Patents by Inventor Sadaharu Kittaka

Sadaharu Kittaka 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: 8790053
    Abstract: A cutting liquid supply device in a machine tool is configured to remove gas mixed in a cutting liquid supply line to improve the response of discharging a mist of cutting liquid. Cutting liquid is supplied from a pump (42) through a rotary joint (28) to a mist generation device (24) within a rotating spindle (29). The pressure of the cutting liquid is measured by a pressure sensor (47). An air vent device (30) for opening and closing, with respect to atmospheric pressure, piping (3) that supplies the cutting liquid is provided above the rotary joint (28). A detection signal is inputted in the control board (70) from the pressure sensor (47), and when the control board (70) detects, after the pump (42) stops the supply of the cutting liquid to the piping (3), that the pressure of the cutting liquid does not decrease to a level lower than a predetermined threshold value, the control board (70) instructs the air vent device (30) to open the piping (4) to the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Horkos Corp
    Inventors: Tadashi Makiyama, Atsushi Maeda, Shinya Takeda, Takuya Kawamoto, Kunihiro Ikeda, Sadaharu Kittaka
  • Publication number: 20120080098
    Abstract: A cutting liquid supply device in a machine tool is configured to remove gas mixed in a cutting liquid supply line to improve the response of discharging a mist of cutting liquid. Cutting liquid is supplied from a pump (42) through a rotary joint (28) to a mist generation device (24) within a rotating spindle (29). The pressure of the cutting liquid is measured by a pressure sensor (47). An air vent device (30) for opening and closing, with respect to atmospheric pressure, piping (3) that supplies the cutting liquid is provided above the rotary joint (28). A detection signal is inputted in the control board (70) from the pressure sensor (47), and when the control board (70) detects, after the pump (42) stops the supply of the cutting liquid to the piping (3), that the pressure of the cutting liquid does not decrease to a level lower than a predetermined threshold value, the control board (70) instructs the air vent device (30) to open the piping (4) to the atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Tadashi Makiyama, Atsushi Maeda, Shinya Takeda, Takuya Kawamoto, Kunihiro Ikeda, Sadaharu Kittaka
  • Patent number: D559871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Horkos Corp
    Inventors: Sadaharu Kittaka, Hisahiro Kai