Patents by Inventor Yukio Nobutou

Yukio Nobutou 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: 5277687
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a press tool interchanging apparatus for a press machine, comprising: a tool plate arranged in a press station and including a plurality of tool clamps hydraulically actuated for clamping a press tool; a bolster plate underlying the tool plate and having a plurality of rollers adapted to appear, when lifted, above the upper surface of the bolster plate for carrying the press tool; a plurality of lifters arranged in the bolster plate and hydraulically actuated for lifting the rollers; and a plurality of pressure fluid conduits arranged in the tool plate for feeding a fluid under pressure to the tool clamps and the lifters. Thus, the tool plate is arranged with the tool clamps and the fluid conduits, and the lifters having the vertically movable rollers are mounted in the bolster plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Hirotec Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Shimoichi, Yukio Nobutou