Patents by Inventor Yoshikatsu Sato

Yoshikatsu Sato 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: 20230313693
    Abstract: A rotor assembly component which is a component of a gas turbine engine is provided with a rotor assembly component body made from a metal, and a hard particle layer including a mass of hard particles and a matrix material, with the hard particles being made from a material harder than a material forming the rotor assembly component body. The matrix material is made solely from the material forming the rotor assembly component body. The hard particle layer is supported directly on a surface of the rotor assembly component body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu SATO, Ryo MORIHASHI, Toshiro TSUJI, Hiroshi TAKI, Kazushige FUJIMITSU
  • Publication number: 20220001491
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inclined structure extending in an oblique direction from a surface of a base metal includes: forming a base portion by stacking a plurality of build-up layers on the surface of the base metal, each of the plurality of build-up layers being formed by a plurality of beads, the base portion including a reference surface inclined at an opposite side of the oblique direction across a perpendicular line of the surface of the base metal; and forming a projecting portion by stacking a plurality of build-up layers on the reference surface of the base portion, each of the plurality of build-up layers being formed by a plurality of beads, the projecting portion extending in the oblique direction from the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro WATANABE, Ryo MORIHASHI, Hiroka FUJITA, Yoshikatsu SATO, Hayato IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 10220469
    Abstract: Provided are a combined machining apparatus and a combined machining method capable of performing machining with higher accuracy and at a high speed. The apparatus has a stage unit; a mechanical machining unit including a mechanical machining head having a tool configured to machine a workpiece; a laser machining unit including a laser machining head configured to emit laser for machining the workpiece; a moving unit; and a control unit that controls the operation of each unit, in which the laser machining head has a laser turning unit that turns laser relative to the workpiece, and a condensing optical system that focuses the laser turned by the laser turning unit, and a position at which the workpiece is irradiated with the laser is rotated by the laser turning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsugumaru Yamashita, Yoshihito Fujita, Kiyotaka Nakagawa, Shinnosuke Osafune, Haruhiko Niitani, Yoshikatsu Sato
  • Publication number: 20160221118
    Abstract: Provided are a combined machining apparatus and a combined machining method capable of performing machining with higher accuracy and at a high speed. The apparatus has a stage unit; a mechanical machining unit including a mechanical machining head having a tool configured to machine a workpiece; a laser machining unit including a laser machining head configured to emit laser for machining the workpiece; a moving unit; and a control unit that controls the operation of each unit, in which the laser machining head has a laser turning unit that turns laser relative to the workpiece, and a condensing optical system that focuses the laser turned by the laser turning unit, and a position at which the workpiece is irradiated with the laser is rotated by the laser turning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugumaru YAMASHITA, Yoshihito FUJITA, Kiyotaka NAKAGAWA, Shinnosuke OSAFUNE, Haruhiko NIITANI, Yoshikatsu SATO
  • Patent number: 9067283
    Abstract: A touch probe is attached to a main shaft, and the position (Pp1) of a tip with the probe in an on state and the position (Pp2) of the tip with the probe in an off state, when the end of the main shaft is positioned at a prescribed position (Ps1), are optically measured. The dead zone length of the probe is calculated based on the positions (Pp1, Pp2), and the apparent length of the probe is calculated based on the positions (Ps1, Pp2). After the substantive length of the probe has been calculated by adding the dead zone length to the apparent length, the probe derives the actual length of a workpiece, and a tool is then attached to the main shaft, the position (Pt1) of the tip of the tool is optically measured and the actual length of the tool is calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Sato
  • Publication number: 20130192054
    Abstract: A touch probe is attached to a main shaft, and the position (Pp1) of a tip with the probe in an on state and the position (Pp2) of the tip with the probe in an off state, when the end of the main shaft is positioned at a prescribed position (Ps1), are optically measured. The deadband zone length of the probe is calculated based on the positions (Pp1, Pp2), and the apparent length of the probe is calculated based on the positions (Ps1, Pp2). After the substantive length of the probe has been calculated by adding the deadband zone length to the apparent length, the probe derives the actual length of a workpiece, and a tool is then attached to the main shaft, the position (Pt1) of the tip of the tool is optically measured and the actual length of the tool is calculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Sato
  • Patent number: 8423171
    Abstract: In a method for processing a workpiece in a tool machine, a first step (Step S4) for continuously measuring a position of a tip portion of a tool attached to a main axis, a second step (Step S5) for computing a displacement amount of the position of the tip point of the tool based on a result of the measurement, a third step (Step S8) for observing a time period while the displace amount is belonged in arrange of allowable displace amount previously determined, a fourth step (Step S9) for keeping an idling operation in case that the time for which the displace amount is belonged in the range of the allowable displacement amount is shorter than a time period previously determined and intermitting the idling operation in the case that the time for which the displace amount is belonged in the range of the allowable displacement amount become the time period previously determined and a fifth step (Step S10) for starting a process with respect to the workpiece in the case that the idling operation is finished are
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Sato, Shigeru Honda
  • Publication number: 20110265835
    Abstract: A tool cleaning device for a machine tool, wherein the tool cleaning device removes foreign matters (4) adhered on a tool (3) before measuring dimensions of the tool (3) and comprises a CCD camera (18) for taking an image of a front edge of the tool 3 from a side direction of the tool (3), a tool cleaning portion (20) for cleaning the tool (3) by jetting cleaning agent toward the tool (3) and a control device (21) for judging whether the foreign matters (4) are adhered on the tool (3) based on the image taken by the CCD camera (18) and controls the tool cleaning portion (20) in response to the result of a judgment so as to remove the foreign matters (4) adhered on the tool (3) certainly and exactly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Sato
  • Publication number: 20100145499
    Abstract: In a method for processing a workpiece in a tool machine, a first step (Step S4) for continuously measuring a position of a tip portion of a tool attached to a main axis, a second step (Step S5) for computing a displacement amount of the position of the tip point of the tool based on a result of the measurement, a third step (Step S8) for observing a time period while the displace amount is belonged in arrange of allowable displace amount previously determined, a fourth step (Step S9) for keeping an idling operation in case that the time for which the displace amount is belonged in the range of the allowable displacement amount is shorter than a time period previously determined and intermitting the idling operation in the case that the time for which the displace amount is belonged in the range of the allowable displacement amount become the time period previously determined and a fifth step (Step S10) for starting a process with respect to the workpiece in the case that the idling operation is finished are
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Sato, Shigeru Honda
  • Patent number: 4297655
    Abstract: A temperature compensated crystal oscillator having a crystal resonator uses a single thermistor and no expensive varactor. The compensation circuit includes, a low temperature compensation circuit consisting of a first fixed capacitor and a first diode in series, a high temperature compensation circuit consisting of a second fixed capacitor and a second diode in series, and an intermediate temperature compensating circuit consisting of a third capacitor having a negative temperature coefficient. All three circuits are in parallel with each other and in series with the crystal resonator of the oscillator. A thermistor is connected to the anodes of both diodes and biasing resistors and connected to the cathode of the second diode whereby a temperature dependent forward bias is applied to the first diode at all temperatures and to the second diode only at the high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1981
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuzo Fujii, Yoshikatsu Sato