Patents by Inventor Makoto Nishizawa

Makoto Nishizawa 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: 7346425
    Abstract: A control device of an injection molding machine which injects a molten resin from an injection nozzle is provided with a display section in which a touch panel is disposed, and a human-machine interface section equipped with a general-purpose operating system, and the human-machine interface section is provided with at least a storage section to store set values which are various molding conditions for each mold article and a control section which controls the display of the display section. The interface section displays, on the display section, a main screen to change settings for the molding conditions stored in the storage section and a subscreen to display indications such as monitors, and also constantly displays a change switch for a change of the screen in a fixed region of the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Yutaka Yamaguchi, Ryoji Tominaga, Yasumasa Sugiyama, Hiroshi Katsuta, Kunihiko Noda, Kiyoshi Inoue, Hirotaka Sekino
  • Patent number: 7252796
    Abstract: A movable die is held on the front face of a movable platen. Ejector pins are incorporated in the movable die. An ejector unit that is provided with an ejector plate, actuator rods, etc., is mounted on the back of the movable platen. In ejecting a molded product from a die face, the ejector plate is advanced to cause the actuator rods to push out the ejector pins. In the ejecting load monitoring method of the invention, a plurality of monitoring sections are provided in a movement area of the ejector plate (or the actuator rod), and an upper limit value of a forward thrust load of the ejector plate is previously set for each monitoring section. An alarm is issued when the forward thrust load of the ejector plate reaches the upper limit value set for any of the monitoring sections during the ejecting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 7220118
    Abstract: A horizontal multi-material molding machine includes a rotary table having a rotation axis center in a horizontal direction, a multi-material molding metal mold mounted on the rotary table, injection plunger units disposed to advance to and retreat from the multi-material molding metal mold for injecting a molten resin into cavities of the multi-material molding metal mold, a servo motor for rotating the rotary table, and a brake mechanism mounted on the servo motor and actuated when the servo motor is stopped for maintaing the position of the rotary table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Hideaki Kitta
  • Publication number: 20070093976
    Abstract: White noise is applied to a servocontrol system of a servomotor in order to measure a frequency characteristic of a mechanical component in an electric injection molding machine, and a signal from an encoder is applied to a fast Fourier converter. Data from the fast Fourier converter is applied to a memory unit, and the content of the memory unit is displayed on a display unit in the form of a board diagram. Repair announcement is issued when a deviation of the resonant frequency of each mechanical component with respect to data at an initial setting time exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: MAKOTO NISHIZAWA, Harumichi Tokuyama, Tomonori Morita
  • Publication number: 20060247821
    Abstract: A plurality of condition setting screens necessary to set various operation conditions of an injection molding machine is switched and displayed on a touch-panel-equipped display unit of a human-machine interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Yutaka Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20060247822
    Abstract: A control device of an injection molding machine which injects a molten resin from an injection nozzle is provided with a display section in which a touch panel is disposed, and a human-machine interface section equipped with a general-purpose operating system, and the human-machine interface section is provided with at least a storage section to store set values which are various molding conditions for each mold article and a control section which controls the display of the display section. The interface section displays, on the display section, a main screen to change settings for the molding conditions stored in the storage section and a subscreen to display indications such as monitors, and also constantly displays a change switch for a change of the screen in a fixed region of the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Yutaka Yamaguchi, Ryoji Tominaga, Yasumasa Sugiyama, Hiroshi Katsuta, Kunihiko Noda, Kiyoshi Inoue, Hirotaka Sekino
  • Publication number: 20060246172
    Abstract: A die clamping unit includes a stationary platen, a tie bar which is attached to the stationary platen, a movable platen which is movable forwards and backwards along the tie bar with respect to the stationary platen, a first servomotor which moves the movable platen away from the stationary platen in a core-back operation, a second servomotor which moves the movable platen forwards and backwards to perform die-opening and -closing, and a control device which drives the first servomotor to move the movable platen away from the stationary platen and which drives the second servomotor to apply a force to the movable platen in the direction toward the stationary platen in the core-back operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Takaki Miyauchi, Makoto Nishizawa, Nobuyuki Muroi
  • Patent number: 7114949
