Patents by Inventor Kenichirou HIRANO

Kenichirou HIRANO 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).

  • Publication number: 20130284304
    Abstract: In the present spinning method using elements including: a tube material; a pair of chucks which hold both ends of the tube material; and a roller having a predetermined curved shape in order to shape the tube material, in a state that circumferential portions at the both ends of the tube material are fitted in and held by circumferential grooves provided on side surfaces of the chucks, the method includes a step of transferring a curved shape on a side surface of the roller to a side surface of the tube material by rotating the chucks which hold the tube material around a first axis, rotating the roller around a second axis, moving the rotating roller in an X direction, and pressing the side surface of the roller against the side surface of the tube material between the rotating chucks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: YounJeong HONG, Toshimi SATO, Kenichirou HIRANO, Takahiro MAKIYAMA, Toshiya TERAMAE, Yoshitaka OCHIAI