Patents by Inventor Shoji Futamura
Shoji Futamura 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).
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Patent number: 9044912Abstract: An operation method of an electric press working machine including a frame body, a crown, and a plurality of support posts, a first slide that slides on the support posts, a second slide that slides on the support posts, a first-side drive source that drives the first slide, a second-side drive source that drives the second slide, and either a first upper die that is attached to correspond to the first slide or a second upper die that is attached to correspond to the second slide or both. The method includes: a step of moving the first and second slides to a first position; a step of moving the second slide to a second position while keeping the first slide at the first position; and a step of moving the second slide to a third position while keeping the first slide at the first position.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: HODEN SEIMITSU KAKO KENKYUSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Chikara Murata, Tatsuya Takahashi, Atsumori Inada, Tetsuya Yoneda
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Publication number: 20140283695Abstract: An operation method of an electric press working machine including a frame body, a crown, and a plurality of support posts, a first slide that slides on the support posts, a second slide that slides on the support posts, a first-side drive source that drives the first slide, a second-side drive source that drives the second slide, and either a first upper die that is attached to correspond to the first slide or a second upper die that is attached to correspond to the second slide or both. The method includes: a step of moving the first and second slides to a first position; a step of moving the second slide to a second position while keeping the first slide at the first position; and a step of moving the second slide to a third position while keeping the first slide at the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: HODEN SEIMITSU KAKO KENKYUSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Chikara Murata, Tatsuya Takahashi, Atsumori Inada, Tetsuya Yoneda
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Patent number: 7574891Abstract: A pressing apparatus using a motor, in which a driving device for fast feed, which lowers a upper die to a position immediately before pressing, and a motor for pressing, which performs a pressing operation, are used to cause the driving device for fast feed and the motor for pressing to operate cooperatively, and only one position detector, which detects a present position of a slider, is provided for a set of the driving device for fast feed and the motor for pressing. A lock device is provided so as to lock the slider and the screw shaft while the motor for pressing is operating for pressing a work piece.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Hoden Seimitsu Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Hiromitsu Kaneko
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Publication number: 20090173242Abstract: A differential mechanism 9 of an electric press apparatus having a connecting mechanism 17 fixed to a nut member 8 threadedly engaging with a ball screw shaft 15 rotated by a motor 22 and a slide plate 25 is configured so as to include a frame body 92 which has inner wall surfaces hollowed out with an opening portion being on the upside, and is formed with a slide groove at the bottom portion in inner wall surfaces, the opening portion forming a rigid body. A movable body 91 which is provided with a slide groove on the back surface side of the upper plate portion having an inclined surface portion the back surface of which is inclined, and is fitted in the opening portion of the frame body 92.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2005Publication date: July 9, 2009Inventors: Keizo Unno, Shoji Futamura
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Publication number: 20090095171Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric press device which enables fixed-point working requiring accurate position control with a high accuracy for a long time by changing a structure in a publicly known document in which a differential key is moved in a straight state to a structure of circumferential movement. In an electric press device for performing fixed-point working on a work piece by vertically moving a slide plate (5) by a first motor (8), a cylindrical nut elevating sleeve (15) having a helically advancing sliding groove (21) on the outer circumferential face, a nut elevating plate (17) having a guide engagement portion (22) fitted in the sliding groove to move slidingly and a second motor (41) for rotationally moving the nut elevating plate (17) are provided as a differential mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2005Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Patent number: 7415862Abstract: In a press device for pressing a slider with a plurality of motors as driving sources, pressing is performed while a slider is kept horizontal even if an eccentric load is applied.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2005Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Hoden Semitsu Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Ohtani
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Patent number: 7293500Abstract: A pressing apparatus using a motor, in which a fast feed drive lowers an upper die to a position immediately before pressing, and a motor for pressing performs a pressing operation. The fast feed drive and the motor for pressing operate cooperatively, and only one position detector, which detects a present position of a slider, is provided for a set of the fast feed drive and the motor for pressing.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Hoden Seimitsu Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Takeo Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20070193331Abstract: In a press device for pressing a slider with a plurality of motors as driving sources, pressing is performed while a slider is kept horizontal even if an eccentric load is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Ohtani
