Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Haniya
Kazuhiro Haniya 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).
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Patent number: 10581298Abstract: A robot arm apparatus includes a base structure, a first arm, a first actuator, and an assisting device. The first arm is pivotable relative to the base structure about a first pivot axis. The first actuator is configured to pivotally actuate the first arm relative to the base structure. The assisting device is configured to apply an assist rotational force to the first arm to assist the first actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Kazuhiro Haniya, Hidenori Matsuura, Takashi Sanada, Osamu Harada, Shingo Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Saito, Daisuke Miyazaki, Ken Nakamura, Hirotaka Morita, Tomoharu Gyotoku, Kanji Takanishi, Takao Sumi, Shoji Kurihara
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Publication number: 20170036293Abstract: A robot arm apparatus includes a base structure, a first arm, a first actuator, and an assisting device. The first arm is pivotable relative to the base structure about a first pivot axis. The first actuator is configured to pivotally actuate the first arm relative to the base structure. The assisting device is configured to apply an assist rotational force to the first arm to assist the first actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Kazuhiro HANIYA, Hidenori MATSUURA, Takashi SANADA, Osamu HARADA, Shingo TSUTSUMI, Hiroshi SAITO, Daisuke MIYAZAKI, Ken NAKAMURA, Hirotaka MORITA, Tomoharu GYOTOKU, Kanji TAKANISHI, Takao SUMI, Shoji KURIHARA
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Publication number: 20160375580Abstract: A robot system includes a robot arm including arms and joint parts such that each of the joint parts is connecting two arms, and an auxiliary arm including links, joints and sensors such that each of the joints is connecting two links and that the sensors detect rotation angles of the joints. The auxiliary arm has an end attached to the robot arm at a position which includes multiple joint parts of the joint parts from a base end side to a front end side of the robot arm such that the auxiliary arm follows movement of the robot arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Yusuke KINOSHITA, Satoshi SUEYOSHI, Shingo TSUTSUMI, Kazuhiro HANIYA
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Publication number: 20160221184Abstract: A robot includes a base, a first arm, a second arm, a first motor, and a second motor. The first arm is disposed on the base and swingable about a first axis. The second arm is disposed on the first arm and swingable about a second axis. The first motor moves the first arm about the first axis. The second motor moves the second arm about the second axis. The first and second motors each include a body and a protrusion. The body has an axial dimension in a direction along an output shaft of each motor and a perpendicular dimension in a direction approximately perpendicular to the output shaft. The axial dimension is smaller than the perpendicular dimension. The protrusion protrudes from a surface of the body in a direction along the output shaft and is disposed at a position displaced from the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Satoshi Sueyoshi, Masato Ito, Takashi Sanada, Kazuhiro Haniya
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Publication number: 20160221185Abstract: A robot includes a base. A turnable portion is mounted on the base and turnable about a first axis approximately perpendicular to an installation surface on which the base is disposed. An arm is mounted on the turnable portion and swingable about a second axis parallel to the installation surface. A first motor is accommodated in the turnable portion and moves the turnable portion about the first axis. A first motor includes a body and a protrusion. The body has an axial dimension that is in a direction along an output shaft of the first motor and that is smaller than a perpendicular dimension in a direction approximately perpendicular to the output shaft. The protrusion protrudes from a surface of the body in a direction along the output shaft and is displaced from the output shaft. A second motor moves the arm about the second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Satoshi SUEYOSHI, Tamon IZAWA, Hiroshi SAITO, Takashi SANADA, Kazuhiro HANIYA
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Patent number: 8825210Abstract: A robot according to embodiments includes a speed reducer, a first shaft, a rotary electric machine, a second shaft, and a brake. The speed reducer reduces and outputs rotation to be input into an input unit. The first shaft is connected to the input unit. The rotary electric machine rotates the first shaft. The second shaft is connected to the input unit. The brake regulates the rotation of the second shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kentaro Tanaka, Hisaya Inoue, Satoshi Sueyoshi, Kazuhiro Haniya
