Patents by Inventor Jiro Agawa
Jiro Agawa 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).
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Publication number: 20220229002Abstract: This tire electrical resistance measurement device is provided with an inner circumferential-side probe and an outer circumferential-side probe. The inner circumferential-side probe is disposed on the inner circumferential side of a tire and is capable of coming into contact with the inner circumference of the tire. The outer circumferential-side probe is disposed on the outer circumferential side of the tire and is capable of coming into contact with a tread portion of the tire by moving relative to the tire in a radial direction of the tire. The outer circumferential-side probe extends in the width direction of the tire and is deformable in the radial direction so as to follow a protrusion-recess shape of the tread portion in the width direction. The outer circumferential-side probe is electrically conductive at least at a contact surface that comes into contact with the tread portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Jiro AGAWA, Takumi TSUMURA, Yoshikazu NISHIHARA, Tatsuya UEDA
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Patent number: 11333579Abstract: A first carrying arm (64) and a second carrying arm (65) provided in a first post (61) and a third carrying arm (73) and a fourth carrying arm (74) provided in a second post (62) are provided, the first carrying arm (64) is turned in a direction following the third carrying arm (73) from a side opposite to a side on which the third carrying arm (73) collecting an upper rim turns to carry another upper rim to an upper spindle, and the second carrying arm (65) is turned in a direction following the fourth carrying arm (74) from a side opposite to a side on which the fourth carrying arm (74) collecting a lower rim turns to carry another lower rim to a lower spindle.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Ueda, Jiro Agawa, Makoto Tachibana
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Patent number: 11243136Abstract: A rotating body load measuring device (100) according to the present invention detects a force acting on a rotating body (30) that is formed in a columnar shape and rotates around a central axis (L60) of a shaft body (60) protruding from a center of an end face, in a state where a main load is applied to the rotating body (30) in a main load direction (P) that is one direction in a radial direction, and includes a load cell (70) having a measurement center (C70) and capable of measuring forces acting in at least three directions with the measurement center (C70) as a reference, in which the load cell (70) is disposed such that the measurement center (C70) and the central axis (L60) overlap when viewed in the main load direction (P), and is connected to the shaft body (60).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Ueda, Jiro Agawa, Takumi Tsumura, Makoto Tachibana
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Patent number: 11226266Abstract: The present invention includes a shaft that protrudes further toward a lower spindle side than an upper rim and includes a plurality of engagement grooves arranged in an up-down direction at an outer periphery of a lower end accommodated in a hollow portion of the lower spindle; a shaft support part that rotatably supports an upper end of the shaft; an engagement part that is accommodated within the hollow portion and is engaged with any one engagement groove of the plurality of engagement grooves; a first elevating part that is configured to integrally move the upper spindle, the shaft, and the shaft support part in the up-down direction; and a second elevating part that adjusts the length of the shaft protruding below the upper rim by changing the distance between the shaft support part and the upper spindle.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Ueda, Jiro Agawa, Makoto Tachibana
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Patent number: 11187624Abstract: The present invention includes a shaft that protrudes further toward a lower spindle side than an upper rim and includes a plurality of engagement grooves arranged in an up-down direction at an outer periphery of a lower end accommodated in a hollow portion of the lower spindle; a shaft support part that rotatably supports an upper end of the shaft; an engagement part that is accommodated within the hollow portion and is engaged with any one engagement groove of the plurality of engagement grooves; a first elevating part that is configured to integrally move the upper spindle, the shaft, and the shaft support part in the up-down direction; and a second elevating part that adjusts the length of the shaft protruding below the upper rim by changing the distance between the shaft support part and the upper spindle.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Ueda, Jiro Agawa, Makoto Tachibana
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Patent number: 11175200Abstract: A rotating body load measuring device according to the present invention includes: a first support section which supports one end portion of a shaft body, which protrudes from one end face of a rotating body, so as to be immovable in a first direction and a second direction along a central axis; a second support section which supports the other end portion of the shaft body, which protrudes from the other end face of the rotating body, so as to be immovable in the first direction and movable in the second direction; and a measuring part capable of measuring a force acting in the first direction on at least one of the first support section and the second support section from the shaft body and capable of measuring a force acting in the second direction on the first support section from the shaft body.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takumi Tsumura, Jiro Agawa, Tatsuya Ueda, Makoto Tachibana
