Patents by Inventor Motofumi Kuroda

Motofumi Kuroda 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: 6419443
    Abstract: A glass product machining apparatus comprises a grindstone rotatable around an axis by means of a motor, moving table movable under the grindstone in the cross direction of the grindstone, frame for supporting the grindstone for up-and-down motion, lift, guides, supporting arms, pressure cylinder supported on the frame, and dressing machine for dressing or truing the grindstone. The pressure cylinder serves to apply a fixed elastic load to the grindstone as the grindstone shifts its position upward. A glass panel is located on the moving table. The panel moves together with the table. When the panel passes under the grindstone, an outer peripheral surface of the grindstone is brought into contact with the surface of the panel with a fixed force of pressure by the pressure cylinder. The grindstone relatively moves along the curved surface of the panel as it grinds the panel surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Takenoshita, Hiroshi Saeki, Kuniaki Wakusawa, Motofumi Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20010031609
    Abstract: A glass product machining apparatus comprises a grindstone rotatable around an axis by means of a motor, moving table movable under the grindstone in the cross direction of the grindstone, frame for supporting the grindstone for up-and-down motion, lift, guides, supporting arms, pressure cylinder supported on the frame, and dressing machine for dressing or truing the grindstone. The pressure cylinder serves to apply a fixed elastic load to the grindstone as the grindstone shifts its position upward. A glass panel is located on the moving table. The panel moves together with the table. When the panel passes under the grindstone, an outer peripheral surface of the grindstone is brought into contact with the surface of the panel with a fixed force of pressure by the pressure cylinder. The grindstone relatively moves along the curved surface of the panel as it grinds the panel surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Publication date: October 18, 2001
    Inventors: TOSHIMASA TAKENOSHITA, HIROSHI SAEKI, KUNIAKI WAKUSAWA, MOTOFUMI KURODA
  • Patent number: 6195859
    Abstract: In the present invention, in cutting the top and bottom surfaces of a hot-rolled sheet by the rotation of milling cutters holding the sheet therebetween in the thickness direction of the sheet in the running process of the hot-rolled sheet, the cutting resistance determined by the cutting conditions including the type of hot-rolled sheet, the temperature in cutting, and the cut depth is controlled by the adjustment of cut depth, and cutting is performed by making the tension produced on the hot-rolled sheet by the cutting resistance lower than the breaking strength of the joint portion to prevent the breakage of hot-rolled sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignees: Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigefumi Katsura, Hideyuki Nikaido, Shigeru Isoyama, Takeshi Hirabayashi, Atsushi Yuki, Masuto Shimizu, Toshiaki Amagasa, Kanji Hayashi, Shozo Tashiro, Tetsuo Ichikizaki, Mitsuhiro Takagi, Tadashi Nakagawa, Motofumi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 6192564
    Abstract: In the present invention, in cutting the top and bottom surfaces of a hot-rolled sheet by the rotation of milling cutters holding the sheet therebetween in the thickness direction of the sheet in the running process of the hot-rolled sheet, the cutting resistance determined by the cutting conditions including the type of hot-rolled sheet, the temperature in cutting, and the cut depth is controlled by the adjustment of cut depth, and cutting is performed by making the tension produced on the hot-rolled sheet by the cutting resistance lower than the breaking strength of the joint portion to prevent the breakage of hot-rolled sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignees: Kawasaki Steel, Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigefumi Katsura, Hideyuki Nikaido, Takeshi Hirabayashi, Atsushi Yuki, Toshiaki Amagasa, Shozo Tashiro, Tetsuo Ichikizaki, Mitsuhiro Takagi, Tadashi Nakagawa, Motofumi Kuroda