Patents by Inventor Naoki Takeoka
Naoki Takeoka 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).
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Publication number: 20240207968Abstract: A welding method for welding an overlapping part of a first member and a second member includes: a first welding step of forming a friction-stirred part at a one-end-side spot being a spot that is closest to one end of the overlapping part by plunging a rotary tool into the one-end-side spot; a second welding step of forming a friction-stirred part at an other-end-side spot that is located away from the one-end-side spot and closer to the other end by plunging the rotary tool into the other-end-side spot; and a third welding step of forming a friction-stirred part at an intermediate spot located between the one-end-side spot and the other-end-side spot by plunging the rotary tool into the intermediate spot.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya FUKUDA, Naoki TAKEOKA, Ryoji OHASHI, Shuhei YOSHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20230390860Abstract: A friction stir spot welder includes a pin, a shoulder, a rotary driver, an advance-retract driver, and circuitry. When a preset and predetermined first period of time has elapsed in a state where a speed of the rotating shoulder in an axial direction or a speed of the pin in the axial direction is a preset and predetermined first speed, the circuitry determines that the tip of the shoulder or the tip of the pin has reached a contact surface of a second workpiece which is in contact with a first workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki TAKEOKA, Yoshitaka MURAMATSU, Ryoji OHASHI
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Publication number: 20230211434Abstract: A friction stir spot welding apparatus includes a pin member formed in a solid cylindrical shape, a shoulder member formed in a hollow cylindrical shape, the pin member being inserted in the shoulder member, a rotary actuator that rotates the pin member and the shoulder member on an axis that is in agreement with an axial center of the pin member, and a linear actuator that linearly moves each of the pin member and the shoulder member along the axis. A tip-end part of the shoulder member is formed in a tapered shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshitaka MURAMATSU, Masahiro MIYAKE, Ryoji OHASHI, Naoki TAKEOKA
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Publication number: 20220362889Abstract: A joining system (100) of the present invention is for joining a joining target (W) including first, second, and third members (W1), (W2), (W3), and includes a welder (101), a friction stir welding machine (102), and a controller (110) that: (A) causes the welder (101) to weld the second and third members (W2), (W3); (B), after (A), causes the joining target (W) to be placed at the friction stir welding machine (102) so that the first member (W1) is opposed to a distal end of a tool (10); and (C), after (B), controls a linear motion driver (7) and a rotation driver (8) so as to, while pressing the distal end of the tool (10) to the joining target (W), rotate the tool (10) around an axis, so that the softened second and third members (W2), (W3) intrude into the softened first member (W1), thus joining the joining target (W).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoji OHASHI, Yoshitaka MURAMATSU, Naoki TAKEOKA, Takuya FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20210339337Abstract: A friction stir joining device includes a tool, a rotary driver, a linear-movement driver, and a control device. The control device is adapted to (A) dispose so that a first member opposes to the tool, and the first member, a second member and a third member are located in this order, (B) control the linear-movement driver and the rotary driver so that a tip-end part of the tool presses a joined part of a to-be-joined object while the tool is rotated, (C) control the linear-movement driver and the rotary driver so that the third member softened extends above an upper surface of the second member, and the tip-end part of the tool reaches a first position, and (D) control the linear-movement driver and the rotary driver so that the tool is drawn out from the joined part while the tool is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki TAKEOKA, Ryoji OHASHI, Yoshitaka MURAMATSU, Takuya FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20210023649Abstract: A friction welding apparatus is provided, which includes a tool, a rotary driver, a linear driver, and a control device. The control device controls the linear driver and the rotary driver so that the tool is rotated while a tip-end part thereof is pressed against a to-be-joined part of a to-be-joined object to increase a temperature of the to-be-joined part at or above an A1 transformation point, the tip-end part of the tool reaches a given first position so that a softened second member sticks into a softened first member, and the tool is drawn out from the to-be-joined part while the tool is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshitaka MURAMATSU, Ryoji OHASHI, Naoki TAKEOKA, Takuya FUKUDA
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Patent number: 8714629Abstract: A canopy (23) is provided to rise in an upper revolving structure (3) for covering an upper side of an operator's seat (19). A bend portion (25B) extending in the left-right direction and projecting upward is provided in a front end side of a roof plate (25) in the canopy (23). A plate-shaped left front lifting bracket (26) is provided in a left front connecting portion (24J), and a plate-shaped right front lifting bracket (27) is provided in a right front connecting portion (24L). The left and right front lifting brackets (26, 27) sandwich the bend portion (25B) from both sides in the left-right direction. Further, the left and right front lifting brackets (26, 27) are provided with lifting holes (26A, 27A) and also discharging notches (26B, 27B).Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Takeoka, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Shogo Kimura
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Publication number: 20130285413Abstract: A canopy (23) is provided to rise in an upper revolving structure (3) for covering an upper side of an operator's seat (19). A bend portion (25B) extending in the left-right direction and projecting upward is provided in a front end side of a roof plate (25) in the canopy (23). A plate-shaped left front lifting bracket (26) is provided in a left front connecting portion (24J), and a plate-shaped right front lifting bracket (27) is provided in a right front connecting portion (24L). The left and right front lifting brackets (26, 27) sandwich the bend portion (25B) from both sides in the left-right direction. Further, the left and right front lifting brackets (26, 27) are provided with lifting holes (26A, 27A) and also discharging notches (26B, 27B).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Takeoka, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Shogo Kimura
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Patent number: D684607Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehisa Hagura, Tomoyuki Miyata, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Naoki Takeoka