Patents by Inventor Eiichi Nara

Eiichi Nara 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: 9533341
    Abstract: Hemming dies can be mounted on the respective two clamping jigs (22) of hemming processing stages (S1, S2) each having a turn table as a main part. After the hemming dies are allocated to sub-stages (S11), roller hemming processing is performed by hemming processing robots (1A, 1B) or hemming processing robots (2A, 26). Die storage devices (15A, 15B) for housing a plurality of hemming dies in a line are provided near the hemming processing stages (S1, S2). Hemming dies are changed between the die storage devices (15A, 15B) and the sub-stages (S12) of the hemming processing stages (S1, S2) by first and second die changing robots (17, 19). This makes it possible to provide a roller hemming processing system suitable for roller hemming processing in high-variety low-volume manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ikeda, Eiichi Nara
  • Publication number: 20120260711
    Abstract: Hemming dies can be mounted on the respective two clamping jigs (22) of hemming processing stages (S1, S2) each having a turn table as a main part. After the hemming dies are allocated to sub-stages (S11), roller hemming processing is performed by hemming processing robots (1A, 1B) or hemming processing robots (2A, 2B). Die storage devices (15A, 15B) for housing a plurality of hemming dies in a line are provided in neighborhood of the hemming processing stages (S1, S2). Hemming dies are changed between the die storage devices (15A, 15B) and the sub-stages (S12) of the hemming processing stages (S1, S2) by first and second die changing robots (17, 19). This makes it possible to provide a roller hemming processing system suitable for roller hemming processing in high-variety low-volume manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ikeda, Eiichi Nara
  • Patent number: 6463231
    Abstract: An upper body which can be shifted from and toward a lower body through a link mechanism is formed. A drum unit and a toner unit are arranged on the side of the upper body. The upper body is opened in the parallel with respect to the lower body with a predetermined interval, by the link mechanism including arms. In the state where the upper body is opened, the drum unit and the toner unit can be detached from and attached to the printer device in frontward and backward directions, by sliding a sliding member arranged on the upper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignees: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Casio Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Numazu, Shigeru Hirosawa, Tetsushi Kurokawa, Kazuhiro Kameyama, Noriki Ono, Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, Seiji Tachibana, Eiichi Nara
  • Publication number: 20010008588
    Abstract: An upper body which can be shifted from and toward a lower body through a link mechanism is formed. A drum unit and a toner unit are arranged on the side of the upper body. The upper body is opened in parallel with respect to the lower body with a predetermined interval, by the link mechanism including arms. In the state where the upper body is opened, the drum unit and the toner unit can be detached from and attached to the printer device in frontward and backward directions, by sliding a sliding member arranged on the upper body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Toshihiko Numazu, Shigeru Hirosawa, Tetsushi Kurokawa, Kazuhiro Kameyama, Noriki Ono, Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, Seiji Tachibana, Eiichi Nara
  • Patent number: 5907148
    Abstract: A scanner for reading an object having a width larger than that of the distal end portion of a scanner main body, has an exit opening for outputting a light beam formed at the distal end portion of the scanner main body. An LED for generating a light beam, and a solid-state image pickup element for receiving the light beam which is reflected by the code, are arranged in the scanner main body. A gap portion for increasing the irradiation width of the light beam to be larger than the width of the distal end portion of the scanner main body is formed at the distal end portion of the scanner main body. Therefore, when a code is read by bringing the scanner main body close to or into contact with the code, the gap portion increases the width of the light beam to be larger than that of the distal end portion of the scanner main body, and therefore, a code having a width larger than the width of the distal end portion of the scanner main body can be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Iwafuchi, Yutaka Takeuchi, Junichi Yoshida, Hiroaki Takatsudo, Masanobu Sugimoto, Hodaka Hyoudou, Eiichi Nara