Patents by Inventor Muneo Takahashi

Muneo Takahashi 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).

  • Coolant supply apparatus
    Patent number: 9383147
    Abstract: A coolant supply apparatus includes variable delivery coolant pump (100) pumping up coolant from coolant tank (104), a plurality of branch passages (120 to 124) allowing coolant (108) delivered from coolant pump (100) to flow separately to a plurality of parts of a machine tool, and machine control unit (110) turning on and off on-off valves (136) of the plurality of branch passages (120 to 124), wherein machine control unit (110), in response to a jet coolant instruction, opens only one branch passage to intensively supply coolant (108) to the branch passage at the maximum delivery rate of coolant pump (100) and closes the other branch passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kono, Toshihiro Suzuki, Takeshi Kawada, Muneo Takahashi, Hideaki Suehiro
  • COOLANT SUPPLY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140338765
    Abstract: A coolant supply apparatus includes variable delivery coolant pump (100) pumping up coolant from coolant tank (104), a plurality of branch passages (120 to 124) allowing coolant (108) delivered from coolant pump (100) to flow separately to a plurality of parts of a machine tool, and machine control unit (110) turning on and off on-off valves (136) of the plurality of branch passages (120 to 124), wherein machine control unit (110), in response to a jet coolant instruction, opens only one branch passage to intensively supply coolant (108) to the branch passage at the maximum delivery rate of coolant pump (100) and closes the other branch passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Kono, Toshihiro Suzuki, Takeshi Kawada, Muneo Takahashi, Hideaki Suehiro
  • Machine tool
    Patent number: 8505894
    Abstract: A machine tool (11) according to the present invention includes a table (49) having a pallet mount on which a pallet for a workpiece to be mounted thereon is mounted, a pallet station (17) provided on the side of the machine tool and having a pallet rest for a pallet to be placed thereon, and a pallet carrying device (19) arranged between the table (49) and a column (23). The pallet is carried between the table (49) and the pallet station (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Muneo Takahashi, Toshiyuki Kusakari
  • Machine Tool
    Publication number: 20100320668
    Abstract: A machine tool (11) according to the present invention includes a table (49) having a pallet mount on which a pallet for a workpiece to be mounted thereon is mounted, a pallet station (17) provided on the side of the machine tool and having a pallet rest for a pallet to be placed thereon, and a pallet carrying device (19) arranged between the table (49) and a column (23). The pallet is carried between the table (49) and the pallet station (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: MAKINO MILLING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Muneo Takahashi, Toshiyuki Kusakari