Patents by Inventor Ken IKAWA

Ken IKAWA 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: 11117177
    Abstract: A spinning forming method includes: preparing a plate including a back surface at which a ring-shaped projection is formed along an outer peripheral edge of the plate, a ratio of a thickness at a reference position of the plate to a thickness at a tip end of the projection being 0.7 or less, the reference position being a position where an inclination of a portion of the back surface which portion extends toward the tip end of the projection is 45° or more; rotating the plate; moving a processing tool outward in a radial direction from an inner side of the projection to a position above the projection while pressing the processing tool against a front surface of the plate that is rotating; and locally heating a portion of the plate against which portion the processing tool is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken Ikawa, Yoshihide Imamura, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Takeo Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20200298299
    Abstract: A spinning forming method includes: preparing a plate including a back surface at which a ring-shaped projection is formed along an outer peripheral edge of the plate, a ratio of a thickness at a reference position of the plate to a thickness at a tip end of the projection being 0.7 or less, the reference position being a position where an inclination of a portion of the back surface which portion extends toward the tip end of the projection is 45° or more; rotating the plate; moving a processing tool outward in a radial direction from an inner side of the projection to a position above the projection while pressing the processing tool against a front surface of the plate that is rotating; and locally heating a portion of the plate against which portion the processing tool is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken IKAWA, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Kohei MIKAMI, Hayato IWASAKI, Takeo HIRAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190076903
    Abstract: A tube diameter expanding method includes: rotating a tube having one end fixed to a turntable about a center axis of the tube; inserting a rod-like roller which extends in an axial direction of the tube into the tube from another end of the tube, and bringing the rod-like roller into contact with a forming region extending from the other end to a predetermined position of the tube; heating the forming region of the tube; cooling at least a section located near the forming region and within a non-forming region extending from the predetermined position to the one end of the tube; and moving the rod-like roller in a state of contacting the forming region of the tube, in a direction from the one end of the tube toward the other end of the tube and outward in a radial direction of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ken IKAWA, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Kohei MIKAMI, Hayato IWASAKI, Takeo HIRAKAWA