Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Furuta

Tomoyuki Furuta 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).

  • Patent number: 10543546
    Abstract: In a wire electric discharge machine, time from application of a voltage to a machining gap between a workpiece and a wire electrode until occurrence of electric discharge is measured as a discharge delay time, and the measured discharge delay time is integrated over a predetermined measurement period to calculate a discharge delay integrated time. Further, the number of times of the voltage application in the measurement period is counted. An average discharge delay time per voltage application in the measurement period is calculated from the discharge delay integrated time and the number of times of voltage application. The movement of the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece is controlled on the basis of the average discharge delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Patent number: 10493547
    Abstract: Whether or not an inter-electrode voltage exceeds a voltage threshold is determined after a predetermined inter-electrode state determination period has passed since application of an induction voltage (inter-electrode voltage) to an inter-electrode gap. Thus, an inter-electrode gap amount between a wire electrode and a work is estimated. A pause time during which electrical discharge is not performed is changed according to an estimation result of the inter-electrode gap amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Yoda, Tomoyuki Furuta, Tomoaki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20190241583
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof [Therein, A is O, S, or N—R6; ring G is a 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic ring, etc., including 1-3 heteroatoms selected from O, S and N as constituent atoms; R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl carbonyl group, etc.; R3, R4 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl carbonyl group, etc.; and R6 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, etc.].
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ban, Seiji Kamioka, Shoukou Ri, Tomoyuki Furuta, Hiroyuki Kitano, Chiang Jia Li
  • Publication number: 20190228880
    Abstract: A cable includes: a linear conductor; a plurality of resin hollow tubes which are disposed around the conductor so that an air layer is formed around the conductor and which extend in a longitudinal direction of the conductor; an insulating protective member configured to protect the conductor and the plurality of hollow tube; and a partitioning portion provided in at least one hollow tube among the plurality of hollow tubes, the partitioning portion being configured to partition an interior of the hollow tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20190228881
    Abstract: A cable includes: a linear conductor; a plurality of resin hollow tubes which are disposed around the conductor so that an air layer is formed around the conductor and which extend in a longitudinal direction of the conductor; and an insulating protective member configured to protect the conductor and the plurality of hollow tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20180214962
    Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machine includes: an electrode unit for supplying a machining current to an electrode gap; a switch for changing impedance between a machining power source and the electrode unit; and a controller for, at the time of a core retaining process, controlling the switch to set the impedance to be higher than the impedance in a cutting process and thereby suppressing the machining current flowing through the electrode gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Furuta, Yasuo Nakashima, Akiyoshi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9987698
    Abstract: When machining of a workpiece is started in a wire electric discharge machine, before a voltage is applied between a wire electrode and the workpiece (a machining gap), practicable shaft feed control systems are discriminated on the basis of machining conditions set in advance. According to the discrimination, running into an inability state of continuity of machining and an accuracy failure after machining are prevented beforehand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Furuta, Akiyoshi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9950378
    Abstract: In a wire electric discharge machine, a discharge delay time is used to classify the inter-electrode state into three categories; a short-circuit state, small-gap state, and large-gap state. Based on this classification, the magnitude of a machining current supplied from a main discharge circuit is determined. If the discharge delay time is zero (i.e., if no electric discharge is generated) after the lapse of a predetermined time since the start of the application of a machining voltage to an inter-electrode gap by an auxiliary discharge circuit, the inter-electrode gap is determined to be short-circuited by machining chips. Thereupon, a short-circuit machining current is supplied from the main discharge circuit to the inter-electrode gap to remove the machining chips. In this way, establishment of a complete short-circuit state is prevented so that the machining efficiency is improved to increase the machining speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Furuta, Shinji Yoda, Akiyoshi Kawahara, Yasuo Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20180056421
    Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machine includes a first voltage applying circuit, a second voltage applying circuit, and a switch controller. The first voltage applying circuit includes a first DC power source for applying a positive polarity voltage across an electrode gap, and a first switch for on/off-switching of application of the positive polarity voltage. The second voltage applying circuit includes a second DC power source for applying a reverse polarity voltage to the electrode gap, and a second switch for on/off-switching of application of the reverse polarity voltage. The switch controller controls the first switch and the second switch so that the first switch and the second switch are not turned on simultaneously. The first DC power source and the second DC power source are set up so that the absolute value of the reverse polarity voltage is lower than the absolute value of the positive polarity voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Furuta, Tomoaki Matsunaga
  • Publication number: 20180036815
    Abstract: An electrical discharge machine includes: a work tank to store the working fluid in order to perform electrical discharge machining; a sound collector to collect sound generated by electrical discharge machining and transmitted through the working fluid stored in the work tank; and a controller to perform a predetermined operation based on sound information collected by the sound collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Masuda, Akiyoshi Kawahara, Yasuo Nakashima, Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20180036816
    Abstract: In a wire electric discharge machine, time from application of a voltage to a machining gap between a workpiece and a wire electrode until occurrence of electric discharge is measured as a discharge delay time, and the measured discharge delay time is integrated over a predetermined measurement period to calculate a discharge delay integrated time. Further, the number of times of the voltage application in the measurement period is counted. An average discharge delay time per voltage application in the measurement period is calculated from the discharge delay integrated time and the number of times of voltage application. The movement of the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece is controlled on the basis of the average discharge delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Tomoyuki FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20180036817
