Patents by Inventor Kohei MIKAMI

Kohei MIKAMI 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
  • Patent number: 10882094
    Abstract: In a spinning forming method, a plate including a peripheral portion at which a ring-shaped projection is provided is used, the projection projecting in a thickness direction of the plate. Further, while rotating the plate, a transform target portion of the plate is locally heated, and a processing tool is pressed against the transform target portion to transform the plate. According to this configuration, a heat capacity of the peripheral portion of the plate can be increased. With this, when heating the vicinity of the peripheral portion of the plate, the peripheral portion can be prevented from becoming high in temperature. As a result, deformation of the peripheral portion of the plate can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiro Kabe, Yoshihide Imamura, Yuto Sakane, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10632522
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a preliminary formed body includes an ironing step and a thickening step. In the ironing step, a predetermined range of a plate is formed into a tapered shape in such a manner that while rotating the plate, a transform target portion of the plate is locally heated by induction heating, and a processing tool is pressed against the transform target portion. In the thickening step, a peripheral portion that is a distal end of the tapered shape of the plate is expanded inward in such a manner that while rotating the plate, the peripheral portion is locally heated, and a forming roller is pressed against the peripheral portion to push the peripheral portion in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihide Imamura, Yuto Sakane, Kohei Mikami, Yoshiro Kabe, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 10384253
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a rotating shaft that rotates a plate to be formed; a processing tool that presses a transform target portion of the plate to transform the plate; and a heater that locally heats the transform target portion by induction heating. The heater includes an electric conducting pipe, and the electric conducting pipe includes a coil portion extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate. A cooling liquid circulates through the electric conducting pipe by a circulating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Sakane, Yoshihide Imamura, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 10259029
    Abstract: According to a spinning forming device, while a plate is rotated by a rotating shaft, a transform target portion of the plate is pressed by a processing tool and locally heated by a heater that performs induction heating. The heater includes a coil portion having a doubled circular-arc shape and is inclined by an inclining device relative to a direction from the rotating shaft toward the processing tool. A measuring unit measures distances each from the coil portion to an outer peripheral original portion of the plate at a plurality of measurement points distributed in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft. A controller controls the inclining device based on a measurement result of the measuring unit such that an angle difference between the coil portion and the outer peripheral original portion becomes not more than a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Sakane, Yoshihide Imamura, Kohei Mikami, Yoshiro Kabe, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 10259030
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a rotating shaft that rotates a plate to be formed; a processing tool that presses a front surface of the plate while being moved outward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft; and a heater that is moved so as to be located on the same circumference as the processing tool and locally heats the plate by induction heating. The spinning forming device further includes a cooling device that cools the front surface of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Mikami, Yoshihide Imamura, Yuto Sakane, Yoshiro Kabe, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10092939
    Abstract: A spinning forming device according to one aspect, a receiving jig supporting a central portion of a plate to be formed is attached to a rotating shaft, and a transform target portion of the plate is pressed by a processing tool and locally heated by a heater that performs induction heating. The heater includes an electric conducting pipe in which a cooling liquid flows. The electric conducting pipe includes: a coil portion extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate; and a pair of lead portions extending from the coil portion outward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. Each of the pair of lead portions is retreated father away from the plate than the coil portion at its end portion adjacent to the coil portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Sakane, Yoshihide Imamura, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 10022768
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a receiving jig supporting a central portion of a plate to be formed; and a rotating shaft to which the receiving jig is attached. Further, the spinning forming device includes: a heater that locally heats a transform target portion of the plate by induction heating; and a processing roller that presses the transform target portion to transform the plate. Furthermore, the spinning forming device includes a cooling device and/or a lubricant supply device. The cooling device sprays a cooling gas toward the processing roller. The lubricant supply device supplies a lubricant onto the processing roller or to between the processing roller and the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihide Imamura, Yuto Sakane, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 9931682
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a receiving jig supporting a central portion of a plate to be formed; and a rotating shaft to which the receiving jig is attached. The spinning forming device also includes: a heater configured to locally heat a transform target portion of the plate by induction heating; and a processing tool configured to press the transform target portion to transform the plate. The spinning forming device further includes a pair of holding rollers configured to sandwich an outside portion of the plate, the outside portion being located outside the transform target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihide Imamura, Yuto Sakane, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Patent number: 9849495
    Abstract: A spinning thickening forming method is a method of, while rotating a plate including a center portion fixed to a fixing jig, increasing a thickness of a peripheral portion of the plate. Specifically, while locally heating the peripheral portion of the plate such that at least a portion of the plate which is adjacent to the fixing jig maintains stiffness, a forming roller is pressed against the peripheral portion of the plate to compress the peripheral portion in at least a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto Sakane, Yoshihide Imamura, Kohei Mikami, Hayato Iwasaki, Hideyuki Ogishi, Hiroshi Kitano
