Patents by Inventor Kunio Matsunaga

Kunio Matsunaga 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: 10760903
    Abstract: A master disk which simulates a tire and is used at the time of confirmation or correction of measurement accuracy of a geometry measuring device for measuring the surface shape of a tire, of a tire testing machine, includes: a simulated tire section simulating a tire; a lower tubular section having a cylindrical shape, in which the tip side thereof is connected to the lower end side of the simulated tire section so as to be coaxial with the simulated tire section and a guide surface inclined in a tapered shape so as to have a larger diameter toward the base end side is formed on the base end side of an inner peripheral surface; and a neck section and a flange section which are provided on the upper end side of the simulated tire section and detachably engaged with test rim moving and exchanging means of a tire holding device of the tire testing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Nishihara, Kunio Matsunaga, Tatsuya Ueda, Hiroaki Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20190226839
    Abstract: A master disk which simulates a tire and is used at the time of confirmation or correction of measurement accuracy of a geometry measuring device for measuring the surface shape of a tire, of a tire testing machine, includes: a simulated tire section simulating a tire; a lower tubular section having a cylindrical shape, in which the tip side thereof is connected to the lower end side of the simulated tire section so as to be coaxial with the simulated tire section and a guide surface inclined in a tapered shape so as to have a larger diameter toward the base end side is formed on the base end side of an inner peripheral surface; and a neck section and a flange section which are provided on the upper end side of the simulated tire section and detachably engaged with test rim moving and exchanging means of a tire holding device of the tire testing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshikazu NISHIHARA, Kunio MATSUNAGA, Tatsuya UEDA, Hiroaki YONEDA
  • Publication number: 20180306578
    Abstract: A master disk which simulates a tire and is used at the time of confirmation or correction of measurement accuracy of a geometry measuring device for measuring the surface shape of a tire, of a tire testing machine, includes: a simulated tire section simulating a tire; a lower tubular section having a cylindrical shape, in which the tip side thereof is connected to the lower end side of the simulated tire section so as to be coaxial with the simulated tire section and a guide surface inclined in a tapered shape so as to have a larger diameter toward the base end side is formed on the base end side of an inner peripheral surface; and a neck section and a flange section which are provided on the upper end side of the simulated tire section and detachably engaged with test rim moving and exchanging means of a tire holding device of the tire testing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu NISHIHARA, Kunio MATSUNAGA, Tatsuya UEDA, Hiroaki YONEDA
  • Patent number: 10067036
    Abstract: A tire inspection device according to the present invention includes a support portion which supports a tire such that a center axis of the tire is positioned along a vertical direction, a lifting and lowering portion which moves the tire and a rim relative to each other in the vertical direction to fit the rim to the tire, a position detection unit which detects a position of a surface of the tire in the vertical direction at three or more detection points, and a posture detection unit which detects posture information of the tire based on position information detected by the position detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Morihiro Imamura, Hiroaki Yoneda, Kunio Matsunaga, Makoto Tachibana
  • Patent number: 9757917
    Abstract: This tire marking apparatus is a tire marking apparatus for performing marking in a tire. The tire marking apparatus includes a disk part having a central axis that is adjusted substantially perpendicularly to a printing surface of the tire; a plurality of printing parts that are provided in the disk part so as to be capable of moving forward and backward with respect to the printing surface and are arranged around the central axis; and a printing driving unit that moves at least one printing part arranged at a printing position that faces the printing surface of the tire forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Agawa, Yasutaka Seimoto, Hiroaki Yoneda, Kunio Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 9579930
