Patents by Inventor Michihisa Iwamoto

Michihisa Iwamoto 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: 11691324
    Abstract: An injection molding device includes an injection machine, a molding die, and a high frequency oscillation device. The injection machine injects a resin material containing a dielectric heat generating material while keeping fluidity by temperature control. The molding die includes a cavity being a channel of flow of the resin material, and a pair of electrodes, each of which faces the cavity, the pair of electrodes being disposed to sandwich the resin material therebetween in a direction crossing a direction of the flow. The high frequency oscillation device applies a high frequency alternate-current voltage to the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kato, Michihisa Iwamoto, Yasuhiro Tominaga, Takahiro Tanaka, Teruyuki Hamada
  • Publication number: 20200238585
    Abstract: An injection molding device includes an injection machine, a molding die, and a high frequency oscillation device. The injection machine injects a resin material containing a dielectric heat generating material while keeping fluidity by temperature control. The molding die includes a cavity being a channel of flow of the resin material, and a pair of electrodes, each of which faces the cavity, the pair of electrodes being disposed to sandwich the resin material therebetween in a direction crossing a direction of the flow. The high frequency oscillation device applies a high frequency alternate-current voltage to the pair of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu KATO, Michihisa IWAMOTO, Yasuhiro TOMINAGA, Takahiro TANAKA, Teruyuki HAMADA
  • Patent number: 10265898
    Abstract: The present application discloses an injection molding apparatus including a heating injector which heats and melts a conductive material to a molten temperature. The heating injector injects the conductive material into a mold with a cavity formation surface which forms a cavity. The injection molding apparatus includes an electrifying portion configured to apply a voltage; and a controller including an electrification controller configured to control the voltage which is applied by the electrifying portion. The mold includes conductive portions at least on a part of the cavity formation surface. The conductive portions are insulated from each other. The electrifying portion applies the voltage between the conductive portions. The conductive material injected from the heating injector is electrically heated by the voltage, which is applied from the electrifying portion under control of the electrification controller, when the conductive material comes in contact with the conductive portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kato, Takahiro Tanaka, Hiroki Tanizawa, Naoto Waku, Michihisa Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20190099933
    Abstract: In injection-molding a conductive material, prolongation of an injection molding cycle and occurrence of defective appearance of a molded article are reduced, and the molded article is given uniform conductivity. An injection molding apparatus has a heating injection means which heats a conductive material to a temperature that allows the conductive material to melt and flow, and which injects the conductive material to a mold. The mold has a plurality of conductive portions at least at a portion of a surface defining a cavity, the conductive portions being insulated from each other. A predetermined voltage is applied to the conductive portions. A static mixer is provided in an area including a tip portion of the heating injection means and a flow path of the conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKATORI, Michihisa IWAMOTO, Takahiro TANAKA, Kenji NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20170050361
    Abstract: The present application discloses an injection molding apparatus including a heating injector which heats and melts a conductive material to a molten temperature. The heating injector injects the conductive material into a mold with a cavity formation surface which forms a cavity. The injection molding apparatus includes an electrifying portion configured to apply a voltage; and a controller including an electrification controller configured to control the voltage which is applied by the electrifying portion. The mold includes conductive portions at least on a part of the cavity formation surface. The conductive portions are insulated from each other. The electrifying portion applies the voltage between the conductive portions. The conductive material injected from the heating injector is electrically heated by the voltage, which is applied from the electrifying portion under control of the electrification controller, when the conductive material comes in contact with the conductive portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu KATO, Takahiro TANAKA, Hiroki TANIZAWA, Naoto WAKU, Michihisa IWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7354082
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bumper structure adapted to be attached to a front end of a vehicle, which is capable of preventing a fine member from being bent downward by its own weight after integrally forming a bumper body and a grill portion together, and avoiding a problem about deterioration in appearance of the grill portion which would otherwise be caused by the fin support remaining within the grill portion, so as to provide drastically enhanced appearance of the grill portion. A fin support (5, 5, 6, 6) is formed to allow an distal end thereof to extend toward an open zone on the upper side of an opening (X), and folded about a thin-wall portion (5a, 6a) in such a manner as to be engaged with an engagement pin (3a, - - - , 3a) at an edge of the opening (X) to support the fin member (4). After resin is cooled, thin-wall portion (5a, 6a) is cut off to remove the fin support (5, 5, 6, 6) from the inside of the opening (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Sakamoto, Tsugio Fukube, Michihisa Iwamoto, Takahiro Tanaka, Masayuki Sato, Mikado Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20060157992
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bumper structure adapted to be attached to a front end of a vehicle, which is capable of preventing a fine member from being bent downward by its own weight after integrally forming a bumper body and a grill portion together, and avoiding a problem about deterioration in appearance of the grill portion which would otherwise be caused by the fin support remaining within the grill portion, so as to provide drastically enhanced appearance of the grill portion. A fin support (5, 5, 6, 6) is formed to allow an distal end thereof to extend toward an open zone on the upper side of an opening (X), and folded about a thin-wall portion (5a, 6a) in such a manner as to be engaged with an engagement pin (3a, - - - , 3a) at an edge of the opening (X) to support the fin member (4). After resin is cooled, thin-wall portion (5a, 6a) is cut off to remove the fin support (5, 5, 6, 6) from the inside of the opening (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Sakamoto, Tsugio Fukube, Michihisa Iwamoto, Takahiro Tanaka, Masayuki Sato, Mikado Kawasaki