Patents by Inventor Haruhiko MISONO

Haruhiko MISONO 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: 20220234112
    Abstract: A machine tool includes: a joint portion processing control means for controlling the processing of the joint portion in a joined workpiece such that a first workpiece is gripped by a grip section, and a predetermined region extending from a joint portion of a joined workpiece toward a second workpiece is processed over a range of not less than a predetermined width to have an outer diameter of not more than an outer diameter of the first workpiece; and a movement control means for controlling the movement of the joined workpiece so as to slidingly move the joined workpiece relative to the support section, from a state in which the first workpiece is supported by the support section, up to a state in which the second workpiece is supported by the support section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki SUZUKI, Haruhiko MISONO
  • Publication number: 20210402483
    Abstract: A machine tool comprising: a first spindle; a second spindle provided on a rear headstock to face the first spindle; a barstock supply unit for supplying an elongate rod to the first spindle; and a processing means including a tool for processing the barstock, characterized in that the machine tool further comprises: a workpiece clamp device provided on the rear headstock and adapted to grip a second material comprised of the barstock that has been removed from the first spindle as an old material; and a joining means for joining opposite end portions of the second material gripped by the workpiece clamp device and of a first material gripped by the first gripping means and comprised of a barstock newly supplied by the barstock supply unit, thereby to integrate the second material and the first material into a single barstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji NOGUCHI, Haruhiko MISONO, Toshiyuki SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11084101
    Abstract: To provide a machine tool and a control device for the machine tool that allows a user to select the vibration condition according to an input number of rotations and an input number of vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Muramatsu, Daisuke Sakashita, Haruhiko Misono
  • Publication number: 20200094327
    Abstract: To provide a machine tool and a control device for the machine tool that allows a user to select the vibration condition according to an input number of rotations and an input number of vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro MURAMATSU, Daisuke SAKASHITA, Haruhiko MISONO