Patents by Inventor Reiji MAEKAWA

Reiji MAEKAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240066649
    Abstract: A door device includes a door slidable between a first position and a second position; an air cylinder having a first air chamber to which air is supplied to apply a first assist force to the door in a first direction from the first position toward the second position; a fluid passage connecting the first air chamber and an air supply source; a switch valve provided at the fluid passage; and a manipulation switch to switch the switch valve between a first state and a second state. The door, in the first state, is movable in the first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction without the first assist force. The first assist force is applied to the door in the second state. The door at the first position closes an opening a machine tool. The door at the second position fully opens the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro KINTOKI, Kenji ARISUE, Kenji HIROSE, Reiji MAEKAWA, Yuki KANEDA
  • Publication number: 20220176506
    Abstract: A tool storage includes a tool receiver, a tool magazine, and a tool carriage. The tool receiver is provided on a one side of a machine tool with respect to a workpiece holder of the machine tool along a machine tool direction and is configured to receive a tool from an outside of the machine tool. The tool magazine is provided on another side opposite to the one side with respect to the workpiece holder along the machine tool direction. The tool carriage is configured to carry the tool between the tool receiver and the tool magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro KINTOKI, Seiya ONO, Reiji MAEKAWA, Mitsumasa IEDA, Keijiro KINOSHITA, Kenji YOSHIMOTO, Masaki TANASE
  • Patent number: 10377004
    Abstract: A tool magazine includes a magazine arm and a gripper plate. The magazine arm has a tool pot to hold a tool. The magazine arm is pivotable around a pivotal axis such that the tool pot pivots around the pivotal axis. The gripper plate has at least one gripper to hold the tool at a holding position on a circular arc track along which the tool moves when the magazine arm pivots. The at least one gripper is open in a tangent direction of the circular arc track at the holding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Hara, Kouichi Shouji, Tetsuya Nakanishi, Reiji Maekawa, Jumpei Kitayama
  • Publication number: 20160311075
    Abstract: A tool magazine includes a magazine arm and a gripper plate. The magazine arm has a tool pot to hold a tool. The magazine arm is pivotable around a pivotal axis such that the tool pot pivots around the pivotal axis. The gripper plate has at least one gripper to hold the tool at a holding position on a circular arc track along which the tool moves when the magazine arm pivots. The at least one gripper is open in a tangent direction of the circular arc track at the holding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Yamazaki Mazak Corporation
    Inventors: Toru YAMAMOTO, Yasuyuki HARA, Kouichi SHOUJI, Tetsuya NAKANISHI, Reiji MAEKAWA, Jumpei KITAYAMA