Patents by Inventor Daiju Kawakami

Daiju Kawakami 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: 8313683
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic laminated article comprising a surface layer of a sheet-like surface member and a synthetic resin backing material layer laminated on the surface layer, without causing a fracture or a reduction in wall thickness of the sheet-like surface member. When the male mold is pressed against the contact area of the sheet-like surface member, the temperature of the contact area of the sheet-like surface member gradually falls due to a thermal gradient between the male mold and the contact area of the sheet-like surface member. Simultaneously, the contact area of the sheet-like surface member is not heated directly. In addition, the direction of jet flow of a hot fluid is changed, by fluid guide surfaces, from the center of the sheet-like surface member to the outer periphery, of the sheet-like surface member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Moriroku Technology Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Baba, Kouji Akasaka, Daiju Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20120043696
    Abstract: An injection molded article with which a sheet material is integrated is manufactured without causing damage to the sheet material. A molten resin injected into a mold cavity, passes smoothly a peripheral edge of the mold cavity, and flows into a groove portion without accumulating in the vicinity of the peripheral edge. When cooling the molten resin, the temperature of the molten resin in the groove decreases more quickly than the temperature of the molten resin in the mold cavity, because the volume of the groove portion is small. The viscosity of the molten resin is increased rapidly, preventing further molten resin from flowing into the groove portion. The sheet material in the vicinity of the peripheral edge is covered and protected against exposure to heat and/or pressure of the molten resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: MORIROKU COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki BABA, Koji AKASAKA, Daiju KAWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 8062016
    Abstract: An injection molded article with which a sheet-like material, such as a decorative sheet, is integrated is manufactured without causing damage to the sheet-like material. A molten resin injected into a mold cavity, passes smoothly a peripheral edge of the mold cavity, and flows into a groove portion without accumulating in the vicinity of the peripheral edge. When cooling the molten resin, the temperature of the molten resin in the groove decreases more quickly than the temperature of the molten resin in the mold cavity, because the volume of the groove portion is smaller. As a result, the viscosity of the molten resin in the groove portion and in the vicinity of the peripheral edge of the mold cavity is increased rapidly, preventing a further volume of the molten resin from flowing into the groove portion. The sheet-like material in the vicinity of the peripheral edge is covered by the resinous material of diminished fluidity and protected against exposure to heat and/or pressure of the molten resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Moriroku Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Baba, Koji Akasaka, Daiju Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20100201017
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic laminated article comprising a surface layer of a sheet-like surface member and a synthetic resin backing material layer laminated on the surface layer, without causing a fracture or a reduction in wall thickness of the sheet-like surface member. When the male mold is pressed against the contact area of the sheet-like surface member, the temperature of the contact area of the sheet-like surface member gradually falls due to a thermal gradient between the male mold and the contact area of the sheet-like surface member. Simultaneously, the contact area of the sheet-like surface member is not heated directly. In addition, the direction of jet flow of a hot fluid is changed, by fluid guide surfaces, from the center of the sheet-like surface member to the outer periphery, of the sheet-like surface member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Baba, Kouji Akasaka, Daiju Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20070045899
    Abstract: An injection molded article with which a sheet-like material, such as a decorative sheet, is integrated is manufactured without causing damage to the sheet-like material. A molten resin injected into a mold cavity, passes smoothly a peripheral edge of the mold cavity, and flows into a groove portion without accumulating in the vicinity of the peripheral edge. When cooling the molten resin, the temperature of the molten resin in the groove decreases more quickly than the temperature of the molten resin in the mold cavity, because the volume of the groove portion is smaller. As a result, the viscosity of the molten resin in the groove portion and in the vicinity of the peripheral edge of the mold cavity is increased rapidly, preventing a further volume of the molten resin from flowing into the groove portion. The sheet-like material in the vicinity of the peripheral edge is covered by the resinous material of diminished fluidity and protected against exposure to heat and/or pressure of the molten resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: MORIROKU COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki BABA, Koji AKASAKA, Daiju KAWAKAMI