Patents by Inventor Seiichiro Yamashita

Seiichiro Yamashita 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: 20210219992
    Abstract: A root canal length measuring device includes a display for displaying a control mode figure indicating an execution control mode executed among a plurality of control modes and a control unit for controlling the display to display the figure. A plurality of elements for displaying the control mode figure include a shaft portion extending in an arc shape or a fan shape and a clockwise head portion and a counterclockwise head portion indicating a first direction and a second direction as rotation directions of a cutting tool, respectively. The control unit controls the display according to the execution control mode in a root canal treatment device so that, among the plurality of elements, an entirety or a part of the shaft portion and the clockwise head portion and/or the counterclockwise head portion are displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Kyohei KATO
  • Publication number: 20210225140
    Abstract: In a medical system, a medical device includes a first display that displays a figure or a character corresponding to data relevant to medical treatment performed in the medical device, and a first controller that causes the first display to display the figure or the character corresponding to the data and that, when the data satisfies conditions for notification of a warning, causes the medical device to emit a first warning. A remote control device includes a second display that displays the figure or the character corresponding to the data, and a second controller that causes the second display to display the figure or the character corresponding to the data and that, when the data satisfies the conditions for notification of the warning, causes the remote control device to emit a second warning that is different than the first warning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Koichiro ADACHI, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Kyohei KATO
  • Publication number: 20210154901
    Abstract: A plasticizing device that plasticizes a solid material includes a drive motor, a screw rotated by the drive motor along a rotation axis of the drive motor and having a groove forming surface on which a groove is formed, a barrel having a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and provided with a communication hole in a central portion thereof, and a heating unit configured to heat at least one of the screw and the barrel. A first facing region and a second facing region that is closer to the central portion than the first facing region are provided between the groove forming surface and the facing surface. A second gap between the groove forming surface and the facing surface in the second facing region is larger than a first gap between the groove forming surface and the facing surface in the first facing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Riona HAYASHI, Megumi ENARI
  • Publication number: 20210114274
    Abstract: An injection molding device includes: a material storage unit storing a material; a drive motor; a plasticization unit including a rotor that rotates by rotation of the drive motor, a barrel facing the rotor, and a heater, and configured to plasticize and flow out the material supplied from the material storage unit; a nozzle through which the material after plasticization is injected toward a mold from the plasticization unit; and a material drying unit configured to collect waste heat of the drive motor and dry the material in the material storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kakeru SASAGAWA, Kei YOKOTA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Yuji SHINBARU, Kazunobu MARUYAMA, Daichi MIYASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210086420
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes: an injection molding machine configured to inject a molten material into a mold to mold a molded object; a tray moving unit configured to move a plurality of trays in a work area including a placement position; and a robot configured to place the molded object on a tray moved to the placement position among the plurality of trays. The tray moving unit moves a tray after placement, which is a tray on which the molded object is placed by the robot, from the placement position to a position different from the placement position in the work area, and moves a tray before the placement, which is a tray on which the molded object is not yet placed by the robot, from a position different from the placement position in the work area to the placement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kakeru SASAGAWA, Kei YOKOTA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Yuji SHINBARU
  • Publication number: 20210086414
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes: an injection molding machine where a shaping mold is installed; a material supply device supplying a material to the injection molding machine; a temperature controller controlling a temperature of the shaping mold; a dryer drying a material stored in the material supply device; a controller controlling the injection molding machine; and a casing. The injection molding machine, the material supply device, the temperature controller, the dryer, and the controller are provided inside the casing. The casing has a caster and is configured to be movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kakeru SASAGAWA, Kei YOKOTA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Yuji SHINBARU, Riona HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210086425