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Patent number: 8413538Abstract: An articulated manipulator includes a base body, a first arm body, a second arm body having a second arm center axis, and a third arm body. A first joint part connects the base body and a first end portion of the first arm body rotatably around a first rotation axis. A second joint part connects a second end portion of the first arm body and a third end portion of the second arm body rotatably around a second rotation axis. A third joint part connects a fourth end portion of the second arm body and a fifth end portion of the third arm body rotatably around the third rotation axis. When the first, second and third arm bodies are all erected with respect to a installation surface, the first rotation axis, the second arm center axis, and the third rotation axis are substantially aligned with each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kazuhiro Haniya, Manabu Okahisa, Atsushi Ichibangase
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Publication number: 20130046409Abstract: A robot according to embodiments includes a speed reducer, a first shaft, a rotary electric machine, a second shaft, and a brake. The speed reducer reduces and outputs rotation to be input into an input unit. The first shaft is connected to the input unit. The rotary electric machine rotates the first shaft. The second shaft is connected to the input unit. The brake regulates the rotation of the second shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Kentaro TANAKA, Hisaya Inoue, Satoshi Sueyoshi, Kazuhiro Haniya
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Patent number: 8020467Abstract: The present invention is an industrial robot with a cable spanned between and end effector and an upper arm. The cable does not twine around the upper arm or interfere with a peripheral device. A passage opening, through which the cable for supplying power, signals, or materials to an end effector attached to a rotating element is drawn out of a body, is opened at a position where the body intersects the center of a first rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kazuhiro Haniya, Atsushi Ichibangase, Koichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20110219906Abstract: An articulated manipulator includes a base body, a first arm body, a second arm body having a second arm center axis, and a third arm body. A first joint part connects the base body and a first end portion of the first arm body rotatably around a first rotation axis. A second joint part connects a second end portion of the first arm body and a third end portion of the second arm body rotatably around a second rotation axis. A third joint part connects a fourth end portion of the second arm body and a fifth end portion of the third arm body rotatably around the third rotation axis. When the first, second and third arm bodies are all erected with respect to a installation surface, the first rotation axis, the second arm center axis, and the third rotation axis are substantially aligned with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Kazuhiro HANIYA, Manabu Okahisa, Atsushi Ichibangase
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Patent number: 7971504Abstract: This invention provides a manipulator that can facilitate a teaching method, improve the operation speed of an arm, and mount a heavy load in a narrow space. The manipulator includes a plurality of arm bodies provided in series, joint parts rotatably connecting two adjacent arm bodies, and the joint parts in which slope of rotation axes of the adjacent joints are 90 degrees, at least one linear body disposed in the joint parts coaxially with the rotation axes. The joint parts are composed of a servo motor, and a speed-reduction mechanism. The rotation axes of the servo motor, the speed-reduction mechanism and the joint parts become the same axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kazuhiro Haniya, Manabu Okahisa, Atsushi Ichibangase
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Patent number: 7836789Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial robot, wherein a cable or the like spanned between an end effector and an upper arm has less bending due to a motion of a wrist portion, wherein the cable or the like does not twine around the upper arm, and wherein the cable or the like does not interfere with a peripheral device. A passage opening 25, through which a cable or the like 12 for supplying power, signals or materials to an end effector 9 attached to a rotating element 7 is drawn out of a body 6, is opened at a position, at which the body 6 intersects with a center of a first axis (an R-axis). The cable or the like 12 drawn out of the passage opening 25 is extended to the end effector 9.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2002Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kazuhiro Haniya, Atsushi Ichibangase, Koichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20100229671Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial robot, wherein a cable or the like spanned between an end effector and an upper arm has less bending due to a motion of a wrist portion, wherein the cable or the like does not twine around the upper arm, and wherein the cable or the like does not interfere with a peripheral device. A passage opening 25, through which a cable or the like 12 for supplying power, signals or materials to an end effector 9 attached to a rotating element 7 is drawn out of a body 6, is opened at a position, at which the body 6 intersects with a center of a first axis (an R-axis). The cable or the like 12 drawn out of the passage opening 25 is extended to the end effector 9.