Patents by Inventor Fumihiro Kamikonya

Fumihiro Kamikonya 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: 20140100094
    Abstract: A tool magazine that can make a long tool reasonably coexist with other tools and a machining center with the tool magazine are provided. The tool magazine has a rotatable magazine main body and plural of tool holders installed on the magazine main body. Each of the tool holders moves to a tool exchange position sequentially. A part or all of the tool holders has a capability of changing between an exchange posture that holds the tool in parallel to a rotation shaft of the magazine main body and a transport posture that holds the tool along with a plane perpendicular to the rotation shaft of the magazine main body. The tool holder capable of changing postures takes the exchange posture when it locates in the tool exchange position and takes the transport posture when it leave the exchange position. The machining center has the above tool magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Komatsu NTC Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi HAYASHI, Fumihiro KAMIKONYA, Yasuo HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 8562497
    Abstract: A machine tool including a base frame, a workpiece table, a machining unit, and a connection portion is disclosed. The base frame has a machining area. The base frame includes two left and right side frames and a connection frame connecting the two side frames. The workpiece table is arranged on the base frame in the machining area. The machining unit is arranged on an upper portion of the base frame and includes a spindle device. A connection portion connects the machining unit and the base frame in a detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu NTC Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Tanizaki, Akira Takase, Yukio Kawasaki, Shiro Murai, Kinya Nakamura, Fumihiro Kamikonya, Yasuo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20120220437
    Abstract: A tool magazine that can make a long tool reasonably coexist with other tools and a machining center with the tool magazine are provided. The tool magazine has a rotatable magazine main body and plural of tool holders installed on the magazine main body. Each of the tool holders moves to a tool exchange position sequentially. A part or all of the tool holders has a capability of changing between an exchange posture that holds the tool in parallel to a rotation shaft of the magazine main body and a transport posture that holds the tool along with a plane perpendicular to the rotation shaft of the magazine main body. The tool holder capable of changing postures takes the exchange posture when it locates in the tool exchange position and takes the transport posture when it leave the exchange position. The machining center has the above tool magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Junichi Hayashi, Fumihiro Kamikonya, Yasuo Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20100202848
    Abstract: A machine tool including a base frame, a workpiece table, a machining unit, and a connection portion is disclosed. The base frame has a machining area. The base frame includes two left and right side frames and a connection frame connecting the two side frames. The workpiece table is arranged on the base frame in the machining area. The machining unit is arranged on an upper portion of the base frame and includes a spindle device. A connection portion connects the machining unit and the base frame in a detachable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: KOMATSU NTC LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Tanizaki, Akira Takase, Yukio Kawasaki, Shiro Murai, Kinya Nakamura, Fumihiro Kamikonya, Yasuo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: D548754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Nippei Toyama Corporation
    Inventors: Hisaki Itabashi, Fumihiro Kamikonya