Patents by Inventor Koki Kodaira
Koki Kodaira 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).
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Patent number: 12172351Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molded part by an injection molding machine while changing between multiple molds, the method including transporting a stack mold including an intermediate mold to a molding operation position inside the injection molding machine, wherein the intermediate mold includes a first unit for closing a first opening portion for delivering a resin to a cavity and a second unit for closing a second opening portion for receiving the resin from a next mold located next to the intermediate mold, the next mold including a third unit for closing a third opening portion for receiving the resin, injecting the resin into the mold, closing the opening portions by the first unit, second unit, and third unit, and unloading the mold from the molding operation position after the resin is injected into the mold, where the first, second, and third opening portions are closed in this order.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Canon Virginia, Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Patent number: 12109744Abstract: A mold for injection molding, the mold comprising a first member, a second member configured to form a first cavity corresponding to a first molded part by combining the second member with the first member, and wherein the improvement to the mold includes a third member configured to form a second cavity corresponding to a second molded product by combining the third member with the first member.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Canon Virginia, Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Patent number: 12097650Abstract: A runner for supplying resin to a cavity includes a sprue that is supplied resin from a nozzle of an injection molding machine, a first path formed in the runner, where the resin flows in the first path from the nozzle when the nozzle connects to the sprue, a first pin that moves to a first position to increase the size of the first path before the resin is supplied to the first path and moves to a second position to decrease the size of the first path before the nozzle separates from the sprue.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
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Patent number: 12090692Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding, and a conveyor apparatus configured to insert a mold through an opening of the injection molding apparatus, wherein the improvement to the injection molding system includes the injection molding apparatus further comprising a first door configured to restrict access via a first opening when a first door is closed and a second door configured to restrict access via a second opening when a second door is closed, and a controller configured to start injection molding with the mold in a case where the first door is partially opened and the second door is closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya
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Patent number: 12076895Abstract: A mold for an injection molding system including an injection molding machine, a conveying apparatus configured to convey a mold to a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, and a driving unit configured to provide power for moving the mold, the mold including a fixed mold, a movable mold, and a clamping plate fixed to the fixed mold, wherein the improvement to the mold includes a first attachment area for transmitting the power from the driving unit to the mold is provided on the clamping plate and in an extending portion that extends downward from the fixed mold or on the clamping plate and in a protruding portion that protrudes from the fixed mold in a conveyance direction of the mold and located lower than a middle of the clamping plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Canon Virginia, Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Patent number: 12064906Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Kenta Inaba
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Publication number: 20240253284Abstract: An injection molding system includes injecting resin into a mold, moving a mold between a first position within an injection molding machine and a second position outside the injection molding machine, wherein improvement to the injection molding system includes not moving a first mold until the injection molding machine performs N times of an injection process with the first mold, where the first mold is moved from the first position to the second position after the N times of the injection process with the first mold so a second external mold moves into the injection molding machine, and inserting a first molded part obtained based on the N times injection process with the first mold into the second mold such that resin is injected into the second mold in which the first molded part is inserted to obtain a second molded part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Tomohiro Shima, Shigeru Katagiri, Masayoshi Sonobe
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Patent number: 12042972Abstract: An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding, a first conveyor apparatus on one side of the injection molding apparatus to eject and insert a first mold through a first opening of the injection molding apparatus, and a second conveyor apparatus located on a second side of the injection molding apparatus to eject and insert a second mold through a second opening of the injection molding apparatus, where the improvement of the injection molding apparatus includes a first door to cover the first opening, a second door to cover the second opening, and a controller that prohibits injection molding with the first mold in a case where the second door is opened.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya
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Patent number: 12023831Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Kenta Inaba
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Patent number: 12005621Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molded part while changing between multiple molds including a first ejecting step of opening a first mold and ejecting the molded part from the first mold, a checking step of checking the ejected molded part to determine if the molded part is acceptable, a first injecting step of closing the first mold and performing injection into the first mold, a second ejecting step of, where the ejected molded part is determined to be acceptable, changing the first mold to a second mold and ejecting the molded part from the second mold after the first injecting step, and a third ejecting step of, in a case where the molded part ejected in the first ejecting step is determined to be non-acceptable, not changing the first mold to the second mold and ejecting the molded part from the first mold.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Canon Virginia, Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Patent number: 12005619Abstract: An injection molding system includes a conveyor apparatus that moves a mold, and an injection molding apparatus that performs, using an injection cylinder and a screw, injection molding with the mold, wherein the improvement of the injection molding system includes at least one structure located in proximity to at least a part of the conveyor apparatus, wherein the at least one structure includes at least one element that is moveable, and wherein, when the screw is removed from the injection cylinder, the at least one element is in a position to prevent the at least one element from contacting the screw.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: Canon Virginia, Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Yohei Minatoya, Kenta Inaba
