Patents by Inventor Konosuke ARATA

Konosuke ARATA 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).

  • Optical shaping apparatus and optical shaping method
    Patent number: 10040224
    Abstract: An optical shaping method according to the present invention is an optical shaping method for shaping a three-dimensional structure by repeating a process for forming a cured resin layer 53 by irradiating an optically curing resin liquid 51 with light so that cured resin layers 53 are laminated. The process for forming the cured resin layer 53 includes, while applying a sheet light Ls to the optically curing resin liquid 51, applying a first light beam L1 intersecting the sheet light Ls to this optically curing resin liquid, and thereby forming the cured resin layer 53 in an area where the sheet light Ls intersects the first light beam L1. The irradiation place of the sheet light Ls is moved and the process for forming the cured resin layer 53 is repeated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken Saruhashi, Isamu Furukawa, Kunihiro Iwamoto, Konosuke Arata, Mitsutoshi Asano, Kentaro Tsuboi, Tetsuji Ueda, Junichi Ikeda
  • OPTICAL SHAPING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SHAPING METHOD
    Publication number: 20150202805
    Abstract: An optical shaping method according to the present invention is an optical shaping method for shaping a three-dimensional structure by repeating a process for forming a cured resin layer 53 by irradiating an optically curing resin liquid 51 with light so that cured resin layers 53 are laminated. The process for forming the cured resin layer 53 includes, while applying a sheet light Ls to the optically curing resin liquid 51, applying a first light beam L1 intersecting the sheet light Ls to this optically curing resin liquid, and thereby forming the cured resin layer 53 in an area where the sheet light Ls intersects the first light beam L1. The irradiation place of the sheet light Ls is moved and the process for forming the cured resin layer 53 is repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Ken SARUHASHI, Isamu FURUKAWA, Kunihiro IWAMOTO, Konosuke ARATA, Mitsutoshi ASANO, Kentaro TSUBOI, Tetsuji UEDA, Junichi IKEDA