Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Muto

Mitsuru Muto 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: 12661722
    Abstract: A deburring tool includes: a body having a cylinder bore; an anti-rotation body protruding toward inside of the cylinder bore; a cylindrical slide shaft reciprocable inside the cylinder bore, and an elastic body urges the slide shaft toward a cutting depth direction. The slide shaft includes a guide groove having a displacement width for the slide shaft to axially displaceable with respect to the anti-rotation body, and the guide groove moves the slide shaft with respect to the body in an opposite direction to the cutting depth direction as the guide groove receives cutting resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishitani, Mitsuru Muto
  • Patent number: 12623294
    Abstract: A deburring tool includes a body including a cylinder chamber having a tool holder holding hole, and an anti-rotation body holding hole; a tool holder having an anti-rotation groove and disposed in the cylinder chamber to reciprocate in the cylinder chamber; a first elastic body disposed inside the cylinder chamber to urge the tool holder toward a distal end; a cover disposed outside the body to reciprocate between a detaching position and a processing position, the cover including, a pressing surface that covers the anti-rotation body holding hole at the processing position, and a relief portion; and an anti-rotation body accommodated in the relief portion when the cover is positioned at the detaching position and the tool holder is pulled from the tool holder holding hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Yanagihara, Mitsuru Muto
  • Patent number: 12496642
    Abstract: Provided is a tool bracket capable of tilting a spindle body even when a moment load acting on the spindle body is relatively small. A tool bracket includes: a housing including a cylinder chamber extending along a cylinder axis; a piston urged by compressible fluid toward distal end to reciprocate in the cylinder chamber and having an action portion disposed at distal end; and a tilting body having a tilt axis and disposed in the cylinder chamber in a tiltable manner with respect to the cylinder axis, and includes a centering portion disposed at basal end to abut the action portion, the centering portion presses the piston with the cylinder axis as an action line when the tilt axis is tilted from the cylinder axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Yanagihara, Akihiro Ishitani, Mitsuru Muto
  • Patent number: 12472563
    Abstract: Provided is a tool bracket in which a spindle body is inserted and the spindle body can be smoothly tilted. The tool bracket includes a housing including a cylinder chamber extending along a cylinder axis; a tilting body having a tilt axis configured to tilt about a tilt center, the tilting body to which a spindle body is attachable, the tilting body tiltable with respect to the cylinder axis; a rotation stopper member extending in a radial direction from the tilt axis, the rotation stopper member disposed in the tilting body; and a receiving groove extending along the cylinder axis, the receiving groove arranged in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Yanagihara, Akihiro Ishitani, Mitsuru Muto
  • Publication number: 20250025943
    Abstract: Provided is a tool bracket in which a spindle body is inserted and the spindle body can be smoothly tilted. The tool bracket includes a housing including a cylinder chamber extending along a cylinder axis; a tilting body having a tilt axis configured to tilt about a tilt center, the tilting body to which a spindle body is attachable, the tilting body tiltable with respect to the cylinder axis; a rotation stopper member extending in a radial direction from the tilt axis, the rotation stopper member disposed in the tilting body; and a receiving groove extending along the cylinder axis, the receiving groove arranged in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Yusuke YANAGIHARA, Akihiro ISHITANI, Mitsuru MUTO
  • Publication number: 20250025946
    Abstract: Provided is a tool bracket capable of tilting a spindle body even when a moment load acting on the spindle body is relatively small. A tool bracket includes: a housing including a cylinder chamber extending along a cylinder axis; a piston urged by compressible fluid toward distal end to reciprocate in the cylinder chamber and having an action portion disposed at distal end; and a tilting body having a tilt axis and disposed in the cylinder chamber in a tiltable manner with respect to the cylinder axis, and includes a centering portion disposed at basal end to abut the action portion, the centering portion presses the piston with the cylinder axis as an action line when the tilt axis is tilted from the cylinder axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Yusuke YANAGIHARA, Akihiro ISHITANI, Mitsuru MUTO
  • Publication number: 20240399473
