Patents by Inventor Youji Fujimoto

Youji Fujimoto 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: 5195347
    Abstract: A guide device for shape rolling has upper and lower pairs of width-variable web guides arranged at the delivery of a shape mill. Support bases supporting the upper and lower pairs of web guides. Movable bases move the support bases horizontally on side frames whose ends are fixed to guide frames. Guide width adjusting devices individually adjust the distance between the movable bases; and guide height adjusting devices enable the side frames to ascend and descend. Preferably, upper and lower pairs of flange end guide rollers and flange-outer-surface guide rollers, which are adapted to roll while in contact with the end surfaces and the outer surfaces of the flanges, can move in the vertical and horizontal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Kawasaki Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuneo Seto, Atsushi Hatanaka, Hironori Miura, Youji Fujimoto