Patents by Inventor Yohji Suzuki

Yohji 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).

  • Method and apparatus for incremental forming
    Patent number: 6971256
    Abstract: An incremental forming apparatus 100 holds a workpiece 10 onto a table 110. A spindle is disposed perpendicularly above table 110. For incremental forming, an incremental forming tool 150 is mounted on the spindle, and a form portion 20 is formed on the workpiece 10. When incremental forming is completed, the tool on the spindle is replaced with a straightening tool 200, and hot air is blown out from the straightening tool 200 to anneal the edge lines 20a and 20b of the form portion 20 and to eliminate process strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Amino Corporation
    Inventors: Norihisa Okada, Gen Ro, Yohji Suzuki
  • Method and apparatus for incremental forming
    Publication number: 20040187545
    Abstract: An incremental forming apparatus 100 holds a workpiece 10 onto a table 110. A spindle is disposed perpendicularly above table 110. For incremental forming, an incremental forming tool 150 is mounted on the spindle, and a form portion 20 is formed on the workpiece 10. When incremental forming is completed, the tool on the spindle is replaced with a straightening tool 200, and hot air is blown out from the straightening tool 200 to anneal the edge lines 20a and 20b of the form portion 20 and to eliminate process strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Norihisa Okada, Gen Ro, Yohji Suzuki
  • Method and apparatus for incremental forming
    Publication number: 20040187548
    Abstract: In forming a secondary form portion having a three-dimensional shape to a part of a primary form portion having a two-dimensional curved plane, a work 240 having a curved plane corresponding to the shape of the primary form portion is prepared, and only the secondary form portion is created by incremental forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Norihisa Okada, Gen Ro, Yohji Suzuki, Masatoshi Nara