  • Publication number: 20170304885
    Abstract: A spinning forming method is a method of forming a formation target region of a plate into a tapered shape by using a processing tool while rotating the plate. The processing tool is moved from an inside edge of the formation target region to an outside edge of the formation target region while being pressed against the plate. The plate is rotated in a state where a position of the processing tool is fixed at the outside edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei MIKAMI, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Toshiro TSUJI, Yoshiro KABE, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170144208
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a rotating shaft that rotates a plate to be formed; a processing tool that presses a front surface of the plate while being moved outward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft; and a heater that is moved so as to be located on the same circumference as the processing tool and locally heats the plate by induction heating. The spinning forming device further includes a cooling device that cools the front surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei MIKAMI, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Yuto SAKANE, Yoshiro KABE, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170043389
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a preliminary formed body includes an ironing step and a thickening step. In the ironing step, a predetermined range of a plate is formed into a tapered shape in such a manner that while rotating the plate, a transform target portion of the plate is locally heated by induction heating, and a processing tool is pressed against the transform target portion. In the thickening step, a peripheral portion that is a distal end of the tapered shape of the plate is expanded inward in such a manner that while rotating the plate, the peripheral portion is locally heated, and a forming roller is pressed against the peripheral portion to push the peripheral portion in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihide IMAMURA, Yuto SAKANE, Kohei MIKAMI, Yoshiro KABE, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170036257
    Abstract: According to a spinning forming device, while a plate is rotated by a rotating shaft, a transform target portion of the plate is pressed by a processing tool and locally heated by a heater that performs induction heating. The heater includes a coil portion having a doubled circular-arc shape and is inclined by an inclining device relative to a direction from the rotating shaft toward the processing tool. A measuring unit measures distances each from the coil portion to an outer peripheral original portion of the plate at a plurality of measurement points distributed in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft. A controller controls the inclining device based on a measurement result of the measuring unit such that an angle difference between the coil portion and the outer peripheral original portion becomes not more than a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto SAKANE, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Kohei MIKAMI, Yoshiro KABE, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170021405
    Abstract: In a spinning forming method, a plate including a peripheral portion at which a ring-shaped projection is provided is used, the projection projecting in a thickness direction of the plate. Further, while rotating the plate, a transform target portion of the plate is locally heated, and a processing tool is pressed against the transform target portion to transform the plate. According to this configuration, a heat capacity of the peripheral portion of the plate can be increased. With this, when heating the vicinity of the peripheral portion of the plate, the peripheral portion can be prevented from becoming high in temperature. As a result, deformation of the peripheral portion of the plate can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiro KABE, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Yuto SAKANE, Kohei MIKAMI, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO
  • Publication number: 20170001229
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a receiving jig supporting a central portion of a plate to be formed; and a rotating shaft to which the receiving jig is attached. The spinning forming device also includes: a heater configured to locally heat a transform target portion of the plate by induction heating; and a processing tool configured to press the transform target portion to transform the plate. The spinning forming device further includes a pair of holding rollers configured to sandwich an outside portion of the plate, the outside portion being located outside the transform target portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihide IMAMURA, Yuto SAKANE, Kohei MIKAMI, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO
  • Publication number: 20160325333
    Abstract: A spinning forming device includes: a rotating shaft that rotates a plate to be formed; a processing tool that presses a transform target portion of the plate to transform the plate; and a heater that locally heats the transform target portion by induction heating. The heater includes an electric conducting pipe, and the electric conducting pipe includes a coil portion extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate. A cooling liquid circulates through the electric conducting pipe by a circulating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto SAKANE, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Kohei MIKAMI, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO
  • Publication number: 20160325335
    Abstract: A spinning forming device according to one aspect, a receiving jig supporting a central portion of a plate to be formed is attached to a rotating shaft, and a transform target portion of the plate is pressed by a processing tool and locally heated by a heater that performs induction heating. The heater includes an electric conducting pipe in which a cooling liquid flows. The electric conducting pipe includes: a coil portion extending in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft and having a doubled circular-arc shape facing the plate; and a pair of lead portions extending from the coil portion outward in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. Each of the pair of lead portions is retreated father away from the plate than the coil portion at its end portion adjacent to the coil portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuto SAKANE, Yoshihide IMAMURA, Kohei MIKAMI, Hayato IWASAKI, Hiroshi KITANO