Patents by Inventor Yoshiteru KAWAMORI

Yoshiteru KAWAMORI 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: 11839904
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus capable of thoroughly cleaning all parts of a workpiece is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning chamber; a table rotation shaft that rotates about a first axis; a first swivel fitting disposed inside the table rotation shaft; a table on which the cleaning workpiece is placed; a first motor that rotates the table rotation shaft; a propeller shaft that rotates about a second axis that is parallel to the first axis; a second swivel fitting connected to a propeller shaft; and a nozzle that rotates integrally with the second swivel shaft and that ejects a cleaning fluid in a direction different from the second axis toward the cleaning workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Haremaki, Yoshiteru Kawamori, Taiki Matsui, Kodai Nakazaki
  • Patent number: 11571777
    Abstract: The machining apparatus includes: a cover including a side plate, a projecting portion disposed below the side plate, a rectangular shaped front opening, and a semicircular shaped planar opening; a first door body including a first drum disposed in a first side of a mating surface, a first abutting surface connected to the first drum, and a first top plate, and accommodated inside the cover by rotated about a first axis; and a second door body including a second drum disposed in the second side of the mating surface, a second abutting surface abut to the first abutting surface on the mating surface, and a second top plate, and accommodated inside the cover by rotated about a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Haremaki, Yoshiteru Kawamori, Taiki Matsui
  • Patent number: 11465183
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a portion where a seating pad contacts or a hole into which a pin is inserted when a workpiece is placed. The cleaning apparatus for cleaning a workpiece having a placing portion and a reference hole, including: a table plate, a seating pad on which the workpiece is placed at the placing portion, a first nozzle that ejects a cleaning fluid, a pin inserted into the reference hole, and a second nozzle that ejects the cleaning fluid toward inside of the reference hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue, Takuya Kanemoto
  • Patent number: 11465184
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning method of reducing the power consumption. The cleaning method including: generating a jet of a cleaning liquid from a nozzle; moving the nozzle so that the jet collides with a target portion of a workpiece; acquiring a current position of the nozzle; determining whether the current position is within a target region corresponding to the target portion; ejecting the jet having an ejection pressure of a first pressure when the current position is within the target region; and ejecting the jet having the ejection pressure lower than the first pressure when the current position is other than the target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Toyoaki Mitsue, Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyohiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11458511
    Abstract: Clamping an axially extending workpiece along a center axis and cleaning a shaft portion and an end to clean and dry the workpiece in a short period of time. A cleaning apparatus for cleaning the workpiece, including a cleaning chamber having a first side wall and a second side wall, a cleaning station including a cleaning axis, a cleaning nozzle, a first clamping device arranged on the first side wall, a second clamping device arranged on the second side wall, and a drying station including a drying axis, a drying nozzle, a second clamping device arranged on the second side wall, and a turn table having two regions arranged in a 180 degree rotational symmetry. The turn table arranges one of the two regions is arranged in the cleaning station, and the other in the drying station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Patent number: 11426771
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning machine, including: a cleaning chamber; a turn table having a plurality of areas arranged around a rotary axis, configured to turn one area of the plurality of areas to the cleaning station and another area to the transport station, each of the plurality of areas having: a cleaning tank including a closable opening, a rotating device arranged at the cleaning tank, and a cleaning table on which the object is placed, and which is arranged on the rotating device and rotatably arranged in the cleaning tank; a nozzle moving device arranged in the cleaning station; a cleaning nozzle arranged on the nozzle moving device; a shutter arranged in the cleaning station and closing the closable opening; and a shutter moving device configured to move the shutter toward the closable opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMIIED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue, Takuya Kanemoto
  • Patent number: 11371646
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a feed base that is horizontally installed, a first driving source and a second driving source, a first saddle, a second saddle, a first propeller shaft, a second propeller shaft, a first transmission device, a second transmission device, and a holding device. The first saddle rotates about a first axis that goes along a vertical direction. The second saddle is disposed at the first saddle. The second saddle rotates about a second axis. The second axis goes along a horizontal direction. The first propeller shaft transmits a torque from the first driving source. The second propeller shaft transmits a torque from the second driving source. The first transmission device transmits a rotation of the first propeller shaft to the first saddle. The second transmission device transmits a rotation of the second propeller shaft to the second saddle. The holding device holds the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Patent number: 11273500