    Abstract: This printing device includes a first supply roller and a second supply roller that supply the pair of ink ribbons; a first winding roller and a second winding roller that are pulled out from the first supply roller and the second supply roller and wind the pair of ink ribbons passing through a printing position; and a roller driving unit that rotates the first winding roller and the second winding roller. The roller driving unit includes one rotational driving device in which a rotating shaft is rotatable in a normal direction and a reverse direction, a first transmission mechanism that transmits only the rotation of the rotating shaft in the normal direction to the first winding roller, and a second transmission mechanism that transmits only the rotation of the rotating shaft in the reverse direction to the second winding roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Seimoto, Tatsuya Ueda, Hiroaki Yoneda, Kunio Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20170003198
    Abstract: A tire inspection device according to the present invention includes a support portion which supports a tire such that a center axis of the tire is positioned along a vertical direction, a lifting and lowering portion which moves the tire and a rim relative to each other in the vertical direction to fit the rim to the tire, a position detection unit which detects a position of a surface of the tire in the vertical direction at three or more detection points, and a posture detection unit which detects posture information of the tire based on position information detected by the position detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Litsubishi Heavy Industries Machineary Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Morihiro IMAMURA, Hiroaki YONEDA, Kunio MATSUNAGA, Makoto TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20160368233
    Abstract: This tire marking apparatus is a tire marking apparatus for performing marking in a tire. The tire marking apparatus includes a disk part having a central axis that is adjusted substantially perpendicularly to a printing surface of the tire; a plurality of printing parts that are provided in the disk part so as to be capable of moving forward and backward with respect to the printing surface and are arranged around the central axis; and a printing driving unit that moves at least one printing part arranged at a printing position that faces the printing surface of the tire forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Jiro AGAWA, Yasutaka SEIMOTO, Hiroaki YONEDA, Kunio MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160355061
    Abstract: This printing device includes a first supply roller and a second supply roller that supply the pair of ink ribbons; a first winding roller and a second winding roller that are pulled out from the first supply roller and the second supply roller and wind the pair of ink ribbons passing through a printing position; and a roller driving unit that rotates the first winding roller and the second winding roller. The roller driving unit includes one rotational driving device in which a rotating shaft is rotatable in a normal direction and a reverse direction, a first transmission mechanism that transmits only the rotation of the rotating shaft in the normal direction to the first winding roller, and a second transmission mechanism that transmits only the rotation of the rotating shaft in the reverse direction to the second winding roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Yasutaka SEIMOTO, Tatsuya UEDA, Hiroaki YONEDA, Kunio MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20160355060
    Abstract: A tire marking apparatus for performing marking in a tire includes a printing part capable of performing printing in a tire; a rotational position adjusting roller that abuts against a portion of the tire, and rotates the tire around an axis of the tire when the rotational position adjusting roller rotates; and a rotational driving unit that rotates the rotational position adjusting roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kunio MATSUNAGA, Tatsuya UEDA, Morihiro IMAMURA, Hiroaki YONEDA
  • Patent number: 9333680
    Abstract: Provided are a tire vulcanizer and a method for transporting or packaging the same whereby, even in cases where the overall height direction dimension of the vulcanizer exceeds size limits for domestic transportation or export packaging, the vulcanizer can easily clear said limits and be transported or packaged. A tire vulcanizer comprising tie rods extending upward from a base plate, said tie rods receiving squeezing force applied to a bolster plate and a top mold when vulcanizing a tire and guiding lifting/lowering of the bolster plate and the top mold when opening and closing the top mold. In such a tire vulcanizer, the tie rods are configured so as to be vertically dividable into at least two or more sections at a position in the length direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Matsunaga, Keiichi Tomoto, Mitsuru Morita
  • Patent number: 9321315
    Abstract: A tire holding apparatus which holds a tire using an annular rim that is detachably mounted, includes: a body section having a support surface which supports the rim; an inflation gas supply portion which has an inflation flow passage that passes from an inner portion of the body section to a center portion of the rim and supplies inflation gas into a tire supported by the rim; and a clamping portion which is mounted on the body section and clamps the rim to the support surface of the body section by using pressure of the inflation gas that flows through the inflation flow passage as a drive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Matsunaga, Makoto Tachibana
