Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Kitagawa

Yasuyuki Kitagawa 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: 9309947
    Abstract: When manufacturing a disk valve having a ring-shaped elastic seal member fixed to one side thereof for use in a cylinder type hydraulic shock absorber, a disk valve blanked from a plate material is set on a bottom of a lower mold member that is curved to be convex on one side. Mold clamping is performed to form a cavity by a cylindrical mold part and to press the disk valve with a press part to deform the disk valve into a shape that is convex on one side. In this state, the cavity is filled with a rubber material through a passage and vulcanized and cured to mold and fix an elastic seal member to the disk valve. At this time, the disk valve is deformed in a direction in which the curvature reduces by shrinkage of the rubber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kitagawa, Naoya Kubo
  • Publication number: 20090126543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system 1A for supplying processing water 3, which is used in the operation of processing a target object with a highly pressurized jet of processing water 3 containing an abrasive, including: a tank 2 for storing the processing water 3, having a lower portion substantially tapering downwards; a supply pipe 5 for supplying the processing water 3 to the tank 2; a delivery pipe 8 having an opening 9 located inside the tank 2; a pressure mechanism 7 located outside the tank 2, for pressurizing the processing water 3; and a suction port 10 provided in the side surface of the delivery pipe 8. The processing water 3 in the tank 2 is stratified into a deposition portion 4A, which is a portion where the abrasive is deposited, and a clear-water portion 4W, which is a portion other than the deposition portion 4A and formed by clear water substantially free from the abrasive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: TOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kitagawa, Shuzo Yamaji, Takaaki Hibi, Kana Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 7207868
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus jets, at a high pressure, water containing abrasive grains to cut a workpiece along cutting lines extending in intersecting directions. The cutting apparatus includes: a fixing table fixing the workpiece; groove portions provided in the fixing table at respective positions below the cutting lines; protruded portions provided in regions of the fixing table other than regions where the groove portions are provided, in a manner that the workpiece contacts the protruded portions; support portions provided to connect the protruded portions substantially in parallel with cutting lines extending the Y direction along the groove portions; a frame portion provided to connect the support portions to each other in at least a part of an outer periphery of the fixing table; and protection members attachably and detachably provided to cover the support portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Towa Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Takehara, Masaharu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Kitagawa, Kazuyuki Kishimoto, Kiyoharu Kato
  • Publication number: 20070066190
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus jets, at a high pressure, water containing abrasive grains to cut a workpiece along cutting lines extending in intersecting directions. The cutting apparatus includes: a fixing table fixing the workpiece; groove portions provided in the fixing table at respective positions below the cutting lines; protruded portions provided in regions of the fixing table other than regions where the groove portions are provided, in a manner that the workpiece contacts the protruded portions; support portions provided to connect the protruded portions substantially in parallel with cutting lines extending the Y direction along the groove portions; a frame portion provided to connect the support portions to each other in at least a part of an outer periphery of the fixing table; and protection members attachably and detachably provided to cover the support portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Masataka Takehara, Masaharu Yoshida, Yasuyuki Kitagawa, Kiyoharu Kato