Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Shirato

Nobuaki Shirato 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: 7048479
    Abstract: A machining tool has a tool holder aligned on an axis of rotation ? of its shaft, which axis ? is oblique to the axis of rotation of a spindle at a predetermined angle ?. Accordingly, the machining tool may perform oblique machining of a workpiece. A power transmission mechanism that transmits rotation of the spindle to the machining tool is formed as an attachment to the spindle and includes a rotatable shaft, a second bevel drive gear, a second bevel driven gear, and a feed shaft. Further, a feed mechanism which feeds the machining tool along the axis ? of the rotatable shaft is formed of the attachments, the rotatable shaft; the second bevel drive gear and the second bevel driven gear, a first bevel drive gear a first bevel driven gear, a male screw member, and the feed shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Murai, Nobuaki Shirato
  • Publication number: 20050025589
    Abstract: A machining tool has a tool holder aligned on an axis of rotation ? of its shaft, which axis ? is oblique to the axis of rotation of a spindle at a predetermined angle ?. Accordingly, the machining tool may perform oblique machining of a workpiece. A power transmission mechanism that transmits rotation of the spindle to the machining tool is formed as an attachment to the spindle and includes a rotatable shaft, a second bevel drive gear, a second bevel driven gear, and a feed shaft. Further, a feed mechanism which feeds the machining tool along the axis ? of the rotatable shaft is formed of the attachments, the rotatable shaft; the second bevel drive gear and the second bevel driven gear, a first bevel drive gear a first bevel driven gear, a male screw member, and the feed shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kazutaka Murai, Nobuaki Shirato