Patents by Inventor Soichiro Akita

Soichiro Akita 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).

  • Cutting apparatus
    Patent number: 10022838
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cutting apparatus including a moving unit for moving a spindle to position a cutting blade, a rotary dressing mechanism for rotating a dressing grindstone on a rotational shaft parallel to the spindle, and an optical sensor for detecting the position of the outer periphery of the dressing grindstone. The cutting blade is positioned with respect to the rotary dressing mechanism depending on the position, detected by the optical sensor, of the outer periphery of the dressing grindstone, and the cutting blade is dressed by cutting into the dressing grindstone by a predetermined cutting distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DISCO Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Akita, Satoshi Kiyokawa
  • CUTTING APARATUS
    Publication number: 20170113322
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cutting apparatus including a moving unit for moving a spindle to position a cutting blade, a rotary dressing mechanism for rotating a dressing grindstone on a rotational shaft parallel to the spindle, and an optical sensor for detecting the position of the outer periphery of the dressing grindstone. The cutting blade is positioned with respect to the rotary dressing mechanism depending on the position, detected by the optical sensor, of the outer periphery of the dressing grindstone, and the cutting blade is dressed by cutting into the dressing grindstone by a predetermined cutting distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Soichiro Akita, Satoshi Kiyokawa