Patents by Inventor Mitsuru INUTSUKA

Mitsuru INUTSUKA 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: 11465347
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a driving motor, a rotor that is rotated by rotation of the driving motor and has a groove-formed surface having a groove formed in a rotation direction, and a barrel that is opposite to the groove-formed surface and has a communication hole and a heater, plasticizes a material supplied between the groove and the barrel by rotation of the rotor and heating by the heater, and causes the plasticized material to flow out from the communication hole. Aside surface of the groove has a protrusion and recess surface including protrusion portions or recess portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Kakeru Sasagawa, Kei Yokota, Kenta Anegawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Yusuke Watanabe, Yuichi Sasage, Mitsuru Inutsuka
  • Patent number: 11331859
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a first member having a groove portion that has a spiral shape extending to a center, a motor that rotates the first member, a second member that faces the first member, and a heating unit for heating a material that is transported along the groove portion, the first member having a plurality of recessed portions on a bottom surface of the groove portion. By providing a plurality of recessed portions on the bottom surface of the first member through which the material flows, the rotational force of the rotating first member is easily transmitted to the material and the amount of material flowing in the first member can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke Watanabe, Kei Yokota, Yuichi Sasage, Kenta Anegawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Mitsuru Inutsuka, Kakeru Sasagawa
  • Patent number: 11155014
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus includes an injection-molding mold including a fixed mold and a movable mold, the fixed mold having a gate opening into which a molding material flows, the movable mold having a cavity and being configured to be separated from the fixed mold during mold opening; a hot runner including a nozzle having a channel that guides the molding material to the gate opening, and a heater, the hot runner being disposed in the fixed mold; and a control unit that controls a temperature of the heater to adjust a temperature of the hot runner. The control unit controls the temperature of the heater to a first temperature when the molding material is injected from the hot runner to the cavity, and after the injection of the molding material is completed, controls the temperature of the heater to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kenta Anegawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kei Yokota, Mitsuru Inutsuka, Yusuke Watanabe, Kakeru Sasagawa, Yuichi Sasage
  • Publication number: 20200101661
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a driving motor, a rotor that is rotated by rotation of the driving motor and has a groove-formed surface having a groove formed in a rotation direction, and a barrel that is opposite to the groove-formed surface and has a communication hole and a heater, plasticizes a material supplied between the groove and the barrel by rotation of the rotor and heating by the heater, and causes the plasticized material to flow out from the communication hole. Aside surface of the groove has a protrusion and recess surface including protrusion portions or recess portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kakeru SASAGAWA, Kei YOKOTA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Yusuke WATANABE, Yuichi SASAGE, Mitsuru INUTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200023562
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus includes an injection-molding mold including a fixed mold and a movable mold, the fixed mold having a gate opening into which a molding material flows, the movable mold having a cavity and being configured to be separated from the fixed mold during mold opening; a hot runner including a nozzle having a channel that guides the molding material to the gate opening, and a heater, the hot runner being disposed in the fixed mold; and a control unit that controls a temperature of the heater to adjust a temperature of the hot runner. The control unit controls the temperature of the heater to a first temperature when the molding material is injected from the hot runner to the cavity, and after the injection of the molding material is completed, controls the temperature of the heater to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Kei YOKOTA, Mitsuru INUTSUKA, Yusuke WATANABE, Kakeru SASAGAWA, Yuichi SASAGE
  • Publication number: 20190358903
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a first member having a groove portion that has a spiral shape extending to a center, a motor that rotates the first member, a second member that faces the first member, and a heating unit for heating a material that is transported along the groove portion, the first member having a plurality of recessed portions on a bottom surface of the groove portion. By providing a plurality of recessed portions on the bottom surface of the first member through which the material flows, the rotational force of the rotating first member is easily transmitted to the material and the amount of material flowing in the first member can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke WATANABE, Kei YOKOTA, Yuichi SASAGE, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Mitsuru INUTSUKA, Kakeru SASAGAWA