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).

  • Publication number: 20230415225
    Abstract: [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: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Atsushi OIWA, Minoru ONISHI
  • Patent number: 11806778
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Umihiko Suzuki, Takehiro Sugino
  • Patent number: 11794237
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Sugino, Umihiko Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20230311553
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Takehiro SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20230294165
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro SUGINO, Umihiko SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230294164
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Takehiro SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20230067654
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Umihiko SUZUKI, Tadashi NISHIDA, Toshiyuki HYODO, Masanori HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20150172738
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Reiko Mitsuhashi, Umihiko Suzuki