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes: an injection molding machine configured to operate in accordance with a command generated using a first language, and inject a molten material into a mold to mold a molded object; a robot configured to operate in accordance with a command generated using a second language, and convey the molded object; and a control device configured to control the injection molding machine and the robot. When determining that an error occurs in at least one of the injection molding machine and the robot, the control device transmits, to the injection molding machine, a command generated using the first language and for causing the injection molding machine to execute a return operation, and transmits, to the robot, a command interpretable by the second language and for causing the robot to execute a return operation, so as to cause the injection molding machine and the robot to execute the return operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKANO, Kakeru SASAGAWA, Kei YOKOTA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Riona HAYASHI, Yuji SHINBARU
  • Publication number: 20210086426
    Abstract: An injection molding system includes: an injection molding machine; an inspection device including a first placement unit, a second placement unit, an inspection unit, and a moving unit configured to change a relative position between the first placement unit and the inspection unit and a relative position between the second placement unit and the inspection unit; a third placement unit; a robot configured to convey the molded object; and a control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kakeru Sasagawa, Kei Yokota, Kenta Anegawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Yuji Shinbaru, Kazunobu Maruyama, Daichi Miyashita, Hiroki Takano, Riona Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210031422
    Abstract: A plasticization device includes: a cylinder having a supply port through which a material is supplied; a spiral screw configured to rotate inside the cylinder; a nozzle configured to discharge the material plasticized inside the cylinder; and a first heating unit provided between the supply port in the cylinder and the nozzle. The cylinder includes a first portion having the supply port and a second portion provided with the first heating unit, and a shortest distance between an inner wall surface of the second portion and an outer surface of the screw is longer than a shortest distance between an inner wall surface of the first portion and the outer surface of the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Seiichiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210031444
    Abstract: A plasticization device used in a three-dimensional shaping device includes: a cylinder having a supply port through which a material is supplied; a spiral screw configured to rotate inside the cylinder; a first heating unit provided on an outer peripheral portion of the cylinder; and a nozzle provided on the cylinder and configured to discharge the material plasticized by rotation of the screw and heating of the first heating unit. The outer peripheral portion has, between the supply port and the nozzle, a first region and a second region from the supply port toward the nozzle, and the first heating unit is provided to make a temperature of the second region higher than a temperature of the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Seiichiro YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20210031423
    Abstract: A plasticization device includes: a cylinder having a supply port through which a material is supplied; a spiral screw configured to rotate inside the cylinder; a nozzle configured to discharge the material plasticized inside the cylinder; a heating unit provided between the supply port in the cylinder and the nozzle; a screw drive unit including a motor configured to rotate the screw; and a case configured to accommodate at least a part of the screw drive unit and having a first refrigerant flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: Seiichiro YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10836086
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus includes a first upstream mold having a first gate opening into which a first molding material flows, a second upstream mold having a second gate opening into which a second molding material flows, a first injection unit injecting the first material through the first gate opening, a second injection unit injecting the second material through the second gate opening, and a downstream mold clampable with each of the first and second upstream molds. The second material is injected by the second injection unit after the first material is injected by the first injection unit. The second gate opening is separated further from the downstream mold than the first gate opening, and a volume of a second cavity partitioned by the second upstream mold and the downstream mold is larger than that of a first cavity partitioned by the first upstream mold and the downstream mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke Watanabe, Kenta Anegawa, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kei Yokota, Yuichi Sasage, Kakeru Sasagawa
  • Patent number: 10813717
    Abstract: In a dental treatment apparatus, a control circuit controls a drive motor in accordance with a drive sequence. The drive sequence includes a plurality of drive patterns and at least one of the plurality of drive patterns is different from other drive pattern. The plurality of drive patterns include at least one drive pattern having such drive that a cutting tool is rotated in a cutting direction for cutting a treatment portion and drive for rotating the cutting tool in a non-cutting direction which is reverse to the cutting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Tomoaki Ueda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20200101661
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a driving motor, a rotor that is rotated by rotation of the driving motor and has a groove-formed surface having a groove formed in a rotation direction, and a barrel that is opposite to the groove-formed surface and has a communication hole and a heater, plasticizes a material supplied between the groove and the barrel by rotation of the rotor and heating by the heater, and causes the plasticized material to flow out from the communication hole. Aside surface of the groove has a protrusion and recess surface including protrusion portions or recess portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kakeru SASAGAWA, Kei YOKOTA, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Yusuke WATANABE, Yuichi SASAGE, Mitsuru INUTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20200055219