    Abstract: Method for mold clamping of the present invention is capable of shortening a molding cycle without any initial setting works for an engaging position of a tie bars. The method is constituted the steps of moving the tie bars in the direction of mold closing during mold close operation, judging a relative moving speed between a movable die plate and the tie bar to be within a predetermined value, engaging the tie bars with the movable die plate mechanically by operating an engaging means when the relative moving speed is judged to be within the value, then further moving the movable die plate against a fixed die plate under engagement, and after contact of a movable mold with a fixed mold driving a mold clamping cylinder, thereby executing mold clamping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Toshihiro Kasai, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yukio Iimura
  • Patent number: 7117050
    Abstract: Operation state information for each cycle of manufacturing operations of each of injection molding machines 300 is acquired by a center management terminal device 400 via a network from a plurality of controlling terminal device 400 for controlling the injection molding machines 300. Cumulative utilization of replacement parts of each injection molding machine 300 put into practical operation is recognized by the operating condition recognizing section of the center management terminal device 400 based on the parts state information for the replacement parts of each injection molding machine 300 included in the operating state information. Based on the cumulative utilization, availability of the parts is recognized with reference to lifetime information concerning lifetime of the parts previously stored in the center storage section, and situation of the availability is displayed with a different display format on the center terminal displaying section 503.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sasaki, Hiroshi Katsuta, Makoto Nishizawa, Yutaka Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20060068049
    Abstract: There is disclosed a control system of an injection molding machine in which a controller mounted on a main body side of an injection molding machine comprises a data memory having a memory area to always reflect information regarding a plurality of operation conditions and operation situations corresponding to peripheral devices, and a program to give a desired command to the peripheral devices, and a control section of the peripheral devices and the controller on the injection molding machine main body side comprise a data transmission line to always reflect information regarding the operation conditions and the operation situations, and a transmission control section equipped with a protocol regarding a signal transmitted through the transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventor: Makoto Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 7011511
    Abstract: An injection apparatus for industrial machine capable of high speed injection is provided with an injection barrel communicating with a cavity formed by at least a pair of mold dies and introducing mold material to an end portion on communicating side of the barrel, a screw for injection inserted in the barrel in which the screw is capable of reciprocating motion so as to inject and fill the mold material into the cavity, a support means holding an end of the screw opposite to the cavity and capable of moving in the direction of the reciprocating motion, a first drive mechanism including an electric servomotor for moving the support means in the direction of the reciprocating motion and a second drive mechanism for moving the first drive mechanism in the direction of the reciprocating motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Junsuke Kawai
  • Patent number: 6984120
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress a clamping force from sharply increasing when dies are clamped in an electric direct-acting die clamping unit of an injection molding machine. A movable platen is arranged to face a stationary platen. A stationary die is attached to the front surface of the stationary platen, whereas a movable die is attached to the front surface of the movable platen. The movable platen is connected to the front surface of a backup plate via four coil springs. A nut of a ball screw is fixed at each of diagonally-opposed corners of the backup plate. The threaded rod of the ball screw passes through the backup plate via the nut. The tip portion of the threaded rod is rotatably connected to the stationary platen. The rear end portion of the threaded rod is connected to a motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Toshiba Machine Co., LTD
    Inventors: Akira Yoshinaga, Jun Koike, Fumiyuki Kato, Makoto Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 6980882
    Abstract: When text information is inputted as electronic data from an operation panel of a display apparatus, which functions as a human-machine interface of an injection molding machine, an operation panel controller of the display apparatus stores the electronic data of the inputted text information. When an instruction to display text information is emitted from the operation panel, the operation panel controller displays the stored electronic text information in the display apparatus, according to the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Katsuta, Makoto Nishizawa
  • Patent number: 6962491
