Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Matsuoka

Noriyuki Matsuoka 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: 10155285
    Abstract: A laser welding method of the present disclosure includes a first step, a second step, and a third step. In the first step, a first workpiece and a second workpiece are stacked on each other. Each of the first workpiece and the second workpiece has a surface coated with a first material and is made of a second material, which is different from the first material. In the second step, a first region in which the first workpiece and the second workpiece are stacked on each other is irradiated with a laser beam so that the laser beam penetrates both the first workpiece and the second workpiece. In the third step, a second region including the first region is irradiated with a laser beam in a spiral fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Fujiwara, Yasushi Mukai, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Tatsuyuki Nakagawa, Noriyuki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 10049600
    Abstract: A suture technique evaluation apparatus evaluates a suture technique performed on a simulated body simulating a part of the human body, and the suture technique evaluation apparatus includes a camera configured to image at least a suture region where suturing is performed on the simulated body, and a ligation force evaluation part adapted to evaluate the ligation force of the suturing on the basis of image data taken by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: KYOTO KAGAKU CO., LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamotsu Katayama, Noriyuki Matsuoka, Munenori Uemura, Makoto Hashizume, Takahiro Jimbo, Satoshi Obata, Satoshi Ieiri, Tomoaki Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20180221989
    Abstract: The laser welding method according to the present disclosure has a first step for forming a weld bead by irradiating an object to be welded with a laser beam along a first helical trajectory around a first center of rotation moving in a welding direction, and a second step for irradiating the object to be welded with a laser beam along a second helical trajectory around a second center of rotation moving in the welding direction. A diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the first step is larger than a diameter of rotation of the laser beam in the second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, TATSUYUKI NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180126491
    Abstract: A welding target is irradiated with a laser beam so as to form a beam spot that moves relatively with respect to the welding target along a locus having a spiral shape rotating around a rotation center moving in a welding direction. The welding target is welded using the laser beam irradiated with. While the welding target is irradiated with the laser beam, the welding target is irradiated with the laser beam based on an interval coefficient which is a value indicating an overlapping degree of the locus having the spiral shape in the welding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki NAKAGAWA, Yasushi MUKAI, Atsuhiro KAWAMOTO, Junji FUJIWARA, Noriyuki MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20180117707
    Abstract: A laser welding control method according to the present disclosure includes: a first step of causing a first steel plate having a protrusion and a second steel plate to overlap so that a tip of the protrusion provided on the first steel plate makes contact with the second steel plate; and a second step of irradiating the protrusion with laser light in an irradiation pattern having a size larger than a size of the protrusion in plan view after the first step. At least one of a surface of the first steel plate that faces the second steel plate and a surface of the second steel plate that faces the first steel plate is plated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JUNJI FUJIWARA, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, TATSUYUKI NAKAGAWA, NORIYUKI MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20170355034
    Abstract: In controlling an arc welding of consumable electrode type in which pulse welding and short-circuit welding alternately repeat, forward feeding and backward feeding of a welding electrode periodically repeat in a short-circuit welding period. The forward feeding of the welding electrode starts when a welding current is smaller than a base current immediately before a pulse period ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, KAITO MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20170225253
    Abstract: In a consumable electrode-type arc welding in which pulse welding and short-circuit welding are alternately repeated, a welding current is controlled such that a welding current immediately before shifting from the pulse welding to the short-circuit welding is lower than a base current in a pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, KAITO MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20170203388
    Abstract: A laser machining system includes a laser oscillator, a laser machining head, and a reflection unit. The laser oscillator outputs laser light. The laser machining head, which includes a first optical member for collecting the laser light, emits the collected laser light. The reflection unit, which includes a reflective member for reflecting the laser light emitted from the laser machining head, radiates the reflected laser light onto a work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Pansonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd
    Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, YASUSHI MUKAI, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA
  • Publication number: 20170050269
    Abstract: A laser welding method of the present disclosure has a first step and a second step. In the first step, a first workpiece and a second workpiece are overlaid in a first machining region. In the second step, the first workpiece and the second workpiece are irradiated with laser beam in the first machining region while the laser beam is moved in a spiral path. Moreover, in the second step, the first workpiece and the second workpiece are melted by irradiation of the laser beam to form a liquid phase portion. Furthermore, in the second step, the laser beam is moved so that the liquid phase portion is not irradiated with the laser beam again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: TATSUYUKI NAKAGAWA, YASUSHI MUKAI, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, NORIYUKI MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20170001261
