Patents by Inventor Kozue Kato

Kozue Kato 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).

  • Method of generating CAD data for evaporative pattern having frame structure
    Patent number: 8762112
    Abstract: A method for generating CAD data appropriate for designing an evaporative pattern having a frame structure is provided. The method includes, allocating, generating joint shape data, and extracting rod body data. Rod data includes rod body data representing a shape of a rod body and terminal data representing a shape of a rod terminal disposed at an end of the rod body. In the allocating, a plurality of the rods is allocated so that the rod terminals overlap each other in a 3-dimensional space in computer. In the generating, the joint shape data is generated by merging the terminal data of the plurality of rod terminals overlapped. In the extracting, the rod body data is extracted from the rod data of the rods allocated in the 3-dimensional space. The joint shape data and the rod body data obtained by such processes correspond to the CAD data of the evaporative pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imakawa, Kozue Kato
  • METHOD OF GENERATING CAD DATA FOR EVAPORATIVE PATTERN HAVING FRAME STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20130297264
    Abstract: A method for generating CAD data appropriate for designing an evaporative pattern having a frame structure is provided. The method includes, allocating, generating joint shape data, and extracting rod body data. Rod data includes rod body data representing a shape of a rod body and terminal data representing a shape of a rod terminal disposed at an end of the rod body. In the allocating, a plurality of the rods is allocated so that the rod terminals overlap each other in a 3-dimensional space in computer. In the generating, the joint shape data is generated by merging the terminal data of the plurality of rod terminals overlapped. In the extracting, the rod body data is extracted from the rod data of the rods allocated in the 3-dimensional space. The joint shape data and the rod body data obtained by such processes correspond to the CAD data of the evaporative pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imakawa, Kozue Kato