Patents by Inventor Hidehiko Hario

Hidehiko Hario 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).

  • Hemming device and hemming method
    Patent number: 7082803
    Abstract: A hand transport section holds and transports a workplace grip hand for gripping and positioning a workpiece. The hand transport section mounts the workpiece grip hand on a hand mount so as to set the workpiece on a lower die. The hand transport section releases the workpiece grip hand and retracts. The hemming device hems the workpiece with the lower die and an upper die located above the lower die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hario, Yasuyuki Matsumoto
  • Hemming device and hemming method
    Publication number: 20040206149
    Abstract: A C-type frame is movable in a direction in which the C-type frame is adjacent to and away from a workpiece having an outer panel and an inner panel assembled with each other. After the C-type frame is advanced and a pre-hemming punch is advanced by a swing cylinder provided at the C-type frame, a hemming die is raised by a lifter hydraulic cylinder provided on a lower portion of the C-type frame and a flange of the outer panel is provisionally hemmed. Then, after retreat of the pre-hemming punch following lowering of the hemming die, the hemming die is raised again and final hemming is conducted between the hemming die and the hemming punch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hario, Yasuyuki Matsumoto
  • Hemming device and hemming method
    Patent number: 6739168
    Abstract: A C-shaped frame is movable in a direction in which the C-shaped frame is adjacent to and away from a workpiece having an outer panel and an inner panel assembled with each other. After the C-shaped frame is advanced and a pre-hemming punch is advanced by a swing cylinder provided at the C-shaped frame, a hemming die is raised by a lifter hydraulic cylinder provided on a lower portion of the C-shaped frame and a flange of the outer panel is provisionally hemmed. Then, after retreat of the pre-hemming punch following lowering of the hemming die, the hemming die is raised again and a final hemming is conducted between the hemming die and the hemming punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hario, Yasuyuki Matsumoto
  • Hemming device and hemming method
    Publication number: 20010022101
    Abstract: A C-type frame is movable in a direction in which the C-type frame is adjacent to and away from a workpiece having an outer panel and an inner panel assembled with each other. After the C-type frame is advanced and a pre-hemming punch is advanced by a swing cylinder provided at the C-type frame, a hemming die is raised by a lifter hydraulic cylinder provided on a lower portion of the C-type frame and a flange of the outer panel is provisionally hemmed. Then, after retreat of the pre-hemming punch following lowering of the hemming die, the hemming die is raised again and final hemming is conducted between the hemming die and the hemming punch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Hario, Yasuyuki Matsumoto