Patents by Inventor Tamotu Sugiura

Tamotu Sugiura 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).

  • Apparatus for cutting a running workpiece
    Patent number: 5974932
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting running workpiece includes a cutter for cutting, while the workpiece is running, the workpiece continuously supplied to run in a direction, and a travel member secured to the cutter, movable along the workpiece in contact with the workpiece. Since the travel member movable along the workpiece in contact with the workpiece is secured to the cutter, the cutter can follow a workpiece which is straight, curving or curving with a changing curvature. The cutter can be supported to be two-dimensionally movable to cut the workpiece in any form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Itaru Yamamura, Masahiko Yamamoto, Yuzi Furuno, Tamotu Sugiura, Shigehide Ishikawa, Mineo Suzuki