Patents Assigned to Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12251866
    Abstract: A control method of an injection molding machine that molds a molding product including a skin layer and a core layer in a mold unit by injecting a molding material to the mold unit from a nozzle, the control method including controlling, at a starting time of an injection process, a temperature of the molding material used to form the skin layer so as to be higher than a temperature of the molding material used to form the core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Marumoto, Masahiro Iwahashi, Yutaka Tsutsumi, Kazuya Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 12255039
    Abstract: An ion implanter includes a crucible provided inside a vacuum chamber, and including an internal space configured to accommodate a solid sample which is a raw material of a source gas, a laser source provided outside the vacuum chamber, and irradiating the crucible with a laser beam, an arc chamber including an internal space for converting the source gas into plasma to generate ions, and in which an ion beam is extracted from the internal space, and a nozzle connecting the internal space of the crucible and the internal space of the arc chamber, and introducing the source gas vaporized in the internal space of the crucible into the internal space of the arc chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Sayumi Hirose
  • Publication number: 20250079056
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet device includes a tubular cryostat defining a central cavity therein, a first superconducting coil set and a second superconducting coil set disposed outside the central cavity and inside the tubular cryostat, and a power supply system being capable of controlling a magnitude of a first exciting current to the first superconducting coil set and a magnitude of a second exciting current to the second superconducting coil set independently of each other. The first superconducting coil set generates a magnetic field distribution, which is convex downward on an X axis and convex upward on a Y axis when the first exciting current is supplied, in the central cavity. The second superconducting coil set generates a magnetic field distribution, which is convex upward on the X axis and convex downward on the Y axis when the second exciting current is supplied, in the central cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi HASHIMOTO, Jyun YOSHIDA, Kenta DEMURA, Takaaki MORIE
  • Patent number: 12241233
    Abstract: An information communications system for a construction machine includes a hardware processor. The hardware process is configured to receive construction information from a contractor-side device and receive weather information from a weather server. The hardware processor is configured to generate advisory information based on the received construction information and the received weather information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Ogawa, Ayano Shinato
  • Patent number: 12241229
    Abstract: A shovel includes a plurality of hydraulic actuators each configured to move in response to a movement command; a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of hydraulic oil in each of the hydraulic actuators; a meter-in valve in correspondence with each of the hydraulic actuators; a meter-out valve in correspondence with each of the hydraulic actuators; and a controller having a plurality of output characteristics set for each of the hydraulic actuators. The controller is configured to calculate a required flow rate corresponding to the movement command, based on an output characteristic corresponding to the movement command from among the plurality of output characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyasu Itsuji
  • Patent number: 12235132
    Abstract: A rotation detection device includes a housing that accommodates a rotating body, a detected part that rotates integrally with the rotating body, a detection part that faces the detected part in an axial direction with an axial gap interposed therebetween, an installation member on which the detection part is installed, a female screw portion that is provided in one of the housing and the installation member, and a male screw portion that is provided in the other of the housing and the installation member and screwed into the female screw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Sebastian Markert
  • Patent number: 12233287
    Abstract: A particle beam treatment apparatus that irradiates an irradiation target with a particle beam includes: a hollow rotary shaft including a hollow portion; an electromagnet that controls the particle beam in the hollow portion, the rotary shaft being rotatable by a power source; and a support portion that rotatably supports the rotary shaft, the rotary shaft including a first opening portion, the hollow portion being accessible to a worker through the first opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Teruaki Oonishi
  • Publication number: 20250043999
    Abstract: An oil lubrication-type compressor for a cryocooler includes an air-cooled heat exchanger that includes a cooling fan and a first oil line disposed to be forcibly cooled by the cooling fan and a second oil line that bypasses the first oil line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Sho SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 12214825
    Abstract: Provided is a flanged member that has a tubular shape and includes a flange portion, the flanged member including: a cross-section changing portion of which a cross-sectional shape changes along an axial direction of the flanged member, in which in any two cross-sections in the cross-section changing portion, a perimeter of one cross-section is 1.25 times or less a perimeter of the other cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Masayuki Ishizuka, Masayuki Saika, Norieda Ueno
  • Patent number: 12203240
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a lower traveling body; and a control apparatus configured to determine a traveling vibration of the construction machine at each predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masahito Indoh
