Patents by Inventor Yuuto Okabe

Yuuto Okabe 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: 11192157
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying an inter-roll cross angle in a rolling mill of four-high or more including at least a pair of work rolls and a pair of backup rolls by, when rolling is not performed, applying a roll bending force to apply a load between rolls of an upper roll assembly including the work roll on the upper side and between rolls of a lower roll assembly including the work roll on the lower side, in a state where a roll gap between the work rolls is put into an open state, detecting vertical roll loads that act in the vertical direction on the rolling support positions on the working side and the driving side of at least one of the backup roll on the upper side or the backup roll on the lower side, and calculating a load difference between the vertical roll loads on the working side and the driving side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Shota Ishitsuka, Yuuto Okabe, Daisuke Nikkuni
  • Publication number: 20190381548
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying an inter-roll cross angle in a rolling mill of four-high or more including at least a pair of work rolls and a pair of backup rolls by, when rolling is not performed, applying a roll bending force to apply a load between rolls of an upper roll assembly including the work roll on the upper side and between rolls of a lower roll assembly including the work roll on the lower side, in a state where a roll gap between the work rolls is put into an open state, detecting vertical roll loads that act in the vertical direction on the rolling support positions on the working side and the driving side of at least one of the backup roll on the upper side or the backup roll on the lower side, and calculating a load difference between the vertical roll loads on the working side and the driving side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi ISHII, Shota ISHITSUKA, Yuuto OKABE, Daisuke NIKKUNI
  • Patent number: 9770747
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a rolling apparatus capable of accurately detecting a rolling direction force applied to a work roll chock. [Solution] A rolling apparatus for flat-rolled metal materials includes a pair of upper and lower work rolls 1 and 2, and a pair of upper and lower backup rolls 3 and 4. The rolling apparatus includes a pair of work roll chocks 5 and 6 configured to hold the respective work rolls, housings 10 configured to hold the work roll chocks, and load detection devices 21 to 24 provided in the work roll chocks, the load detection devices each detecting a load acting on one of the housings from one of the work roll chocks on an entry side in a rolling direction or on an exit side in the rolling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Daisuke Kasai, Shigeru Ogawa, Hiroki Kato, Yuuto Okabe
  • Patent number: 9770746
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a rolling apparatus capable of accurately detecting a rolling direction force applied to a work roll chock. [Solution] A rolling apparatus for flat-rolled metal materials including a pair of upper and lower work rolls 1 and 2 includes a pair of work roll chocks 5 and 6 configured to hold the respective work rolls 1 and 2, housings 10 configured to hold the work roll chocks, and rolling direction force measurement devices 21, 22, 23, and 24 configured to measure rolling direction forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Daisuke Kasai, Shigeru Ogawa, Hiroki Kato, Yuuto Okabe
  • Publication number: 20140305179
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a rolling apparatus capable of accurately detecting a rolling direction force applied to a work roll chock. [Solution] A rolling apparatus for flat-rolled metal materials includes a pair of upper and lower work rolls 1 and 2, and a pair of upper and lower backup rolls 3 and 4. The rolling apparatus includes a pair of work roll chocks 5 and 6 configured to hold the respective work rolls, housings 10 configured to hold the work roll chocks, and load detection devices 21 to 24 provided in the work roll chocks, the load detection devices each detecting a load acting on one of the housings from one of the work roll chocks on an entry side in a rolling direction or on an exit side in the rolling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Daisuke Kasai, Shigeru Ogawa, Hiroki Kato, Yuuto Okabe
  • Publication number: 20140283573
    Abstract: A rolling apparatus for flat-rolled metal materials including a pair of upper and lower work rolls 1 and 2 includes a pair of work roll chocks 5 and 6 configured to hold the respective work rolls 1 and 2, housings 10 configured to hold the work roll chocks, and rolling direction force measurement devices 21, 22, 23, and 24 configured to measure rolling direction forces. The rolling direction force measurement devices include a plurality of load detection devices on an entry side or an exit side of the work roll chocks in a rolling direction, and the plurality of load detection devices are provided to one of the housings, and the plurality of load detection devices are disposed in a manner that, during rolling of the flat-rolled metal materials, at least two of the load detection devices are arranged adjacent to each other in a draft direction facing a side surface of a corresponding one of the work roll chocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Daisuke Kasai, Shigeru Ogawa, Hiroki Kato, Yuuto Okabe