Patents by Inventor Yoshifumi Karube

Yoshifumi Karube 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: 20200038929
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to enable accurate detection of a mismatch during electric resistance welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru HASEGAWA, Hideki HAMATANI, Takao MIURA, Yoshifumi KARUBE, Kazuto YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10262412
    Abstract: A welded state monitoring system according to an aspect of the present invention is a welded state monitoring system used for plasma shielded electric resistance welding in which electric resistance welding is performed while irradiating a weld zone of a steel sheet with plasma, and is provided with a plasma irradiation device which irradiates the weld zone with plasma, a first image capturing device which captures an image of the weld zone from above and has an image sensor capable of detecting light having a wavelength of 850 nm or more, a first wavelength region limiting device which limits light incident on the first image capturing device to a wavelength region of 850 nm or more, and an image processing device which subjects the image captured by the first image capturing device to image processing and analyzes the welded state of the weld zone thereby being able to analyze the welded state without being affected by the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Hasegawa, Hideki Hamatani, Yoshifumi Karube, Manabu Ueda, Michitoshi Tanimoto, Takashi Oosawa
  • Publication number: 20160350902
    Abstract: A welded state monitoring system according to an aspect of the present invention is a welded state monitoring system used for plasma shielded electric resistance welding in which electric resistance welding is performed while irradiating a weld zone of a steel sheet with plasma, and is provided with a plasma irradiation device which irradiates the weld zone with plasma, a first image capturing device which captures an image of the weld zone from above and has an image sensor capable of detecting light having a wavelength of 850 nm or more, a first wavelength region limiting device which limits light incident on the first image capturing device to a wavelength region of 850 nm or more, and an image processing device which subjects the image captured by the first image capturing device to image processing and analyzes the welded state of the weld zone thereby being able to analyze the welded state without being affected by the plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru HASEGAWA, Hideki HAMATANI, Yoshifumi KARUBE, Manabu UEDA, Michitoshi TANIMOTO, Takashi OOSAWA
  • Patent number: 9446473
    Abstract: An electric resistance welding operation management device manages a welding operation during manufacture of electric resistance welded steel pipe, in which heat is input to a steel plate, that is being conveyed along a specific conveyance direction and formed into a circular tube shape while pressing side faces of the metal plate with a pair of squeeze rolls, to weld together two circumferential direction edge portions of the metal plate converging in a V-shape. The electric resistance welding operation management device includes an image input section that inputs plural images and each including a Vee convergence region of the steel plate. The electric resistance welding operation management device includes a welding point position derivation section that derives the position of a welding point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Hasegawa, Toshisuke Fukami, Nobuo Mizuhashi, Hideki Hamatani, Yoshifumi Karube, Takao Miura, Kimiharu Tanaka, Kazuto Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20150090697
    Abstract: An electric resistance welding operation management device 100 manages a welding operation during manufacture of electric resistance welded steel pipe, in which heat is input to a steel plate 1, that is being conveyed along a specific conveyance direction and formed into a circular tube shape while pressing side faces of the metal plate 1 with a pair of squeeze rolls 2a, 2b, to weld together two circumferential direction edge portions 11a, 11b of the metal plate 1 converging in a V-shape. The electric resistance welding operation management device 100 includes an image input means that inputs plural images, successively captured over 3 sec and each including a Vee convergence region of the steel plate 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Hasegawa, Toshisuke Fukami, Nobuo Mizuhashi, Hideki Hamatani, Yoshifumi Karube, Takao Miura, Kimiharu Tanaka, Kazuto Yamamoto