Patents by Inventor Kazunori Ogura

Kazunori Ogura 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: 12169183
    Abstract: A measuring device includes: a support which supports a measurement target object; a furnace which heats the measurement target object; an elevating mechanism which moves the furnace; and an electronic balance which measures the weight of the measurement target object, the elevating mechanism moving the furnace so that the measurement target object which is supported by the support is housed in the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobusato Kishi, Kazunori Ogura
  • Patent number: 12159389
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a mold information management device, a casting system, and a mold information management method each of which makes it possible to reduce a rate of occurrence of defective casting products due to unreadable identification marks, as compared to a conventional rate of the occurrence. A mold information management device includes at least one processor, the processor carrying out: a determination process for determining whether an identification mark is good or not, on the basis of image data or profile data obtained by capturing an image of or scanning a surface of a mold on which the identification mark is engraved; and an associating process for associating the identification mark with information on at least one of history and properties of the mold, in a case where the identification mark has been determined to be good in the determination process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Asaoka, Kazunori Ogura, Takehiro Sugino
  • Patent number: 12134279
    Abstract: A laser marking apparatus includes a head marking the identifier on a mold, a light-shielding case, a light-shielding gate provided at either a carrying-in port or a carrying-out port of the light-shielding case, and a control unit controlling operation of the head and operation of the light-shielding gate, and the control unit closes the light-shielding gate and causes the head to start a marking operation on the mold in response to carrying-in of the mold into the operation space and opens the light-shielding gate in response to the marking operation ending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Asaoka, Kazunori Ogura, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Takehiro Sugino
  • Patent number: 11554412
    Abstract: A mold processing system includes a conveyance line intermittently conveying a mold with a predetermined standstill time, a processing apparatus, a conveyance apparatus conveying the processing apparatus along the conveyance line, and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls the conveyance apparatus to set the processing apparatus at a position corresponding to a first position on the conveyance line and controls the processing apparatus to perform a part of the process on the mold conveyed to the first position, and the control unit controls, after completion of the part of the process, the conveyance apparatus to move the processing apparatus to a position corresponding to a second position and controls the processing apparatus to perform the rest of the process within the standstill time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Asaoka, Kazunori Ogura, Toshiyuki Ishikawa, Takehiro Sugino
  • Publication number: 20230003588
    Abstract: A measuring device includes: a support which supports a measurement target object; a furnace which heats the measurement target object; an elevating mechanism which moves the furnace; and an electronic balance which measures the weight of the measurement target object, the elevating mechanism moving the furnace so that the measurement target object which is supported by the support is housed in the furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobusato KISHI, Kazunori OGURA
  • Publication number: 20220207700
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a mold information management device, a casting system, and a mold information management method each of which makes it possible to reduce a rate of occurrence of defective casting products due to unreadable identification marks, as compared to a conventional rate of the occurrence. A mold information management device includes at least one processor, the processor carrying out: a determination process for determining whether an identification mark is good or not, on the basis of image data or profile data obtained by capturing an image of or scanning a surface of a mold on which the identification mark is engraved; and an associating process for associating the identification mark with information on at least one of history and properties of the mold, in a case where the identification mark has been determined to be good in the determination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki ASAOKA, Kazunori OGURA, Takehiro SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20220001440
    Abstract: A mold processing system includes a conveyance line intermittently conveying a mold with a predetermined standstill time, a processing apparatus, a conveyance apparatus conveying the processing apparatus along the conveyance line, and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls the conveyance apparatus to set the processing apparatus at a position corresponding to a first position on the conveyance line and controls the processing apparatus to perform a part of the process on the mold conveyed to the first position, and the control unit controls, after completion of the part of the process, the conveyance apparatus to move the processing apparatus to a position corresponding to a second position and controls the processing apparatus to perform the rest of the process within the standstill time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki ASAOKA, Kazunori OGURA, Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA, Takehiro SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20210308797
    Abstract: A laser marking apparatus includes a blowing unit configured to blow gas onto a surface of a mold, a head configured to mark an identifier on the mold by applying laser light to the surface of the mold; and a control unit configured to cause the head to mark the identifier while the blowing unit blows the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki ASAOKA, Kazunori OGURA, Takehiro SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20210309036
    Abstract: A laser marking apparatus includes a head marking the identifier on a mold, a light-shielding case, a light-shielding gate provided at either a carrying-in port or a carrying-out port of the light-shielding case, and a control unit controlling operation of the head and operation of the light-shielding gate, and the control unit closes the light-shielding gate and causes the head to start a marking operation on the mold in response to carrying-in of the mold into the operation space and opens the light-shielding gate in response to the marking operation ending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki ASAOKA, Kazunori OGURA, Toshiyuki ISHIKAWA, Takehiro SUGINO
  • Patent number: 11045866
    Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a shift between a carrier for a pattern (a carrier plate) and a flask and preventing a defect caused by a shift in the cavity parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Hanai, Takehiro Sugino, Kazunori Ogura, Yoshimitsu Ichino, Shuji Takasu
  • Publication number: 20210053108
    Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a shift between a carrier for a pattern (a carrier plate) and a flask and preventing a defect caused by a shift in the cavity parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi HANAI, Takehiro SUGINO, Kazunori OGURA, Yoshimitsu ICHINO, Shuji TAKASU
  • Patent number: 8636049
    Abstract: To provide a method and a machine for forming flaskless molds with a shortened cycle time even if many cores are placed, to thereby achieve efficient molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Oya, Kazunori Ogura
  • Publication number: 20130118702
    Abstract: To provide a method and a machine for forming flaskless molds with a shortened cycle time even if many cores are placed, to thereby achieve efficient molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Toshihiko Oya, Kazunori Ogura