Patents by Inventor Kentaro Ozone

Kentaro Ozone 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).

  • Pallet changer for a machine tool, a pallet changing method and a machine tool
    Patent number: 9434037
    Abstract: The method that exchanges pallets (118) between a table (116) and a pallet loading station (14) of a machine tool is configured so that the lower edge (122) of a pallet (A) installed on the table (116) is grasped by the leading edge portion (17) of a first arm (16a) of the exchanging arm (16) and the one side (122) of a pallet (B), which is disposed on the pallet loading station (14), that will become the lower edge when the pallet is installed on the table (116) is grasped by the leading edge portion (17) of a second arm (16b) of the exchanging arm (16), and the exchanging arm (16) is rotated 180° around an inclined axis (O) that extends 45° upward from a horizontal axis in a vertical plane that contains the axis of rotation (Os) of the main axis (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Kentaro Ozone
  • PALLET CHANGER FOR A MACHINE TOOL, A PALLET CHANGING METHOD AND A MACHINE TOOL
    Publication number: 20140338163
    Abstract: The method that exchanges pallets (118) between a table (116) and a pallet loading station (14) of a machine tool is configured so that the lower edge (122) of a pallet (A) installed on the table (116) is grasped by the leading edge portion (17) of a first arm (16a) of the exchanging arm (16) and the one side (122) of a pallet (B), which is disposed on the pallet loading station (14), that will become the lower edge when the pallet is installed on the table (116) is grasped by the leading edge portion (17) of a second arm (16b) of the exchanging arm (16), and the exchanging arm (16) is rotated 180° around an inclined axis (O) that extends 45° upward from a horizontal axis in a vertical plane that contains the axis of rotation (Os) of the main axis (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsuchiya, Kentaro Ozone