Patents by Inventor Hiroaki KIRIHATA

Hiroaki KIRIHATA 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: 20230191673
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes a connection member that connects a nozzle touch mechanism and a fixed platen. The connection member has: an arm part that rises upward from a support frame part on a side of the fixed platen; and a platen connection part that is provided on an upper section of the arm part and serves as a second connection section connected to the fixed platen. The platen connection part has: a connection pin that is fixed to the arm part and extends in a left-right direction coinciding with the width direction of a machine frame; and a rotary member that is fixed to the fixed platen and can rotate around the connection pin, wherein the connection pin is disposed so as to pass through the center axis of a nozzle and include a plane parallel to a mount surface of the machine frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Keisuke SUGAHARA, Hiroaki KIRIHATA
  • Publication number: 20210053265
    Abstract: A mold clamping mechanism includes a seal member for sealing in lubricant that has leaked from a through-hole, attached to a peripheral side surface of a tie bar exposed from the moving platen, and a housing that is separate from the moving platen, contacts a surface of the moving platen, and covers the tie bar, from the moving platen to the seal member, and the seal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Masatoshi SENGA, Hiroaki KIRIHATA
  • Publication number: 20150099030
    Abstract: A bracket is disposed on both side surfaces of both ends of each of a rear platen side rail and a movable platen side rail. The bracket includes a screw hole. When an adjustment bolt is tightened, the adjustment bolt presses the rear platen side rail or the movable platen side rail. A rear platen and a movable platen are aligned to each other by finely adjusting the directions of the rear platen side rail and the movable platen side rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroaki KIRIHATA