Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Kusago

Toshihiko Kusago 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: 7484950
    Abstract: A first forming roll and a second forming roll are provided parallel and opposite to each other, and a double-surface formed sheet is formed by the first forming roll and the second forming roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Mizunuma, Toshihiko Kusago
  • Publication number: 20060154790
    Abstract: A first forming roll and a second forming roll are provided parallel and opposite to each other, and a double-surface formed sheet is formed by the first forming roll and the second forming roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Koji Mizunuma, Toshihiko Kusago
  • Patent number: 5882407
    Abstract: A coating die is disclosed, in which a slit-like spacing 29 is formed between a pair of die elements 25, 27 arranged in opposed relation to each other. A band-shaped electrode sheet 23 is movable along the length of the spacing 29. The sides of the slit-like spacing along the width of the electrode sheet 23 are enclosed. An electrode piling agent is supplied from an external source into the die element pair 25, 27 through supply flow paths 47, 49. Discharge ports 47a, 49a of the supply flow paths 47, 49 are open to the slit-like spacing 29. The portion of the spacing 29 downstream of the discharge ports 47a, 49a in the direction of movement of the electrode sheet 23 has a thickness equivalent to the thickness of the electrode sheet 23 plus the thickness of the electrode piling agent coated on the two sides of the electrode sheet 23. The portion of the spacing 29 upstream of the discharge ports 47a, 49a has a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the electrode sheet 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignees: Toshiba Battery Co., Ltd., Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuta Takeno, Takeo Ito, Shigeo Kasahara, Gen Takayama, Hiroshi Kaneko, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Toshihiko Kusago, Katsuhiko Iguchi
  • Patent number: 5755042
    Abstract: Air-blowing nozzles 21 for blowing a hot air are provided in both sides of an electrode sheet 33 for a battery both surfaces of which an electrode compounding agent has been applied to. In each of the air-blowing nozzles 21, a pair of slit-shaped blowholes 65 being extended in the width direction of the electrode sheet 33 are provided on both of the upper and lower sides of the end face part 63. The hot air blown off from a pair of the upper and lower blowholes 65 dries the electrode compounding agent as well as pressurizes a space between the electrode sheet 33 and the end face part 63 to form a pressure room P, and the left and right pressure rooms P hold the electrode sheet 33 to suppress its sway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignees: Toshiba Battery Co., Ltd., Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gen Takayama, Tsutomu Horikoshi, Shigeo Kasahara, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Toshihiko Kusago, Yasuhiro Kuroki
  • Patent number: 5689900
    Abstract: Air-blowing nozzles 21 for blowing a hot air are provided in both sides of an electrode sheet 33 for a battery both surfaces of which an electrode compounding agent has been applied to. In each of the air-blowing nozzles 21, a pair of slit-shaped blowholes 65 being extended in the width direction of the electrode sheet 33 are provided on both of the upper and lower sides of the end face part 63. The hot air blown off from a pair of the upper and lower blowholes 65 dries the electrode compounding agent as well as pressurizes a space between the electrode sheet 33 and the end face part 63 to form a pressure room P, and the left and right pressure rooms P hold the electrode sheet 33 to suppress its sway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignees: Toshiba Battery Co., Ltd., Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gen Takayama, Tsutomu Horikoshi, Shigeo Kasahara, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Toshihiko Kusago, Yasuhiro Kuroki
  • Patent number: 5662950
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a roll bending device for forming plastic sheet wherein no bending cylinders are used and operability is improved. A roll has a shaft at its both end portions, a second roll has a shaft at its both end portions. A pair of first housings has a bearing for supporting the shaft, and is positioned at both end portions of the shaft. A pair of housings has a bearing for supporting the shaft, and is positioned at both end portions of the shaft. A pair of housings has a bearing for supporting the shaft, and is positioned at the inside of the housings. A pair of housings has a bearing for supporting the shaft, and is positioned at the inside side of the housings. A pair of main cylinders supports the housings to pressurize the roll in a direction of the roll. A pair of gap adjusting devices is provided between the housings and to adjust a gap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Kusago
  • Patent number: 5262101
    Abstract: A plastic material, controlled at a desired temperature, is fed on an upstream side of a gap between a pair of rotating forming rolls arrayed almost in parallel and controlled at a desired temperature from a device for feeding the plastic material. The plastic material is pressed and formed into a sheet by the forming rolls therebetween while forming a bank or an accumulation of the plastic material on an upstream side of the gap of the forming rolls and is carried out on a downstream side of the gap. The bank quantity monitoring is performed by measuring a temperature of the sheet carried out through the gap of the forming rolls and estimating the quantity of the bank in accordance with measured temperature information. The sheet formation is performed by measuring a temperature of the sheet carried out through the gap of the forming rolls and controlling various forming conditions according to a measured temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Yagi, Toshihiko Kusago
  • Patent number: 5158724
    Abstract: A plastic material, controlled at a desired temperature, is fed on an upstream side of a gap between a pair of rotating forming rolls arrayed almost in parallel and controlled at a desired temperature from a flat die connected to an extruding machine and having a slit outflow portion. The plastic material is pressed and formed into a sheet by the forming rolls therebetween while forming a bank or an accumulation of the plastic material on an upstream side of the gap of the forming rolls and is carried out on a downstream side of the gap. The bank quantity monitoring is performed by measuring a temperature of the sheet carried out through the gap of the forming rolls and estimating the quantity of the bank in accordance with measured temperature information. The sheet formation is performed by measuring a temperature of the sheet carried out through the gap of the forming rolls and controlling various forming conditions according to a measured temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Yagi, Toshihiko Kusago