Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Ogata
Tomohiro Ogata 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: 11819964Abstract: Provided is a nut and a bolt tightening method for fastening an object, wherein a tightening force is applied on the object by rotating a nut or a bolt in a state in which a predetermined tension force is applied on the bolt in the axial direction of the bolt. When the tensile force exerted on the bolt decreases as the tightening force increases and after a timing when an inflection point occurs in a time course change in a ratio of an amount of change in the tensile force exerted on the bolt to an amount of change in an angle of rotation of the nut or the bolt, the tightening resulting from the rotation of the nut or bolt is terminated and the tensile force applied on the bolt is removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: TOHNICHI MFG.CO., LTD., SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tomohiro Ogata, Kyoichi Komatsu, Seiji Ito, Shinji Hashimura
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Patent number: 11772213Abstract: Tightening device can fasten a fastening element by a target tightening force with good accuracy and facilitate automation. The tightening device includes a cylindrical drive socket holding a nut in the lower end opening thereof; a nut holder disposed inside the drive socket, a bolt passing through a bottom thereof, and regulating movement of the nut held by the drive socket toward the tip end of a threaded par; a tension rod which is disposed inside the nut holder and the lower end face of which has a threaded hole into which a portion of the threaded part that is further on the tip end side than the nut is screwed; a sensor for detecting tension force; a first motor for turning the tension rod around an axis that extends in the vertical direction; and a second motor for turning the drive socket around an axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: TOHNICHI MFG.CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Ogata, Kyoichi Komatsu, Seiji Ito
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Patent number: 11660713Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a bolt to a fastening target object, wherein the bolt has a bolt head female screw section in an inner circumferential surface of a recess provided in an upper surface of a bolt head section. The fastening device includes a tension rod having a rod male screw section engaging the bolt head female screw section; a drive socket circumferentially surrounding the tension rod and having a lower end section with a grasper for laterally grasping the bolt head section; a supporter circumferentially surrounding the drive socket and having a lower end section protruding downward beyond a lower end section of the drive socket; a sensor for sensing compression force acting on the supporter in the upward/downward direction; a first motor for rotating the tension rod around an axis extending in the upward/downward direction; and a second motor for rotating the drive socket around the axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: TOHNICHI MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Ogata, Kyoichi Komatsu, Seiji Ito
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Publication number: 20220274217Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a bolt to a fastening target object, wherein the bolt has a bolt head female screw section in an inner circumferential surface of a recess provided in an upper surface of a bolt head section. The fastening device includes a tension rod having a rod male screw section engaging the bolt head female screw section; a drive socket circumferentially surrounding the tension rod and having a lower end section with a grasper for laterally grasping the bolt head section; a supporter circumferentially surrounding the drive socket and having a lower end section protruding downward beyond a lower end section of the drive socket; a sensor for sensing compression force acting on the supporter in the upward/downward direction; a first motor for rotating the tension rod around an axis extending in the upward/downward direction; and a second motor for rotating the drive socket around the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Tomohiro OGATA, Kyoichi KOMATSU, Seiji ITO
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Patent number: 11364580Abstract: In a fastening device for fastening a bolt, a male thread is formed on a side surface of a bolt head part, and a part to be engaged is formed on a top surface of the bolt head part. The fastening device includes a bit having a tension rod having a rod female thread part, and an engaging part installed inside the tension rod and engaging the engaged part, the bit causing the bolt to rotate where the engaged part and engaging part are engaged; a supporter surrounding the tension rod in the circumferential direction such that the lower end part thereof protrudes below the lower end part; a sensor for sensing vertical compression force acting on the supporter; a first motor for causing the bit to rotate about the axis; and a second motor for causing the tension rod to rotate about the vertically extending axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: TOHNICHI MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Ogata, Kyoichi Komatsu, Seiji Ito
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Publication number: 20210213575Abstract: In a fastening device for fastening a bolt, a male thread is formed on a side surface of a bolt head part, and a part to be engaged is formed on a top surface of the bolt head part. The fastening device includes a bit having a tension rod having a rod female thread part, and an engaging part installed inside the tension rod and engaging the engaged part, the bit causing the bolt to rotate where the engaged part and engaging part are engaged; a supporter surrounding the tension rod in the circumferential direction such that the lower end part thereof protrudes below the lower end part; a sensor for sensing vertical compression force acting on the supporter; a first motor for causing the bit to rotate about the axis; and a second motor for causing the tension rod to rotate about the vertically extending axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Tomohiro OGATA, Kyoichi KOMATSU, Seiji ITO
