Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Saitou

Toshiaki Saitou 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).

  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING BRITTLE MEMBER AND CUT-OUT BRITTLE MEMBER
    Publication number: 20140113797
    Abstract: A device for cutting a brittle member such as a glass is comprised of a laser oscillator configured to radiate a laser beam through a first space onto a first region on the brittle member; a cooling nozzle configured to expel a cooling medium onto a second region distinct from the first region on the brittle member; a baffle so disposed as to leave a gap between the member and the baffle and to have the first region not enclosed by the baffle, and so directed as to deflect a flow of a splash and a mist originating in the second region away from the first region; and a gas nozzle configured to expel a gas toward the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi YAMADA, Norihito Kawaguchi, Yoshiyuki Wada, Tomoo Kusumi, Noriaki Hasegawa, Yuichiro Nakayama, Toshiaki Saitou