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus includes a first upstream mold having a first gate opening into which a first molding material flows, a second upstream mold having a second gate opening into which a second molding material flows, a first injection unit injecting the first material through the first gate opening, a second injection unit injecting the second material through the second gate opening, and a downstream mold clampable with each of the first and second upstream molds. The second material is injected by the second injection unit after the first material is injected by the first injection unit. The second gate opening is separated further from the downstream mold than the first gate opening, and a volume of a second cavity partitioned by the second upstream mold and the downstream mold is larger than that of a first cavity partitioned by the first upstream mold and the downstream mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke WATANABE, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Kei YOKOTA, Yuichi SASAGE, Kakeru SASAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20200023562
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus includes an injection-molding mold including a fixed mold and a movable mold, the fixed mold having a gate opening into which a molding material flows, the movable mold having a cavity and being configured to be separated from the fixed mold during mold opening; a hot runner including a nozzle having a channel that guides the molding material to the gate opening, and a heater, the hot runner being disposed in the fixed mold; and a control unit that controls a temperature of the heater to adjust a temperature of the hot runner. The control unit controls the temperature of the heater to a first temperature when the molding material is injected from the hot runner to the cavity, and after the injection of the molding material is completed, controls the temperature of the heater to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Kei YOKOTA, Mitsuru INUTSUKA, Yusuke WATANABE, Kakeru SASAGAWA, Yuichi SASAGE
  • Publication number: 20190380813
    Abstract: The A root canal treatment apparatus includes: a handpiece configured to hold a cutting tool in a head in a drivable manner; a motor driver and a micromotor configured to drive the cutting tool; a root canal length measurement circuit; and a control portion. The root canal length measurement circuit is configured to electrically detect a position of a tip end of the cutting tool in a root canal, using the cutting tool as a measuring electrode. The control portion is configured to perform drive for reversely rotating the cutting tool by a predetermined set angle (180 degrees) when the position of the tip end of the cutting tool detected by the root canal length measurement circuit reaches a predetermined set position, and then, stopping rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Naoki Katsuda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba
  • Publication number: 20190358903
    Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a first member having a groove portion that has a spiral shape extending to a center, a motor that rotates the first member, a second member that faces the first member, and a heating unit for heating a material that is transported along the groove portion, the first member having a plurality of recessed portions on a bottom surface of the groove portion. By providing a plurality of recessed portions on the bottom surface of the first member through which the material flows, the rotational force of the rotating first member is easily transmitted to the material and the amount of material flowing in the first member can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke WATANABE, Kei YOKOTA, Yuichi SASAGE, Kenta ANEGAWA, Seiichiro YAMASHITA, Mitsuru INUTSUKA, Kakeru SASAGAWA
  • Patent number: 9895205
    Abstract: A dental treating apparatus according to the present invention includes: a hand piece; a head unit; a driving unit; a control unit; a load specifying unit; and a load comparing unit. The hand piece drivably holds a cutting tool on the head unit. The driving unit drives the cutting tool in a normal rotation direction or in a reverse rotation direction. The load comparing unit compares a load detected and a reference load. During a normal rotation period until driving for rotating the cutting tool in the normal rotation direction by the driving unit satisfies a predetermined first condition, the control unit maintains a rotation direction of the cutting tool in the normal rotation direction, and when a result of comparison by the load comparing unit attains a predetermined result during the normal rotation period, the control unit controls the rotation direction to the reverse rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Katsuda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Tomoaki Ueda, Hideo Hijikata
  • Publication number: 20170265961
    Abstract: In a dental treatment apparatus, a control circuit controls a drive motor in accordance with a drive sequence. The drive sequence includes a plurality of drive patterns and at least one of the plurality of drive patterns is different from other drive pattern. The plurality of drive patterns include at least one drive pattern having such drive that a cutting tool is rotated in a cutting direction for cutting a treatment portion and drive for rotating the cutting tool in a non-cutting direction which is reverse to the cutting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Kyohei Kato, Tomoaki Ueda, Seiichiro Yamashita, Kazunari Matoba