Patents by Inventor Yoichiro Kimoto

Yoichiro Kimoto 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: 10589369
    Abstract: To provide an electrode wire for electrical discharge machining including ?-brass and ?-brass arranged on an outer peripheral surface of a core and a method of manufacturing the electrode wire, capable of enhancing wire connection performance and cutting down manufacturing cost while trying to increase a processing speed. The electrode wire for electrical discharge machining according to this invention comprises: an external layer including ?-brass and ?-brass; and a core having an undulating shape formed at a boundary surface with the external layer. The ?-brass and the ?-brass are arranged densely and sparsely at the boundary surface of the undulating shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: OKI ELECTRIC CABLE CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Kimoto, Yuji Miura, Yuki Hashimoto, Hengbo Su, Takayuki Nakagawa, Yoshikazu Ukai
  • Publication number: 20170320153
    Abstract: To provide an electrode wire for electrical discharge machining including ?-brass and ?-brass arranged on an outer peripheral surface of a core and a method of manufacturing the electrode wire, capable of enhancing wire connection performance and cutting down manufacturing cost while trying to increase a processing speed. The electrode wire for electrical discharge machining according to this invention comprises: an external layer including ?-brass and ?-brass; and a core having an undulating shape formed at a boundary surface with the external layer. The ?-brass and the ?-brass are arranged densely and sparsely at the boundary surface of the undulating shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, OKI ELECTRIC CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YOICHIRO KIMOTO, YUJI MIURA, YUKI HASHIMOTO, HENGBO SU, TAKAYUKI NAKAGAWA, YOSHIKAZU UKAI
  • Patent number: 8445807
    Abstract: A wire material having a copper-zinc alloy layer, which is formed by action of thermal diffusion, and a zinc layer on its circumference surface is subjected to processes, including from a step of drawing the wire material to a step of reducing the diameter of the product, to reliably crash the copper-zinc alloy layer into particles. The particles are embedded in the circumference surface of a core to integrate the diffusion alloy layer and zinc layer with the core and prevent the diffusion alloy layer and zinc layer from falling off from the core. In addition, in order to cover cracks formed in the copper-zinc alloy layer during wire drawing with a zinc thin film, wire drawing is performed at temperatures appropriate for maintaining good malleability and ductility of zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Oki Electric Cable Co,. Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Hashizume, Masakazu Yoshimoto, Nobuyuki Washio, Yoichiro Kimoto, Hiroshi Sato, Isao Izui
  • Publication number: 20120000889
    Abstract: A wire material having a copper-zinc alloy layer, which is formed by action of thermal diffusion, and a zinc layer on its circumference surface is subjected to processes, including from a step of drawing the wire material to a step of reducing the diameter of the product, to reliably crash the copper-zinc alloy layer into particles. The particles are embedded in the circumference surface of a core to integrate the diffusion alloy layer and zinc layer with the core and prevent the diffusion alloy layer and zinc layer from falling off from the core. In addition, in order to cover cracks formed in the copper-zinc alloy layer during wire drawing with a zinc thin film, wire drawing is performed at temperatures appropriate for maintaining good malleability and ductility of zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Koichi Hashizume, Masakazu Yoshimoto, Nobuyuki Washio, Yoichiro Kimoto, Hiroshi Sato, Isao Izui