Patents by Inventor Akira Sako

Akira Sako 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: 12121946
    Abstract: There are provided a work-side position measurement device and a drive-side position measurement device for directly measuring positions of roll chocks in a rolling direction, and positions of upper and lower working rolls and upper and lower backup rolls in the rolling direction are adjusted to zero point or predetermined positions. Alternatively, a change caused in the strip wedge due to a minute crossing of the axes of working rolls and backup rolls is calculated, and the quantities of leveling of a work-side rolling reduction cylinder device and a drive-side rolling reduction cylinder device are adjusted to make the strip edge equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the bilateral asymmetry (strip wedge) of the thickness distribution of a rolled material is easily adjusted even in the event that the positions of the roll chocks in the rolling direction are changed due to wear on various components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sako, Jiro Hasai, Tadashi Hiura, Taroh Satoh, Toru Takeguchi, Hideaki Furumoto, Shinya Kanemori, Hideki Tonaka
  • Patent number: 12037160
    Abstract: Provided are a packaging container, a packaging method, and a method for carrying metal foil, which can suppress damage and deformation of the packaging container and enable stable carrying even if the packaging container is carried while suspending it in the midair. A packaging container made of corrugated cardboard includes: a pallet 2 having leg portions 21; a body frame 3 arranged on the pallet 2, the body frame 3 having bearing grooves 31 at end wall portions 32 opposing to each other; and a lid portion 4 provided on the body frame 3, wherein each of the leg portions 21 is arranged on an inner side than each of the end wall portions 23 of the pallet 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: JX Advanced Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sako, Yasunobu Miyata, Kazuhiko Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20230330729
    Abstract: A control device 20 obtains second pressing forces acting on work-side and drive-side roll chocks 112A and 112B on the basis of entry side and exit side first pressing forces, and controls at least one of work roll position control devices 140B and 141B and at least one of work roll pressing devices 130B and 131B changing a position of at least one of the roll chocks 112A and 112B in such a manner that a difference between the work-side second pressing force and the drive-side second pressing force is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsunori SUGIMOTO, Kenji HORII, Akio KURODA, Akira SAKO, Shinya KANEMORI
  • Publication number: 20230149995
    Abstract: Angles of an upper-side pair of an upper work roll 110A and an upper backup roll 120A, and a lower-side pair of a lower work roll 110B and a lower backup roll 120B are adjusted in a state where the upper-side pair is kept parallel and in a state where the lower-side pair is kept parallel. Thereafter, work-roll pressing apparatuses 130A and 130B, work-roll position control apparatuses 140A and 140B, backup-roll pressing apparatuses 150A and 150B, and backup-roll position control apparatuses 160A and 160B are controlled such that the angles of the upper work roll 110A and the lower work roll 110B are adjusted in a state where the angles of the upper backup roll 120A and the lower backup roll 120B are maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsunori SUGIMOTO, Kenji HORII, Akio KURODA, Akira SAKO, Shinya KANEMORI
  • Publication number: 20230139351
    Abstract: A hot rolling mill 1 includes a control apparatus 20 that adjusts an angle formed between an upper-side pair of an upper backup roll 120A and an upper work roll 110A and a lower-side pair of a lower backup roll 120B and a lower work roll 110B in a state where the upper-side pair is kept parallel and in a state where the lower-side pair is kept parallel. The hot rolling mill 1 is configured such that the work rolls 110A and 110B satisfy the condition that DW/Lb is equal to or smaller than 0.30 where DW is a diameter of the work rolls 110A and 110B, and Lb is the maximum strip width of a rolled material, and the hot rolling mill 1 performs rolling in a state where a bending force is applied to the work rolls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsunori SUGIMOTO, Kenji HORII, Akio KURODA, Akira SAKO, Shinya KANEMORI
  • Publication number: 20230073092
    Abstract: Provided are a packaging container, a packaging method, and a method for carrying metal foil, which can suppress damage and deformation of the packaging container and enable stable carrying even if the packaging container is carried while suspending it in the midair. A packaging container made of corrugated cardboard includes: a pallet 2 having leg portions 21; a body frame 3 arranged on the pallet 2, the body frame 3 having bearing grooves 31 at end wall portions 32 opposing to each other; and a lid portion 4 provided on the body frame 3, wherein each of the leg portions 21 is arranged on an inner side than each of the end wall portions 23 of the pallet 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Akira SAKO, Yasunobu MIYATA, Kazuhiko KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220126341
    Abstract: There are provided a work-side position measurement device and a drive-side position measurement device for directly measuring positions of roll chocks in a rolling direction, and positions of upper and lower working rolls and upper and lower backup rolls in the rolling direction are adjusted to zero point or predetermined positions. Alternatively, a change caused in the strip wedge due to a minute crossing of the axes of working rolls and backup rolls is calculated, and the quantities of leveling of a work-side rolling reduction cylinder device and a drive-side rolling reduction cylinder device are adjusted to make the strip edge equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the bilateral asymmetry (strip wedge) of the thickness distribution of a rolled material is easily adjusted even in the event that the positions of the roll chocks in the rolling direction are changed due to wear on various components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Akira SAKO, Jiro HASAI, Tadashi HIURA, Taroh SATOH, Toru TAKEGUCHI, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Shinya KANEMORI, Hideki TONAKA
