Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kuchi

Masahiro Kuchi 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: 10406578
    Abstract: A coiler device (1), provided with a chute roller (50), has: pinch rollers (10a, 10b) that lead a metal sheet carried in along a path line (L1) to a coil-up line (L2) that is curved from the path line (L1); a mandrel (20) that coils the metal sheet and is disposed ahead of the coil-up line (L2); and a chute roller (50) that exposes at least the leading end of the metal sheet to the coil-up line (L2) when being wound to the mandrel (20), and suppresses curving of the metal sheet toward a surface of the metal sheet facing the chute roller (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD., JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsumoto, Masahiro Kuchi, Yuji Kanko, Takayuki Endo, Takao Uchiyama, Tsutomu Sugiyama, Takeshi Chiba
  • Publication number: 20170106422
    Abstract: Adopted is a coiler device (1) that is provided with a chute roller (50) and has: pinch rollers (10a, 10b) that lead a metal sheet carried in along a path line (L1) to a coil-up line (L2) that is curved from the path line (L1); a mandrel (20) that coils the metal sheet and is disposed ahead of the coil-up line (L2); and a chute roller (50) that exposes at least the leading end of the metal sheet to the coil-up line (L2) when being wound to the mandrel (20), and suppresses deformation of the metal sheet such that same bends to the upward facing surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicants: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN, LTD., JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUMOTO, Masahiro KUCHI, Yuji KANKO, Takayuki ENDO, Takao UCHIYAMA, Tsutomu SUGIYAMA, Takeshi CHIBA
  • Patent number: 8622188
    Abstract: A roller for in-furnace conveyance (1) which is provided with a fitting section (30) in which a fitting hole (11) of a body section (10) and a fitting shaft (24) of a shaft section (20) are fitted, and which constitutes a single roller by welding of the fitting section, wherein the fitting section has a first fitting section (31) in which fitting occurs with a prescribed interstice at a position separated from the weld position, and a second fitting section (32) in which fitting occurs with an interstice larger than that of the first fitting section at a position adjacent to the weld position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroto Yamaoka, Yoichi Yamashita, Natsuki Yoneyama, Masahiro Kuchi, Hisashi Honjou
  • Patent number: 8555687
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hot rolling apparatus for manufacturing a metal plate by hot-rolling-treating a metal material including copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: IHI Corporation, IHI Metaltech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Ishige, Yasuo Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Otsuka, Kenichi Ide, Masahiro Kuchi, Hisashi Honjou
  • Patent number: 8402802
    Abstract: A conveying device includes a plurality of conveying rollers supported in parallel at predetermined intervals, and conveys a workpiece to a heat-retaining/heating furnace from a rolling mill by the conveying rollers. The conveying device includes an impact prediction data collecting unit and a control unit. The impact prediction data collecting unit acquires data on the upstream of the heat-retaining/heating furnace. The data is used to predict the magnitude of an impact applied to rollers in the furnace, which are positioned in the heat-retaining/heating furnace, of the conveying rollers by the workpiece. The control unit predicts the magnitude of an impact from the data, which is acquired by the impact prediction data collecting unit, and adjusts the conveying speed of the workpiece in the heat-retaining/heating furnace according to the magnitude of the impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: IHI Metaltech Co., Ltd, IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kuchi, Hajime Ishii, Hisashi Honjou
  • Publication number: 20120318634
    Abstract: A roller for in-furnace conveyance (1) which is provided with a fitting section (30) in which a fitting hole (11) of a body section (10) and a fitting shaft (24) of a shaft section (20) are fitted, and which constitutes a single roller by welding of the fitting section, wherein the fitting section has a first fitting section (31) in which fitting occurs with a prescribed interstice at a position separated from the weld position, and a second fitting section (32) in which fitting occurs with an interstice larger than that of the first fitting section at a position adjacent to the weld position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroto Yamaoka, Yoichi Yamashita, Natsuki Yoneyama, Masahiro Kuchi, Hisashi Honjou
  • Publication number: 20100294009
    Abstract: A conveying device includes a plurality of conveying rollers supported in parallel at predetermined intervals, and conveys a workpiece to a heat-retaining/heating furnace from a rolling mill by the conveying rollers. The conveying device includes an impact prediction data collecting unit and a control unit. The impact prediction data collecting unit acquires data on the upstream of the heat-retaining/heating furnace. The data is used to predict the magnitude of an impact applied to rollers in the furnace, which are positioned in the heat-retaining/heating furnace, of the conveying rollers by the workpiece. The control unit predicts the magnitude of an impact from the data, which is acquired by the impact prediction data collecting unit, and adjusts the conveying speed of the workpiece in the heat-retaining/heating furnace according to the magnitude of the impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Masahiro Kuchi, Hajime Ishii, Hisashi Honjou
  • Publication number: 20100180655
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hot rolling apparatus for manufacturing a metal plate by hot-rolling-treating a metal material including copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Kengo Ishige, Yasuo Matsunaga, Hiroyuki Otsuka, Kenichi Ide, Masahiro Kuchi, Hisashi Honjou
  • Patent number: 6065319
    Abstract: Each of a pair of rolls has a barrel with different diameters axially of the barrel such that sum of the diameters of the barrels is substantially constant and that each of the rolls is bilaterally symmetrical. The rolls themselves have an ability to control workpiece profile and have at least one substantially parallel center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Mikami, Masahiro Kuchi, Sadahiko Shinya, Takayuki Iwasaki, Takashi Nishii
  • Patent number: 5950478
    Abstract: There are provided an even number of paired roll-shift type rolling mills 12a, 12b and a controller 16 for controlling the rolling mills 12a, 12b. Each of upper and lower work rolls 13 of each of the roll-shift type rolling mills has a predetermined crown curve and has a roll shifting mechanism 14 for axially shifting the upper and lower work rolls relative to each other. The controller 16 determines a shift amount of each rolling mill in order to obtain a predetermined cross section shape of a steel plate, shifts the work rolls of the rolling mill on the upstream side paired every rolling coil to thereby disperse wear on the roll surface, and moves the work rolls of the rolling mill on the downstream side of the pair in a predetermined direction by the same distance, thereby canceling the change in the cross section shape of the plate caused by the shifting operation for the wear dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Sato, Kazuyuki Sato, Hisashi Honjou, Masahiro Kuchi