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kazuhiro HANIYA, Atsushi Ichibangase, Koichi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20090114052Abstract: This invention provides a manipulator that can facilitate a teaching method, improve the operation speed of an arm, and mount a heavy load in a narrow space. The manipulator includes a plurality of arm bodies provided in series, joint parts rotatably connecting two adjacent arm bodies, and the joint parts in which slope of rotation axes of the adjacent joints are 90 degrees, at least one linear body disposed in the joint parts coaxially with the rotation axes. The joint parts are composed of a servo motor, and a speed-reduction mechanism. The rotation axes of the servo motor, the speed-reduction mechanism and the joint parts become the same axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2006Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Kazuhiro Haniya, Manabu Okahisa, Atsushi Ichibangase
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Publication number: 20080092689Abstract: There is provided an industrial robot having no interference of a cable for an end effector or the like with a peripheral apparatus. An end effector 5 is fixed to a wrist flange 4 through an intermediate member 6. The intermediate member 6 takes the shape of a crankshaft in which a first flange 6a attached directly to the wrist flange 4, a second flange 6b provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with the first flange 6a and attached directly to the end effector 5, and two members 6c and 6d for coupling the first and second flanges 6a and 6b are arranged symmetrically.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Tomoyuki SHIRAKI, Manabu OKAHISA, Keisuke YONEHARA, Kazuhiro HANIYA
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Patent number: 7322258Abstract: There is provided an industrial robot having no interference of a cable for an end effector or the like with a peripheral apparatus. An end effector 5 is fixed to a wrist flange 4 through an intermediate member 6. The intermediate member 6 takes the shape of a crankshaft in which a first flange 6a attached directly to the wrist flange 4, a second flange 6b provided at a predetermined interval in parallel with the first flange 6a and attached directly to the end effector 5, and two members 6c and 6d for coupling the first and second flanges 6a and 6b are arranged symmetrically.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Tomoyuki Shiraki, Manabu Okahisa, Keisuke Yonehara, Kazuhiro Haniya
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Publication number: 20070137370Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an arm mechanism for an industrial robot in which backlash can be reduced, a transmission loss of a driving force in a reduction gear can be reduced, and attachment dimensions of a feeding apparatus in the case where a conduit cable is disposed can be made small.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2004Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Atsushi Ichibangase, Kazuhiro Haniya, Takashi Sanada
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Patent number: 7135655Abstract: An arc welding cable that is resistant to bending and twisting and can give a long life is provided. For this purpose, an arc welding cable (65) for supplying a welding current, a welding wire and a sealed gas from a wire feeding device (61) to a welding torch (64), has a passage (4) for the welding wire (2) and sealed gas is located at a center of the arc welding cable and a plurality of conductors (5) are arranged apart from one another on a circumference around the passage (4). The space between the plurality of conductor (5) may be filled with a cushion material such as cotton or elastic synthetic resin.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa DenkiInventors: Kazuhiro Tomiyasu, Koji Muragaki, Seigo Nishikawa, Kazuhiro Haniya, Atsushi Ichibangase, Shunsuke Maeda, Kazuhiko Nishimura
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Publication number: 20060156852Abstract: A problem of the invention is to provide a reduction device at low cost capable of considerably alleviating a restriction on a range of operating each shaft of a robot by providing a communication hole at a center portion and wiring a wire-like member therein while using a main bearing having an optimum load capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2004Publication date: July 20, 2006Inventor: Kazuhiro Haniya
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Publication number: 20050150883Abstract: An arc welding cable that is resistant to bending and twisting and can give a long life is provided. For this purpose, an arc welding cable (65) for supplying a welding current, a welding wire and a sealed gas from a wire feeding device (61) to a welding torch (64), has a passage (4) for the welding wire (2) and sealed gas is located at a center of the arc welding cable and a plurality of conductors (5) are arranged apart from one another on a circumference around the passage (4). The space between the plurality of conductor (5) may be filled with a cushion material such as cotton or elastic synthetic resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2003Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Kazuhiro Tomiyasu, Koji Muragaki, Seigo Nishikawa, Kazuhiro Haniya, Atsushi Ichibangase, Shunsuke Maeda, Kazuhiko Nishimura