  • Patent number: 11247253
    Abstract: There are provided a work-side position measurement device and a drive-side position measurement device for directly measuring positions of roll chocks in a rolling direction, and positions of upper and lower working rolls and upper and lower backup rolls in the rolling direction are adjusted to zero point or predetermined positions. Alternatively, a change caused in the strip wedge due to a minute crossing of the axes of working rolls and backup rolls is calculated, and the quantities of leveling of a work-side rolling reduction cylinder device and a drive-side rolling reduction cylinder device are adjusted to make the strip edge equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the bilateral asymmetry (strip wedge) of the thickness distribution of a rolled material is easily adjusted even in the event that the positions of the roll chocks in the rolling direction are changed due to wear on various components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Primetals Technologies Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sako, Jiro Hasai, Tadashi Hiura, Taroh Satoh, Toru Takeguchi, Hideaki Furumoto, Shinya Kanemori, Hideki Tonaka
  • Publication number: 20190047028
    Abstract: There are provided a work-side position measurement device and a drive-side position measurement device for directly measuring positions of roll chocks in a rolling direction, and positions of upper and lower working rolls and upper and lower backup rolls in the rolling direction are adjusted to zero point or predetermined positions. Alternatively, a change caused in the strip wedge due to a minute crossing of the axes of working rolls and backup rolls is calculated, and the quantities of leveling of a work-side rolling reduction cylinder device and a drive-side rolling reduction cylinder device are adjusted to make the strip edge equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the bilateral asymmetry (strip wedge) of the thickness distribution of a rolled material is easily adjusted even in the event that the positions of the roll chocks in the rolling direction are changed due to wear on various components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Akira SAKO, Jiro HASAI, Tadashi HIURA, Taroh SATOH, Toru TAKEGUCHI, Hideaki FURUMOTO, Shinya KANEMORI, Hideki TONAKA
  • Patent number: 6148653
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a rolling system and a rolling method capable of avoiding the occurrence of a pinch fold by effectively preventing the zigzag movement of a rear end portion of a material to be rolled. The rotational speeds (rolling speeds) of work rolls (2) of a rolling mill stand (F.sub.1) from which the rear end of a plate material (6) releases, and a succeeding rolling mill stand (F.sub.2) are controlled to the same value. Moreover, the tension between the rolling mill stand (F.sub.1) and the rolling mill stand (F.sub.2) is controlled to zero. The difference in tension between a work side and a drive side can be made null between the rolling mill stand (F.sub.1) and the rolling mill stand (F.sub.2). Similarly, the difference in tension between the work side and the drive side can be made null between the plurality of rolling mill stands (F.sub.2 to F.sub.n) during release of the rear end of the plate material (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Sako, Toru Takeguchi, Syuji Maniwa, Masashi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 6041637
    Abstract: A roll replacing method and a roll replacing system for a chockless rolling mill, in which bearings for supporting the ends of work rolls are supported at an eccentric position of rotary bushes on housings, and the rotary bushes are turned to set a roll gap, includes, pulling out the chockless rolling mill from a rolling line onto a pullout track extending perpendicularly to the rolling line; fixing the housing on a drive side onto the pullout track at a nearest position, moving a support trestle perpendicularly to the pullout track, and fitting the support trestle between the pullout track and the upper and lower work rolls to support these work rolls on the support trestle; separating the housing on a work side, the trestle, and the upper and lower work rolls, as a unit, from each other and from the drive-side housing, and moving them onto the pullout track until they come to a halt; and moving the trestle and the upper and lower work rolls as a unit onto a roll replacement track perpendicular to the pullou
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoozoo Tashiro, Akira Sako, Toru Takeguchi
  • Patent number: 5034669
    Abstract: A regenerative control circuit for controlling the regenerative energy of an electric motor drive system includes a regenerative energy dissipating resistor connected in parallel to a main smoothing capacitor through a switching element, a comparator connected to the switching element and adapted to produce an output signal to drive the switching element, a regenerative reference voltage rectifying circuit connected to a 3-phase a.c. power source, a regenerative reference voltage smoothing capacitor connected to the output of the regenerative reference voltage rectifying circuit, and a regenerative circuit including a regeneration transistor for entering a voltage difference, which is created between the main smoothing capacitor and the regenerative reference voltage smoothing capacitor by regenerative energy in certain circumstance, to the comparator. The circuit operates to control the regenerative energy, while maintaining the voltage of the main smoothing capacitor constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akira Sako, Yoji Tsutsumishita