Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Nakahata
Tatsuo Nakahata 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).
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Patent number: 12090559Abstract: According to one implementation, a tool driving device includes a drill chuck, a motor, a casing and a vibrating mechanism. The drill chuck holds a drill. The motor is configured to rotate the drill chuck. The casing houses the motor. The vibrating mechanism is configured to periodically reciprocate the drill chuck relatively to the casing in a tool axis direction during rotation of the drill chuck. The vibrating mechanism is configured to distance the drill chuck from the casing at a first speed smaller than a second speed for bringing the drill chuck close to the casing.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata
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Patent number: 11992909Abstract: According to one implementation, an attachment for a machining apparatus includes: a copying guide in a machining apparatus side and an air supply passage. The copying guide has a through hole for passing a tool through. The copying guide is contacted to a copying mold placed in a workpiece side. The copying guide is attached to a spindle holding and rotating the tool. The air supply passage is adapted to supply air ejected toward the workpiece side through a clearance between the tool and the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Matsuo, Tatsuo Nakahata, Masao Watanabe
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Patent number: 11969803Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges by being inserted into the prepared hole. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masao Watanabe, Ryohei Ono, Tatsuo Nakahata, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Shinya Matsuo, Hideharu Takahashi
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Patent number: 11938553Abstract: According to one implementation, a hole finishing tool includes a reaming cutter and a holder. The reaming cutter has a first detaching structure. The first flow path for ejecting cutting oil is formed inside the reaming cutter. The holder has a second detaching structure. The second detaching structure is detached from and attached to the first detaching structure. The second flow path for supplying the cutting oil to the first flow path is formed inside the holder. The holder has a shank. The shank is held by a tool rotating device. The holder has a sliding portion. The sliding portion has no back taper. The sliding portion is inserted into a positioning bush and slid inside the positioning bush. The sliding portion has a concave portion for storing lubrication oil.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata
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Publication number: 20240075536Abstract: A tool driving device for hole processing includes a spindle, an electric motor, a guide, an electric actuator, a sensor and a controller. The spindle has a holder for holding a tool for the hole processing. The holder is disposed at a distal portion of the spindle. The electric motor rotates the spindle. The guide has a positioning member for positioning the tool driving device to the workpiece. The electric actuator advances and retreats the spindle relatively to the guide in a rotation axis direction of the spindle. The sensor measures cutting resistance transmitted from the tool to the spindle. The controller is configured to control the electric motor and the electric actuator based on the cutting resistance measured by the sensor so that a rotating speed and a feeding speed of the spindle become a rotating speed and a feeding speed according to the cutting resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Ryohei ONO, Masao WATANABE, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Shinya MATSUO
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Publication number: 20240075537Abstract: A tool driving device for cutting includes a spindle and an electric motor. A user carries the tool driving device by hand to use the tool driving device. The spindle has a holder for holding a tool for the cutting. The holder is disposed at a distal portion of the spindle. The electric motor rotates the spindle. A thrust bearing is attached to a housing of the electric motor. The spindle is contacted to the thrust bearing so that cutting resistance in a rotation axis direction of the spindle, transmitted from the tool to the spindle, is applied to the thrust bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Ryohei ONO, Masao WATANABE, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Shinya MATSUO
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Publication number: 20240075538Abstract: A collet bush includes a tapered cylindrical outer surface, a cylindrical inner surface and a flow path. The collet bush is to be inserted into a concentric collet that is attached to a handheld tool driving device in order to position the tool driving device to a workpiece. The tool driving device holds, rotates and feeds a tool. The tool driving device has a function to suck chips. The outer surface is for expanding the concentric collet. The inner surface forms a through hole for slidably fitting the tool. The flow path is for taking in air used for sucking the chips inside the collet bush. The tool driving device includes the above-mentioned collet bush and the concentric collet.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei ONO, Masao WATANABE, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Rei NAKAMOTO, Tatsuo NAKAHATA
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Publication number: 20240066675Abstract: According to one implementation, a tool driving device includes a drill chuck, a motor, a casing and a vibrating mechanism. The drill chuck holds a drill. The motor is configured to rotate the drill chuck. The casing houses the motor. The vibrating mechanism is configured to periodically reciprocate the drill chuck relatively to the casing in a tool axis direction during rotation of the drill chuck. The vibrating mechanism is configured to distance the drill chuck from the casing at a first speed smaller than a second speed for bringing the drill chuck close to the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei ONO, Masao WATANABE, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Shinya MATSUO
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Patent number: 11598624Abstract: According to one implementation, a feeding device of a hole inspection device having a probe includes an attaching jig, a movement mechanism, and a positioning jig. The probe is inserted into a hole to be inspected of an object in a central axis direction of the hole, for inspecting the hole. The attaching jig attaches the hole inspection device to the feeding device. The movement mechanism linearly reciprocates the hole inspection device together with the attaching jig. The positioning jig positions the movement mechanism to the object. A moving direction of the attaching jig and the hole inspection device is made parallel to the central axis direction of the hole by positioning the movement mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata
