Patents by Inventor Akira Takanaga

Akira Takanaga 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).

  • Publication number: 20230416011
    Abstract: There is provided a conveyance device capable of reducing the frequency of stopping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Akira TAKANAGA, Mitsuo INOUE, Shin ASADA
  • Publication number: 20220112036
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a conveyance device capable of accurately completing the conveyance device imagined by a customer in a relatively short time. In a method for manufacturing a conveyance device, one or a plurality of operation confirmation devices that visually confirms an operation of the conveyance device is used, the method includes exhibiting a desired operation of the conveyance device in a video by the operation confirmation device and confirming a required operation of the conveyance device in a specification confirmation step, inputting data for realizing the required operation or realizing an operation similar to the required operation to the operation confirmation device, and exhibiting the operation of the conveyance device in a video based on the data that has been input in a virtual operation confirmation step, and inputting the data to an actual individual controller of the conveyance unit in a data input step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Mitsuo INOUE, Akira TAKANAGA
  • Patent number: 10322883
    Abstract: An object is to provide a conveyor that enables the number of information read-out devices to be largely reduced and that can be easily constructed. An object identifying device (45) is installed in the first zone. The object identifying device (45) is a bar code reader. Information read by the bar code reader is transmitted to a host control device (46). The host control device (46) identifies an object from information described in a bar code, makes an inquiry about a conveyance destination of an object, transmits the address of the target place to a zone controller (10) of the second zone, and inputs the address to a conveyance destination storage unit of the zone controller (10) of the second zone. The conveyance destination information input to the conveyance destination storage unit is passed on to the downstream zone controller (10) with the conveyance of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Itoh Denki Co.
    Inventors: Kazuo Itoh, Toshiyuki Tachibana, Akira Takanaga, Yoshiyuki Kujihashi
  • Publication number: 20170101273
    Abstract: An object is to provide a conveyor that enables the number of information read-out devices to be largely reduced and that can be easily constructed. An object identifying device (45) is installed in the first zone. The object identifying device (45) is a bar code reader. Information read by the bar code reader is transmitted to a host control device (46). The host control device (46) identifies an object from information described in a bar code, makes an inquiry about a conveyance destination of an object, transmits the address of the target place to a zone controller (10) of the second zone, and inputs the address to a conveyance destination storage unit of the zone controller (10) of the second zone. The conveyance destination information input to the conveyance destination storage unit is passed on to the downstream zone controller (10) with the conveyance of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuo ITOH, Toshiyuki TACHIBANA, Akira TAKANAGA, Yoshiyuki KUJIHASHI
  • Patent number: 5934441
    Abstract: The invention provides a conveying installation capable of discharging specific commodity out of conveying lines, which features decreased number of component parts and ease assemble structure. In consideration of unification of component parts, the invention provides such a conveying installation being compatible with conveying systems having a variety of width using fewer kinds of component parts. The conveying installation incorporates a roller-shaped rotary body 11 to which ring bodies 12 are secured. Axial lines of respective ring bodies 12 are eccentric and inclined against axial line of the roller-shaped rotary body 11, and yet, adjoining ring bodies 12 respectively have 120.degree. of phasewise difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Itoh Electric Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uchida, Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Akira Takanaga