Patents Assigned to Sintokogio, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11794380
    Abstract: The present invention includes: an injection container unit; a lid member; and an ejection air supply section configured to press a foamed mixed material in the injection container unit with compressed air and thereby eject the foamed mixed material through an ejection port, the lid member being provided with a sealing body configured to deform when a fluid is injected and thereby make close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the injection container unit during the pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Komiyama, Tomohiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 11794237
    Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where arrival time from the start of sand filling until the pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is shorter than the initial arrival time obtained in advance is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Sugino, Umihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11796482
    Abstract: Provided is the technique that allows an operator or the like to easily grasp in which part of a mold a defect has been detected. A display control device is configured to carry out a display process in which a marker indicating a defect of a mold determined by an inspection result, which is obtained by an inspection of molds, is optically displayed on the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ota, Takeshi Sonohara
  • Publication number: 20230330947
    Abstract: The manufacturing method includes surface treatment and bonding. In the surface treatment, micro-order or nano-order asperities are formed on a surface of the metallic member. The bonding includes directly bonding the metallic member and the fiber-reinforced resin member by repeatedly bonding a melted portion of the fiber-reinforced resin member to the surface of the metallic member while partially melting the fiber-reinforced resin member, the metallic member having the asperities formed by the surface treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuka ITO, Eiji YAMAGUCHI, Yukinori SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11780053
    Abstract: A shot processing apparatus including: a cabinet with a processing chamber formed therein, the processing chamber allowing a workpiece to be conveyed thereinto; a ejecting mechanism ejecting a shot media to a hole of the workpiece; and a conveyance device conveying the workpiece between a preparation position for the workpiece and the cabinet, wherein the conveyance device includes a plate-like rotary table provided to be rotatable about a rotation axis, being provided with a conveyor for moving the workpiece on an upper surface of the rotary table, and allowing the plurality of workpieces to be arranged thereon, the rotary table connects the conveyor to the preparation position and the cabinet at a predetermined rotational position, and the shot processing apparatus has an inspection area for inspecting a state of the hole of the workpiece, between the preparation position and the rotation axis of the rotary table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Koyama
  • Patent number: 11780055
    Abstract: A surface treatment method includes: preparing a metal laminated article; and blasting a surface of the metal laminated article using shot media, the shot media include first shot media of first granularity with a grit shape and second shot media of second granularity with a grit shape, and the first granularity is greater than the second granularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 11780052
    Abstract: A shot peening method is disclosed. One method includes performing a first shot peening for applying residual stress to a surface of an object formed of a metal material at a first depth, and performing a second shot peening for applying residual stress to the surface of the object at a second depth deeper than the first depth after the first shot peening. The first shot peening is performed before the object is used at a high temperature and the second shot peening is performed after the object is used at the high temperature, and after a cracking caused by stress due to thermal expansion and contraction of crystal grains occurs in the object. The cracking being deeper than the first depth and shallower than the second depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230314289
    Abstract: A gas measuring device includes: a gas rectification unit configured to rectify gas to control traveling directions and traveling speeds of gas molecules based on molecular weights of the gas molecules; and a gas sensor configured to absorb the gas molecules of the gas rectified by the gas rectification unit, and to detect absorption positions and absorption amounts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Manase MIZUTANI, Yoshihisa SUZUKI, Toshihiko NODA, Kazuaki SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20230318592
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit is used in a dynamic characteristic test on a power semiconductor, the gate drive circuit includes a voltage source configured to change a gate voltage of a gate of the power semiconductor, a plurality of resistance setting circuits connected in parallel with the voltage source and the gate, and a switching circuit connecting at least one resistance setting circuit of the resistance setting circuits to the voltage source and the gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi TAKINAMI
  • Publication number: 20230314354
    Abstract: A gas measuring device includes: a filter to which a power supply that applies a voltage or current is connected, which generates resistance heat, and which combusts a predetermined combustible gas in contact therewith; and a gas sensor configured to detect the combustible gas that has passed through the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Manase MIZUTANI, Yoshihisa SUZUKI, Toshihiko NODA, Kazuaki SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20230314246
    Abstract: A force sensor module includes: a force sensor configured to detect an external force according to the amount of deflection of a strain element that deflects in response to the external force; a housing that accommodates the force sensor; and a force transferring section configured to transfer the external force to the strain element, the force transferring section being accommodated in the housing so as to be in contact with the strain element and having a part that includes an end of the force transferring section and that protrudes outside the housing through a surface of the housing, the amount of protrusion of the part of the force transferring section measured from the surface of the housing being set such that the force sensor is not damaged even in a case where the end lies in the same plane as the surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: Sintokogio, Ltd., Tohoku University
