Patents by Inventor Kunitaka MASAKI
Kunitaka MASAKI 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: 11498145Abstract: A welding method of a diffusion bonded structure in which the diffusion bonded structure formed by diffusion bonding metal parts to each other is bonded to another part by fusion welding includes a buffer layer forming step of forming a buffer layer in a welding region including a diffusion bonded joint of the diffusion bonded structure, the buffer layer having greater ductility than the diffusion bonded joint, and a welding step of bonding the welding region in which the buffer layer is formed to the another part by performing the fusion welding from above the buffer layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kunitaka Masaki, Rie Harada, Nagisa Hosoya, Takaaki Matsuoka, Yutaka Mizo
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Patent number: 11229972Abstract: A friction stir welding device includes a friction stir welding tool equipped with a fixed shoulder on an outer periphery of a probe on a proximal end side, a main shaft positioning mechanism which relatively moves the friction stir welding tool with respect to a corner portion between workpieces a control device thereof, and a filler supply unit which supplies a filler to a stirring region in which the workpieces are stirred by the probe at the time of friction stir welding. When the probe is immersed into the corner portion to perform the friction stir welding, the fixed shoulder is maintained at a position separated by a gap from the surfaces of the workpieces with the control device.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kunitaka Masaki, Naoki Oiwa, Hiroshi Saito
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Publication number: 20190337078Abstract: A welding method of a diffusion bonded structure in which the diffusion bonded structure formed by diffusion bonding metal parts to each other is bonded to another part by fusion welding includes a buffer layer forming step of forming a buffer layer in a welding region including a diffusion bonded joint of the diffusion bonded structure, the buffer layer having greater ductility than the diffusion bonded joint, and a welding step of bonding the welding region in which the buffer layer is formed to the another part by performing the fusion welding from above the buffer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kunitaka MASAKI, Rie HARADA, Nagisa HOSOYA, Takaaki MATSUOKA, Yutaka MIZO
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Patent number: 10245676Abstract: In the present disclosure, friction stir welding tools having probes and stationary shoulders are disposed at corners between a first workpiece and a second workpiece. A welding device main body includes axially perpendicular movement units for moving spindle units, which hold the respective friction stir welding tools on a frame, in directions perpendicular to rotary shafts of probes, and axial movement units for moving the spindle units in directions parallel to the rotary shafts of the probes.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Saito, Kunitaka Masaki, Koji Nezaki, Tadafumi Kanayama, Satoshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Tabei
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Patent number: 10118148Abstract: An end surface of each first side wall, an end surface of each first middle wall, and an end surface of each first end wall are joined to an adjacent second structure by diffusion bonding, an end surface of each second side wall, an end surface of each second middle wall, and an end surface of each second end wall are joined to an adjacent first structure or a lid structure by diffusion bonding, a thickness of each first side wall is greater than or equal to a thickness of each first middle wall, and a thickness of each second side wall is greater than or equal to a thickness of each second middle wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki Sakakura, Nobuyuki Honma, Takashi Nishii, Tomohiro Kaneko, Rie Harada, Kunitaka Masaki, Hiroyuki Kamata, Koki Hamada, Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20180093241Abstract: An end surface of each first side wall, an end surface of each first middle wall, and an end surface of each first end wall are joined to an adjacent second structure by diffusion bonding, an end surface of each second side wall, an end surface of each second middle wall, and an end surface of each second end wall are joined to an adjacent first structure or a lid structure by diffusion bonding, a thickness of each first side wall is greater than or equal to a thickness of each first middle wall, and a thickness of each second side wall is greater than or equal to a thickness of each second middle wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: April 5, 2018Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeki SAKAKURA, Nobuyuki HONMA, Takashi NISHII, Tomohiro KANEKO, Rie HARADA, Kunitaka MASAKI, Hiroyuki KAMATA, Koki HAMADA, Akihisa YANO, Tatsuya OKA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20180071861Abstract: A friction stir welding device includes a friction stir welding tool equipped with a fixed shoulder on an outer periphery of a probe on a proximal end side, a main shaft positioning mechanism which relatively moves the friction stir welding tool with respect to a corner portion between workpieces a control device thereof, and a filler supply unit which supplies a filler to a stirring region in which the workpieces are stirred by the probe at the time of friction stir welding. When the probe is immersed into the corner portion to perform the friction stir welding, the fixed shoulder is maintained at a position separated by a gap from the surfaces of the workpieces with the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Kunitaka MASAKI, Naoki OIWA, Hiroshi SAITO
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Publication number: 20170297142Abstract: The present disclosure arranges a pair of friction stir welding tools including probes and fixed shoulders at corner portions between a first workpiece and a second workpiece. The friction stir welding tools are arranged so that regions where the probes are embedded in the respective the corner portions and stirred are positioned symmetrically with respect to the second workpiece. With this arrangement of the friction stir welding tools, the corner portions are friction stir welded simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Hiroshi SAITO, Kunitaka MASAKI, Koji NEZAKI, Tadafumi KANAYAMA, Satoshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi TABEI
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Publication number: 20170297143Abstract: In the present disclosure, friction stir welding tools having probes and stationary shoulders are disposed at corners between a first workpiece and a second workpiece. A welding device main body includes axially perpendicular movement units for moving spindle units, which hold the respective friction stir welding tools on a frame, in directions perpendicular to rotary shafts of probes, and axial movement units for moving the spindle units in directions parallel to the rotary shafts of the probes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: IHI CorporationInventors: Hiroshi SAITO, Kunitaka MASAKI, Koji NEZAKI, Tadafumi KANAYAMA, Satoshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi TABEI