Patents by Inventor Takafumi Furutate

Takafumi Furutate 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).

  • Truing apparatus of grinding wheel
    Patent number: 8342911
    Abstract: A wheel truing apparatus adapted for use in a cylindrical grinding machine wherein a work head with a work spindle for support of a workpiece and a wheel head with a grinding wheel for grinding the workpiece are mounted on a bed for relative movement in a Z-axis direction parallel with the rotation axis of the work spindle and in an X-axis direction crossing the Z-axis direction, characterized in that the wheel truing apparatus comprises a rotary drive portion mounted on the work head or a member united therewith, and a wheel truing tool supported on the rotary drive portion for rotation therewith, the wheel truing tool being provided at its outer periphery with a truing portion for truing a grinding surface of the wheel brought into contact therewith, wherein the rotary drive portion is placed in a position adjacent to said work head in a tooling area defined by a stroke of the relative movements of said wheel head and said work head in the Z-axis direction and apart from said work spindle radially outward a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Tomoyuki Kasuga, Takafumi Furutate, Akira Makiuchi
  • TRUING APPARATUS OF GRINDING WHEEL
    Publication number: 20090305618
    Abstract: A wheel truing apparatus adapted for use in a cylindrical grinding machine wherein a work head with a work spindle for support of a workpiece and a wheel head with a grinding wheel for grinding the workpiece are mounted on a bed for relative movement in a Z-axis direction parallel with the rotation axis of the work spindle and in an X-axis direction crossing the Z-axis direction, characterized in that the wheel truing apparatus comprises a rotary drive portion mounted on the work head or a member united therewith, and a wheel truing tool supported on the rotary drive portion for rotation therewith, the wheel truing tool being provided at its outer periphery with a truing portion for truing a grinding surface of the wheel brought into contact therewith, wherein the rotary drive portion is placed in a position adjacent to said work head in a tooling area defined by a stroke of the relative movements of said wheel head and said work head in the Z-axis direction and apart from said work spindle radially outward a
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Tomoyuki Kasuga, Takafumi Furutate, Akira Makiuchi