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).

  • Patent number: 11498145
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunitaka Masaki, Rie Harada, Nagisa Hosoya, Takaaki Matsuoka, Yutaka Mizo
  • Patent number: 11229972
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunitaka Masaki, Naoki Oiwa, Hiroshi Saito
  • Publication number: 20190337078
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunitaka MASAKI, Rie HARADA, Nagisa HOSOYA, Takaaki MATSUOKA, Yutaka MIZO
  • Patent number: 10245676
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Saito, Kunitaka Masaki, Koji Nezaki, Tadafumi Kanayama, Satoshi Yamanaka, Yasushi Tabei
  • Patent number: 10118148
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Sakakura, Nobuyuki Honma, Takashi Nishii, Tomohiro Kaneko, Rie Harada, Kunitaka Masaki, Hiroyuki Kamata, Koki Hamada, Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Yusuke Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20180093241
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki SAKAKURA, Nobuyuki HONMA, Takashi NISHII, Tomohiro KANEKO, Rie HARADA, Kunitaka MASAKI, Hiroyuki KAMATA, Koki HAMADA, Akihisa YANO, Tatsuya OKA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180071861
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunitaka MASAKI, Naoki OIWA, Hiroshi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20170297142
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAITO, Kunitaka MASAKI, Koji NEZAKI, Tadafumi KANAYAMA, Satoshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi TABEI
  • Publication number: 20170297143
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAITO, Kunitaka MASAKI, Koji NEZAKI, Tadafumi KANAYAMA, Satoshi YAMANAKA, Yasushi TABEI