    Abstract: A drilling method of machining holes that are not regularly arranged in one direction in a short machining time is provided. A drilling method, includes: creating a machining order of machining a first hole to be machined with a first spindle and a second hole to be machined with a second spindle for a workpiece having a plurality of target holes on a machining table, the first spindle and the second spindle arranged in X direction; rotating the machining table relative to the first spindle and the second spindle so that the first hole and the second hole are arranged in X direction with the first hole located nearer to the first spindle; moving the first spindle and the second spindle relative to the machining table so that the first hole and a center of the first spindle are aligned and the second hole and a center of the second spindle are aligned; and machining the first hole with the first spindle and the second hole with the second spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Kazuo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220008960
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning method of reducing the power consumption. The cleaning method including: generating a jet of a cleaning liquid from a nozzle; moving the nozzle so that the jet collides with a target portion of a workpiece; acquiring a current position of the nozzle; determining whether the current position is within a target region corresponding to the target portion; ejecting the jet having an ejection pressure of a first pressure when the current position is within the target region; and ejecting the jet having the ejection pressure lower than the first pressure when the current position is other than the target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Toyoaki MITSUE, Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyohiro YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11213865
    Abstract: A cleaning method capable of eliminating cleaning unrequired cleaning points is disclosed. The cleaning method is for a workpiece with foreign matter adhered, and the cleaning method includes: identifying cleaning points of the workpiece with the foreign matter adhered; substituting a true value to a cleaning variable for the identified cleaning points; generating a cleaning liquid jet from a main nozzle; skipping a first cleaning section if the cleaning variable has a false value; and executing the first cleaning section to direct the main nozzle toward the cleaning points if the cleaning variable has a true value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshiteru Kawamori
  • Publication number: 20210387299
    Abstract: The machining apparatus includes: a cover including a side plate, a projecting portion disposed below the side plate, a rectangular shaped front opening, and a semicircular shaped planar opening; a first door body including a first drum disposed in a first side of a mating surface, a first abutting surface connected to the first drum, and a first top plate, and accommodated inside the cover by rotated about a first axis; and a second door body including a second drum disposed in the second side of the mating surface, a second abutting surface abut to the first abutting surface on the mating surface, and a second top plate, and accommodated inside the cover by rotated about a second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki HAREMAKI, Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Taiki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20210379628
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus capable of thoroughly cleaning all parts of a workpiece is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning chamber; a table rotation shaft that rotates about a first axis; a first swivel fitting disposed inside the table rotation shaft; a table on which the cleaning workpiece is placed; a first motor that rotates the table rotation shaft; a propeller shaft that rotates about a second axis that is parallel to the first axis; a second swivel fitting connected to a propeller shaft; and a nozzle that rotates integrally with the second swivel shaft and that ejects a cleaning fluid in a direction different from the second axis toward the cleaning workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki HAREMAKI, Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Taiki MATSUI, Kodai NAKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210276051
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning method capable of eliminating the cleaning the unrequired cleaning points. The cleaning method for a workpiece with foreign matter adhered, the cleaning method including: identifying a cleaning points of the workpiece with the foreign matter adhered; substituting a true value to a cleaning variable for the identified cleaning points; generating a cleaning liquid jet from a main nozzle; skipping a first cleaning section if the cleaning variable has a false value; and executing the first cleaning section to direct the main nozzle toward the cleaning points if the cleaning variable has a true value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI
  • Publication number: 20210260629
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a portion where a seating pad contacts or a hole into which a pin is inserted when a workpiece is placed. The cleaning apparatus for cleaning a workpiece having a placing portion and a reference hole, including: a table plate, a seating pad on which the workpiece is placed at the placing portion, a first nozzle that ejects a cleaning fluid, a pin inserted into the reference hole, and a second nozzle that ejects the cleaning fluid toward inside of the reference hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE, Takuya KANEMOTO
