Patents by Inventor Etsuo Koike

Etsuo Koike 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: 11794279
    Abstract: A laser welding apparatus (1) includes a laser welding head (5) configured to irradiate a workpiece (10) with laser light, a welding filler feeding mechanism (6) configured to supply a welding material to a position on which laser welding is performed, and a hollow structural moving mechanism (100) configured to move a welding unit (50) including the laser welding head and the welding filler feeding mechanism. The hollow structural moving mechanism has an insertion portion (3a) through which an optical cable (41) of the laser welding head and a wire material (62) of the welding filler feeding mechanism are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Matsuo, Hiroaki Fujishiro, Etsuo Koike, Hironori Okado
  • Publication number: 20220072657
    Abstract: A laser welding apparatus (1) includes a laser welding head (5) configured to irradiate a workpiece (10) with laser light, a welding filler feeding mechanism (6) configured to supply a welding material to a position on which laser welding is performed, and a hollow structural moving mechanism (100) configured to move a welding unit (50) including the laser welding head and the welding filler feeding mechanism. The hollow structural moving mechanism has an insertion portion (3a) through which wire materials (41 and 62) of the laser welding head and the welding filler feeding mechanism are inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo MATSUO, Hiroaki FUJISHIRO, Etsuo KOIKE, Hironori OKADO
  • Patent number: 11213916
    Abstract: A laser welding apparatus (1) includes a laser welding head (5) configured to irradiate a workpiece (10) with laser light, a welding filler feeding mechanism (6) configured to supply a welding material to a position on which laser welding is performed, and a hollow structural moving mechanism (100) configured to move a welding unit (50) including the laser welding head and the welding filler feeding mechanism. The hollow structural moving mechanism has an insertion portion (3a) through which wire materials (41 and 62) of the laser welding head and the welding filler feeding mechanism are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Matsuo, Hiroaki Fujishiro, Etsuo Koike, Hironori Okado
  • Publication number: 20190366478
    Abstract: A laser welding apparatus (1) includes a laser welding head (5) configured to irradiate a workpiece (10) with laser light, a welding filler feeding mechanism (6) configured to supply a welding material to a position on which laser welding is performed, and a hollow structural moving mechanism (100) configured to move a welding unit (50) including the laser welding head and the welding filler feeding mechanism. The hollow structural moving mechanism has an insertion portion (3a) through which wire materials (41 and 62) of the laser welding head and the welding filler feeding mechanism are inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NSK Ltd
    Inventors: Shingo MATSUO, Hiroaki FUJISHIRO, Etsuo KOIKE, Hironori OKADO
  • Publication number: 20190344386
    Abstract: A cladding device includes a heating head which includes a heating source for heating a part to be processed of a workpiece and a fixing material and which is configured to cause the fixing material melted by the heating source to adhere to the part to be processed of the workpiece. The cladding device is configured to bring a cooling fluid into contact with a temperature-rise suppressed part adjacent to the part to be processed of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Etsuo KOIKE, Hiroaki FUJISHIRO
  • Patent number: 7065996
    Abstract: A rolling die for a ball screw has: a cylindrical portion including a helical protrusion formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof for forming a helical ball groove in a raw material of a screw shaft of the ball screw; and a conical lead-in portion formed in one end portion of the cylindrical portion, the lead-in portion including a plurality of frustum-cone-shaped portions, wherein the contact angles of the frustum-cone-shaped portions with respect to the raw material of the screw shaft are each set so as to increase sequentially in the order starting at and from the frustum-cone-shaped portion adjoining the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Etsuo Koike, Hitoshi Sannomiya
  • Publication number: 20040107755
    Abstract: A rolling die for a ball screw has: a cylindrical portion including a helical protrusion formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof for forming a helical ball groove in a raw material of a screw shaft of the ball screw; and a conical lead-in portion formed in one end portion of the cylindrical portion, the lead-in portion including a plurality of frustum-cone-shaped portions, wherein the contact angles of the frustum-cone-shaped portions with respect to the raw material of the screw shaft are each set so as to increase sequentially in the order starting at and from the frustum-cone-shaped portion adjoining the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Etsuo Koike, Hitoshi Sannomiya