Patents by Inventor Shinobu TODA

Shinobu TODA 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: 11958145
    Abstract: A welding device for gas shielded arc welding includes: a portable welding robot mounted with a welding torch including a nozzle that guides jetting of shielding gas and a contact tip that performs energization on a consumable electrode; a feeding device that supplies the consumable electrode to the welding torch; a welding power source that supplies electric power to the consumable electrode via the contact tip; a gas supply source that supplies the shielding gas to be jetted from a nozzle end; and a control device that controls the portable welding robot. When the welding torch is seen from a side of jetting of the shielding gas, the contact tip is placed in an inside of an opening of the nozzle, the nozzle and the contact tip have a relatively movable structure, and an inner diameter of the nozzle end is within a range of 10-20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., KOBELCO ROBOTiX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yashima, Masahiro Yokota, Shun Izutani, Hirofumi Kawasaki, Shinobu Toda
  • Publication number: 20220297218
    Abstract: In this welding control method for a portable welding robot that moves along a guide rail, for using the portable welding robot to weld a workpiece including a groove: a groove shape detection position is established in at least one location in a welding sector extending from a welding starting point to a welding end point; the groove shape at a groove shape detection position Pn is sensed by means of a detecting means of the portable welding robot, which is moving along the guide rail; groove shape information is calculated from detection data obtained by the sensing; and a welding condition is acquired on the basis of the groove shape information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), KOBELCO ROBOTiX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi YASHIMA, Masaru KODAMA, Shinobu TODA, Hirofumi KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210016386
    Abstract: A welding device for gas shielded arc welding includes: a portable welding robot mounted with a welding torch including a nozzle that guides jetting of shielding gas and a contact tip that performs energization on a consumable electrode; a feeding device that supplies the consumable electrode to the welding torch; a welding power source that supplies electric power to the consumable electrode via the contact tip; a gas supply source that supplies the shielding gas to be jetted from a nozzle end; and a control device that controls the portable welding robot. When the welding torch is seen from a side of jetting of the shielding gas, the contact tip is placed in an inside of an opening of the nozzle, the nozzle and the contact tip have a relatively movable structure, and an inner diameter of the nozzle end is within a range of 10-20 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), KOBELCO ROBOTiX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi YASHIMA, Masahiro YOKOTA, Shun IZUTANI, Hirofumi KAWASAKI, Shinobu TODA