Patents by Inventor Hirokazu SAKURAI

Hirokazu SAKURAI 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).

  • Patent number: 10538043
    Abstract: A production method of a V-belt uses a belt mold having a plurality of compression layer-shape grooves arranged adjacent to one another in a groove width direction. A shaped structure having a plurality of ridges on an outer peripheral surface is crosslinked and combined with a fabric material to form a belt slab, while the compression layer-forming portions, which are the ridges covered with the fabric material, being fitted in the respective compression layer-shape grooves of the belt mold. The belt slab is cut into ring-shaped pieces such that one ring-shaped piece corresponds to one compression layer-forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Hattori, Tomoaki Hata, Hirokazu Sakurai, Takashi Matsuoka, Hideaki Kawahara, Hisashi Izumi
  • Patent number: 10538044
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a V-ribbed belt having a plurality of V-shaped ribs extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in a width direction. The method includes: setting a shaped structure having a plurality of ridges arranged adjacent to one another in a belt mold including a plurality of compressed rubber layer-shaping grooves arranged adjacent to one another on an inner peripheral surface of the mold; molding a belt slab by crosslinking the shaped structure set in the mold, while compressed rubber layer-forming portions face radially outward and are fitted in the compressed rubber layer-shaping grooves, the compressed rubber layer-forming portions comprised of a surface rubber layer and a core rubber layer which are to constitute surface and inner portions, respectively; and cutting the belt slab into ring-shaped pieces having two or more of the compressed rubber layer-forming portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Hata, Kouichi Tsujino, Koichi Hosokawa, Hisashi Izumi, Masaki Miyanishi, Hirokazu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10538042
    Abstract: A production method of a raw edge V-belt uses a belt mold having a plurality of compressed rubber layer-shape grooves arranged adjacent to one another. A shaped structure having a plurality of compressed rubber layer-forming portions on an outer peripheral surface is crosslinked to form a belt slab, while the compressed rubber layer-forming portions fitted in the respective compressed rubber layer-shape grooves of the belt mold. The belt slab is cut into ring-shaped pieces such that one ring-shaped piece corresponds to one compressed rubber layer-forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naohisa Harushige, Tomoaki Hata, Yusaku Taoshita, Hideaki Kawahara, Masaki Miyanishi, Yohei Hattori, Hirokazu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10391680
    Abstract: A method include: providing a cylindrical mold made of metal, a shaped structure having a cylindrical shape, a rotation mechanism configured to rotatably support the cylindrical mold, and an electromagnetic induction coil configured to heat the cylindrical mold through electromagnetic induction; setting the shaped structure inside the cylindrical mold; and molding a cylindrical belt slab by heating the cylindrical mold by the electromagnetic induction coil, while the cylindrical mold is rotated by the rotation mechanism and the shaped structure is pressurized from inside and pressed against the cylindrical mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Tsujino, Hirokazu Sakurai, Hisashi Izumi, Masaki Miyanishi, Yusaku Taoshita
  • Publication number: 20190030845
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a V-ribbed belt having a plurality of V-shaped ribs extending in a longitudinal direction and arranged in a width direction. The method includes: setting a shaped structure having a plurality of ridges arranged adjacent to one another in a belt mold including a plurality of compressed rubber layer-shaping grooves arranged adjacent to one another on an inner peripheral surface of the mold; molding a belt slab by crosslinking the shaped structure set in the mold, while compressed rubber layer-forming portions face radially outward and are fitted in the compressed rubber layer-shaping grooves, the compressed rubber layer-forming portions comprised of a surface rubber layer and a core rubber layer which are to constitute surface and inner portions, respectively; and cutting the belt slab into ring-shaped pieces having two or more of the compressed rubber layer-forming portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki HATA, Kouichi TSUJINO, Koichi HOSOKAWA, Hisashi IZUMI, Masaki MIYANISHI, Hirokazu SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20190022964
    Abstract: A production method of a V-belt uses a belt mold having a plurality of compression layer-shape grooves arranged adjacent to one another in a groove width direction. A shaped structure having a plurality of ridges on an outer peripheral surface is crosslinked and combined with a fabric material to form a belt slab, while the compression layer-forming portions, which are the ridges covered with the fabric material, being fitted in the respective compression layer-shape grooves of the belt mold. The belt slab is cut into ring-shaped pieces such that one ring-shaped piece corresponds to one compression layer-forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei HATTORI, Tomoaki HATA, Hirokazu SAKURAI, Takashi MATSUOKA, Hideaki KAWAHARA, Hisashi IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20190022963
    Abstract: A production method of a raw edge V-belt uses a belt mold having a plurality of compressed rubber layer-shape grooves arranged adjacent to one another. A shaped structure having a plurality of compressed rubber layer-forming portions on an outer peripheral surface is crosslinked to form a belt slab, while the compressed rubber layer-forming portions fitted in the respective compressed rubber layer-shape grooves of the belt mold. The belt slab is cut into ring-shaped pieces such that one ring-shaped piece corresponds to one compressed rubber layer-forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naohisa HARUSHIGE, Tomoaki HATA, Yusaku TAOSHITA, Hideaki KAWAHARA, Masaki MIYANISHI, Yohei HATTORI, Hirokazu SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20180370079
    Abstract: A method include: providing a cylindrical mold made of metal, a shaped structure having a cylindrical shape, a rotation mechanism configured to rotatably support the cylindrical mold, and an electromagnetic induction coil configured to heat the cylindrical mold through electromagnetic induction; setting the shaped structure inside the cylindrical mold; and molding a cylindrical belt slab by heating the cylindrical mold by the electromagnetic induction coil, while the cylindrical mold is rotated by the rotation mechanism and the shaped structure is pressurized from inside and pressed against the cylindrical mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi TSUJINO, Hirokazu SAKURAI, Hisashi IZUMI, Masaki MIYANISHI, Yusaku TAOSHITA