Patents by Inventor Nobuhisa Sonoda

Nobuhisa Sonoda 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).

  • Tapping machine and tap die, and method of detecting overstroke of tap
    Patent number: 9533364
    Abstract: A tapping tool is mountable on an adapter for tapping. The adapter includes a ring gear in which the tapping tool is mountable; and a gear holder in which the ring gear is disposed and which is mountable on a turret of a turret punch press so as to locate the disposed ring gear at a position corresponding to a punch mounting section formed in advance in the turret. The tapping tool includes a cylindrical body and a rotating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Sonoda, Shingo Arai, Junichi Asami
  • Tapping machine and tap die, and method of detecting overstroke of tap
    Patent number: 9283632
    Abstract: An adapter for tapping used in a turret punch press includes a ring gear in which a tapping tool is mountable. Further, a gear holder in which the ring gear is disposed and which is mountable on a turret of the turret punch press so as to locate the disposed ring gear at a position corresponding to a punch mounting section formed in advance in the turret of the turret punch press is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Sonoda, Shingo Arai, Junichi Asami
  • TAPPING MACHINE AND TAP DIE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING OVERSTROKE OF TAP
    Publication number: 20150056035
    Abstract: A tapping tool is mountable on an adapter for tapping. The adapter includes a ring gear in which the tapping tool is mountable; and a gear holder in which the ring gear is disposed and which is mountable on a turret of a turret punch press so as to locate the disposed ring gear at a position corresponding to a punch mounting section formed in advance in the turret. The tapping tool includes a cylindrical body and a rotating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhisa SONODA, Shingo ARAI, Junichi ASAMI
  • TAPPING MACHINE AND TAP DIE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING OVERSTROKE OF TAP
    Publication number: 20110116881
    Abstract: An adapter (21) for tapping used in a turret punch press, comprises: a ring gear (29) in which a tapping tool (25) is mountable; and a gear holder (31) in which the ring gear is disposed and which is mountable on a turret (9) of the turret pinch press so as to locate the disposed ring gear (29) at a position corresponding to a punch mounting section (33) formed in advance in the turret (9) of the turret punch press.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AMADA COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Sonoda, Shingo Arai, Junichi Asami