Patents by Inventor Yasumasa Kuraya

Yasumasa Kuraya 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: 8578992
    Abstract: Disclosed is a friction welding apparatus in which electricity is supplied to a servo motor to rotate a spindle to thereby impart a fixed relative rotational motion to one workpiece and another workpiece, and, while doing so, the one workpiece and the other workpiece are brought into contact with each other and imparted a frictional thrust thereto to soften a bonding interface between the two workpieces. After this, the friction welding apparatus undergoes speed reduction until the RPM of the spindle becomes a phase adjustment RPM; when the RPM of the spindle attains the phase adjustment RPM, a clutch device is engaged with the spindle, and the electricity supply to the servo motor is cut off to stop the rotation of the spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Izumi Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Kawaura, Yasumasa Kuraya, Satoru Miyaji
  • Publication number: 20110056629
    Abstract: A friction welding device allows one work (5) and the other work (9) to be in contact with each other and gives friction thrust thereto, giving a fixed relative rotation operation to the one work (5) and the other work (9) by energizing a servo motor (15) and rotating a main shaft (3), and thereby softens a connection interface between the works (5, 9). Then, the friction welding device decelerates the main shaft (3) until the number of the rotation of the main shaft (3) is set to the number of phase focusing rotation, and when the number of the rotation of the main shaft reaches the number of the phase focusing rotation, allows a clutch device (19) to be engaged with the main shaft, shuts off the energization to the servo motor (15), and thereby stops the rotation of the main shaft (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, IZUMI MACHINE MFG, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kawaura, Yasumasa Kuraya, Satoru Miyaji