Patents by Inventor Hikaru MUGISHIMA

Hikaru MUGISHIMA 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: 20180250871
    Abstract: To provide a three-dimensional building apparatus and a three-dimensional building method capable of generating a three-dimensional object with sufficient adhesion between unit layers even when a photocurable material having larger cure shrinkage due to photocuring placed under a low temperature condition is used as a model material and a support material. A three-dimensional building apparatus includes: a stage configured to hold a deposition structure formed by depositing unit layers; an ejector configured to eject a photocurable model material and a photocurable support material toward the uppermost surface of the deposition structure while moving relative to the stage; an emitter configured to emit an active beam light capable of curing the photocurable model material and the photocurable support material; and a heater configured to heat the uppermost surface of the deposition structure in forming a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Mugishima, Kazuhiro Ochi
  • Publication number: 20180250885
    Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional building apparatus and a three-dimensional building method capable of generating a three-dimensional object with sufficient adhesion between unit layers without performing a special process before curing a model material and a support material. A three-dimensional building apparatus includes: a stage configured to hold a deposition structure formed by depositing unit layers; an ejector configured to eject droplets of a curable model material and a curable support material toward the uppermost surface of the deposition structure; a curing device configured to cure the uppermost surface; and an ejection controller configured to perform an ejection control of the ejection device so as to reduce the deposition rate on the lower layer side of the workpiece and to increase the deposition rate on the upper layer side of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru Mugishima, Kazuhiro Ochi
  • Publication number: 20180099452
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional object includes depositing an ink layer over an upper surface of a table so as to form a removal portion with which the three-dimensional object is removed off the upper surface of the table. The ink layer is deposited over a planar upper surface of the removal portion formed in the removal portion forming step so as to form the three-dimensional object over the planar upper surface of the removal portion. The removal portion includes a support material and a mixture material. The support material supports the three-dimensional object. The mixture material is less adhesive to the upper surface of the table than the support material is adhesive to the upper surface of the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuhiro OCHI, Hikaru MUGISHIMA, Masakatsu OKAWA