Patents by Inventor Daichi TOJO

Daichi TOJO 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).

  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OUTER PANEL
    Publication number: 20240131571
    Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing an outer panel in which takt time is shortened and of high designability. A method for manufacturing an outer panel performing a hemming process according to the present disclosure includes; performing a laser light irradiation process on an inner side of a steel sheet that serves as an outer panel to bend the steel sheet at a first angle, the laser light being irradiated along a ridgeline of a center part of a bend radius of the steel sheet, and performing the hemming process on the steel sheet at a timing that is after the laser irradiation process to bend the steel sheet at a second angle smaller than the first angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi TSUDA, Akito TOJO, Daichi TAJIMA
  • Sheet folding apparatus
    Patent number: 11274013
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sheet-folding apparatus which includes transporting rollers, folding rollers, a pushing member provided between the transporting rollers and the folding-rollers, and a guide unit for guiding the sheet to the folding-roller pair by using the pushing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Shimizu, Dai Tamura, Daichi Tojo
  • SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200180896
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sheet-folding apparatus which includes transporting rollers, folding rollers, a pushing member provided between the transporting rollers and the folding-rollers, and a guide unit for guiding the sheet to the folding-roller pair by using the pushing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: CANON FINETECH NISCA INC.
    Inventors: Tomohisa SHIMIZU, Dai TAMURA, Daichi TOJO