Patents by Inventor Eiji Inomata

Eiji Inomata 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: 20240009867
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot and a robot controller that controls an operation and a temperature of the robot. The robot includes a first joint, a second joint, a first drive mechanism that drives the first joint, and a second drive mechanism that drives the second joint. A temperature adjuster includes a temperature sensor that measures a first temperature of the first drive mechanism, a heater that heats the first drive mechanism, a temperature sensor that measures a second temperature of the second drive mechanism, a heater that heats the second drive mechanism, and an adjustment section that controls the heater so that the first temperature of the first drive mechanism approaches a first target value set in advance, and that controls the heater so that the second temperature of the second drive mechanism approaches a second target value set in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Fuyumi TAKATA, Eiji INOMATA, Yuki KOBARI
  • Publication number: 20240009846
    Abstract: A control method for controlling a robot includes a measuring step of measuring a temperature of measurement target of drive mechanisms from among a plurality of the drive mechanisms at predetermined time intervals by a temperature sensor included in a temperature control device, a heating step of heating the plurality of the drive mechanisms by heaters included in the temperature control device, a stopping step of stopping an operation of the plurality of the drive mechanisms by a robot controller, when the temperature of the measurement target falls below a set stop temperature, and a resuming step of resuming the operation of the plurality of drive mechanisms when the temperature of the measurement target is equal to or higher than a set resume temperature after the robot controller 500 has performed the stopping step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Fuyumi TAKATA, Eiji INOMATA, Yuki KOBARI
  • Patent number: 7017226
    Abstract: In a dust removal apparatus, a front air nozzle unit emits air jets onto a region of a workpiece surface near a rotary brush along a linear front end edge of a hood covering an upper half portion of the rotary brush. Rear air nozzle unit emits air jets onto another region of the workpiece surface near the rotary brush along a linear rear end edge of the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Ikeda, Hideaki Tsukahara, Shinji Miyajima, Seiichi Honda, Eiji Inomata
  • Publication number: 20030145418
    Abstract: In a dust removal apparatus, a front air nozzle unit emits air jets onto a region of a workpiece surface near a rotary brush along a linear front end edge of a hood covering an upper half portion of the rotary brush. Rear air nozzle unit emits air jets onto another region of the workpiece surface near the rotary brush along a linear rear end edge of the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Hideki Ikeda, Hideaki Tsukahara, Shinji Miyajima, Seiichi Honda, Eiji Inomata