Patents by Inventor Carlos Y. Sakuramoto

Carlos Y. Sakuramoto 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).

  • Modular robotic device and method to operate a modular robotic device
    Patent number: 11673258
    Abstract: A modular robotic device is provided. The modular robotic device includes a robot base and a robotic manipulator connected to the robot base and operable to articulate a tool device connected to an end of the robotic manipulator. The robotic manipulator includes a plurality of modular rigid segments, wherein each of the plurality of modular rigid segments includes a joint portion and each operable to be selectably connected to the robotic manipulator. The plurality of modular rigid segments is interchangeable and operable to be assembled in various combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Y. Sakuramoto, Saulo Melotti, Fabiano Preisler, Gustavo R. Ascenção, Douglas Negri
  • MODULAR ROBOTIC DEVICE AND METHOD TO OPERATE A MODULAR ROBOTIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220219316
    Abstract: A modular robotic device is provided. The modular robotic device includes a robot base and a robotic manipulator connected to the robot base and operable to articulate a tool device connected to an end of the robotic manipulator. The robotic manipulator includes a plurality of modular rigid segments, wherein each of the plurality of modular rigid segments includes a joint portion and each operable to be selectably connected to the robotic manipulator. The plurality of modular rigid segments is interchangeable and operable to be assembled in various combinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Y. Sakuramoto, Saulo Melotti, Fabiano Preisler, Gustavo R. Ascenção, Douglas Negri
  • System and method to evaluate the integrity of spot welds
    Patent number: 11301980
    Abstract: A method to evaluate the integrity of spot welds includes one or more of the following: projecting light from a light source at a spot weld to illuminate the spot weld; capturing an image of the illuminated spot weld with a camera; transmitting information about the image of the illuminated spot weld to a central processing unit (CPU); and evaluating with the CPU the information about the image of the illuminated spot weld coupled with an artificial intelligence neural networked-based algorithm to determine the integrity of the spot weld in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Y. Sakuramoto, Ningjian Huang, Fabio Do Monte Sena, Adriana Nunes
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EVALUATE THE INTEGRITY OF SPOT WELDS
    Publication number: 20210327043
    Abstract: A method to evaluate the integrity of spot welds includes one or more of the following: projecting light from a light source at a spot weld to illuminate the spot weld; capturing an image of the illuminated spot weld with a camera; transmitting information about the image of the illuminated spot weld to a central processing unit (CPU); and evaluating with the CPU the information about the image of the illuminated spot weld coupled with an artificial intelligence neural networked-based algorithm to determine the integrity of the spot weld in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Carlos Y. Sakuramoto, Ningjian Huang, Fabio Do Monte Sena, Adriana Nunes
  • SELF-HEALING POLYURETHANE NANO-MICRO CAPSULES FOR AUTOMOTIVE PAINTING
    Publication number: 20180201802
    Abstract: A self-healing paint and protective coating system includes multiple microcapsules embedded into a protective layer applied to a panel. Each of the multiple microcapsules includes a target substance and a polymeric material covering encapsulating the target substance. Upon activation of at least one of the multiple microcapsules occurring from a mechanical rupture of the polymeric material covering, the target substance is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos Y. Sakuramoto, Agne Roani de Carvalho, Marcel Andrey de Goes, Paulo Roberto Dantas Marangoni, Marcos Antonio Coelho Berton