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a deburring apparatus comprising a housing which includes a shank and a mechanism chamber arranged along a shank-axis; a plurality of transmission rods which are arranged around the shank-axis in parallel with the shank-axis and fixed to the mechanism chamber; a tilting shaft which is arranged along a tilting axis passing through a tilting center on the shank-axis and is tiltable around the tilting center. The tilting shaft includes a flange portion, a receiving portion which includes an abutting surface, is arranged in the flange portion, and is penetrated by the transmission rods respectively; and a rod portion which is arranged on a distal end side of the flange portion and holds a cutter. Each of the transmission rods includes a bulge portion which is arranged on a plane perpendicular to the shank-axis and passing through the tilting center and is in contact with the abutting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Mitsuru MUTO, Tomoaki Hori
  • Patent number: 12090560
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a deburring apparatus and a deburring method that does not require a positioning engagement part that is engaged with a fixed part of a machine tool. The deburring apparatus (10) includes a housing (1) with a shank (11), a transmission rod (3), a recovery rod (5), a tilting shaft (4), a spring (6), a holder (7), and a rotary-to-rectilinear motion conversion mechanism (9) with a plunger (8). The spring forces the recovery rod toward the tilting shaft. The holder for fixing the cutter (101) is arranged on the tilting shaft in a manner rotatable through a predetermined rotation angle. The rotary-to-rectilinear motion conversion mechanism separates the first flange portion from the second flange portion and brings the plunger into contact with the recovery rod on the tilting axis (43) when the holder rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the shank (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuru Muto, Tomoaki Hori
  • Publication number: 20240075541
    Abstract: A deburring tool includes: a body having a cylinder bore; an anti-rotation body protruding toward inside of the cylinder bore; a cylindrical slide shaft reciprocable inside the cylinder bore, and an elastic body urges the slide shaft toward a cutting depth direction. The slide shaft includes a guide groove having a displacement width for the slide shaft to axially displaceable with respect to the anti-rotation body, and the guide groove moves the slide shaft with respect to the body in an opposite direction to the cutting depth direction as the guide groove receives cutting resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiro ISHITANI, Mitsuru MUTO
  • Publication number: 20230278090
    Abstract: Provided is a processing tool capable of sliding a tool relative to a shank with a simple structure, to which a tool holder is detachably attached. The processing tool to which the tool is detachably attached, includes: a body; a spindle including tool holder holding hole, a first anti-rotation body holding hole; a cover including a pressing surface and a relief portion; a tool holder detachably inserted into the tool holder holding hole, the tool holder including a first anti-rotation groove, a tool holding hole, and a first spring holding hole, an anti-rotation body movable between the first anti-rotation groove and the pressing surface, the anti-rotation body accommodated in the relief portion when the cover is located at the detachable position and the tool holder is removed from the tool holder holding hole; and an elastic member to urge the tool holder toward distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Akihiro ISHITANI, Mitsuru MUTO, Masahide YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230124359
    Abstract: A deburring tool includes a body including a cylinder chamber having a tool holder holding hole, and an anti-rotation body holding hole; a tool holder having an anti-rotation groove and disposed in the cylinder chamber to reciprocate in the cylinder chamber; a first elastic body disposed inside the cylinder chamber to urge the tool holder toward a distal end; a cover disposed outside the body to reciprocate between a detaching position and a processing position, the cover including, a pressing surface that covers the anti-rotation body holding hole at the processing position, and a relief portion; and an anti-rotation body accommodated in the relief portion when the cover is positioned at the detaching position and the tool holder is pulled from the tool holder holding hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke YANAGIHARA, Mitsuru MUTO
  • Publication number: 20220281018
    Abstract: A deburring method includes rotating a case, a sleeve and a drive gear together with a spindle of a machining tool; transmitting rotating torque from the drive gear to a driven gear to rotate a tip tool together with a reciprocating shaft; receiving reactive torque to the tip tool in a reverse direction of a rotational direction of the case by a workpiece contact with the tip tool so that the reciprocating shaft rotates in a reverse direction of the rotational direction with respect to the sleeve; moving the reciprocating shaft to a basal end direction against an elastic force of a second spring with the driven gear sliding with respect to the drive gear; and cutting the workpiece by the tip tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuru MUTO, Masato TOZUKA
  • Patent number: 11376673
