Patents by Inventor Hideaki ABURANO

Hideaki ABURANO 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).

  • Automatic lay-up device
    Patent number: 11458694
    Abstract: In an automatic lay-up device that lays up a long sheet-shaped thermosetting prepreg on a layer surface by moving, in a lay-up direction, a lay-up head including a raw-cloth roller around which the thermosetting prepreg is wound, a cutting device that cuts the thermosetting prepreg at a cutting angle, and a pressing device that presses the thermosetting prepreg against the layer surface, the automatic lay-up device includes a driving mechanism for moving the pressing device in a direction parallel to the width direction; and a drive controller that controls driving of the driving mechanism to start moving the pressing device when a cutting end of the thermosetting prepreg reaches a position of the pressing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Hideaki Aburano
  • AUTOMATIC LAY-UP DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210138742
    Abstract: In an automatic lay-up device that lays up a long sheet-shaped thermosetting prepreg on a layer surface by moving, in a lay-up direction, a lay-up head including a raw-cloth roller around which the thermosetting prepreg is wound, a cutting device that cuts the thermosetting prepreg at a cutting angle, and a pressing device that presses the thermosetting prepreg against the layer surface, the automatic lay-up device includes a driving mechanism for moving the pressing device in a direction parallel to the width direction; and a drive controller that controls driving of the driving mechanism to start moving the pressing device when a cutting end of the thermosetting prepreg reaches a position of the pressing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao NISHIMURA, Hideaki ABURANO