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Patent number: 11986984Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus and a conveying apparatus for conveying a mold with respect to the injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including a support member for supporting a bottom of the mold, and a guide member located on a side of the mold for guiding the mold conveyed by the conveying apparatus, wherein the improvement to the conveying apparatus includes an adjustment member for adjusting a position of the guide member in a direction intersecting a direction of conveyance of the mold by the conveying apparatus independently from a position of the supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Canon Virginia, Inc.Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Koki Kodaira
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Patent number: 11926081Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding with a mold, and a conveyor apparatus that moves the mold to a position in the injection molding apparatus, wherein the improvement to the injection molding system includes a connection part configured to fix the conveyor apparatus with the injection molding apparatus such that a side surface of the injection molding apparatus and a side surface of the conveyor apparatus facing each other are spaced apart.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Canon Virginia, Inc.Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Publication number: 20240033982Abstract: A conveying apparatus for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including an actuator for conveying the mold, a first rotating body, and a second rotating body, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body are configured to support a bottom surface of the mold, wherein the first rotating body and the second rotating body assist in guiding conveyance of the mold by the actuator, wherein the first rotating body is positioned closer to a fixed platen of the injection molding machine in an axial direction of the first rotating body than the second rotating body, and wherein an improvement of the conveying apparatus is that a length in an axial direction of the second rotating body is longer than a length in the axial direction of the first rotating body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
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Publication number: 20230241819Abstract: A conveyance system for conveying a mold into an injection molding machine includes a conveying machine that conveys the mold, and a supporting member that movably supports the conveying machine, wherein the improvement to the conveyance system includes a guide member that guides a movement of the conveying machine by the supporting member in a direction other than an X-axis direction between a first position where the mold can be conveyed from the conveying machine to the injection molding machine and a second position that is different from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
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Publication number: 20220410452Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding apparatus and a conveying apparatus for conveying a mold with respect to the injection molding machine, the conveying apparatus including a support member for supporting a bottom of the mold, and a guide member located on a side of the mold for guiding the mold conveyed by the conveying apparatus, wherein the improvement to the conveying apparatus includes an adjustment member for adjusting a position of the guide member in a direction intersecting a direction of conveyance of the mold by the conveying apparatus independently from a position of the supporting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Yuichi Yanahara, Koki Kodaira
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Publication number: 20220402182Abstract: An injection molding system including an injection molding machine including at least one opening on each of a first side surface and a second side surface for conveying at least one mold, wherein the improvement to the injection molding system includes at least one actuator for conveying at least three different molds through at least one of the at least one openings, and at least one guiding element for guiding at least one cable connected to a first mold located between at least two other molds to a location external to the injection molding machine via an opening of the injection molding machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Junko Tajima
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Publication number: 20220250293Abstract: A mold for injection molding, the mold comprising a first member, a second member configured to form a first cavity corresponding to a first molded part by combining the second member with the first member, and wherein the improvement to the mold includes a third member configured to form a second cavity corresponding to a second molded product by combining the third member with the first member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara
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Publication number: 20220242017Abstract: A manufacturing system including an injection molding machine and a conveyance apparatus injections a mold and cools the mold at a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, ejections a molded part from the mold at the molding operation position, and conveys the mold to a path of the conveyance apparatus and heats the mold on the path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara, Kenta Inaba
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Publication number: 20220219362Abstract: A mold for an injection molding system including an injection molding machine, a conveying apparatus configured to convey a mold to a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, and a driving unit configured to provide power for moving the mold, the mold including a fixed mold, a movable mold, and a clamping plate fixed to the fixed mold, wherein the improvement to the mold includes a first attachment area for transmitting the power from the driving unit to the mold is provided on the clamping plate and in an extending portion that extends downward from the fixed mold or on the clamping plate and in a protruding portion that protrudes from the fixed mold in a conveyance direction of the mold and located lower than a middle of the clamping plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Koki Kodaira, Yuichi Yanahara