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Publication number: 20210088415Abstract: A first carrying arm (64) and a second carrying arm (65) provided in a first post (61) and a third carrying arm (73) and a fourth carrying arm (74) provided in a second post (62) are provided, the first carrying arm (64) is turned in a direction following the third carrying arm (73) from a side opposite to a side on which the third carrying arm (73) collecting an upper rim turns to carry another upper rim to an upper spindle, and the second carrying arm (65) is turned in a direction following the fourth carrying arm (74) from a side opposite to a side on which the fourth carrying arm (74) collecting a lower rim turns to carry another lower rim to a lower spindle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Tatsuya UEDA, Jiro AGAWA, Makoto TACHIBANA
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Publication number: 20210063282Abstract: A rim exchanger includes a rim stocker. The rim stocker has an upper rim support portion that supports an upper rim, and a lower rim support portion that supports a lower rim. The upper rim support portion and the lower rim support portion have a pair of support arms separated from each other. A portion between an end of one support arm and an end of the other support arm forms an open end where a rim body enters a portion between the pair of support arms. An upper surface of one support arm forms a protrusion portion support surface which supports a protrusion portion of a rim from below.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Tatsuya UEDA, Jiro AGAWA, Makoto TACHIBANA, Morihiro IMAMURA
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Publication number: 20200378868Abstract: The present invention includes a shaft that protrudes further toward a lower spindle side than an upper rim and includes a plurality of engagement grooves arranged in an up-down direction at an outer periphery of a lower end accommodated in a hollow portion of the lower spindle; a shaft support part that rotatably supports an upper end of the shaft; an engagement part that is accommodated within the hollow portion and is engaged with any one engagement groove of the plurality of engagement grooves; a first elevating part that is configured to integrally move the upper spindle, the shaft, and the shaft support part in the up-down direction; and a second elevating part that adjusts the length of the shaft protruding below the upper rim by changing the distance between the shaft support part and the upper spindle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Tatsuya UEDA, Jiro AGAWA, Makoto TACHIBANA
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Publication number: 20200232868Abstract: A rotating body load measuring device (100) according to the present invention detects a force acting on a rotating body (30) that is formed in a columnar shape and rotates around a central axis (L60) of a shaft body (60) protruding from a center of an end face, in a state where a main load is applied to the rotating body (30) in a main load direction (P) that is one direction in a radial direction, and includes a load cell (70) having a measurement center (C70) and capable of measuring forces acting in at least three directions with the measurement center (C70) as a reference, in which the load cell (70) is disposed such that the measurement center (C70) and the central axis (L60) overlap when viewed in the main load direction (P), and is connected to the shaft body (60).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Tatsuya UEDA, Jiro AGAWA, Takumi TSUMURA, Makoto TACHIBANA
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Publication number: 20200025651Abstract: A rotating body load measuring device according to the present invention includes: a first support section which supports one end portion of a shaft body, which protrudes from one end face of a rotating body, so as to be immovable in a first direction and a second direction along a central axis; a second support section which supports the other end portion of the shaft body, which protrudes from the other end face of the rotating body, so as to be immovable in the first direction and movable in the second direction; and a measuring part capable of measuring a force acting in the first direction on at least one of the first support section and the second support section from the shaft body and capable of measuring a force acting in the second direction on the first support section from the shaft body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Takumi TSUMURA, Jiro AGAWA, Tatsuya UEDA, Makoto TACHIBANA
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Patent number: 10413876Abstract: A mixer (2) includes: a pair of rotors (44) arranged to have a gap (SP2) therebetween; a casing (45) in which a chamber (C2) in which the pair of rotors (44) is disposed, an introduction port (51) for introducing a material to be mixed (W) into the chamber (C2), and a discharge port (52) for discharging the material to be mixed (W) from the chamber (C2) are formed; a sensor (80) which is disposed above the pair of rotors (44) and detects variation in position or pressure of the material to be mixed (W); and a control unit (82) which controls rotation of the pair of rotors (44), based on a detection result of the sensor (80).Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihito Urakami, Jiro Agawa, Takashi Moribe, Shinichi Noguchi
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Patent number: 9757917Abstract: This tire marking apparatus is a tire marking apparatus for performing marking in a tire. The tire marking apparatus includes a disk part having a central axis that is adjusted substantially perpendicularly to a printing surface of the tire; a plurality of printing parts that are provided in the disk part so as to be capable of moving forward and backward with respect to the printing surface and are arranged around the central axis; and a printing driving unit that moves at least one printing part arranged at a printing position that faces the printing surface of the tire forward.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Jiro Agawa, Yasutaka Seimoto, Hiroaki Yoneda, Kunio Matsunaga
