Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Kuboe

Kazuhiro Kuboe 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: 8896260
    Abstract: A power supply unit for a press machine having a converter (converter circuit) connected to a commercial AC power supply, and an inverter (inverter circuit) connected to a press motor, includes an electrical energy bank, an inrush prevention circuit, an inrush prevention instruction signal generation section, and a contactor switch section, wherein contactors of the inrush prevention circuit are switched from on ON state to an OFF state and inrush prevention resistors of the inrush prevention circuit are connected to AC phase current paths on condition that the inrush prevention instruction signal generation section has generated and output an inrush prevention instruction signal (Sres) during press operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Aida Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kuboe
  • Patent number: 8720328
    Abstract: A control system of a servo press and a control method are provided for preventing an overload on a pressure capability of a press and a torque capability of a drive system. A control device of a servo press for pressing by transferring a drive force of a servomotor to a slide via a drive mechanism includes: a motion calculation unit for calculating slide target position data; a torque calculation unit for calculating process torque for pressing and control torque for speed change of the servo motor on the basis of slide target position data; a process system limit unit for limiting the calculated process torque to predetermined process limitation torque; and a drive system limit unit for limiting combined torque of the limited process torque and the control torque to predetermined drive limitation torque. The servo motor is driven on the basis of a command of drive limitation torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: AIDA Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kuboe
  • Publication number: 20130074710
    Abstract: Provided is a low-cost servo press promoting energy saving by driving a press machine by a driving system suited for the magnitude of a load on a worked object. It includes a first motor coupled to a slide drive shaft to ascend/descend a slide, a second servo motor driving a flywheel, a clutch coupling/decoupling the second servo motor to/from the slide drive shaft, and a press controller controlling rotation of the first and second servo motors and coupling/decoupling of the clutch. The press controller controls to decouple the clutch when the press is small-loaded, thereby ascending/descending the slider by driving the first servo motor, and to couple the clutch when the press is large-loaded, thereby ascending/descending the slider by driving the first and second servo motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: AIDA Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kuboe, Akira Yamanouchi
  • Patent number: 8342000
    Abstract: A servo-press machine determining whether or not a drive power supply voltage between a positive power supply path and a negative power supply path that connect a power supply device and a motor rotation control section is lower than an induced voltage of a servomotor, and correcting speed-related data based on slide motion information when the servo-press machine has determined that the drive power supply voltage is lower than the induced voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Aida Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kuboe
  • Publication number: 20120111207
    Abstract: A control system of a servo press and a control method are provided for preventing an overload on a pressure capability of a press and a torque capability of a drive system. A control device of a servo press for pressing by transferring a drive force of a servomotor to a slide via a drive mechanism includes: a motion calculation unit for calculating slide target position data; a torque calculation unit for calculating process torque for pressing and control torque for speed change of the servo motor on the basis of slide target position data; a process system limit unit for limiting the calculated process torque to predetermined process limitation torque; and a drive system limit unit for limiting combined torque of the limited process torque and the control torque to predetermined drive limitation torque. The servo motor is driven on the basis of a command of drive limitation torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kuboe
  • Patent number: 7891223
    Abstract: A transfer press machine which can accurately and promptly check interference and can be easily handled is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Aida Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sotoyuki Kaneko, Hiroshi Hosoya, Kazuhiro Kuboe
  • Publication number: 20090188295
    Abstract: A servo-press machine determining whether or not a drive power supply voltage between a positive power supply path and a negative power supply path that connect a power supply device and a motor rotation control section is lower than an induced voltage of a servomotor, and correcting speed-related data based on slide motion information when the servo-press machine has determined that the drive power supply voltage is lower than the induced voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Aida Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kuboe
  • Publication number: 20080295564
    Abstract: A transfer press machine which can accurately and promptly check interference and can be easily handled is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Aida Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sotoyuki Kaneko, Hiroshi Hosoya, Kazuhiro Kuboe