Patents by Inventor Fumio Takabe

Fumio Takabe 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: 4794221
    Abstract: An apparatus for exchanging electrode chips used for resistance welding. The apparatus includes a base to which a shaft is rotatably mounted. A power source is connected to one end of the shaft to rotate the shaft. An electrode chip-withdrawing knife tool is made of a board connected to the other end of the shaft. The knife tool is provided with recesses which are radially directed about the axis of the shaft. The recesses have their respective knife edge portions each of which is fitted into an annular groove formed between the step portion at the front end of the shank of each arm of a welding gun and the electrode chip fitted over the shank. An electrode chip supply holder in which new polished electrode chips are received is held by a guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumio Takabe, Masashi Kitadate, Makoto Sumiyoshi, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Kazuo Suzuki, Takashi Akita