Patents by Inventor Masao TANBARA

Masao TANBARA 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: 9951407
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the amount of gas consumed, edge-overcoating and splashing and adjusts plating thickness with high precision by providing a wiping nozzle with: thin plates, which are each inserted into a lip from the entrances to the lip for a specified distance to the inside of the two ends of the lip in the sheet width direction in order to seal the gas jet where the thin plates are inserted, and which are movable in the sheet width direction of the lip; and ropes extending in the sheet width direction of the lip so as to track the movements of the thin plates and seal the gas jet in a specified range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yonekura, Masao Tanbara, Masashi Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20170114437
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the amount of gas consumed, edge-overcoating and splashing and adjusts plating thickness with high precision by providing a wiping nozzle with: thin plates, which are each inserted into a lip from the entrances to the lip for a specified distance to the inside of the two ends of the lip in the sheet width direction in order to seal the gas jet where the thin plates are inserted, and which are movable in the sheet width direction of the lip; and ropes extending in the sheet width direction of the lip so as to track the movements of the thin plates and seal the gas jet in a specified range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi YONEKURA, Masao TANBARA, Masashi YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170009326
    Abstract: Each of the moving blocks of the plate crossbow correction device includes distance sensors and electromagnets, and plate crossbow is corrected by adjusting electromagnetic force by the electromagnets in accordance with distances to strips. The moving blocks are movable in the horizontal direction and ratios of moving distances of the moving blocks are adjusted to be constant when seen from a central position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi YONEKURA, Masao TANBARA, Masashi YOSHIKAWA