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Patent number: 7165490Abstract: A press forming method is disclosed, wherein press forming can be effected at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of a slide plate in press-forming a work-piece by a press machine. A press machine is used in which the slide plate is pressed by a plurality of drive sources using servo-motors for driving. The speed of one of the plurality of drive sources is set to a target speed for production forming for the drive source, and by using a function that shows a delay in terms of a speed of the drive source and a load thereon and also using a load separately found, the respective speeds of the drive sources are found so as to eliminate the delay between the drive sources. Trial forming is repeated on the basis of the thus-found speed to derive conditions that enable press-forming at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of the slide plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Hoden Seimitus Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Patent number: 7152444Abstract: A press forming machine comprising driving shafts for pressing three or more respective pressure points and displacement measuring means for measuring a displacement close to the pressure point. A central driving shaft among the driving shafts has a gap (the slack) larger than those of other driving shafts between each of the driving shafts and a pressure plate. During press formation at a trial stage, a positional displacement close to each pressure point is measured by the displacement measuring means and control data is supplied to each driving source for driving a driving shaft to drive the pressure plate. Then, production press-formation is performed in accordance with the above result. Therefore, the central driving source can avoid overload by the slack of the driving shaft with the pressure plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2004Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Hoden Seimitsu Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Matsumoto, Shoji Futamura
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Publication number: 20060283229Abstract: The invention provides a pressing apparatus using a motor, in which driving means for fast feed, which lowers a upper die to a position immediately before pressing, and a motor for pressing, which performs a pressing operation, are used to cause the driving means for fast feed and the motor for pressing to operate cooperatively, and only one position detector, which detects a present position of a slider, is provided for a set of the driving means for fast feed and the motor for pressing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2004Publication date: December 21, 2006Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Hiromitsu Kaneko
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Patent number: 7143617Abstract: A press forming machines includes displacement measuring means for measuring a displacement between a slide plate and a reference plate. Control means measures a positional displacement of each of the driving sources by using the displacement measuring means in each of a plurality of operating steps during the molding operation, detects a desired displacement position of the entire slide plate, extracts control data including a correction amount to maintain the entire slide plate at the desired displacement position, the correction amount corresponding to a change in load on each of the driving sources, stores the control data in the memory, supplies the control data to the driving sources, and separately drives the driving sources. Since an actual molding operation can be performed using control data generated in a trial molding operation, the cycle time of the actual molding can be shortened.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2003Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Institute of Technology Precision Electrical Discharge Work'sInventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Publication number: 20060249038Abstract: The invention provides a pressing apparatus using a motor, in which driving means for fast feed, which lowers a upper die to a position immediately before pressing, and a motor for pressing, which performs a pressing operation, are used to cause the driving means for fast feed and the motor for pressing to operate cooperatively, and only one position detector, which detects a present position of a slider, is provided for a set of the driving means for fast feed and the motor for pressing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2004Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Takeo Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20060225475Abstract: A press forming machine comprising driving shafts for pressing three or more respective pressure points and displacement measuring means for measuring a displacement close to the pressure point. A central driving shaft among the driving shafts has a gap (the slack) larger than those of other driving shafts between each of the driving shafts and a pressure plate. During press formation at a trial stage, a positional displacement close to each pressure point is measured by the displacement measuring means and control data is supplied to each driving source for driving a driving shaft to drive the pressure plate. Then, production press-formation is performed in accordance with the above result. Therefore, the central driving source can avoid overload by the slack of the driving shaft with the pressure plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2004Publication date: October 12, 2006Inventors: Takeo Matsumoto, Shoji Futamura
