Patents by Inventor Atsunori TAKEDA

Atsunori TAKEDA 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: 11504857
    Abstract: In order to respond flexibly to various processing modes, such as forming curved surface shapes, when cutting a workpiece using a wire saw, this wire saw device (1) is provided with: a single robot arm (2) that is capable of moving freely by means of multi-axis control; a wire saw unit (3) that is detachably connected to the robot arm (2) via a tool changer (7); a wire (8) that spans a plurality of pulleys supported within the wire saw unit (3); and a workpiece cutting zone (20) that is established between the pulleys. The workpiece is cut to a prescribed shape by moving the robot arm (2) in a preset direction while running the wire (8) of the wire saw unit (3) and pressing the wire (8) against the supported workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TAKATORI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Masuda, Hiroyuki Kita, Masahiro Morita, Tatsuya Komeda, Takaaki Yoshimura, Hisashi Yoshida, Atsunori Takeda, Yuichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20210308871
    Abstract: In order to respond flexibly to various processing modes, such as forming curved surface shapes, when cutting a workpiece using a wire saw, this wire saw device (1) is provided with: a single robot arm (2) that is capable of moving freely by means of multi-axis control; a wire saw unit (3) that is detachably connected to the robot arm (2) via a tool changer (7); a wire (8) that spans a plurality of pulleys supported within the wire saw unit (3); and a workpiece cutting zone (20) that is established between the pulleys. The workpiece is cut to a prescribed shape by moving the robot arm (2) in a preset direction while running the wire (8) of the wire saw unit (3) and pressing the wire (8) against the supported workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto MASUDA, Hiroyuki KITA, Masahiro MORITA, Tatsuya KOMEDA, Takaaki YOSHIMURA, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Atsunori TAKEDA, Yuichi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180326590
    Abstract: In order to respond flexibly to various processing modes, such as forming curved surface shapes, when cutting a workpiece using a wire saw, this wire saw device (1) is provided with: a single robot arm (2) that is capable of moving freely by means of multi-axis control; a wire saw unit (3) that is detachably connected to the robot arm (2) via a tool changer (7); a wire (8) that spans a plurality of pulleys supported within the wire saw unit (3); and a workpiece cutting zone (20) that is established between the pulleys. The workpiece is cut to a prescribed shape by moving the robot arm (2) in a preset direction while running the wire (8) of the wire saw unit (3) and pressing the wire (8) against the supported workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto MASUDA, Hiroyuki KITA, Masahiro MORITA, Tatsuya KOMEDA, Takaaki YOSHIMURA, Hisashi YOSHIDA, Atsunori TAKEDA, Yuichi INOUE