Patents by Inventor Motohiro Nagaya

Motohiro Nagaya 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: 10486279
    Abstract: An abnormality determination device includes: an oscillating signal sending unit configured to send out an oscillating signal which causes a rotary shaft of a servomotor to rotate and swing in a predetermined pattern, to a motor control unit configured to control the servomotor; a measuring unit configured to measure a physical quantity representing the state of the servomotor when the rotary shaft of the servomotor is swung; a comparing unit configured to compare a measurement signal of the measured physical quantity with a reference signal; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine occurrence of an abnormality in a drive system which includes the servomotor and the motor control unit and ranges from a driven object to be driven by the servomotor to the motor control unit, based on comparison result from the comparing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuyuki Sugiura, Motohiro Nagaya
  • Publication number: 20180169814
    Abstract: An abnormality determination device includes: an oscillating signal sending unit configured to send out an oscillating signal which causes a rotary shaft of a servomotor to rotate and swing in a predetermined pattern, to a motor control unit configured to control the servomotor; a measuring unit configured to measure a physical quantity representing the state of the servomotor when the rotary shaft of the servomotor is swung; a comparing unit configured to compare a measurement signal of the measured physical quantity with a reference signal; and an abnormality determination unit configured to determine occurrence of an abnormality in a drive system which includes the servomotor and the motor control unit and ranges from a driven object to be driven by the servomotor to the motor control unit, based on comparison result from the comparing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuyuki Sugiura, Motohiro Nagaya
  • Patent number: 7270525
    Abstract: A nozzle touch mechanism which does not allow an injection unit to move back by the force of inertia at the time of acceleration of injection and prevents leakage of the molten resin. A damper is arranged between the injection unit and a stationary platen secured to a base, so as to generate a strong braking force only at the time of high acceleration of the injection unit. A ball screw is rotated by driving an electric motor to move forward a nut member screwed onto the ball screw, whereby the injection unit is moved via a spring. When the injection unit is stopped by contacting a nozzle to a metal mold, the spring is contracted. When the amount of contraction of the spring reaches a predetermined value, the motor is stopped and locked such that the nozzle touch force corresponding to the amount of contraction of the spring is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Motohiro Nagaya, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7214049
    Abstract: A system for controlling nozzle touch force, which is capable of maintaining the touch force relying upon a simple constitution. An electric motor moves the injection unit forward via a spring to bring a nozzle into contact with a metal mold. Further, the spring is compressed to impart a preset nozzle touch force. In the injection/pressure-maintaining step, the screw is driven, and a position/speed detector provided on a servo motor for injecting the resin detects the injection speed at regular intervals. A force produced by the force of inertia of the moving portions such as the injection screw and the pusher plate that move due to the injection operation, is found from the acceleration that is found from the injection speed. The amount of compression of the spring is controlled by varying the rotational position of the motor by an amount corresponding to the force that is found to maintain the nozzle touch force constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Motohiro Nagaya, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 6902386
    Abstract: An electric servo motor is controlled through a pressure control loop wherein a control object is the injection mechanism of an electric injection molding machine. A band elimination filter, which attenuates a frequency component of a band with predetermined width to be determined based on the resonance frequency of the control object, is provided in the pressure control loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Fanuc LTD
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Uchiyama, Shingo Komiya, Motohiro Nagaya
  • Publication number: 20050053686
    Abstract: A nozzle touch mechanism which does not allow an injection unit to move back by the force of inertia at the time of acceleration of injection and prevents leakage of the molten resin. A damper is arranged between the injection unit and a stationary platen secured to a base, so as to generate a strong braking force only at the time of high acceleration of the injection unit. A ball screw is rotated by driving an electric motor to move forward a nut member screwed onto the ball screw, whereby the injection unit is moved via a spring. When the injection unit is stopped by contacting a nozzle to a metal mold, the spring is contracted. When the amount of contraction of the spring reaches a predetermined value, the motor is stopped and locked such that the nozzle touch force corresponding to the amount of contraction of the spring is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Motohiro Nagaya, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20050053685
    Abstract: A system for controlling nozzle touch force, which is capable of maintaining the touch force relying upon a simple constitution. An electric motor moves the injection unit forward via a spring to bring a nozzle into contact with a metal mold. Further, the spring is compressed to impart a preset nozzle touch force. In the injection/pressure-maintaining step, the screw is driven, and a position/speed detector provided on a servo motor for injecting the resin detects the injection speed at regular intervals. A force produced by the force of inertia of the moving portions such as the injection screw and the pusher plate that move due to the injection operation, is found from the acceleration that is found from the injection speed. The amount of compression of the spring is controlled by varying the rotational position of the motor by an amount corresponding to the force that is found to maintain the nozzle touch force constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Motohiro Nagaya, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Nobuaki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20040005378
    Abstract: An electric servo motor is controlled through a pressure control loop wherein a control object is the injection mechanism of an electric injection molding machine. A band elimination filter, which attenuates a frequency component of a band with predetermined width to be determined based on the resonance frequency of the control object, is provided in the pressure control loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Uchiyama, Shingo Komiya, Motohiro Nagaya
  • Patent number: 5817258
    Abstract: Over the whole range of the injection process, standard injection speeds and pressures are set and sections for injection speed control and sections for pressure control are set according to the length of time t, screw position S, or injection pressure P, each after the start of injection, or following the combination of the length of time and the screw position or of the length of time and the injection pressure. The arrival at the point of changeover from one control section to another is followed by a control mode shift. If the shift is made for speed control, injection speed is controlled in a manner such that actual injection speed may agree with one standard injection pressure, while if pressure control is selected by the shift, there is provided feedback control which is put into practice so that actual injection pressure may coincide with one standard injection pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Ito, Noriaki Neko, Motohiro Nagaya
  • Patent number: 5800748
    Abstract: A reference pressure waveform for injection molding operation is set in advance; pressures corresponding to the pressure waveform are detected with predetermined detection times during the injection molding operation; pressure deviations between pressure stored in the pressure waveform, corresponding to the detection times, and the detected pressures are obtained; and the pressure deviation for each detection time is graphically displayed on a display screen along with the reference pressure waveform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Kamiguchi, Noriaki Neko, Kaoru Hiraga, Motohiro Nagaya
  • Patent number: 5310331
    Abstract: In a core drive apparatus for an injection molding machine, a servomotor is used as a drive source to drive movable cores which, in conjunction with mold parts, define molding cavities. The servomotor is connected to a control device for controlling the drive of various injection molding machine units including the servomotor. The servomotor is connected to the movable cores by a driven shaft, gears, and screw shafts formed integrally with the movable cores, by attaching a movable mold body to a movable mold mounting section supporting the driven shaft. One end of the driven shaft is fitted on an output shaft of the servomotor attached to a movable platen so that attachment of a mold to the molding machine is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Shuichi Wakebe, Hisaaki Matsui, Motohiro Nagaya