Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Chikatsune

Hiroshi Chikatsune 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).

  • Deburring apparatus
    Patent number: 5119600
    Abstract: A deburring robot acts in accordance with the size of the pipe, the upset shape, and information about the position of burrs. A deburring grinder removes burrs with a whetstone along the surface of the upset pipe as sensed by a copying claw. Wear on the whetstone is compensated after a predetermined amount of use. When the whetstone reaches its wear limit, the overall body of the deburring grinder or only the whetstone is exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Chikatsune, Toshihisa Taue, Masaichi Nakanishi, Toyohiro Nagai, Kazuhiro Masuno, Ryuma Takeda