Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Iwatani

Toshiharu Iwatani 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).

  • Equipment for adjusting the shape of a running band-like or plate-like metal material in the width direction
    Patent number: 5193066
    Abstract: A target shape adjusting equipment of a metal material furnished with an expert system by adaptive inference and learning inference processing for applying the engineering know-hows of skilled operators being engaged in the control of the shape in the width direction of a band-like or plate-like metal material which is running after a specified treatment has been given thereto, to adjust the shape thereof by giving the target shape data to a shape controlling section for contorlling the shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Masami Konishi, Hiroshi Narazaki, Toshiharu Iwatani, Kazuo Nose, Takashi Sato, Hiroo Oshima, Soichi Kitagawa, Hazime Tubono