Patents by Inventor Tadayasu SHIDA

Tadayasu SHIDA 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).

  • Publication number: 20220219273
    Abstract: Provided are a coolant supply device and a machine tool in which ejection of a coolant is easily switched on and off. A coolant supply device 10 for supplying a coolant to a workpiece machining area in a machine tool, the coolant supply device comprising: a rotary nozzle 40 formed to have a cylindrical shape and having, at an outer circumferential face thereof having the cylindrical shape, an ejection port 51 for ejecting the coolant; and a supply device body 20 rotatably supporting the rotary nozzle and configured to be capable of supplying the coolant to the rotary nozzle. The supply device body is configured to be capable of switching an ejection allowed range in which the ejection port is opened and an ejection stopped range in which the ejection port is blocked from each other in accordance with rotation of the rotary nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi YABE, Tadayasu SHIDA, Yosuke ANDO, Shinpei KAI
  • Patent number: 10894292
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a main spindle movably supported in an axial direction, and two gang tool posts disposed opposed to each other with an axis of the main spindle located therebetween. Each of the two gang tool posts is supported movably in X and Y directions that are perpendicular to the axial direction of the main spindle. Each of the two gang tool posts is provided with tools arranged parallel to each other in the Y direction. One of the two gang tool posts is movably disposed in a Z direction that is a same direction as the axial direction of the main spindle. Any one of the two gang tool posts is integrally provided with a turning tool base that turnably supports tools about a Y-axis along the Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Maehara, Tadayasu Shida, Yohichi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20200206820
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a main spindle movably supported in an axial direction, and two gang tool posts disposed opposed to each other with an axis of the main spindle located therebetween. Each of the two gang tool posts is supported movably in X and Y directions that are perpendicular to the axial direction of the main spindle. Each of the two gang tool posts is provided with tools arranged parallel to each other in the Y direction. One of the two gang tool posts is movably disposed in a Z direction that is a same direction as the axial direction of the main spindle. Any one of the two gang tool posts is integrally provided with a turning tool base that turnably supports tools about a Y-axis along the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Tomonori MAEHARA, Tadayasu SHIDA, Yohichi KATAOKA