    Abstract: In a wire electric discharge machine, time from application of a voltage to a machining gap between a workpiece and a wire electrode until occurrence of electric discharge is measured as a discharge delay time, and the measured discharge delay time is integrated over a predetermined measurement period to calculate a discharge delay integrated time. Further, the number of times of the voltage application in the measurement period is counted. An average discharge delay time per voltage application in the measurement period is calculated from the discharge delay integrated time and the number of times of voltage application. The movement of the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece is controlled on the basis of the average discharge delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Tomoyuki FURUTA
  • Patent number: 9833853
    Abstract: In a wire electric discharge machine, time from application of a voltage to a machining gap between a workpiece and a wire electrode until occurrence of electric discharge is measured as a discharge delay time, and the measured discharge delay time is integrated over a predetermined measurement period to calculate a discharge delay integrated time. Further, the number of times of the voltage application in the measurement period is counted. An average discharge delay time per voltage application in the measurement period is calculated from the discharge delay integrated time and the number of times of voltage application. The movement of the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece is controlled on the basis of the average discharge delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20170297126
    Abstract: Whether or not an inter-electrode voltage exceeds a voltage threshold is determined after a predetermined inter-electrode state determination period has passed since application of an induction voltage (inter-electrode voltage) to an inter-electrode gap. Thus, an inter-electrode gap amount between a wire electrode and a work is estimated. A pause time during which electrical discharge is not performed is changed according to an estimation result of the inter-electrode gap amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji YODA, Tomoyuki FURUTA, Tomoaki MATSUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20170239741
    Abstract: A dielectric working fluid centralized management system is equipped with a dielectric working fluid adjustment apparatus for adjusting the fluid quality of a dielectric working fluid of a plurality of wire electrical discharge machines, a dielectric working fluid delivery and reception control member for controlling delivery and reception of the dielectric working fluid between a plurality of dielectric working fluid storage tanks disposed corresponding respectively to the plurality of wire electrical discharge machines, and in which the dielectric working fluid is stored, and the dielectric working fluid adjustment apparatus, and a dielectric working fluid quality controller, which receives dielectric working fluid information from the plurality of wire electrical discharge machines and controls the dielectric working fluid delivery and reception control member, or both the dielectric working fluid delivery and reception control member and the dielectric working fluid adjustment apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20170015677
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof [Therein, A is O, S, or N—R6; ring G is a 5-membered or 6-membered aromatic ring, etc., including 1-3 heteroatoms selected from O, S and N as constituent atoms; R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl carbonyl group, etc.; R3, R4 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl carbonyl group, etc.; and R6 is a hydrogen atom or an optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl group, etc.].
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Boston Biomedical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi BAN, Seiji KAMIOKA, Shoukou RI, Tomoyuki FURUTA, Hiroyuki KITANO, Chiang Jia Li
  • Patent number: 9486869
    Abstract: In a power supply device for electric discharge machining, the polarity of the voltage to be applied is determined on the basis of a result of determination whether the machining gap is in open state or not, an average value of voltages applied across the machining gap voltage during machining, and the number of successive open states with the same polarity. This eliminates the need to significantly vary the voltages to be applied from positive to negative and from negative to positive, thereby reducing the output energy required by the machining power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Murai, Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20160288230
    Abstract: In a wire electric discharge machine, a discharge delay time is used to classify the inter-electrode state into three categories; a short-circuit state, small-gap state, and large-gap state. Based on this classification, the magnitude of a machining current supplied from a main discharge circuit is determined. If the discharge delay time is zero (i.e., if no electric discharge is generated) after the lapse of a predetermined time since the start of the application of a machining voltage to an inter-electrode gap by an auxiliary discharge circuit, the inter-electrode gap is determined to be short-circuited by machining chips. Thereupon, a short-circuit machining current is supplied from the main discharge circuit to the inter-electrode gap to remove the machining chips. In this way, establishment of a complete short-circuit state is prevented so that the machining efficiency is improved to increase the machining speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoyuki FURUTA, Shinji YODA, Akiyoshi KAWAHARA, Yasuo NAKASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8975554
    Abstract: A voltage is applied to a machining gap between a wire electrode and a workpiece for a period of one microsecond or less with a quiescent time longer than the duration of voltage application between each two adjacent cycles of voltage application provided, and the number of duty cycles and a machining-gap voltage are detected. An open-circuit state in which electric discharge does not occur after the voltage is applied is identified by the detected machining-gap voltage, and the number of open-circuits is counted. An average machining-gap voltage is obtained based on the numbers of duty cycles and open-circuits and the supply voltage or an average voltage for each duty cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kawahara, Masao Murai, Tomoyuki Furuta
  • Publication number: 20150027992
    Abstract: Provided is a wire electric discharge machine in which time from application of a voltage to a machining gap between a workpiece and a wire electrode until occurrence of electric discharge is measured as a discharge delay time, and the measured discharge delay time is integrated over a predetermined measurement period to calculate a discharge delay integrated time. Further, the number of times of the voltage application in the measurement period is counted. An average discharge delay time per voltage application in the measurement period is calculated from the discharge delay integrated time and the number of times of voltage application. The movement of the wire electrode with respect to the workpiece is controlled on the basis of the average discharge delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Tomoyuki FURUTA