Patents by Inventor Fumio Takahara

Fumio Takahara 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: 11787630
    Abstract: A transfer system includes a carrier and a storage shelf. The carrier transfers an object along a transfer path on or suspended from a ceiling. The storage shelf is disposed along the transfer path and stores the object transferred by the carrier. The storage shelf includes a placement portion having the object placed thereon. The placement portion moves up and down with respect to a transfer position Tat which the object is transferred between the placement portion and the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio Takahara, Rina Ishii, Shinichiro Higashi
  • Publication number: 20220267093
    Abstract: A transfer system includes a ceiling carrier, a ceiling storage shelf, and a purging device. The ceiling carrier transfers a foup along a running rail. The ceiling storage shelf is provided along the running rail. The ceiling storage shelf stores the foup transferred by the ceiling carrier. The purging device purges the foup stored in the ceiling storage shelf. The ceiling storage shelf includes placement portions and for placing the foup thereon. The placement portions and can be moved with respect to a storage shelf body of the ceiling storage shelf by a driving gas supplied to the purging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio TAKAHARA, Shinichiro HIGASHI, Rina ISHII
  • Publication number: 20220194701
    Abstract: A transfer system includes a carrier and a storage shelf. The carrier transfers an object along a transfer path on or suspended from a ceiling. The storage shelf is disposed along the transfer path and stores the object transferred by the carrier. The storage shelf includes a placement portion having the object placed thereon. The placement portion moves up and down with respect to a transfer position Tat which the object is transferred between the placement portion and the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumio TAKAHARA, Rina ISHII, Shinichiro HIGASHI
  • Patent number: 8961095
    Abstract: A traveling body of a stacker crane is separable into a lower traveling portion and an upper traveling portion by separating a post into a lower post portion and an upper post portion, in which the lower traveling portion in a separated state separated from the upper traveling portion and supporting a lift body is moved in a width direction with its traveling posture being maintained to be taken in or out between a moving space and a take-in/out space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Takahara, Shinsuke Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20140003894
    Abstract: A traveling body of a stacker crane is separable into a lower traveling portion and an upper traveling portion by separating a post into a lower post portion and an upper post portion, in which the lower traveling portion in a separated state separated from the upper traveling portion and supporting a lift body is moved in a width direction with its traveling posture being maintained to be taken in or out between a moving space and a take-in/out space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumio Takahara, Shinsuke Kawamura