Patents by Inventor Minoru Gotoh

Minoru Gotoh 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: 8365643
    Abstract: A band saw machine which has an endless band saw blade hung around a driving wheel and a driven wheel rotatably supported by a saw blade housing that is capable of moving vertically. The band saw machine also includes a pair of guide posts for vertically guiding the saw blade housing between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, wherein an upper traveling part of the band saw blade is disposed at one side of the front and rear sides of the guide posts, and a lower traveling part of the band saw blade is disposed at the other side of the front and rear sides of the guide posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Amada Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh, Fumiaki Nemoto, Akio Seto
  • Patent number: 8210080
    Abstract: A workpiece cutting method utilizing a band-saw machine, includes the following steps of: guiding tooth tips of an endless band-saw blade provided on the band-saw machine in a direction of a workpiece by a band-saw blade guiding apparatus; and applying vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction to the workpiece so as to perform cutting of the workpiece by a vibration applying unit provided on the band-saw blade guiding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Amada Company, Limited, Amada Cutting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tokiwa, Isomi Washio, Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh
  • Patent number: 7966918
    Abstract: A workpiece cutting method utilizing a band-saw machine, includes the following steps of: guiding tooth tips of an endless band-saw blade provided on the band-saw machine in a direction of a workpiece by a band-saw blade guiding apparatus; and applying vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction to the workpiece so as to perform cutting of the workpiece by a vibration applying unit provided on the band-saw blade guiding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Amada Company, Limited, Amada Cutting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tokiwa, Isomi Washio, Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh
  • Patent number: 7930963
    Abstract: A workpiece cutting method utilizing a band-saw machine, includes the following steps of: guiding tooth tips of an endless band-saw blade provided on the band-saw machine in a direction of a workpiece by a band-saw blade guiding apparatus; and applying vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction to the workpiece so as to perform cutting of the workpiece by a vibration applying unit provided on the band-saw blade guiding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignees: Amada Company, Limited, Amada Cutting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tokiwa, Isomi Washio, Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20100175531
    Abstract: A workpiece cutting method utilizing a band-saw machine, includes the following steps of: guiding tooth tips of an endless band-saw blade provided on the band-saw machine in a direction of a workpiece by a band-saw blade guiding apparatus; and applying vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction to the workpiece so as to perform cutting of the workpiece by a vibration applying unit provided on the band-saw blade guiding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicants: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED, AMADA CUTTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru TOKIWA, Isomi Washio, Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20100175530
    Abstract: A workpiece cutting method utilizing a band-saw machine, includes the following steps of: guiding tooth tips of an endless band-saw blade provided on the band-saw machine in a direction of a workpiece by a band-saw blade guiding apparatus; and applying vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction to the workpiece so as to perform cutting of the workpiece by a vibration applying unit provided on the band-saw blade guiding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicants: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED, AMADA CUTTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tokiwa, Isomi Washio, Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh
  • Publication number: 20100071527
    Abstract: A band saw machine which has an endless band saw blade hung around a driving wheel and a driven wheel rotatably supported by a saw blade housing that is capable of moving vertically. The band saw machine also includes a pair of guide posts for vertically guiding the saw blade housing between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, wherein an upper traveling part of the band saw blade is disposed at one side of the front and rear sides of the guide posts, and a lower traveling part of the band saw blade is disposed at the other side of the front and rear sides of the guide posts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoji AIHARA, Minoru GOTOH, Fumiaki NEMOTO, Akio SETO
  • Patent number: 7654184
    Abstract: In a band saw machine in which a pair of guide posts for guiding a saw blade housing that rotatably supports a driving wheel and a driven wheel and can vertically move in the vertical direction are provided between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, an upper traveling part of a band saw blade is disposed in the rear of the guide posts and a lower traveling part of a band saw blade is disposed in front of the guide posts, when the band saw machine is viewed from the side, an intersection point between centers of the both wheels and the center line of the wheel width is almost equal to the width of the guide posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Amada Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh, Fumiaki Nemoto, Akio Seto
  • Publication number: 20080202306
    Abstract: A workpiece cutting method utilizing a band-saw machine, includes the following steps of: guiding tooth tips of an endless band-saw blade (7) provided on the band-saw machine (1) in a direction of a workpiece by a band-saw blade guiding apparatus (13,15); and applying vibrations to the band-saw blade in a cutting direction to the workpiece so as to perform cutting of the workpiece by a vibration applying unit (19A,19B) provided on the band-saw blade guiding apparatus (13,15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicants: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED, AMADA CUTTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tokiwa, Isomi Washio, Shoji Aihara, Minoru Gotoh
  • Patent number: 5910939
    Abstract: A disc carrier is provided for carrying a disc between a magazine and a disc player. The disc carrier has a rotating device and a chuck member provided on the rotating device. A direction of the chuck member can be changed to the magazine or the disc player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Shiba, Minoru Gotoh, Masatoshi Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Kakuta, Kenji Okuda