Patents by Inventor Masato HIROYASU

Masato HIROYASU 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: 20230398747
    Abstract: A control is performed to drive a horn via an ultrasonic wave generator so as to apply ultrasonic energy to a web in one of an outward path and a return path of an anvil and not to apply ultrasonic energy to the web in the other one of the outward path and the return path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi ARIMA, Masato HIROYASU
  • Patent number: 11634294
    Abstract: A first shaft control section is configured to control rotation of a first support shaft supporting a first roll such that a sheet is unwound from the first roll at a predetermined running speed. A second shaft control section is configured to execute a first rotation control of regulating a rotational speed of a second support shaft supporting a second roll such that a peripheral speed of the second roll coincides with the predetermined running speed of the sheet of the first roll. The second shaft control section is configured to regulate the rotational speed of the second support shaft by acceleration or deceleration such that an adhesive on an outer peripheral surface of the second roll arrives at a pressing position when a target joining portion of the sheet of the first roll meets the pressing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hiroyasu
  • Patent number: 11618644
    Abstract: A first shaft control section controls a first support shaft so that a sheet is unwound from the first roll at a predetermined running speed. A second shaft control section executes an adjustive control of adjusting at least one of a rotation start time and a rotational acceleration of the second support shaft so that, when a first joining target mark on the sheet of the first roll moves to a first reference position, a second joining target mark on an outer peripheral surface of the second roll arrives at a second reference position in a rotational direction thereof, and a peripheral speed of the second roll coincides with the running speed of the sheet of the first roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hiroyasu
  • Patent number: 11597618
    Abstract: In steady control, a shaft control unit (922) adjusts rotation speed of a first support shaft (31) to cause a first roll (R1) to have peripheral speed equal to predetermined conveyance speed by maintaining a sheet storage amount in a storage mechanism (5) in a first storage amount as a reference. In storage amount adjustment control, the shaft control unit (922) accelerates the rotation speed of the first support shaft (31) to increase the peripheral speed of the first roll (R1) higher than the conveyance speed, until the sheet storage amount in the storage mechanism (5) reaches a predetermined second storage amount that is larger than the first storage amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hiroyasu
  • Patent number: 11420838
    Abstract: A controller includes: an adhesion member position determination unit that determines a position of an adhesion member in a rotation direction of a roll on the basis of the result of detection from an adhesion member detector in a state in which the roll has been rotated by a shaft control unit; and an outer diameter determination unit that determines an outer diameter of the roll in a portion where the adhesion member is positioned, the determination being performed on the basis of the result of detection from an outer diameter detector in a state in which driving of shaft drive sources are controlled by the shaft control unit such that the adhesion member is positioned within a detection range of the outer diameter detector on the basis of the position of the adhesion member determined by the adhesion member position determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tsujimoto, Masato Hiroyasu
  • Patent number: 11352231
    Abstract: A controller includes a shaft control unit that controls driving of a shaft drive source such that a standby side roll is rotated, and a unit control unit that presses a pressing roller against an outer peripheral surface of the standby side roll via a sheet of a supply side roll by performing torque control on a unit drive source in a state in which the pressing roller is positioned in an area from a control switching position to the outer peripheral surface of the standby side roll together with performing position control on the unit drive source in a state in which the pressing roller is positioned in an area farther away from the standby side roll than the control switching position away from the outer peripheral surface of the standby side roll by a preset distance while the standby side roll is rotated by the shaft control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Tsujimoto, Masato Hiroyasu
  • Publication number: 20220127093
    Abstract: In steady control, a shaft control unit (922) adjusts rotation speed of a first support shaft (31) to cause a first roll (R1) to have peripheral speed equal to predetermined conveyance speed by maintaining a sheet storage amount in a storage mechanism (5) in a first storage amount as a reference. In storage amount adjustment control, the shaft control unit (922) accelerates the rotation speed of the first support shaft (31) to increase the peripheral speed of the first roll (R1) higher than the conveyance speed, until the sheet storage amount in the storage mechanism (5) reaches a predetermined second storage amount that is larger than the first storage amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Masato HIROYASU
  • Publication number: 20210261372
