Patents by Inventor Michiaki Hashitani

Michiaki Hashitani 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: 8979616
    Abstract: A gear grinding machine wherein a tooth alignment operation is performed prior to grinding, is equipped with a workpiece processing rotation shaft (22) which rotates a workpiece (W1) located at a workpiece processing position (P2); a workpiece swing device (30) whereby a tailstock (50) that holds the workpiece (W1) is swung between a workpiece replacement position (P1) and a workpiece processing position; a workpiece alignment rotation shaft (52) which rotates the workpiece held by the tailstock (50); and a tooth alignment sensor (43) that detects the rotation phase of the workpiece, which was rotated by the workpiece alignment rotation shaft. Before the workpiece held by the tailstock is placed at the workpiece processing position, the rotation of the workpiece alignment rotation shaft is controlled on the basis of the rotation phase detected, so that the workpiece will engage with a threaded grinding stone (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Katsuma, Koichi Masuo, Michiaki Hashitani, Yuji Ashizawa
  • Publication number: 20130045667
    Abstract: Provided is a gear processing machine which has a simple configuration, and is capable of processing a gear with high accuracy. For this purpose, a gear grinding machine wherein a tooth alignment operation is performed prior to grinding, is equipped with a workpiece processing rotation shaft (22) which rotates a workpiece (W1) located at a workpiece processing position (P2); a workpiece swing device (30) whereby a tailstock (50) that holds the workpiece (W1) is swung between a workpiece replacement position (P1) and a workpiece processing position (P2); a workpiece alignment rotation shaft (52) which rotates the workpiece (W1) held by the tailstock (50); and a tooth alignment sensor (43) that detects the rotation phase of the workpiece (W1), which was rotated by the workpiece alignment rotation shaft (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Katsuma, Koichi Masuo, Michiaki Hashitani, Yuji Ashizawa
  • Patent number: 8038563
    Abstract: The index table includes a rotary table for setting a workpiece for a machine tool; a rotary table shaft fixedly provided on the rotary table; a driving motor mechanism, which is a driving source; and a planetary roller speed-reduction mechanism having a sun roller, which is a motor output shaft of the driving motor mechanism, a ring fixed to the speed-reduction mechanism, a plurality of planetary rollers arranged at equal angular intervals between the sun roller and the ring in a pressurized state, and a planetary roller harness that fixedly supports a plurality of planetary roller shafts pivotally supporting the planetary rollers in a rotatable manner and is fixedly provided coaxially with the rotary table shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Katsuma, Michiaki Hashitani, Koichi Masuo, Takayoshi Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20080220922
    Abstract: There is provided a built-in type index table in which a power transmitting means scarcely has backlash and, at the same time, the space and cost can be saved. The index table includes a rotary table for setting a workpiece for a machine tool; a rotary table shaft fixedly provided on the rotary table; a driving motor mechanism, which is a driving source; and a planetary roller speed-reduction mechanism having a sun roller, which is a motor output shaft of the driving motor mechanism, a ring fixed to the speed-reduction mechanism, a plurality of planetary rollers arranged at equal angular intervals between the sun roller and the ring in a pressurized state, and a planetary roller harness that fixedly supports a plurality of planetary roller shafts pivotally supporting the planetary rollers in a rotatable manner and is fixedly provided coaxially with the rotary table shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Toshifumi Katsuma, Michiaki Hashitani, Koichi Masuo, Takayoshi Hirayama