Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki YAMASAWA

Kazuyuki YAMASAWA 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).

  • Shelf-plate crack detecting method, honeycomb structure delivering method, shelf-plate crack detecting apparatus, and shelf plate delivering apparatus
    Patent number: 10101254
    Abstract: A detecting apparatus includes: a lifting mechanism section that is provided with a lifting portion for lifting honeycomb structures and a shelf plate; an actual load value measuring section that measures an actual load value; a total load value calculating section that adds up the plurality of measured actual load value; a total load value determining section that compares a standard total weight value of the honeycomb structures and the shelf plate to the total load value and determines whether to satisfy a total load value determining condition; an actual load value determining section that compares the actual load value to the specified load value and determines whether to satisfy an actual load value determining condition; and a shelf-plate crack determining section that determines that the shelf plate is cracked when the total load value determining condition or the actual load value determining condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chikashi Ihara, Takeshi Tokunaga, Kazuyuki Yamasawa
  • SHELF-PLATE CRACK DETECTING METHOD, HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE DELIVERING METHOD, SHELF-PLATE CRACK DETECTING APPARATUS, AND SHELF PLATE DELIVERING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160282248
    Abstract: A detecting apparatus includes: a lifting mechanism section that is provided with a lifting portion for lifting honeycomb structures and a shelf plate; an actual load value measuring section that measures an actual load value; a total load value calculating section that adds up the plurality of measured actual load value; a total load value determining section that compares a standard total weight value of the honeycomb structures and the shelf plate to the total load value and determines whether to satisfy a total load value determining condition; an actual load value determining section that compares the actual load value to the specified load value and determines whether to satisfy an actual load value determining condition; and a shelf-plate crack determining section that determines that the shelf plate is cracked when the total load value determining condition or the actual load value determining condition is not satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Chikashi IHARA, Takeshi TOKUNAGA, Kazuyuki YAMASAWA