Patents by Inventor Makoto INOMOTO

Makoto INOMOTO 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: 12128618
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing support device includes: a variable table which includes an installation surface, and has a configuration configured to enable a shape of the installation surface to be freely modified; a drive unit for: (i) driving the variable table to change the shape of the installation surface; and a control unit for acquiring shape data relating to a shape of a printed article, which is a printing target; and (ii) controlling the drive unit based on the shape data such that the shape of the installation surface corresponds to the shape of the printed article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Inomoto
  • Patent number: 11738961
    Abstract: The present invention includes a first weight scale that senses first information necessary when acquiring the residual amount of a first composite material sheet wound on a first support rod; a second weight scale that senses second information necessary when acquiring the residual amount of a second composite material sheet wound on a second support rod; a first cutting part for cutting the first composite material sheet; a second cutting part for cutting the second composite material sheet; a pressure-bonding mechanism that pressure-bonds the first composite material sheet and the second composite material sheet; and a control device that controls the first cutting part, the second cutting part, and the pressure-bonding mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Suzuki, Kazuki Ishida, Kohei Muto, Tsuyoshi Okawara, Kenji Murakami, Makoto Inomoto
  • Publication number: 20220402208
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to form a printed article rapidly and simply, without using a support material, in three-dimensional printing. A three-dimensional printing support device (1) is provided with: a variable table (2) which includes an installation surface (10), and which has a configuration enabling the shape of the installation surface (10) to be freely modified; a drive unit (3) for driving the variable table (2) to change the shape of the installation surface (10); and a control unit (4) for acquiring shape data relating to the shape of a printed article, which is a printing target, and controlling the drive unit (3) on the basis of the acquired shape data such that the shape of the installation surface (10) is a shape corresponding to the surface shape of the printed article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Makoto INOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220397228
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a heat insulating structure, a heat insulating body, a method for manufacturing a heat insulating structure, and a method for manufacturing a heat insulating body that can substantially reduce a manufacturing cost and a manufacturing time. A heat insulating structure is provided with: a plurality of partition members that are reticulately provided in a space region between one wall part and another wall part opposed to the one wall part and partition the space region into a plurality of partition spaces from the side of the other wall part to the side of the one wall part; and a plurality of fraction members that are provided to support the one wall part and fractionize partition spaces facing the one wall part among the plurality of partition spaces so as to be gradually smaller toward the side of the one wall part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Makoto INOMOTO
  • Patent number: 11524469
    Abstract: This composite material automatic laminating equipment is provided with a lamination stage a composite material winding unit which supplies a composite material sheet, supply rollers which feed the composite material sheet onto the top surface of the lamination stage or onto another composite material sheet arranged on said top surface, a compaction roller which is arranged downstream of the supply rollers and which makes surface contact with the composite material sheet and presses the composite material sheet, and a cutting section which forms composite material sheet pieces by cutting, in the width direction, the portion of the composite material sheet in surface contact with the compaction roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihito Suzuki, Kazuki Ishida, Kohei Muto, Tsuyoshi Okawara, Kenji Murakami, Makoto Inomoto
  • Publication number: 20220288851
    Abstract: A nozzle of a modeling device that discharges a resin material, the nozzle including a resin flow path extending from a feed portion to a discharge port along a resin flow path axis and guiding the resin material and a vent flow path that enables the resin flow path to communicate with the outside of the nozzle. Further, a heater is provided in a periphery of the resin flow path, the heater being capable of heating the resin material guided by the resin flow path, and the vent flow path communicates with the resin flow path located downstream of the heater in the direction in which the resin material advances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto INOMOTO, Wataru NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220288507
    Abstract: An adsorption structure provided in a flow path through which a fluid flows includes a plurality of cells that are structural units and are arranged side by side in the flow path, and the cells each include an inorganic adsorbent material that adsorbs a component included in the fluid. The cells are cuboids, the plurality of cells are arranged to be in a lattice form in a plane orthogonal to a flow path direction in which the flow path extends, and are arranged to be alternately stacked in the flow path direction. The cells each have a collision portion with which a flow of the fluid changes in a direction intersecting with the flow path direction in which the flow path extends. The collision portion is a surface intersecting with the flow path direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto INOMOTO, Satsuki SHITOMOTO, Ryuichi MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20220134684
    Abstract: This composite material automatic laminating equipment is provided with a lamination stage a composite material winding unit which supplies a composite material sheet, supply rollers which feed the composite material sheet onto the top surface of the lamination stage or onto another composite material sheet arranged on said top surface, a compaction roller which is arranged downstream of the supply rollers and which makes surface contact with the composite material sheet and presses the composite material sheet, and a cutting section which forms composite material sheet pieces by cutting, in the width direction, the portion of the composite material sheet in surface contact with the compaction roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Akihito SUZUKI, Kazuki ISHIDA, Kohei MUTO, Tsuyoshi OKAWARA, Kenji MURAKAMI, Makoto INOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220106144
    Abstract: The present invention includes a first weight scale that senses first information necessary when acquiring the residual amount of a first composite material sheet wound on a first support rod; a second weight scale that senses second information necessary when acquiring the residual amount of a second composite material sheet wound on a second support rod; a first cutting part for cutting the first composite material sheet; a second cutting part for cutting the second composite material sheet; a pressure-bonding mechanism that pressure-bonds the first composite material sheet and the second composite material sheet; and a control device that controls the first cutting part, the second cutting part, and the pressure-bonding mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Akihito SUZUKI, Kazuki ISHIDA, Kohei MUTO, Tsuyoshi OKAWARA, Kenji MURAKAMI, Makoto INOMOTO
  • Patent number: 10734873
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotation shaft, a magnet unit fixed to the rotation shaft to rotates with the rotation shaft, and a coil unit arranged to face the magnet unit in an axial direction. The magnet unit includes a magnet ring in which magnets are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft, and a holding ring provided at an outer peripheral side of the magnet ring to hold the magnet ring. The holding ring includes a composite material in which a carbon fiber is impregnated with resin. The carbon fiber includes a pitch-based carbon fiber and a PAN-based carbon fiber. A volume ratio of the pitch-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the PAN-based carbon fiber in a portion at an outer peripheral side; a volume ratio of the PAN-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the pitch-based carbon fiber in a portion at an inner peripheral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Inomoto, Kodai Shimono, Ryoji Okabe
  • Publication number: 20200191001
    Abstract: A leading edge cover member is provided on an outside of a leading edge area including a leading edge serving as a part on an airflow upstream side of a composite blade body containing reinforcement fibers and a resin. The leading edge cover member includes a composite cover base material that contains reinforcement fibers and a resin, and is provided to the outside of the leading edge area in a bonding manner; and a metallic reinforcement layer formed on at least a part of an outside of the composite cover base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Ryoji OKABE, Kentaro SHINDO, Masami Kamiya, Makoto INOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190280575
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotation shaft, a magnet unit fixed to the rotation shaft to rotates with the rotation shaft, and a coil unit arranged to face the magnet unit in an axial direction. The magnet unit includes a magnet ring in which magnets are arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotation shaft, and a holding ring provided at an outer peripheral side of the magnet ring to hold the magnet ring. The holding ring includes a composite material in which a carbon fiber is impregnated with resin. The carbon fiber includes a pitch-based carbon fiber and a PAN-based carbon fiber. A volume ratio of the pitch-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the PAN-based carbon fiber in a portion at an outer peripheral side; a volume ratio of the PAN-based carbon fiber is larger than that of the pitch-based carbon fiber in a portion at an inner peripheral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto INOMOTO, Kodai SHIMONO, Ryoji OKABE