Patents by Inventor Erika OKAMOTO

Erika OKAMOTO 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).

  • Publication number: 20240165744
    Abstract: There is provided an additive processing device that models a workpiece by melting a supplied powder material and forming layers of the melted powder material. The additive processing device includes a laser head configured to supply the powder material to the workpiece and irradiate the workpiece with a laser beam, a drive unit configured to drive the laser head, a recognition unit configured to recognize a height of the workpiece in a laminating direction at a plurality of locations while the laser head is forming a predetermined N-th layer (N being a natural number) of the workpiece, an estimation unit configured to estimate a surface shape of the N-th layer of the workpiece based on the recognized heights at the plurality of locations, and a control unit configured to control the laser head and the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki AOYAMA, Kazuo YAMAZAKI, Erika OKAMOTO, Masahiro UEDA
  • Publication number: 20230347412
    Abstract: There is provided an additive processing device that models a workpiece by melting a supplied powder material and forming layers of the melted powder material. The additive processing device is provided with a laser head configured to supply the powder material to the workpiece and irradiate the workpiece with a laser beam, a drive unit configured to drive the laser head, a recognition unit configured to recognize a height of the workpiece in a laminating direction while the laser head is forming an N-th layer (N being a natural number) of the workpiece, a generation unit configured to generate a drive path for the laser head for formation of an N+1-th layer of the workpiece, based on the recognized height, and a control unit configured to control the drive unit based on the drive path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki AOYAMA, Kazuo YAMAZAKI, Erika OKAMOTO, Kengo AIZAWA, Masahiro UEDA
  • Patent number: D1029656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: BANDAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Erika Yasuda, Yuri Okamoto, Tadanori Kanemura, Megumi Shiina