  • Patent number: 12194317
    Abstract: There is provided a charged particle beam irradiation apparatus that performs irradiation of a charged particle beam, the apparatus including: an accelerator that accelerates a charged particle to generate the charged particle beam; an irradiator that includes a gantry rotatable around a rotation axis, and performs irradiation of the charged particle beam generated by the accelerator; and a transporter that includes an energy degrader provided outside the irradiator to reduce an energy of the charged particle beam generated by the accelerator, and transports the charged particle beam, which is generated by the accelerator, to the irradiator. The transporter transports the charged particle beam to the irradiator while maintaining an energy distribution of the charged particle beam that is reduced in energy by the energy degrader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenzo Sasai
  • Patent number: 12196302
    Abstract: A gear device includes a resin gear that is formed of a first resin material, and a connected member that is formed of a second resin material and that is connected to the resin gear, in which the first resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a first base material resin with first reinforcement fibers, the second resin material is a fiber-reinforced resin obtained by filling a second base material resin with second reinforcement fibers, and a fiber content ratio of the second reinforcement fibers in the second resin material is higher than a fiber content ratio of the first reinforcement fibers in the first resin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tamura, Masahiro Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20250012486
    Abstract: A method for operating a cryocooler, in which the cryocooler includes an expander including an expander motor that is connected to a power source by a power supply cable and is capable of being driven at a power source frequency, the method includes: releasing a connection between the power source and the expander motor by the power supply cable; connecting the power source and the expander motor via an inverter; executing an accelerated cooling operation of the cryocooler in which the power source frequency is converted into an operation frequency higher than the power source frequency by the inverter and the expander motor is driven at the converted operation frequency; and removing the inverter and reconnecting the power source and the expander motor, after the accelerated cooling operation is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Izuru YOKOYA, Takayuki YOKODO
  • Patent number: 12180685
    Abstract: A shovel includes a data acquisition device and a storage. The data acquisition device acquires operation information indicating a status of each part of the shovel during operation of the shovel and sound data during operation of the shovel, from a state detecting sensor, and wherein the storage stores the operation information in association with the sound data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Koga
  • Publication number: 20240426527
    Abstract: A cryocooler compressor includes a control panel, and a compressor casing that includes a front panel and accommodates the control panel, in which the front panel includes a first panel portion that provides a pipe connection, and a second panel portion that is removably connected to the first panel portion and on which the control panel is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki OOTANI
  • Publication number: 20240426526
    Abstract: A cryocooler compressor includes a compressor casing, and a double pipe-type heat exchanger that is accommodated in the compressor casing and cools the compressor, in which the double pipe-type heat exchanger includes a double pipe disposed along at least one surface of the compressor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuki OOTANI
  • Publication number: 20240418438
    Abstract: A gas replacement method for an expander of a cryocooler, the expander including an expander cylinder, a pressure switching valve that switches a pressure inside the expander cylinder, a connection flow path from the pressure switching valve to the expander cylinder, and an expander motor that drives the pressure switching valve, includes connecting a nonflammable gas source to the connection flow path or the expander cylinder, and purging a residual gas in the expander cylinder with a nonflammable gas from the nonflammable gas source while the expander motor is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki MORIE
  • Publication number: 20240421668
    Abstract: A cryocooler includes an expander motor, a speed reducer connected to the expander motor, and a magnetic shield that surrounds the speed reducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Jyun YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 12169146
    Abstract: There is provided a superconducting magnet device including a superconducting coil, a vacuum vessel that accommodates the superconducting coil, a current lead that is connected to the superconducting coil and installed in the vacuum vessel, a power supply cable that is disposed outside the vacuum vessel and connected to the current lead, and a heating unit that is disposed apart from the current lead and heats the current lead via the power supply cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Ebara, Yukio Mikami, Nobuaki Takahasi
  • Patent number: 12168317
    Abstract: The present disclosure prevents load from being produced in an injection molding machine. The control device for an injection molding machine according to one embodiment of the present disclosure has a determining part that is configured to determine, based on information detected in accordance with a movement of a measurement motor provided in the injection molding machine, whether or not an operation of removing or attaching a screw that rotates in accordance with the measurement motor has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hajime Ono