Patents by Inventor Kunio Niigawa

Kunio Niigawa 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: 7275410
    Abstract: A work transfer device employed in a multi-process press machine is provided with a drive unit formed of a servo motor, a cam shaft vertically provided so as to be rotatably driven by the drive unit, a cam mechanism formed of three cams including an X-axis feed cam that moves a feed bar provided with a work holding fitting for holding a work toward an X-axis direction, a Y-axis feed cam that moves the feed bar in parallel toward a Y-axis direction in parallel, and a Z-axis feed cam that moves the feed bar in parallel toward a Z-axis direction, a group of swing levers formed of three types of swing levers which are swingably operated in engagement with the corresponding cams that constitute the cam mechanism, and a link mechanism connected to each end portion of the swing levers such that the feed bar is linearly driven toward the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Takagi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Niigawa, Hideki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20070022801
    Abstract: A work transfer device employed in a multi-process press machine is provided with a drive unit formed of a servo motor, a cam shaft vertically provided so as to be rotatably driven by the drive unit, a cam mechanism formed of three cams including an X-axis feed cam that moves a feed bar provided with a work holding fitting for holding a work toward an X-axis direction, a Y-axis feed cam that moves the feed bar in parallel toward a Y-axis direction in parallel, and a Z-axis feed cam that moves the feed bar in parallel toward a Z-axis direction, a group of swing levers formed of three types of swing levers which are swingably operated in engagement with the corresponding cams that constitute the cam mechanism, and a link mechanism connected to each end portion of the swing levers such that the feed bar is linearly driven toward the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: Takagi Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Niigawa, Hideki Inoue