought into contact with the plate, the collar is swaged to the fastening pin in the state of contact with the plate, and a tensile load is applied to the pintail to break and remove the pintail, whereby the pair of plates are fastened; wherein the tool is provided with a swage die in which there is formed a swaging hole that is brought into contact with the collar to swage the collar, a low-friction coating film being formed on the inner peripheral surface of the swaging hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ikada, Taro Takeuchi, Yuki Tsukioka
  • Publication number: 20160303641
    Abstract: A swaging tool for fastening a pair of plate members sewages a collar fitted to a pintail side of a fastening pin, where a pinhead of the fastening pin is positioned on one of the plate members and the pintail of the fastening pin is positioned on the other plate member, to the fastening pin with the collar being in contact with the other plate member and to apply a tensile load to the pintail to break off and remove the pintail. The swaging tool includes a holding member that holds the pintail of the fastening pin, a swaging member having a swaging die that comes into contact with and sewages the collar, and a stroke mechanism configured to expand and contract a space between the swaging member and the holding member. The stroke mechanism includes a rotatable rotary member that converts a rotation of the rotary member to the expansion and contraction of the space between the holding member and the swaging member and restricts a rotation of the swaging member and a rotation of the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Akira IKADA, Taro TAKEUCHI, Yuki UTSUMI, Iori KISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160256916
    Abstract: A swaging tool in which the pinhead of a fastening pin is positioned on one plate of a pair of plates through which the fastening pin is passed, the pintail of the fastening pin is positioned on the other plate, a collar mounted on the pintail side of the fastening pin is moved to the pinhead side so as to be brought into contact with the plate, the collar is swaged to the fastening pin in the state of contact with the plate, and a tensile load is applied to the pintail to break and remove the pintail, whereby the pair of plates are fastened; wherein the tool is provided with a swage die in which there is formed a swaging hole that is brought into contact with the collar to swage the collar, a low-friction coating film being formed on the inner peripheral surface of the swaging hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Akira IKADA, Taro TAKEUCHI, Yuki TSUKIOKA