Patents by Inventor Kenji Sugai

Kenji Sugai 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: 11717917
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes: a work support portion which supports the work and forms a closed space between the work and the work support portion; pads which are movable upward and downward inside the closed space and include upper surfaces respectively coming into contact with regions obtained by dividing a processing object region having the through-holes formed in the work to surround the region of the work over one circle when the pads move upward; a drive unit which drives the pads to move forward and backward between a state in which the pad is in contact with the work and a state in which the pad is separated from the work; a gas supply unit which supplies a gas into the closed space; and clamps which contact the work supported by the work support portion on inner circumferential surfaces and outer circumferential surfaces from above over one circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kobayashi, Naruhiko Okubo, Kenichi Fukami, Seiichi Kouketsu, Kenji Sugai
  • Publication number: 20210299793
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes: a work support portion which supports the work and forms a closed space between the work and the work support portion; pads which are movable upward and downward inside the closed space and include upper surfaces respectively coming into contact with regions obtained by dividing a processing object region having the through-holes formed in the work to surround the region of the work over one circle when the pads move upward; a drive unit which drives the pads to move forward and backward between a state in which the pad is in contact with the work and a state in which the pad is separated from the work; a gas supply unit which supplies a gas into the closed space; and clamps which contact the work supported by the work support portion on inner circumferential surfaces and outer circumferential surfaces from above over one circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi KOBAYASHI, Naruhiko OKUBO, Kenichi FUKAMI, Seiichi KOUKETSU, Kenji SUGAI
  • Patent number: 8597086
    Abstract: A tool holder is provided with a main body, a taper cone, a working portion, a coolant flow passage, and an adjuster. The taper cone includes a taper portion and movable in an axial direction of the main body. The working portion is mounted on an outer peripheral portion of the main body and includes a taper bottom surface which engages with the taper portion. The taper bottom surface is movable in a radial direction of the main body based on a movement of the taper cone in the axial direction. A coolant flows through the coolant flow passage such that a part of the coolant presses and moves the taper cone in the axial direction and another part of the coolant flows out to an outside so as to adjust a pressing force. The adjuster is fitted into a hole penetrating the main body and includes a coolant flow-out hole for adjusting a flow-out of the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noro, Hiroaki Koyama, Kenji Sugai, Hiroaki Yoshikawa, Satoshi Mitsuyose, Takefumi Mizuhori
  • Publication number: 20110014854
    Abstract: A tool holder is provided with a main body, a taper cone, a working portion, a coolant flow passage, and an adjuster. The taper cone includes a taper portion and movable in an axial direction of the main body. The working portion is mounted on an outer peripheral portion of the main body and includes a taper bottom surface which engages with the taper portion. The taper bottom surface is movable in a radial direction of the main body based on a movement of the taper cone in the axial direction. A coolant flows through the coolant flow passage such that a part of the coolant presses and moves the taper cone in the axial direction and another part of the coolant flows out to an outside so as to adjust a pressing force. The adjuster is fitted into a hole penetrating the main body and includes a coolant flow-out hole for adjusting a flow-out of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Noro, Hiroaki Koyama, Kenji Sugai, Hiroaki Yoshikawa, Satoshi Mitsuyose, Takefumi Mizuhori
  • Patent number: 6117576
    Abstract: A battery device includes a lithium ion battery in a flattened cylindrical form and a circuit board arranged on a side surface of the battery. A first connection member connects between the circuit board and a positive pole, while a second connection member connects between the circuit board and a negative pole. The first connection member and the second connection member are both of strip members. The strip member is formed is a plurality of partial cuts extending from a lateral end of the strip member in a width direction. When there is a variation in the connection length between the circuit board and the positive/negative pole, the plurality of the partial cuts are opened or closed to thereby absorb the variation of the connection length by the first connection member and the second connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Sugai