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Patent number: 7086327Abstract: A press forming method is disclosed, wherein press forming can be effected at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of a slide plate in press-forming work by a press machine. A press machine is used in which the slide plate is pressed by a plurality of servo-motor drive sources. In trial forming, the slide plate is sufficiently slowly moved to measure the delay of each drive source. According to the magnitude of the delay of each drive source or according to the difference between the trial forming speed and the production forming speed, the respective speeds of the drive sources are corrected, and trial forming is repeated on the basis of the corrected speed to derive conditions that enable press forming at high forming speed suitable for mass production while maintaining the horizontal state of the slide plate to the extent of ensuring sufficient product accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2003Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Hoden Seimitsu Kako Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Patent number: 7007529Abstract: A press forming machine having a slide plate which reciprocates by driving sources between a lower support stand and an upper support plate and has a forming space between the lower support stand and the slide plate. In the press forming machine, a reference plate for a displacement reference for the slide plate is supported on the lower support stand. The driving sources are engaged with the slide plate by the drive shafts of the driving sources to drive and press the slide plate. The drive shaft is provided with a through hole axially extending in a shaft center thereof, and displacement measuring devices each for each of the drive shafts measures the displacement of the slide plate portion corresponding to the through hole with respect to the reference plate, through the through hole. As a result, the displacements at the pressurized points on the slide plate can be measured.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Institute of Technology Precision Electrical Discharge Work'sInventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Publication number: 20050257697Abstract: A press forming method is disclosed, wherein press forming can be effected at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of a slide plate in press-forming work by a press machine. A press machine is used in which the slide plate is pressed by a plurality of servo-motor drive sources. In trial forming, the slide plate is sufficiently slowly moved to measure the delay of each drive source. According to the magnitude of the delay of each drive source or according to the difference between the trial forming speed and the production forming speed, the respective speeds of the drive sources are corrected, and trial forming is repeated on the basis of the corrected speed to derive conditions that enable press forming at high forming speed suitable for mass production while maintaining the horizontal state of the slide plate to the extent of ensuring sufficient product accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: November 24, 2005Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Publication number: 20050235844Abstract: A press forming method is disclosed, wherein press forming can be effected at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of a slide plate in press-forming a work-piece by a press machine. A press machine is used in which the slide plate is pressed by a plurality of drive sources using servo-motors for driving. The speed of one of the plurality of drive sources is set to a target speed for production forming for the drive source, and by using a function that shows a delay in terms of a speed of the drive source and a load thereon and also using a load separately found, the respective speeds of the drive sources are found so as to eliminate the delay between the drive sources. Trial forming is repeated on the basis of the thus-found speed to derive conditions that enable press-forming at high speed while maintaining the horizontal state of the slide plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2003Publication date: October 27, 2005Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Publication number: 20050039510Abstract: A press forming machine having a slide plate which reciprocates by driving sources between a lower support stand and an upper support plate and has a forming space between the lower support stand and the slide plate. In the press forming machine, a reference plate for a displacement reference for the slide plate is supported on the lower support stand. The driving sources are engaged with the slide plate by the drive shafts of the driving sources to drive and press the slide plate. The drive shaft is provided with a through hole axially extending in a shaft center thereof, and displacement measuring devices each for each of the drive shafts measures the displacement of the slide plate portion corresponding to the through hole with respect to the reference plate, through the through hole. As a result, the displacements at the pressurized points on the slide plate can be measured.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Shoji Futamura, Keizo Unno
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Patent number: 6852189Abstract: In a method for manufacturing laminates comprising a plurality of continuously formed component members having different cross-sectional shapes, a long-sized workpiece is indexed in the longitudinal direction, the component members having outside contours corresponding to each of the cross-sectional shapes of the laminate are formed with non-separating indentation, with at least part of the outside contours left unseparated from the workpiece, and the component members are sequentially punched out and laminated into one piece in the final stage of indexing of the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2001Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Institute of Technology Precision Electrical Discharge Work'sInventors: Shoji Futamura, Chikara Murata