Patents by Inventor Masaki Mikata

Masaki Mikata 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).

  • Publication number: 20120217228
    Abstract: Manufacturing a coil with high precision and high efficiency. Device for manufacturing a coil 3 by welding U-shaped pipes 2 at both ends of a plurality of straight pipes 1. Providing a laser welding head 11 which uses a condensing lens 15 having a focal length at least twice the diameter of the pipes 1, 2 to be welded, to perform welding by irradiating a laser light 13 onto the straight pipes 1 held in position by a workpiece setting jig 24, and onto a joint position w of U-shaped pipes 2 which are temporarily fitted to both ends of the straight pipes 1. Making it possible to manufacture a coil with high precision and high efficiency, without using a filler wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akikazu Kitagawa, Yosuke Yamazaki, Toshiya Takenaka, Toshiroh Hamakita, Masaki Mikata