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Patent number: 9746396Abstract: Provided is a tire transport method for a tire inspection system in which a tire transported from the upstream side is fastened by an upper rim and a lower rim, and a measurement is performed, wherein the method includes transport stem in which a transport mechanism having a pair of transport units split in the width direction transports the tire to a fastening position for fastening, and a parting step in which the pair of transport units is parted in the width direction, such that it is possible for the lower rim to pass between the pair of transport units.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yasutaka Seimoto, Jiro Agawa, Morihiro Imamura
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Patent number: 9700860Abstract: A mixer includes: a casing having an introduction port at an upper portion and having a rotor provided with a blade portion for mixing a material to be mixed, inside thereof; a floating weight which blocks the introduction port; and a floating weight moving mechanism which has a horizontal movement unit capable of horizontally moving the floating weight in a supported state between a delivery position just above the introduction port and a retracted position being lateral to the introduction port, on the upper side of the introduction port, and can move the floating weight separately from the horizontal movement unit from the delivery position to a blocking position at which the floating weight blocks the introduction port.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshihito Urakami, Takashi Moribe, Shuichi Hanada, Kazuhito Takahashi, Jiro Agawa
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Patent number: 9656435Abstract: A tire vulcanizer system in which multiple tire vulcanizers, provided with a frame and a vulcanizing mechanism that is supported by the frame and is for vulcanizing green tires, are connected, wherein the tire vulcanizers are provided with respective alignment sections, which are provided on the respective frames and are for aligning the level positions of adjacent frames relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Keiichi Tomoto, Jiro Agawa
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Patent number: 9594003Abstract: A tire testing apparatus includes: a lower rim that is formed with a lower through hole, and a rim-side inclined surface that increases in diameter in a downward direction of an inner peripheral surface of a lower end portion of the lower through hole; an upper rim that is held to face the lower rim; an insertion part capable of being inserted through the lower through hole; and an apparatus-side inclined surface that is provided at a lower end portion of the insertion part, increases in diameter from an outer peripheral surface of the insertion part in the downward direction, and is capable of coming into contact with the rim-side inclined surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Tachibana, Jiro Agawa, Morihiro Imamura, Tatsuya Ueda, Yoshinori Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20160368233Abstract: This tire marking apparatus is a tire marking apparatus for performing marking in a tire. The tire marking apparatus includes a disk part having a central axis that is adjusted substantially perpendicularly to a printing surface of the tire; a plurality of printing parts that are provided in the disk part so as to be capable of moving forward and backward with respect to the printing surface and are arranged around the central axis; and a printing driving unit that moves at least one printing part arranged at a printing position that faces the printing surface of the tire forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Jiro AGAWA, Yasutaka SEIMOTO, Hiroaki YONEDA, Kunio MATSUNAGA
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Publication number: 20160361697Abstract: A mixer includes: a casing having an introduction port at an upper portion and having a rotor provided with a blade portion for mixing a material to be mixed, inside thereof; a floating weight which blocks the introduction port; and a floating weight moving mechanism which has a horizontal movement unit capable of horizontally moving the floating weight in a supported state between a delivery position just above the introduction port and a retracted position being lateral to the introduction port, on the upper side of the introduction port, and can move the floating weight separately from the horizontal movement unit from the delivery position to a blocking position at which the floating weight blocks the introduction port.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Yoshihito URAKAMI, Takashi MORIBE, Shuichi HANADA, Kazuhito TAKAHASHI, Jiro AGAWA
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Patent number: 9511555Abstract: The tire vulcanizer is provided with an unloading device. The unloading device removes a vulcanized tire that has been vulcanized in the main body of the vulcanizer and conveys same to a cooling position at which the vulcanized tire is cooled, and conveys the vulcanized tire that has been cooled at the cooling position to a discharge position for transfer to an exporting device for discharging the vulcanized tire. The unloading device is provided with a support section capable of supporting the vulcanized tire, a rotational movement section for rotating the support section in a plane, and a linear movement section for moving the support section linearly.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shinji Okada, Mitsuru Morita, Shinya Goto, Keiichi Tohmoto, Jiro Agawa