Patents by Inventor Sadatsune Ammi

Sadatsune Ammi 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: 7568969
    Abstract: A locking mechanism of a linear motor travel slider, includes: a serration member having a teeth portion and disposed on one of the bed and the travel slider extending in a slider-traveling-direction; a bracket supported by the other of the bed and the travel slider; an actuator supported by the other of the bed and the travel slider; a locking member supported by the actuator having a teeth portion engageable with the teeth portion of the serration member; and a controller for controlling the actuator to retain the lock member in an unlocked position when the linear motor is energized and for stopping the actuator when the linear motor is in a stop state due to a power failure. The locking member includes an urging member for making the locking member engage with the serration member while the actuator is in a stop state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Nippei Toyama Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uchida, Sadatsune Ammi
  • Patent number: 7461439
    Abstract: The method for detecting any clamping malfunction of the work within the machine tool which clamps both ends of the work with clamping mechanisms 23, 24 of a pair of headstocks 19, 29, and processes the work by spinning the work through synchronous rotation of main spindles 21, 22 of the pair of headstocks by servomotors 33, 34, wherein, after clamping the both ends of the work 27 with the clamping mechanisms 23, 24 of the respective headstocks 19, 20, and while both the servomotors 33, 34 of the headstocks are in a servo-ON state, a command for a minute angle ? rotation is given to the servomotor 34 of only one of the headstocks, and at this point, any malfunction in clamping is determined when a current or torque generated within the servomotor of one or the other of the headstocks is smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Nippei Toyama Corporation
    Inventor: Sadatsune Ammi
  • Publication number: 20080042682
    Abstract: The method for detecting any clamping malfunction of the work within the machine tool which clamps both ends of the work with clamping mechanisms 23, 24 of a pair of headstocks 19, 29, and processes the work by spinning the work through synchronous rotation of main spindles 21, 22 of the pair of headstocks by servomotors 33, 34, wherein, after clamping the both ends of the work 27 with the clamping mechanisms 23, 24 of the respective headstocks 19, 20, and while both the servomotors 33, 34 of the headstocks are in a servo-ON state, a command for a minute angle ? rotation is given to the servomotor 34 of only one of the headstocks, and at this point, any malfunction in clamping is determined when a current or torque generated within the servomotor of one or the other of the headstocks is smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventor: Sadatsune Ammi
  • Patent number: 7269472
    Abstract: A control device 40 controls the grinding processing at a processing portion of a work W so as to shift to the last precision grinding step from a rough grinding step through a middle grinding step and a finishing grinding step. When the grinding in each step is carried out, two processing portions are measured, and then, it is determined whether or not one or both measurement values attain to a predetermined value that has been determined in advance when each step is finished. When a processing time difference t is generated between the processing portions, by increasing or decreasing the feeding amount per unit time in a next step, the processing time difference is eliminated. Thereby, the finishing grinding step just before the last steps of the both processing portions are simultaneously finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Nippei Toyama Corporation
    Inventor: Sadatsune Ammi
  • Publication number: 20070054598
    Abstract: A locking mechanism of a linear motor travel slider, includes: a serration member having a teeth portion and disposed on one of the bed and the travel slider extending in a slider-traveling-direction; a bracket supported by the other of the bed and the travel slider; an actuator supported by the other of the bed and the travel slider; a locking member supported by the actuator having a teeth portion engageable with the teeth portion of the serration member; and a controller for controlling the actuator to retain the lock member in an unlocked position when the linear motor is energized and for stopping the actuator when the linear motor is in a stop state due to a power failure. The locking member includes an urging member for making the locking member engage with the serration member while the actuator is in a stop state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uchida, Sadatsune Ammi
  • Publication number: 20060014473
    Abstract: A control device 40 controls the grinding processing at a processing portion of a work W so as to shift to the last precision grinding step from a rough grinding step through a middle grinding step and a finishing grinding step. When the grinding in each step is carried out, two processing portions are measured, and then, it is determined whether or not one or both measurement values attain to a predetermined value that has been determined in advance when each step is finished. When a processing time difference t is generated between the processing portions, by increasing or decreasing the feeding amount per unit time in a next step, the processing time difference is eliminated. Thereby, the finishing grinding step just before the last steps of the both processing portions are simultaneously finished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventor: Sadatsune Ammi
  • Patent number: 6626735
    Abstract: A machining controlling apparatus numerically controls a wheel spindle stock and a spindle apparatus, and performs the machining operation of a workpiece by a grinding wheel. When a power failure has been detected by a power-failure detecting unit, a grinding machine is stopped after the grinding wheel is retreated from the workpiece within a very short period until the controlling operation by the machining controlling apparatus becomes impossible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Nippei Toyama Corporation
    Inventor: Sadatsune Ammi
  • Publication number: 20020039873
    Abstract: A machining controlling apparatus numerically controls a wheel spindle stock and a spindle apparatus, and performs the machining operation of a workpiece by a grinding wheel. When a power failure has been detected by a power-failure detecting unit, a grinding machine is stopped after the grinding wheel is retreated from the workpiece within a very short period until the controlling operation by the machining controlling apparatus becomes impossible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPEI TOYAMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sadatsune Ammi