Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko SOGA

Kazuhiko SOGA 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: 11525177
    Abstract: A coating weight control apparatus includes: a strip passing position movement amount estimate part configured to estimate an movement amount of a strip passing position, in response to any of activation factors for movement of a strip passing position, that is, a welding point passing, a change in tension, and an operation of a correcting roll; and a nozzle position control part configured to shift each of positions of a front side nozzle and a back side nozzle by an amount corresponding to the movement amount of the strip passing position estimated by the strip passing position movement amount estimate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Nippon Steel Nisshin Co.. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kayama, Shigetoshi Kurihara, Takanori Iwahiro, Hisao Morishita, Kazuhiko Soga, Yuta Hirano
  • Publication number: 20210381093
    Abstract: A coating weight control apparatus includes: a strip passing position movement amount estimate part configured to estimate an movement amount of a strip passing position, in response to any of activation factors for movement of a strip passing position, that is, a welding point passing, a change in tension, and an operation of a correcting roll; and a nozzle position control part configured to shift each of positions of a front side nozzle and a back side nozzle by an amount corresponding to the movement amount of the strip passing position estimated by the strip passing position movement amount estimate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Masahiro KAYAMA, Shigetoshi KURIHARA, Takanori IWAHIRO, Hisao MORISHITA, Kazuhiko SOGA, Yuta HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11124863
    Abstract: A coating weight control apparatus includes: a strip passing position movement amount estimate part configured to estimate an movement amount of a strip passing position, in response to any of activation factors for movement of a strip passing position, that is, a welding point passing, a change in tension, and an operation of a correcting roll; and a nozzle position control part configured to shift each of positions of a front side nozzle and a back side nozzle by an amount corresponding to the movement amount of the strip passing position estimated by the strip passing position movement amount estimate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kayama, Shigetoshi Kurihara, Takanori Iwahiro, Hisao Morishita, Kazuhiko Soga, Yuta Hirano
  • Publication number: 20200208247
    Abstract: A coating weight control apparatus includes: a strip passing position movement amount estimate part configured to estimate an movement amount of a strip passing position, in response to any of activation factors for movement of a strip passing position, that is, a welding point passing, a change in tension, and an operation of a correcting roll; and a nozzle position control part configured to shift each of positions of a front side nozzle and a back side nozzle by an amount corresponding to the movement amount of the strip passing position estimated by the strip passing position movement amount estimate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Masahiro KAYAMA, Shigetoshi KURIHARA, Takanori IWAHIRO, Hisao MORISHITA, Kazuhiko SOGA, Yuta HIRANO