Patents by Inventor Umihiko Suzuki
Umihiko Suzuki 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: 12186802Abstract: There is provided casting equipment including a control device that acquires, regarding multiple processes in the casting equipment, specific data regarding casting molds in each frame, and that associates the specific data for the respective processes with the casting molds, separately for the casting molds in each frame; and a display device provided, with respect to a first process among the multiple processes and a second process later than the first process, on equipment for executing the second process. The control device displays, on the display device, the specific data for the first process associated with the casting molds that are to be processed in the second process.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Umihiko Suzuki, Atsushi Oiwa, Minoru Onishi
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Patent number: 12044670Abstract: A casting method includes pouring a molten metal in a ladle into a mold, analyzing at least one of a composition and a physical property of a test piece generated based on the molten metal sampled from inside the ladle, and performing appearance inspection of a casting product taken out from the mold, wherein in the performing appearance inspection, the at least one of the composition and the physical property of the test piece obtained in the analyzing is displayed on a display.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignees: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Umihiko Suzuki, Tadashi Nishida, Toshiyuki Hyodo, Masanori Hoshino
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Publication number: 20230415225Abstract: [Problem] To provide casting equipment and a casting method that can easily track and extract measurement data across multiple processes. [Solution] There is provided casting equipment 1 comprising a control device that acquires, regarding multiple processes in the casting equipment 1, specific data regarding casting molds in each frame, and that associates the specific data for the respective processes with the casting molds, separately for the casting molds in each frame; and a display device provided, with respect to a first process among the multiple processes and a second process later than the first process, on equipment for executing the second process; wherein the control device displays, on the display device, the specific data for the first process associated with the casting molds that are to be processed in the second process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Atsushi OIWA, Minoru ONISHI
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Patent number: 11806778Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where pressure inside the tank is higher than initial pressure during the sand filling in which the sand is introduced into the flask is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Umihiko Suzuki, Takehiro Sugino
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Patent number: 11794237Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where arrival time from the start of sand filling until the pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is shorter than the initial arrival time obtained in advance is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Takehiro Sugino, Umihiko Suzuki
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Publication number: 20230311553Abstract: A casting system includes a laser marking device configured to mark an identifying mark on a casting or a mold under a set marking condition, a recognition device configured to recognize the identifying mark marked on a surface of the casting by the laser marking device or the identifying mark transferred to the surface of a casting produced using the mold marked by the laser marking device, on the basis of a detection result of a sensor, wherein the laser marking device changes the set marking condition in a case in which the identifying mark on the casting is not recognized by the recognition device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Takehiro SUGINO
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Publication number: 20230294165Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where arrival time from the start of sand filling until the pressure reaches a predetermined pressure is shorter than the initial arrival time obtained in advance is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Takehiro SUGINO, Umihiko SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20230294164Abstract: A molding system molding a sand mold includes a flask, a tank connected to a compressed air source, including an opened end part, and configured to internally store sand, a nozzle attached to the end part of the tank and configured to guide the sand in the tank into the flask, and a control unit configured to output information about clogging of the nozzle when, during sand filling in which the sand in the tank is introduced into the flask through the nozzle, a relationship where pressure inside the tank is higher than initial pressure during the sand filling in which the sand is introduced into the flask is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Takehiro SUGINO
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Publication number: 20230067654Abstract: A casting method includes pouring a molten metal in a ladle into a mold, analyzing at least one of a composition and a physical property of a test piece generated based on the molten metal sampled from inside the ladle, and performing appearance inspection of a casting product taken out from the mold, wherein in the performing appearance inspection, the at least one of the composition and the physical property of the test piece obtained in the analyzing is displayed on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Tadashi NISHIDA, Toshiyuki HYODO, Masanori HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20150172738Abstract: A client apparatus includes: a replay control section for, at the time of a replay control operation, making a decision as to whether or not to prohibit the replay control, the decision being based on a period that is specified by MPD and that is acquirable at the current point in time; and a notification section for, in a case where the replay control section has decided to prohibit the replay control, notifying the user accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Reiko Mitsuhashi, Umihiko Suzuki