    Abstract: A deburring tool includes: a case; a hollow sleeve that reciprocates inside the cylinder in a non-rotating manner; a drive gear disposed inside the sleeve, includes a first tooth, and rotates together with the case and the sleeve; a reciprocating shaft disposed inside the sleeve, including a driven gear disposed at a basal end portion of the sleeve and a basal end side of the drive gear, the driven gear including a second tooth, a tool holder disposed at a distal end portion of the sleeve, and slides inside the sleeve in a rotational and reciprocating direction, and a stem that fixes the driven gear and the tool holder, and penetrates the drive gear, a first spring that urges the sleeve toward distal end direction; and a second spring that urges the tool holder from the drive gear toward distal end direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Mitsuru Muto, Masato Tozuka
  • Publication number: 20220126374
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a deburring apparatus and a deburring method that does not require a positioning engagement part that is engaged with a fixed part of a machine tool. The deburring apparatus (10) includes a housing (1) with a shank (11), a transmission rod (3), a recovery rod (5), a tilting shaft (4), a spring (6), a holder (7), and a rotary-to-rectilinear motion conversion mechanism (9) with a plunger (8). The spring forces the recovery rod toward the tilting shaft. The holder for fixing the cutter (101) is arranged on the tilting shaft in a manner rotatable through a predetermined rotation angle. The rotary-to-rectilinear motion conversion mechanism separates the first flange portion from the second flange portion and brings the plunger into contact with the recovery rod on the tilting axis (43) when the holder rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the shank (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuru MUTO, Tomoaki HORI
  • Publication number: 20210107071
    Abstract: A deburring tool includes: a case; a hollow sleeve that reciprocates inside the cylinder in a non-rotating manner; a drive gear disposed inside the sleeve, includes a first tooth, and rotates together with the case and the sleeve; a reciprocating shaft disposed inside the sleeve, including a driven gear disposed at a basal end portion of the sleeve and a basal end side of the drive gear, the driven gear including a second tooth, a tool holder disposed at a distal end portion of the sleeve, and slides inside the sleeve in a rotational and reciprocating direction, and a stem that fixes the driven gear and the tool holder, and penetrates the drive gear, a first spring that urges the sleeve toward distal end direction; and a second spring that urges the tool holder from the drive gear toward distal end direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuru MUTO, Masato TOZUKA
  • Patent number: 10926339
    Abstract: A deburring tool for stable processing is provided. The deburring tool includes a cylindrical housing; a spindle loosely fitted and supported to be tiltable with respect to an axis of the housing, the spindle having a rotatable attachment portion for detachably attaching a cutting tool at a distal end; a pressed member arranged to the spindle; a piston slidably disposed inside the housing, the piston configured to press the pressed member toward the distal end; an elastic member configured to urge the piston toward the distal end; a separate ring arranged between the piston and the elastic member; and a flow path for supplying a compressible fluid between the separate ring and the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventor: Mitsuru Muto
  • Patent number: 10857650
    Abstract: An inner surface finishing tool enables machining of a workpiece made of a material machinable with a relatively large burnishing amount while reducing deformation at the opening of the workpiece or deterioration of its geometrical tolerance during machining of the inner peripheral surface. The tool includes a mandrel rotatable relative to the workpiece and includes a polygonal member, and a frame that is cylindrical and fitted onto the mandrel in a rotatable manner and has an axis extending in an axial direction of the mandrel and holds a plurality of first rollers and a plurality of second rollers rollable on an outer peripheral surface of the mandrel. The polygonal member rotates the plurality of second rollers to move inward and outward in a radial direction of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinya Miyauchi, Mitsuru Muto
  • Publication number: 20200130071
    Abstract: A deburring tool for stable processing is provided. The deburring tool includes a cylindrical housing; a spindle loosely fitted and supported to be tiltable with respect to an axis of the housing, the spindle having a rotatable attachment portion for detachably attaching a cutting tool at a distal end; a pressed member arranged to the spindle; a piston slidably disposed inside the housing, the piston configured to press the pressed member toward the distal end; an elastic member configured to urge the piston toward the distal end; a separate ring arranged between the piston and the elastic member; and a flow path for supplying a compressible fluid between the separate ring and the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Mitsuru MUTO
  • Patent number: D859482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinya Miyauchi, Mitsuru Muto
  • Patent number: D1064009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahide Yamazaki, Mitsuru Muto