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Publication number: 20210146489Abstract: Tightening device can fasten a fastening element by a target tightening force with good accuracy and facilitate automation. The tightening device includes a cylindrical drive socket holding a nut in the lower end opening thereof; a nut holder disposed inside the drive socket, a bolt passing through a bottom thereof, and regulating movement of the nut held by the drive socket toward the tip end of a threaded par; a tension rod which is disposed inside the nut holder and the lower end face of which has a threaded hole into which a portion of the threaded part that is further on the tip end side than the nut is screwed; a sensor for detecting tension force; a first motor for turning the tension rod around an axis that extends in the vertical direction; and a second motor for turning the drive socket around an axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Tomohiro OGATA, Kyoichi KOMATSU, Seiji ITO
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Publication number: 20210138594Abstract: Provided is a nut and a bolt tightening method for fastening an object, wherein a tightening force is applied on the object by rotating a nut or a bolt in a state in which a predetermined tension force is applied on the bolt in the axial direction of the bolt. When the tensile force exerted on the bolt decreases as the tightening force increases and after a timing when an inflection point occurs in a time course change in a ratio of an amount of change in the tensile force exerted on the bolt to an amount of change in an angle of rotation of the nut or the bolt, the tightening resulting from the rotation of the nut or bolt is terminated and the tensile force applied on the bolt is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Tomohiro OGATA, Kyoichi KOMATSU, Seiji ITO, Shinji HASHIMURA
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Patent number: 9956673Abstract: A tightening tool such as a torque wrench is provided in which electric power can be fed to an electronic circuit with eliminating the need for a battery and achieving daily maintenance-free. In the tightening tool, when a tightening torque has reached a set torque value and a torque limiter is actuated, an electronic circuit unit that has obtained a detection signal outputted from a torque limiter actuation detection unit outputs a tightening completion signal. The tightening tool has a power generation unit for feeding electric power to the electronic circuit unit at least during the actuation of the torque limiter. The power generation unit performs photovoltaic power generation, electromagnetic induction power generation, power generation by conversion from mechanical energy into electrical energy, or temperature difference power generation.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: TOHNICHI MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Tomohiro Ogata, Satoshi Takaku
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Publication number: 20160279770Abstract: A tightening tool such as a torque wrench is provided in which electric power can be fed to an electronic circuit with eliminating the need for a battery and achieving daily maintenance-free. In the tightening tool, when a tightening torque has reached a set torque value and a torque limiter is actuated, an electronic circuit unit that has obtained a detection signal outputted from a torque limiter actuation detection unit outputs a tightening completion signal. The tightening tool has a power generation unit for feeding electric power to the electronic circuit unit at least during the actuation of the torque limiter. The power generation unit performs photovoltaic power generation, electromagnetic induction power generation, power generation by conversion from mechanical energy into electrical energy, or temperature difference power generation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: TOHNICHI MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya YOKOYAMA, Yasuhiro YAMAMOTO, Tomohiro OGATA, Satoshi TAKAKU
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Patent number: 9021921Abstract: A torque wrench equipped with a cam-type torque detection mechanism is provided which is capable of detecting a torque with high accuracy, providing a non-unusual-feeling of handle operation after torque has been detected, and enabling tightening of fastened members such as bolts with safety.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Tohnichi Mfg. Co. Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Ogata, Koichi Shimura, Yuji Kato, Shozo Aikawa, Hiroshi Tsuji
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Patent number: 8443702Abstract: To make improvements in torque wrenches with a torque limiter that uses a cam mechanism and to provide a torque wrench that realizes more stable operation and is capable of highly precise tightening. In a torque wrench with a torque limiter that uses a cam mechanism, a solid columnar roller member 14 is engaged with a cam part 7 of a cam shaft 8 such that it is rotatably supported by a roller support lever member 12 mounted in a head portion 2 such as to be rotatable around a support shaft 16 and such that it is pressed against the cam part 7 by a spring force transmitting rod 18 biased by a torque setting spring. The roller support lever member 12 is configured such that the distance r2 from the support shaft 16 to a point of application of force of the spring force transmitting rod 18 is longer than the distance r1 from the support shaft 16 to the roller member 14.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Tohnichi Mfg. Co. Ltd.Inventors: Kyo Kan, Shozo Aikawa, Tomohiro Ogata, Naoya Masuda, Hiroshi Tsuji
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Publication number: 20120011971Abstract: A torque wrench equipped with a cam-type torque detection mechanism is provided which is capable of detecting a torque with high accuracy, providing a non-unusual-feeling of handle operation after torque has been detected, and enabling tightening of fastened members such as bolts with safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: Tohnichi Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Ogata, Koichi Shimura, Yuji Kato, Shozo Aikawa, Hiroshi Tsuji
