Patents by Inventor Akihira Nishikawa

Akihira Nishikawa 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).

  • Method and equipment for assembling components
    Patent number: 5889925
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a component assembling method capable of assembling a plurality of components in a successive manner, in which method faces of each component are contacted successively with two or more reference planes by using the known servo float function as a method for controlling each robot axis.The component assembling method uses a reference table 4 having at least two planes which are a first reference plane 5 and a second reference plane 6 different in the direction of normal line from each other, and a robot system for grasping and moving each component to a given position on the reference table 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Saburo Tsurutani, Yoshiharu Nishida, Akihira Nishikawa