    Abstract: An injection molding machine using a linear motor, has a linear motor serving as a linear drive mechanism; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a coil of said linear motor or an ambient temperature thereof; an input unit configured to input a signal of the temperature detected by said temperature sensor; a data converting unit configured to convert the detected temperature signal into temperature data; a storage unit, including a temperature data setting unit configured to preset an allowable temperature, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Katsuhito Ogura, Katsuyoshi Kido, Harumichi Tokuyama, Hiroyuki Onuma
  • Patent number: 6932924
    Abstract: Method for mold clamping of the present invention is capable of shortening a molding cycle without any initial setting works for an engaging position of a tie bars. The method is constituted the steps of moving the tie bars in the direction of mold closing during mold close operation, judging a relative moving speed between a movable die plate and the tie bar to be within a predetermined value, engaging the tie bars with the movable die plate mechanically by operating an engaging means when the relative moving speed is judged to be within the value, then further moving the movable die plate against a fixed die plate under engagement, and after contact of a movable mold with a fixed mold driving a mold clamping cylinder, thereby executing mold clamping operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Toshihiro Kasai, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yukio Iimura
  • Patent number: 6931300
    Abstract: A control device which controls an industrial machine according to an aspect of the invention includes a unit which determines whether the user is a registrant registered in advance, a unit which, when the user is determined to be the registrant, selects one of a setting permission state and a setting inhibition state individually for at least one operating condition of the industrial machine in accordance with the operation of the registrant, and a setting unit which accepts from the registrant a setting of the operating condition for which the setting permission state is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamazaki, Makoto Nishizawa, Hiroshi Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20050170037
    Abstract: Used in a method of this invention is a die clamping unit, which comprises a tie bar movably attached to a stationary platen, a halfnut positioning servomotor which advances and retreats the tie bar, a halfnut which is provided on a movable platen and fixes the movable platen and the tie bar together by engaging the tie bar, an engaging mechanism which engages the halfnut with the tie bar, a hydraulic die clamping cylinder which presses the stationary platen and the movable platen, and a control device which controls the halfnut positioning servomotor and the hydraulic cylinder. The control device drives the halfnut positioning servomotor to remove a clearance between the halfnut and an engaging groove of the tie bar before a die clamping process carried out by the hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Jun Koike, Takaki Miyauchi, Makoto Nishizawa, Nobuyuki Muroi, Haruyuki Matsubayashi
  • Publication number: 20050170039
    Abstract: Method for mold clamping of the present invention is capable of shortening a molding cycle without any initial setting works for an engaging position of a tie bars. The method is constituted the steps of moving the tie bars in the direction of mold closing during mold close operation, judging a relative moving speed between a movable die plate and the tie bar to be within a predetermined value, engaging the tie bars with the movable die plate mechanically by operating an engaging means when the relative moving speed is judged to be within the value, then further moving the movable die plate against a fixed die plate under engagement, and after contact of a movable mold with a fixed mold driving a mold clamping cylinder, thereby executing mold clamping operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Toshihiro Kasai, Kazuhito Kobayashi, Yukio Iimura
  • Patent number: 6914537
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of monitoring operation data for quality control with a little possibility that a nondefective product is mistakenly determined as a defective product even if the operation data fluctuates in a large waviness curve. Every time an operation data piece for quality control is obtained, a moving average of the predetermined number of data pieces lately obtained is calculated. When the deviation of a data piece from the moving average exceeds the tolerance limit, an alarm is generated. By employing the method of the present invention for monitoring operation data such as charging time, injection time and the amount of cushion in an injection-molding machine, the accuracy of determination as to a defective or nondefective can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yoshinaga, Makoto Nishizawa, Fumiyuki Kato, Jun Koike, Hiroshi Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20050095311
    Abstract: A horizontal multi-material molding machine includes a rotary table having a rotation axis center in a horizontal direction, a multi-material molding metal mold mounted on the rotary table, injection plunger units disposed to advance to and retreat from the multi-material molding metal mold for injecting a molten resin into cavities of the multi-material molding metal mold, a servo motor for rotating the rotary table, and a brake mechanism mounted on the servo motor and actuated when the servo motor is stopped for maintaing the position of the rotary table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Makoto Nishizawa, Hideaki Kitta