Patents by Inventor Shingo TACHIKI

Shingo TACHIKI 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: 20240066652
    Abstract: The objective of the present disclosure is to provide a means capable of performing clamping and unclamping operations at appropriate times. In a machining system 1 provided with a rotary table device 10, a numerical controller 30 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure controls the rotary table device 10 in accordance with a machining program including a plurality of statements, said rotary table device 10 including a table 11, drive mechanisms 12, 13 that rotate and position the table 11 around an axis, and clamping mechanisms 14, 15 that restrain the rotation of the table 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo KINOUCHI, Shingo TACHIKI
  • Patent number: 11787003
    Abstract: This machine tool includes a spindle, a workpiece support section that supports the workpiece, a servo motor that rotates or moves workpiece support section relative to the spindle, and a control device that controls the servo motor, where the control device displays an adjustment screen for adjustment of at least either of a gain and a filter of the servo motor on a display device when the control device recognizes that the servo motor is newly mounted, when a machining program of the workpiece is changed, or when an operation value of the servo motor or a value calculated based on the operation value deviates from a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tachiki
  • Patent number: 11353378
    Abstract: A machining device includes a driving shaft provided with a brake and driven by a motor, a detector that detects a state quantity of the driving shaft, and a controller that controls the driving shaft based on the state quantity. The controller includes a switch command unit that outputs a switch command for switching the brake between on and off states, a vibration command unit that outputs a vibration command for rotating the motor minutely in forward and reverse directions at a first time point after the switch command is output and at a second time point temporally spaced at an interval from the first time point, and a determination unit that determines a state of the brake based on the state quantity detected at the first time point while the vibration command is being output and the state quantity at the second time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tachiki
  • Patent number: 11135695
    Abstract: A rotary table device according to the present invention includes: a spindle that supports a table; a driving mechanism that drives the spindle; a load detection portion that detects a load of the driving mechanism; a clamp mechanism that inhibits rotation of the spindle; a rotation control portion that causes the driving mechanism to drive the spindle with a predetermined inspection pattern after the clamp mechanism starts releasing clamping; and a determination portion that determines whether good or not with respect to an operation of the clamp mechanism based on of change over time in the load detected by the load detection portion when the spindle is driven with the inspection pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tachiki
  • Publication number: 20210116328
    Abstract: A machining device includes a driving shaft provided with a brake and driven by a motor, a detector that detects a state quantity of the driving shaft, and a controller that controls the driving shaft based on the state quantity. The controller includes a switch command unit that outputs a switch command for switching the brake between on and off states, a vibration command unit that outputs a vibration command for rotating the motor minutely in forward and reverse directions at a first time point after the switch command is output and at a second time point temporally spaced at an interval from the first time point, and a determination unit that determines a state of the brake based on the state quantity detected at the first time point while the vibration command is being output and the state quantity at the second time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Shingo TACHIKI
  • Publication number: 20200316741
    Abstract: This machine tool includes a spindle, a workpiece support section that supports the workpiece, a servo motor that rotates or moves workpiece support section relative to the spindle, and a control device that controls the servo motor, where the control device displays an adjustment screen for adjustment of at least either of a gain and a filter of the servo motor on a display device when the control device recognizes that the servo motor is newly mounted, when a machining program of the workpiece is changed, or when an operation value of the servo motor or a value calculated based on the operation value deviates from a predetermined criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo TACHIKI
  • Publication number: 20200139500
    Abstract: A rotary table device according to the present invention includes: a spindle that supports a table; a driving mechanism that drives the spindle; a load detection portion that detects a load of the driving mechanism; a clamp mechanism that inhibits rotation of the spindle; a rotation control portion that causes the driving mechanism to drive the spindle with a predetermined inspection pattern after the clamp mechanism starts releasing clamping; and a determination portion that determines whether good or not with respect to an operation of the clamp mechanism based on of change over time in the load detected by the load detection portion when the spindle is driven with the inspection pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TACHIKI
  • Patent number: 10525562
    Abstract: A rotary table device includes: a case; a spindle having an axis hole that is provided rotatably in the case and extends through along an axis direction of a center portion; a rotary joint having a rotary shaft attached non-rotatably to the axis hole of the spindle; and a clamp mechanism arranged in a rear end side of the case and having a component attached non-rotatably to the spindle, the rotary shaft having an attachment flange unit with the spindle in a front end portion, the rotary shaft inserted to the axis hole from the front end side of the spindle to be attached to the spindle by the attachment flange unit, a rear end portion of the rotary shaft projecting from a rear end surface of the spindle, the component of the clamp mechanism mounted to a rear end portion of the rotary shaft projecting from the rear end surface of the spindle from a rear end side, and contacting with and externally fit to an outer circumferential surface of the rear end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo Tachiki
  • Patent number: 10427265
    Abstract: A rotating table is maintained in a stationary state by generating a clamping torque while ensuring a long enough lifetime of a plate spring. Provided is a rotating table device including: base members; a rotating member that is supported by the base members so as to be rotatable about an axis; a brake disk that is secured to the rotating member; and a clamping mechanism that clamps the brake disk, wherein the clamping mechanism is provided with a piston that is attached so as to be movable between a clamped position and an unclamped position in a direction along the axis with respect to the base members, a plate spring that is secured to the piston and the base members and that biases the piston toward the clamped position, and a coil spring that is disposed between the piston and the base members, and that constantly biases the piston toward the clamped position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Tachiki
  • Publication number: 20180361524
    Abstract: A rotary table device includes: a case; a spindle having an axis hole that is provided rotatably in the case and extends through along an axis direction of a center portion; a rotary joint having a rotary shaft attached non-rotatably to the axis hole of the spindle; and a clamp mechanism arranged in a rear end side of the case and having a component attached non-rotatably to the spindle, the rotary shaft having an attachment flange unit with the spindle in a front end portion, the rotary shaft inserted to the axis hole from the front end side of the spindle to be attached to the spindle by the attachment flange unit, a rear end portion of the rotary shaft projecting from a rear end surface of the spindle, the component of the clamp mechanism mounted to a rear end portion of the rotary shaft projecting from the rear end surface of the spindle from a rear end side, and contacting with and externally fit to an outer circumferential surface of the rear end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shingo TACHIKI
  • Publication number: 20170239770
    Abstract: A rotating table is maintained in a stationary state by generating a clamping torque while ensuring a long enough lifetime of a plate spring. Provided is a rotating table device including: base members; a rotating member that is supported by the base members so as to be rotatable about an axis; a brake disk that is secured to the rotating member; and a clamping mechanism that clamps the brake disk, wherein the clamping mechanism is provided with a piston that is attached so as to be movable between a clamped position and an unclamped position in a direction along the axis with respect to the base members, a plate spring that is secured to the piston and the base members and that biases the piston toward the clamped position, and a coil spring that is disposed between the piston and the base members, and that constantly biases the piston toward the clamped position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo TACHIKI