    Abstract: A laser welding method of the present disclosure includes a first step, a second step, and a third step. In the first step, a first workpiece and a second workpiece are stacked on each other. Each of the first workpiece and the second workpiece has a surface coated with a first material and is made of a second material, which is different from the first material. In the second step, a first region in which the first workpiece and the second workpiece are stacked on each other is irradiated with a laser beam so that the laser beam penetrates both the first workpiece and the second workpiece. In the third step, a second region including the first region is irradiated with a laser beam in a spiral fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji FUJIWARA, Yasushi MUKAI, Atsuhiro KAWAMOTO, Tatsuyuki NAKAGAWA, Noriyuki MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20160354867
    Abstract: A laser welding method of the present disclosure includes the step of irradiating a workpiece with a laser beam in a helical shape along a weld part of the workpiece. The helical shape is a combination of a circular trajectory in which a laser beam is moved circularly, and a movement trajectory in which the laser beam is moved in a proceeding direction along the weld part. Furthermore, first energy of the laser beam moving so as to have a component of the proceeding direction in the circular trajectory is larger than second energy of the laser beam moving so as to have a component of an opposite direction to the proceeding direction in the circular trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, YASUSHI MUKAI, ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, TATSUYUKI NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150371558
    Abstract: A suture technique evaluation apparatus evaluates a suture technique performed on a simulated body simulating a part of the human body, and the suture technique evaluation apparatus includes a camera configured to image at least a suture region where suturing is performed on the simulated body, and a ligation force evaluation part adapted to evaluate the ligation force of the suturing on the basis of image data taken by the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Tamotsu Katayama, Noriyuki Matsuoka, Munenori Uemura, Makoto Hashizume, Takahiro Jimbo, Satoshi Obata, Satoshi Ieiri, Tomoaki Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20150096965
    Abstract: As a conventional problem, welding on surface-treated material, such as a zinc-coated steel plate, considerably generates air holes including blowholes and also generates lots of spatters. Present invention provides a method of controlling arc welding performed in a manner that a short-circuit period, in which a short circuit is generated between a welding wire and an object to be welded, and an arc period, in which an arc is generated after release of the short circuit, are repeated alternately. According to the method, welding current is increased from an arc-regeneration-before current to a first welding current at a detection of release of the short circuit such that an increase gradient of the welding current becomes not less than 750 A/msec. This suppresses generation of air holes and spatters in welding work on a surface-treated material, such as a zinc-coated steel plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: ATSUHIRO KAWAMOTO, JUNJI FUJIWARA, YUKINORI HIROTA, NORIYUKI MATSUOKA, KAITO MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20140203004
    Abstract: In arc welding, determining a current value to be high in an early stage of the arc period is effective in reducing spatters caused by feeble short circuit in the arc period. In that case, to sharply decrease the voltage that has increased with increase in current, an inductance value of a reactor has to be kept small. However, a small inductance value causes a problem—weakness against disturbance. The present invention provides an arc welding control method that performs arc welding while repeating the short-circuit period and the arc period. According to the method, changing an inductance value relating to welding output in the arc period offers stable arc welding with fewer spatters and insusceptibility to disturbance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Matsuoka, Yukinori Hirota, Atsuhiro Kawamoto, Junji Fujiwara, Masaru Kowa, Akira Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8727792
    Abstract: In a contact block comprising a contact holder having multiple through-holes arranged in a position adjustment direction, two positioning pins are inserted via the through-holes to two through-holes selected from multiple through-holes formed in a contact block accommodation portion in the position adjustment direction, and thereby the relative positions of contact portions of contact terminals held by the contact holder can be adjusted with respect to terminals of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishibashi, Katunori Takahashi, Noriyuki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20120233853
    Abstract: In a contact block comprising a contact holder having multiple through-holes arranged in a position adjustment direction, two positioning pins are inserted via the through-holes to two through-holes selected from multiple through-holes formed in a contact block accommodation portion in the position adjustment direction, and thereby the relative positions of contact portions of contact terminals held by the contact holder can be adjusted with respect to terminals of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiro Ishibashi, Katunori Takahashi, Noriyuki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 7411794
    Abstract: In a carrier unit, a posture-stabilizing member 30 for stabilizing a bare chip to be generally parallel to a flat surface of an electrode sheet 32 is placed on the electrode sheet 32 in a carrier unit 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Wakabayashi, Minoru Hisaishi, Takeyuki Suzuki, Noriyuki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20060232291
    Abstract: In a carrier unit, a posture-stabilizing member 30 for stabilizing a bare chip to be generally parallel to a flat surface of an electrode sheet 32 is placed on the electrode sheet 32 in a carrier unit 21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshinori Wakabayashi, Minoru Hisaishi, Takeyuki Suzuki, Noriyuki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: D518798
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., LTD
    Inventors: Minoru Hisaishi, Noriyuki Matsuoka, Takeyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: D525215
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Hisaishi, Noriyuki Matsuoka, Takeyuki Suzuki