  • Patent number: 9033691
    Abstract: What is provided is a tire vulcanizer, in which the stress force during engagement of the teeth can be reduced and teeth damage can be suppressed, allowing down-sizing, light-weighting, and simplifying at the same time. It includes: an upper mold attaching part (21) to which an upper mold is attached; a lower mold attachment part to which a lower mold pressed on the upper mold is attached; a supporting part (5) that supports the upper mold attaching part (21) and the lower mold attaching part; a fixed side rack (6) having first teeth (6a) arranged in a height direction and provided to the supporting part (5); a movable-side rack (7) having second teeth (7a) engaging with the first teeth and provided to the upper mold attaching part (21); and a tilting restriction part (40) restricting tilt of the movable-side rack (7) derived from the height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwamoto, Kunio Matsunaga, Koji Shintani, Yoshikatsu Hineno
  • Publication number: 20150047790
    Abstract: A tire holding apparatus which holds a tire using an annular rim that is detachably mounted, includes: a body section having a support surface which supports the rim; an inflation gas supply portion which has an inflation flow passage that passes from an inner portion of the body section to a center portion of the rim and supplies inflation gas into a tire supported by the rim; and a clamping portion which is mounted on the body section and clamps the rim to the support surface of the body section by using pressure of the inflation gas that flows through the inflation flow passage as a drive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Matsunaga, Makoto Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20140057009
    Abstract: What is provided is a tire vulcanizer, in which the stress force during engagement of the teeth can be reduced and teeth damage can be suppressed, allowing down-sizing, light-weighting, and simplifying at the same time. It includes: an upper mold attaching part (21) to which an upper mold is attached; a lower mold attachment part to which a lower mold pressed on the upper mold is attached; a supporting part (5) that supports the upper mold attaching part (21) and the lower mold attaching part; a fixed side rack (6) having first teeth (6a) arranged in a height direction and provided to the supporting part (5); a movable-side rack (7) having second teeth (7a) engaging with the first teeth and provided to the upper mold attaching part (21); and a tilting restriction part (40) restricting tilt of the movable-side rack (7) derived from the height direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Iwamoto, Kunio Matsunaga, Koji Shintani, Yoshikatsu Hineno
  • Patent number: 8636491
    Abstract: The tire vulcanizer is featured by including a slide back mechanism configured such that the upper metal mold separated and lifted from the lower metal mold installed to be fixed to a base is moved by an operation of a movable carriage so as to reciprocate between a vulcanization position at which the upper metal mold is pressed toward the lower metal mold, and a waiting position at which the green tire can be carried in the lower metal mold and at which the cured tire can be carried out from the lower metal mold, and is featured in that the upper metal mold is attached below, via a squeezing cylinder mechanism, to a beam integrated with a tie rod which is vertically moved by an operation of a lifting/lowering cylinder along a guide hole provided in the movable carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Fukuda, Kunio Matsunaga, Joji Yusa
  • Publication number: 20130071504
    Abstract: Provided are a tire vulcanizer and a method for transporting or packaging the same whereby, even in cases where the overall height direction dimension of the vulcanizer exceeds size limits for domestic transportation or export packaging, the vulcanizer can easily clear said limits and be transported or packaged. A tire vulcanizer comprising tie rods extending upward from a base plate, said tie rods receiving squeezing force applied to a bolster plate and a top mold when vulcanizing a tire and guiding lifting/lowering of the bolster plate and the top mold when opening and closing the top mold. In such a tire vulcanizer, the tie rods are configured so as to be vertically dividable into at least two or more sections at a position in the length direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIJES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Matsunaga, Keiichi Tomoto, Mitsuru Morita
  • Publication number: 20120251645
    Abstract: To provide a tire vulcanizer which is configured to slide back a lifting/sliding mechanism to a waiting position, and which is featured in being capable of making uniform the squeezing force applied by the upper metal mold at the time of vulcanization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Fukuda, Kunio Matsunaga, Joji Yusa