Patents by Inventor Satoshi Awatani

Satoshi Awatani 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: 9114459
    Abstract: A machine tool tier machining a bar-shaped workpiece loaded in a first orientation includes first and second chucks, first and second driving parts, a machining tool and a control part. Each of the first and second chucks has a workpiece drop opening that opens toward the outside in a radial direction from a middle portion of the first or second chuck. The first and second driving parts are respectively provided to rotate the first and second chucks. The machining tool is configured to machine the workpiece clamped by at least one of the first and second chucks. The control part is configured to control clamping of the workpiece by the first and second chucks and to control rotation angles of the first and second chucks by the first and second driving parts to change an orientation of the workpiece from the first orientation to a second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU NTC LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Shoji, Satoshi Awatani, Shinya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20130087024
    Abstract: A machine tool tier machining a bar-shaped workpiece loaded in a first orientation includes first and second chucks, first and second driving parts, a machining tool and a control part. Each of the first and second chucks has a workpiece drop opening that opens toward the outside in a radial direction from a middle portion of the first or second chuck. The first and second driving parts are respectively provided to rotate the first and second chucks. The machining tool is configured to machine the workpiece clamped by at least one of the first and second chucks. The control part is configured to control clamping of the workpiece by the first and second chucks and to control rotation angles of the first and second chucks by the first and second driving parts to change an orientation of the workpiece from the first orientation to a second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Masahiro Shoji, Satoshi Awatani, Shinya Yamada
  • Patent number: 5732619
    Abstract: A press machine, whose set operating conditions, pressing state, etc., can be easily grasped and whose safety and operability in the pressing operation can be improved, has a console panel (26) provided with a crank angle display (70), a pressing state display (80), a sheet switch (106) for inputting control information into a control section, and a multi-display (102) capable of displaying a plurality of pieces of the control information at a time. The crank angle display (70) can be constituted of multiple light emitting sections (72) arranged into a circle, and successive ones (72a) of the light emitting sections (72) whose number corresponds to the crank angle can be turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Hata, Iwashige Takahashi, Hitoshi Sakurai, Satoshi Awatani