    Abstract: A first shaft control section controls rotation of a first support shaft supporting a first roll so that a sheet is unwound from the first roll at a predetermined running speed. A second shaft control section executes a first rotation control of regulating a rotational speed of a second support shaft supporting a second roll so that a peripheral speed of the second roll coincides with the running speed of the sheet of the first roll. Furthermore, the second shaft control section regulates the rotational speed of the second support shaft by way of acceleration or deceleration so that an adhesive on the outer peripheral surface of the second roll arrives at a pressing position when a target joining portion of the sheet of the first roll meets the pressing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Masato HIROYASU
  • Patent number: 11046016
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding device includes a support device configured to support a work piece along a predetermined conveyance surface; a welding machine including an oscillator for generating a high-frequency electric signal, a transducer for converting the high-frequency electric signal to a mechanical vibration, and a horn to which the mechanical vibration is transmitted, the horn being disposed to face a part to be welded of a work piece supported along the conveyance surface, and the mechanical vibration being imparted via the horn to the part to be welded, whereby the part to be welded is welded; a detector for detecting an abnormality in the part to be welded, the detector being disposed upstream in the conveyance direction of the work piece than the support device; and a protective device for prohibiting the welding machine from welding the part to be welded in which an abnormality is detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Hiroyasu
  • Publication number: 20210188585
    Abstract: A first shaft control section controls a first support shaft so that a sheet is unwound from the first roll at a predetermined running speed. A second shaft control section executes an adjustive control of adjusting at least one of a rotation start time and a rotational acceleration of the second support shaft so that, when a first joining target mark on the sheet of the first roll moves to a first reference position, a second joining target mark on an outer peripheral surface of the second roll arrives at a second reference position in a rotational direction thereof, and a peripheral speed of the second roll coincides with the running speed of the sheet of the first roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Masato HIROYASU
  • Publication number: 20210155434
    Abstract: A controller includes a shaft control unit that controls driving of a shaft drive source such that a standby side roll is rotated, and a unit control unit that presses a pressing roller against an outer peripheral surface of the standby side roll via a sheet of a supply side roll by performing torque control on a unit drive source in a state in which the pressing roller is positioned in an area from a control switching position to the outer peripheral surface of the standby side roll together with performing position control on the unit drive source in a state in which the pressing roller is positioned in an area farther away from the standby side roll than the control switching position away from the outer peripheral surface of the standby side roll by a preset distance while the standby side roll is rotated by the shaft control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TSUJIMOTO, Masato HIROYASU
  • Publication number: 20200346885
    Abstract: A controller includes: an adhesion member position determination unit that determines a position of an adhesion member in a rotation direction of a roll on the basis of the result of detection from an adhesion member detector in a state in which the roll has been rotated by a shaft control unit; and an outer diameter determination unit that determines an outer diameter of the roll in a portion where the adhesion member is positioned, the determination being performed on the basis of the result of detection from an outer diameter detector in a state in which driving of shaft drive sources are controlled by the shaft control unit such that the adhesion member is positioned within a detection range of the outer diameter detector on the basis of the position of the adhesion member determined by the adhesion member position determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TSUJlMOTO, Masato HIROYASU
  • Publication number: 20190160757
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding device includes a support device configured to support a work piece along a predetermined conveyance surface; a welding machine including an oscillator for generating a high-frequency electric signal, a transducer for converting the high-frequency electric signal to a mechanical vibration, and a horn to which the mechanical vibration is transmitted, the horn being disposed to face a part to be welded of a work piece supported along the conveyance surface, and the mechanical vibration being imparted via the horn to the part to be welded, whereby the part to be welded is welded; a detector for detecting an abnormality in the part to be welded, the detector being disposed upstream in the conveyance direction of the work piece than the support device; and a protective device for prohibiting the welding machine from welding the part to be welded in which an abnormality is detected by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato HIROYASU