Patents by Inventor Mikio Takikawa

Mikio Takikawa 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: 7399180
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to have shorter sealing chambers (preheating chamber and gradual cooling chamber) located before and after the brazing atmospheric chamber, to make higher sealing of the atmosphere, and to prevent the scratch caused by the conventional curtains made of metal or others. In order for that, the structures made of steel or graphite are installed standing perpendicular to the moving direction on the conveyor belt which is circulating through the atmospheric furnace. And the bendable or flexible sealing materials are installed on the ceiling and on the right and left side walls of the sealing chambers (preheating chamber and gradual cooling chamber), which are located before and after the atmospheric furnace, into the above two chambers, and making these bendable or flexible sealing materials have rubbing contact with the above mentioned structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignees: Kanto Yakin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Fuse, Hidetaka Ikita, Yoshitomi Andou, Mikio Takikawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060292516
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to have shorter sealing chambers (preheating chamber and gradual cooling chamber) located before and after the brazing atmospheric chamber, to make higher sealing of the atmosphere, and to prevent the scratch caused by the conventional curtains made of metal or others. In order for that, the structures made of steel or graphite are installed standing perpendicular to the moving direction on the conveyor belt which is circulating through the atmospheric furnace. And the bendable or flexible sealing materials are installed on the ceiling and on the right and left side walls of the sealing chambers (preheating chamber and gradual cooling chamber), which are located before and after the atmospheric furnace, into the above two chambers, and making these bendable or flexible sealing materials have rubbing contact with the above mentioned structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Masashi Fuse, Hidetaka Ikita, Yoshitomi Andou, Mikio Takikawa, Kiyoshi Kobayashi