Patents by Inventor Yoichi Sugiura

Yoichi 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).

  • Patent number: 8506351
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a pair of lens chuck shafts which chucks an eyeglass lens; a lens rotating unit including a motor for rotating the lens chuck shafts; a processing tool which processes a periphery of the lens; an axis-to-axis distance changing unit for changing an axis-to-axis distance between a rotating shaft attached to the processing tool and the lens chuck shafts; a data input unit for inputting processing condition data including a target lens shape; a processing controller which controls the lens rotating unit and the axis-to-axis changing unit to process the lens based on the input processing condition data a camera which is disposed in the processing chamber and takes a video picture of the processing of the lens; and a memory which stores video pictures and the processing condition data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Shibata, Toshiaki Asaoka, Yoichi Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20100248590
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a pair of lens chuck shafts which chucks an eyeglass lens; a lens rotating unit including a motor for rotating the lens chuck shafts; a processing tool which processes a periphery of the lens; an axis-to-axis distance changing unit for changing an axis-to-axis distance between a rotating shaft attached to the processing tool and the lens chuck shafts; a data input unit for inputting processing condition data including a target lens shape; a processing controller which controls the lens rotating unit and the axis-to-axis changing unit to process the lens based on the input processing condition data a camera which is disposed in the processing chamber and takes a video picture of the processing of the lens; and a memory which stores video pictures and the processing condition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoji SHIBATA, Toshiaki ASAOKA, Yoichi SUGIURA
  • Patent number: 7335087
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a controller that controls a second driver for rotating lens chucks for chucking an eyeglass lens and a third driver for changing an axis-to-axis distance between an axis of a processing tool and an axis of the lens chucks so that a processing load falls below an allowable value; and a processing mode selector that selects one of a first processing mode in which the allowable value is set to be high, and a second processing mode in which the allowable value is set to be low so as to suppress axis deviation when the lens having a surface slipping readily is processed. The controller controls the first driver so that a second chucking pressure of the lens chucks when the second processing mode is selected is smaller than a first chucking pressure of the lens chucks when the first processing mode is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoshi Tanaka, Yoichi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 7322082
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing a periphery of an eyeglass lens, the apparatus includes: a lens chuck shaft that holds and rotates the lens; an end mill that processes the periphery of the lens; an end mill tilting unit that varies a tilt of the end mill with respect to the lens chuck shaft; an end mill moving unit that relatively moves the end mill with respect to the lens held by the lens chuck shaft; a target lens shape input unit that inputs an target lens shape; a lens measuring unit that detects a position of a processing edge of the lens based on the input target lens shape; a memory that stores a beveling shape including a beveling tilt angle on a front surface side of the lens and a beveling tilt angle on a rear surface side of the lens; and a control unit that controls the end mill tilting unit and the end mill moving unit to perform a roughing process on the lens using the end mill based on the input target lens shape and to perform a beveling process on the roughing-processed
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Natsume, Yoichi Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20070135019
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a controller that controls a second driver for rotating lens chucks for chucking an eyeglass lens and a third driver for changing an axis-to-axis distance between an axis of a processing tool and an axis of the lens chucks so that a processing load falls below an allowable value; and a processing mode selector that selects one of a first processing mode in which the allowable value is set to be high, and a second processing mode in which the allowable value is set to be low so as to suppress axis deviation when the lens having a surface slipping readily is processed. The controller controls the first driver so that a second chucking pressure of the lens chucks when the second processing mode is selected is smaller than a first chucking pressure of the lens chucks when the first processing mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Motoshi Tanaka, Yoichi Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20060240747
    Abstract: An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing a periphery of an eyeglass lens, the apparatus includes: a lens chuck shaft that holds and rotates the lens; an end mill that processes the periphery of the lens; an end mill tilting unit that varies a tilt of the end mill with respect to the lens chuck shaft; an end mill moving unit that relatively moves the end mill with respect to the lens held by the lens chuck shaft; a target lens shape input unit that inputs an target lens shape; a lens measuring unit that detects a position of a processing edge of the lens based on the input target lens shape; a memory that stores a beveling shape including a beveling tilt angle on a front surface side of the lens and a beveling tilt angle on a rear surface side of the lens; and a control unit that controls the end mill tilting unit and the end mill moving unit to perform a roughing process on the lens using the end mill based on the input target lens shape and to perform a beveling process on the roughing-processed
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Natsume, Yoichi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 6401691
    Abstract: A damping chamber is formed in a pressure relaxation device connected to a high pressure fuel pipe. Valve bodies are provided at openings of partitions, and a spring force is applied to the valve bodies by a spring in a valve closing direction. When a high pressure portion reaches an inlet of the damping chamber, the valve body opens to hold and absorb the high pressure portion in the damping chamber. When a low pressure portion reaches the inlet of the damping chamber, the high pressure portion held in the damping chamber is gradually released via a restricted orifice to cancel the low pressure portion, thereby reducing the pressure pulsation of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignees: Nippon Soken, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kawano, Tohru Yoshinaga, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Kenji Kanehara, Yoshihiro Nakase, Masaki Takeyama, Yoichi Sugiura, Katsuhiko Aoyama, Toshio Imamura
  • Patent number: 4543634
    Abstract: An ignition timing control system for controlling a fuel injection flow rate and an ignition timing commensurate to an intake air flow rate and an engine rotational speed. The ignition timing is controlled to the maximum permissible ignition advance angle when a throttle valve is fully closed and the fuel injection is stopped, for example, during deceleration, and thereafter, the ignition timing is controlled to the optimum ignition advance angle commensurate to an engine rotational speed upon return to the fuel injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1985
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ito, Yoichi Sugiura
  • Patent number: 4475517
    Abstract: The proportion constant for proportional calculation and/or the integration time-constant for integral calculation with respect to the air-fuel ratio correction factor is changed in accordance with the engine warm-up condition, and the fuel-feeding rate is controlled in accordance with the calculated air-fuel ratio correction factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Hiroshi Itoh, Yoichi Sugiura