    Inventors: Yoshikane TANAAMI, Miyuki HAYASHI, Yoshiaki KANAMORI, Taiyu OKATANI
  • Publication number: 20230314375
    Abstract: A gas measuring device includes: a magnetic field generation unit configured to generate a magnetic field; and a gas sensor configured to detect a gas that has passed through the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Manase MIZUTANI, Yoshihisa SUZUKI, Toshihiko NODA, Kazuaki SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20230318451
    Abstract: A power supply control circuit includes a voltage control unit configured to operate in a voltage control mode, a current control unit configured to operate in a current control mode, a selection unit connected to output sides of the voltage control unit and the current control unit and configured to output the control value in either one of the voltage control mode and the current control mode, an auxiliary current control unit configured to operate in an auxiliary current control mode, and a compound unit connected to output sides of the selection unit and the auxiliary current control unit and configured to output, to the power unit, the control value in a control mode output by the selection unit when the power supply is turned on, and output, to the power unit, the control value in the auxiliary current control mode when the power supply is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230311442
    Abstract: A dust solidification apparatus including a storage tank for storing dust; a forming member that is disposed at a lower portion of the storage tank, the forming member being provided with a forming hole to allow the dust in the storage tank to flow in; and a first rod and a second rod that are opposed to each other, wherein the first rod and the second rod are driven to reciprocate by advancing into and withdrawing from the forming hole, and advance into the forming hole to compress the dust in the forming hole, wherein the first rod includes a rod tip and a rod base. The axially vertical cross-section of the rod tip of the first rod is larger than the axially vertical cross-section of the rod base of the first rod and is made smaller than the axially vertical cross-section of the forming hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko OGI, Shintaro NISHIKAWA, Noriaki MASAKI, Koh SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230314247
    Abstract: In order to reduce the chance that a metasurface pattern is damaged by electrostatic discharge, a force sensor module includes a first substrate having light transparency; a metasurface pattern provided on a first principal surface; a second substrate provided so as to face the first substrate and including a second principal surface facing the first principal surface; a reflective layer provided on the second principal surface; a spacer layer provided on the first principal surface and made of an electrically-conductive material; a joining layer for joining the second principal surface and the spacer layer together; and a grounding wire connected to the spacer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshikane Tanaami, Miyuki Hayashi, Yoshiaki Kanamori, Taiyu Okatani
  • Publication number: 20230311553
    Abstract: A casting system includes a laser marking device configured to mark an identifying mark on a casting or a mold under a set marking condition, a recognition device configured to recognize the identifying mark marked on a surface of the casting by the laser marking device or the identifying mark transferred to the surface of a casting produced using the mold marked by the laser marking device, on the basis of a detection result of a sensor, wherein the laser marking device changes the set marking condition in a case in which the identifying mark on the casting is not recognized by the recognition device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Takehiro SUGINO
  • Patent number: 11775081
    Abstract: The information processing device includes at least one processor which executes a first relaying process for obtaining sensor data transmitted from each of sensors included in a sensor group and providing the sensor data thus obtained to main equipment, a second relaying process for obtaining accessory equipment data transmitted from each of pieces of accessory equipment included in an accessory equipment group and providing the accessory equipment data thus obtained to the main equipment, and a displaying process for causing a display device to display at least any of the sensor data obtained in the first relaying process, information obtained from the sensor data, the accessory equipment data obtained in the second relaying process, and information obtained from the accessory equipment data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Nakazawa, Takahiro Naito, Mitsuaki Watanabe, Tomoyoshi Kawaguchi, Naoya Sogo
  • Publication number: 20230306585
    Abstract: A workpiece processing apparatus includes: a cabinet having a projection chamber, workpieces being subjected to processing in the projection chamber; a projector configured to project projection media toward the workpieces charged into the projection chamber; an image sensor configured to image the projection chamber to form an image; and a control unit configured to output information relating to presence or absence of a residue in the projection chamber based on an initial image and an inspection image, the initial image being an image formed by the image sensor and being an image of the projection chamber with no workpiece remaining, the inspection image being an image formed by the image sensor and being an image of the projection chamber after discharging processing in which the plurality of workpieces are discharged from the projection chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu ANDO, Yusuke YAMADA, Shuichi KAMORI
  • Publication number: 20230294165
    Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where arrival time from the start of sand filling until the pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is shorter than the initial arrival time obtained in advance is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro SUGINO, Umihiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230294164
    Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where pressure inside the tank is higher than initial pressure during the sand filling in which the sand is introduced into the flask is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Takehiro SUGINO