  • Patent number: 11097321
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning machine that simplifies the structure around a turn table. The cleaning machine (10) of the present disclosure comprises a cleaning table (31), a rotation mechanism (40), and a first flow path (5a˜5e). The rotation mechanism includes a motor (42), a first bevel gear (44), a reducer (50) having an output shaft (52) and an input shaft (51), a second bevel gear (56), a first swivel housing (60) inserted into the input shaft (51), a first swivel shaft (61) arranged inside the first swivel housing, and a first flange (62). The first flow path includes a first annular path (63a˜63e), a first upstream flow path (64a˜64e), and a first downstream flow path (65a˜65e) arranged inside the first swivel shaft and connected to the first upstream flow path via the first annular path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue, Takuya Kanemoto
  • Patent number: 10995986
    Abstract: A dryer for increasing the dryness by fixing the inside of a bowl-shaped workpiece toward a rotating table side is provided. A dryer for drying an object includes a rotatable hollow cylindrical rotation shaft, a center shaft supported inside of the rotation shaft via a bearing and does not rotate, the center shaft having an inner blow passage therein extending along the center shaft, a rotation plate fixed to the first end of the rotation shaft; an inner fixed nozzle extending along the first end of the rotation shaft from the center shaft, a jig disposed on the rotation plate for fixing the object, a drive motor for rotating the rotation shaft, and a blower connected to the inner blow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Kunitomo, Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue
  • Patent number: 10974269
    Abstract: The nozzle deflection measuring device includes: a nozzle that rotates about a rotation axis, and includes a cylindrical shaft body extending along the rotation axis, and a spout located at a distal end portion of the shaft body a tank-shaped container having an insertion opening, the insertion opening having a radius larger than a sum of a radius of the shaft body and a maximum allowable deflection amount of the nozzle, a folded back portion arranged entire circumference of the insertion opening and extending inward of the container, and a discharge port; a moving mechanism that moves the nozzle relative to the container; and a non-contact deflection measuring meter arranged outside of the container and in the vicinity of the insertion opening, and measures a deflection of the nozzle inserted through the insertion opening in a state where the spout is disposed inside the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyoaki Mitsue, Tomio Sawasaki
  • Publication number: 20210101190
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning machine that simplifies the structure around a turn table. The cleaning machine (10) of the present disclosure comprises a cleaning table (31), a rotation mechanism (40), and a first flow path (5a˜5e). The rotation mechanism includes a motor (42), a first bevel gear (44), a reducer (50) having an output shaft (52) and an input shaft (51), a second bevel gear (56), a first swivel housing (60) inserted into the input shaft (51), a first swivel shaft (61) arranged inside the first swivel housing, and a first flange (62). The first flow path includes a first annular path (63a˜63e), a first upstream flow path (64a˜64e), and a first downstream flow path (65a˜65e) arranged inside the first swivel shaft and connected to the first upstream flow path via the first annular path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: YOSHITERU KAWAMORI, TOYOAKI MITSUE, TAKUYA KANEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210078050
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning machine, including: a cleaning chamber; a turn table having a plurality of areas arranged around a rotary axis, configured to turn one area of the plurality of areas to the cleaning station and another area to the transport station, each of the plurality of areas having: a cleaning tank including a closable opening, a rotating device arranged at the cleaning tank, and a cleaning table on which the object is placed, and which is arranged on the rotating device and rotatably arranged in the cleaning tank; a nozzle moving device arranged in the cleaning station; a cleaning nozzle arranged on the nozzle moving device; a shutter arranged in the cleaning station and closing the closable opening; and a shutter moving device configured to move the shutter toward the closable opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: YOSHITERU KAWAMORI, TOYOAKI MITSUE, TAKUYA KANEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210001379
    Abstract: Clamping an axially extending workpiece along a center axis and cleaning a shaft portion and an end to clean and dry the workpiece in a short period of time. A cleaning apparatus for cleaning the workpiece, including a cleaning chamber having a first side wall and a second side wall, a cleaning station including a cleaning axis, a cleaning nozzle, a first clamping device arranged on the first side wall, a second clamping device arranged on the second side wall, and a drying station including a drying axis, a drying nozzle, a second clamping device arranged on the second side wall, and a turn table having two regions arranged in a 180 degree rotational symmetry. The turn table arranges one of the two regions is arranged in the cleaning station, and the other in the drying station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyoaki MITSUE