Patents by Inventor Sousuke Hatano

Sousuke Hatano 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).

  • Carbon fiber-containing resin sheet carrying apparatus
    Patent number: 9102095
    Abstract: The carrying apparatus is a carbon fiber-containing resin sheet carrying apparatus for carrying a carbon fiber-containing resin sheet heated in a heating furnace to a pressing device, comprising a slider that moves between the heating furnace and the pressing device and a sheet holder that is mounted thereon and chucks both the end parts of the carbon fiber-containing resin sheet to apply tension. The sheet holder can have a structure such that it comprises chuck claws and a tension unit that displaces these chuck claws to the outside. The sheet holder may have a structure such that it comprises a holding metal fitting with a spring, that is arranged inside a holding frame and a chuck claw that chucks this holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd., NGK Kiln Tech, Corporation
    Inventors: Sousuke Hatano, Koji Yamada