Patents by Inventor Shuji Aiba

Shuji Aiba 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: 11911944
    Abstract: Provided is an injection device and an injection control method which are capable of preventing a drooping phenomenon from an injection nozzle even during high cycle molding, and capable of appropriately plasticizing and molding a resin having poor thermal stability. An injection device (10) of the disclosure includes: an injection cylinder (30) which accumulates a molding material and has an injection nozzle (33) at the front; an injection plunger (31) which is moved backward in the injection cylinder (30); an injection plunger driving device (50, 150) which moves the injection plunger (31) backward; and an injection controller (60, 160). The injection controller (60, 160) retreats the injection plunger (31) by the injection plunger driving device (50, 150) to perform metering in a plastication metering step of metering the molding material supplied into the injection cylinder (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Aiba, Shingo Taniguchi, Tasuku Okano
  • Patent number: 11897176
    Abstract: An injection molding machine having vent mechanism includes a plastication device, an injection device, a junction, a vent-up sensor, and a controller. The vent-up sensor detects vent-up. When the vent-up is detected, the controller switches from normal conditions to vent-up suppression conditions. The vent-up suppression conditions have at least one of the followings: increasing a rotational speed of the plastication screw to be higher than that in the normal conditions; using retreat-metering when the retreat-metering is not performed in the normal conditions, wherein in the retreat-metering, in addition to a pressure of the resin material, a force in a retreat direction is applied to the injection plunger to move the injection plunger at a predetermined retreat speed in the metering; and increasing the retreat speed of the injection plunger to be higher than that in the normal conditions when the retreat-metering is performed in the normal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Aiba, Hiroya Mukaide, Kenzo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20230339162
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes an injection device including at least first and second injection units, and one mold clamping device. A molding material is injected into a first cavity space by the first injection unit, and a molding material is injected into a second cavity space by the second injection unit. The injection molding machine further includes a control device controlling the injection device and the mold clamping device, and a storage device storing a set time in advance. The control device starts injection of the second injection unit after elapse of the set time from a predetermined time point. The predetermined time point is a time point at which the first injection unit starts injection or an earlier time point. The set time is a delay time for delaying start of injection of the second injection unit from start of injection of the first injection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shuji AIBA
  • Patent number: 11292167
    Abstract: A cassette type mold apparatus includes a sub-runner formed on a parting surface of a fixed side matrix or a movable side matrix, a gate provided in a fixed side cassette mold or a movable side cassette mold and configured to inject a molten resin into a cavity space from the sub-runner, and a hot runner provided on the fixed side matrix so that a tip end thereof is aligned with the sub-runner to be perpendicular to the sub-runner and is in parallel with a mold opening and closing direction. In the cassette type mold apparatus, the movable side cassette mold can be stacked on the fixed side cassette mold in a state in which a cavity and a core are aligned and can be integrally loaded in a direction of a side surface of the entire mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Inoue, Shuji Aiba, Shigeru Takakura
  • Publication number: 20210268703
    Abstract: Provided is an injection device and an injection control method which are capable of preventing a drooping phenomenon from an injection nozzle even during high cycle molding, and capable of appropriately plasticizing and molding a resin having poor thermal stability. An injection device (10) of the disclosure includes: an injection cylinder (30) which accumulates a molding material and has an injection nozzle (33) at the front; an injection plunger (31) which is moved backward in the injection cylinder (30); an injection plunger driving device (50, 150) which moves the injection plunger (31) backward; and an injection controller (60, 160). The injection controller (60, 160) retreats the injection plunger (31) by the injection plunger driving device (50, 150) to perform metering in a plastication metering step of metering the molding material supplied into the injection cylinder (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji AIBA, Shingo TANIGUCHI, Tasuku OKANO
  • Publication number: 20210268708
    Abstract: An injection molding machine having vent mechanism includes a plastication device, an injection device, a junction, a vent-up sensor, and a controller. The vent-up sensor detects vent-up. When the vent-up is detected, the controller switches from normal conditions to vent-up suppression conditions. The vent-up suppression conditions have at least one of the followings: increasing a rotational speed of the plastication screw to be higher than that in the normal conditions; using retreat-metering when the retreat-metering is not performed in the normal conditions, wherein in the retreat-metering, in addition to a pressure of the resin material, a force in a retreat direction is applied to the injection plunger to move the injection plunger at a predetermined retreat speed in the metering; and increasing the retreat speed of the injection plunger to be higher than that in the normal conditions when the retreat-metering is performed in the normal conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji AIBA, Hiroya MUKAIDE, Kenzo AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10974425