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Patent number: 11524346Abstract: According to one implementation, a rotary cutting tool includes: a body without a back taper; and a cutting edge part integrated with the body. The body has a flow path of a cutting oil inside the body. The cutting edge part has a first supply port that supplies the cutting oil toward a workpiece. The body has at least one second supply port that supplies the cutting oil to a clearance formed between a bush for positioning and the body. The bush is used by being inserted in the body.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata
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Publication number: 20220288700Abstract: According to one implementation, a tool driving device includes a drill chuck, a motor, a casing and a vibrating mechanism. The drill chuck holds a drill. The motor is configured to rotate the drill chuck. The casing houses the motor. The vibrating mechanism is configured to periodically reciprocate the drill chuck relatively to the casing in a tool axis direction during rotation of the drill chuck. The vibrating mechanism is configured to distance the drill chuck from the casing at a first speed smaller than a second speed for bringing the drill chuck close to the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata
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Patent number: 11440110Abstract: According to one implementation, a machining apparatus includes an electromotive saw and an attaching structure. The electromotive saw cuts off a workpiece to be machined. The attaching structure attaches the saw to an arm of a robot. Further, according to one implementation, a machining method is provided. In the machining method, a machined product is manufactured by processing a composite material or a honeycomb structure with a cutting tool attached to an arm of a robot. Further, according to one implementation, a machining method is provided. In the machining method, a machined product is manufactured by processing a workpiece to be machined with a cutting tool attached to an arm of a robot. The workpiece is processed along a shape of a jig for setting the workpiece. The workpiece is processed with contacting a guide with the jig. The guide is attached to the arm.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: SUBARU CORPORATION, FUYO JITSUGYO CO. LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Ishikawa, Atsushi Rihei, Shinya Matsuo, Tatsuo Nakahata, Yasuto Nishiwaki, Masao Watanabe, Saichiro Yamashita, Yasushi Miyashita
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Patent number: 11400524Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges ream the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masao Watanabe, Ryohei Ono, Tatsuo Nakahata, Hiroyuki Sugawara
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Publication number: 20220234121Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges by being inserted into the prepared hole. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masao WATANABE, Ryohei ONO, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Shinya MATSUO, Hideharu TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11383338Abstract: According to one implementation, a tool feeding mechanism for a handheld tool rotating device, having a holder and a first air motor, includes a coupler, a fixing member, a moving mechanism and a second air motor. The holder chucks and holds a rotating tool. The first air motor rotates the holder. The tool feeding mechanism is attached to the tool rotating device. The coupler is attached to the tool rotating device. The fixing member is attached directly or indirectly to a workpiece of hole processing using the rotating tool. The moving mechanism moves the coupler relatively to the fixing member in a tool axis direction. The second air motor powers the moving mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata, Ryohei Ono
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Patent number: 11370038Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes: a body without a back taper and a cutting edge part. The body has a flow path of a cutting oil. The flow path is branched to first and second flow paths inside the body. The cutting edge part has a first supply port that supplies the cutting oil toward a workpiece. The first supply port is an outlet of the first flow path. The body has a second supply port that supplies the cutting oil to a clearance between the body and a bush for positioning the body. The second supply port is an outlet of the second flow path. The second flow path has a pressure loss by which the cutting oil is not scattered from the second supply port in a radial direction of the body but exuded from the second supply port.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Masao Watanabe, Tatsuo Nakahata
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Patent number: 11338446Abstract: A robot control system according to an embodiment is a control system for a robot comprising an arm, the arm being capable of holding a tool while rotating the tool and capable of moving the tool in at least two-dimensional directions, the arm being equipped with a rotating mechanism provided for the tool. The robot control system comprises a load-acquiring unit and a control-signal-generating unit. The load-acquiring unit is configured to acquire a force measured by a force sensor configured to measure a force applied from the tool to the arm during profile copying performed on a machining object by moving the arm while a copying guide attached to the arm and a copying mold placed on the machining object are kept in contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Matsuo, Tatsuo Nakahata, Yuichi Ishikawa, Atsushi Rihei, Yasuto Nishiwaki, Masao Watanabe
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Patent number: 11300526Abstract: According to one implementation, a positioning device positions a hole inspection device to a hole formed in an object. The positioning device includes a guide unit and a detachable member. The guide unit has a positioning hole and a flat supporting face. A cylindrical or columnar positioning member is slidably inserted into the positioning hole. At least a tip of the positioning member is inserted into the hole. A central axis of the positioning hole and a reference line of the hole inspection device for measuring or inspecting the feature of the hole lie on a same straight line. The guide unit is set by contacting the flat supporting face to a surface of the object surrounding the hole or a flat surface of a jig placed on the object. The detachable member attaches a part or all of the guide unit to the hole inspection device.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Tatsuo Nakahata, Masao Watanabe
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Publication number: 20220063004Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Masao WATANABE, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Ryohei ONO, Shinya MATSUO, Hideharu TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11213899Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes: a drill includes: a body without a back taper; and a cutting edge part integrated with the body. The body has a flow path of a cutting oil inside. The cuffing edge part has a first supply port that supplies the cutting oil toward a workpiece, The body has at least one second supply port that supplies the cutting oil to a clearance formed between a bush for positioning and the body. The bush is used by being inserted in the body.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Ono, Tatsuo Nakahata, Masao Watanabe