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Publication number: 20110154961Abstract: To make improvements in torque wrenches with a torque limiter that uses a cam mechanism and to provide a torque wrench that realizes more stable operation and is capable of highly precise tightening. In a torque wrench with a torque limiter that uses a cam mechanism, a solid columnar roller member 14 is engaged with a cam part 7 of a cam shaft 8 such that it is rotatably supported by a roller support lever member 12 mounted in a head portion 2 such as to be rotatable around a support shaft 16 and such that it is pressed against the cam part 7 by a spring force transmitting rod 18 biased by a torque setting spring. The roller support lever member 12 is configured such that the distance r2 from the support shaft 16 to a point of application of force of the spring force transmitting rod 18 is longer than the distance r1 from the support shaft 16 to the roller member 14.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: TOHNICHI MFG CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyo Kan, Shozo Aikawa, Tomohiro Ogata, Naoya Masuda, Hiroshi Tsuji
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Publication number: 20070002242Abstract: A pixel electrode arranged opposite to a counter electrode with liquid crystal filled in therebetween has a plurality of through holes spaced from one another. When a foreign substance adheres to the pixel electrode, the pixel electrode is partly removed to connect some of the through holes to each other, so that a portion to which the foreign substance adheres is removed from the pixel electrode. Accordingly, when a conductive foreign substance adheres to the pixel electrode, an electric contact between the pixel electrode and counter electrode can be avoided while making smaller a portion to be removed from the pixel electrode. Therefore, even when electrode pieces occur when partly removing the pixel electrode, the electrode pieces can be reduced in amount and prevented from being adhered to the surroundings. As a result, the occurrence of another pixel defect can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2006Publication date: January 4, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomohiro Ogata
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Patent number: 7044475Abstract: A gasket integrated with a cover wherein a gasket material composed of a thermoplastic elastomer composition is integrally fixed to the cover having a shape of multistep contraction over at least two contraction steps, a gasket wherein the cover and the gasket are integrally molded and after molding, are subjected to a heating treatment at a temperature not lower than the temperature at which an adhesive component in materials constituting the gasket initiates crystal fusion or glass transition, or a gasket wherein the cover and the gasket are integrally molded and a covering layer composed of a fluoropolymer is formed on the gasket surface on atmospheric side are proposed. According to the present invention, a gasket integrated with a cover for a hard disc device which gasket is excellent in adhesive property and productivity, and is minimized in permeability and penetration of substances is provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Yasushi Imai, Tadashi Utsunomiya, Tomohiro Ogata, Shosan Shibata, Tatsuhiko Hosokawa, Naruhiko Mashita, Tsunehiro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20050206093Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a gasket for hard disc equipment which is integrated with a cover member by extruding a gasket material from an extrusion orifice of a three-dimensional automatic coating controlling apparatus onto the cover member and then curing the extruded gasket material, wherein a ratio (h/w) of a height (h) of the gasket to a line width (w) of the gasket on a joint surface between the gasket and the cover member is in the range of 0.8 to 3.0 in a 80% or more portion of the gasket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: September 22, 2005Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Tadashi Utsunomiya, Tomohiro Ogata, Youkou Saito, Naruhiko Mashita, Toshihiko Hiraiwa
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Publication number: 20040099987Abstract: A gasket integrated with a cover wherein a gasket material composed of a thermoplastic elastomer composition is integrally fixed to the cover having a shape of multistep contraction over at least two contraction steps, a gasket wherein the cover and the gasket are integrally molded and after molding, are subjected to a heating treatment at a temperature not lower than the temperature at which an adhesive component in materials constituting the gasket initiates crystal fusion or glass transition, or a gasket wherein the cover and the gasket are integrally molded and a covering layer composed of a fluoropolymer is formed on the gasket surface on atmospheric side are proposed. According to the present invention, a gasket integrated with a cover for a hard disc device which gasket is excellent in adhesive property and productivity, and is minimized in permeability and penetration of substances is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Yasushi Imai, Tadashi Utsunomiya, Tomohiro Ogata, Shoson Shibata, Tatsuhiro Hosokawa, Naruhiko Mashita, Tsunehiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 4493360Abstract: Molten metal is poured into a substantially cylindrical mold from its bottom while the mold is being rotated about its vertical center axis. The ingot-making apparatus comprises a substantially cylindrical mold, stool, vertical pouring channel communicating with a runner provided in the stool, metal receiver communicating with the top of the pouring channel, and a rotary table on which the mold is placed through the stool. The metal receiver is shaped like a body of rotation formed by rotating a curve having an opening at the top in a vertical plane about the axis of rotation of the rotary table.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1983Date of Patent: January 15, 1985Assignee: Kanto Special Steel Works Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Tomohiro Ogata