    Abstract: A mold apparatus includes first and second mold plates that constitute a cassette mold, a first base mold, a base intermediate mold for loading the first mold plate, a second base mold for loading the second mold plate, a base intermediate mold driving device for positioning and fixing the base intermediate mold at any position between the first and second base molds, and a controller for performing control to position and fix the base intermediate mold so that the first mold plate and the first base mold are in contact with each other when a molded product is taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SodickCo., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Aiba, Satoru Inoue, Yasuhiro Kitamura
  • Patent number: 10974424
    Abstract: A mold apparatus includes a first mold plate formed with a runner flow path, a second mold plate, a runner stripper plate having a through hole that communicates with the runner flow path, a runner locking part formed with an inverse tapered space which communicates with the through hole and has an inverse tapered shape and in which a locking portion made of a molding material is formed, and a runner unlocking means for moving the runner stripper plate away from the runner locking part to unlock the locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Aiba, Satoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 10946573
    Abstract: The cassette mold type injection molding machine controls a first temperature control circuit to supply a heat medium having a heating temperature from a first heating device to a matrix supply path, controls a second temperature control circuit to supply the heat medium having a cooling temperature from a second heating device to the core cavity supply path, and performs cassette mold cool down control in which a bypass control valve is controlled to connect a bypass path and a main body supply path, such that a second heating device or a core cavity supply path is connected to a main body supply path, and thus the heat medium having the heating temperature is supplied to the matrix and the heat medium having the cooling temperature is supplied to a cassette mold main body and a core cavity portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SODICKCO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Aiba, Shigeru Takakura, Yasuhiro Kitamura, Kenzo Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20190315033
    Abstract: A mold apparatus includes first and second mold plates that constitute a cassette mold, a first base mold, a base intermediate mold for loading the first mold plate, a second base mold for loading the second mold plate, a base intermediate mold driving device for positioning and fixing the base intermediate mold at any position between the first and second base molds, and a controller for performing control to position and fix the base intermediate mold so that the first mold plate and the first base mold are in contact with each other when a molded product is taken out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji AIBA, Satoru INOUE, Yasuhiro KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190315032
    Abstract: A mold apparatus includes a first mold plate formed with a runner flow path, a second mold plate, a runner stripper plate having a through hole that communicates with the runner flow path, a runner locking part formed with an inverse tapered space which communicates with the through hole and has an inverse tapered shape and in which a locking portion made of a molding material is formed, and a runner unlocking means for moving the runner stripper plate away from the runner locking part to unlock the locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji AIBA, Satoru INOUE
  • Publication number: 20180133943
    Abstract: The cassette mold type injection molding machine controls a first temperature control circuit to supply a heat medium having a heating temperature from a first heating device to a matrix supply path, controls a second temperature control circuit to supply the heat medium having a cooling temperature from a second heating device to the core cavity supply path, and performs cassette mold cool down control in which a bypass control valve is controlled to connect a bypass path and a main body supply path, such that a second heating device or a core cavity supply path is connected to a main body supply path, and thus the heat medium having the heating temperature is supplied to the matrix and the heat medium having the cooling temperature is supplied to a cassette mold main body and a core cavity portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji AIBA, Shigeru TAKAKURA, Yasuhiro KITAMURA, Kenzo AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180126614
    Abstract: A cassette type mold apparatus includes a sub-runner formed on a parting surface of a fixed side matrix or a movable side matrix, a gate provided in a fixed side cassette mold or a movable side cassette mold and configured to inject a molten resin into a cavity space from the sub-runner, and a hot runner provided on the fixed side matrix so that a tip end thereof is aligned with the sub-runner to be perpendicular to the sub-runner and is in parallel with a mold opening and closing direction. In the cassette type mold apparatus, the movable side cassette mold can be stacked on the fixed side cassette mold in a state in which a cavity and a core are aligned and can be integrally loaded in a direction of a side surface of the entire mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: SODICK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru INOUE, Shuji AIBA, Shigeru TAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 5516276
    Abstract: A die assembly for molding a disc such as a compact disc, a video disc or the like by employing an injection molding process. The die assembly comprises a stationary die half including as essential components a stationary platen, a base die half, and an insert die half received on the stationary platen, and a movable die half. The insert die half includes a first insert for fixing the insert die half on the stationary platen, and a first mirror surface board removably received in a cavity of the first insert. The insert die half can be easily installed and removed into/from an installation space defined by a pair of retaining members and a die receiving member and when installed, it can be certainly and easily fixed by a pair of retaining members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Nissei Plastics Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takayama, Makoto Nakazawa, Toshiyuki Kanai, Kazuki Miyairi, Shuji Aiba, Minoru Yamazaki