Patents by Inventor Kenji USUKI

Kenji USUKI 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: 11944280
    Abstract: An adapter for detachably connecting a surgical instrument to a robot arm of a robotic surgical system according to an embodiment may include: a base including a first surface to be attached to an attachment portion of the robot arm, a second surface, and a plurality of recesses formed in the first surface; an engagement member disposed in the base and movable between an advanced position where the engagement member is advanced into the plurality of recesses and a retracted position where the engagement member is retracted from inside the plurality of recesses; a biasing member which biases the engagement member in a direction from the retracted position to the advanced position; and an operating member to be operated to move the engagement member to the retracted position against a biasing force of the biasing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Betsugi, Yu Usuki, Kenji Ago
  • Patent number: 11859559
    Abstract: An electric power generating apparatus for use in an aircraft is an electric power generating apparatus connected through an emergency cut-off device to a gear box such that the gear box can transmit power to the electric power generating apparatus, the gear box being configured to decrease speed of rotational power of an aircraft engine. The electric power generating apparatus includes: a manual transmission configured to change the speed of the rotational power transmitted from the emergency cut-off device and including a plurality of gear stages; and an electric power generator to which the rotational power which has been changed in speed by the manual transmission is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kippei Matsuda, Kenji Usuki, Tatsuhiko Goi, Kenichiro Tanaka, Hideyuki Imai
  • Publication number: 20220010733
    Abstract: An electric power generating apparatus for use in an aircraft includes: a manual transmission configured to change speed of rotational power of an aircraft engine and including a plurality of gear stages; and an electric power generator to which the rotational power which has been changed in speed by the manual transmission is transmitted. The manual transmission includes: a planetary gear mechanism; an input shaft connected to a carrier holding a planetary gear of the planetary gear mechanism; an output shaft connected to a sun gear of the planetary gear mechanism; a one-way clutch which is sandwiched between the input shaft and the output shaft and by which the rotational power of the input shaft is transmitted to the output shaft; and a brake connected to a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kippei MATSUDA, Kenji USUKI, Hideyuki IMAI
  • Publication number: 20220003171
    Abstract: An electric power generating apparatus for use in an aircraft is an electric power generating apparatus connected through an emergency cut-off device to a gear box such that the gear box can transmit power to the electric power generating apparatus, the gear box being configured to decrease speed of rotational power of an aircraft engine. The electric power generating apparatus includes: a manual transmission configured to change the speed of the rotational power transmitted from the emergency cut-off device and including a plurality of gear stages; and an electric power generator to which the rotational power which has been changed in speed by the manual transmission is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kippei MATSUDA, Kenji USUKI, Tatsuhiko GOI, Kenichiro TANAKA, Hideyuki IMAI
  • Publication number: 20220003169
    Abstract: An electric power generation controller for use in an aircraft to control an electric power generating apparatus including a manual transmission which changes speed of rotational power of an aircraft engine, transmits the rotational power to an electric power generator, and includes a plurality of gear stages. The electric power generation controller includes: a rotational frequency receiving section configured to receive an input rotational frequency or an output rotational frequency of the manual transmission as a monitoring rotational frequency; and a manual transmission control section configured to, when the monitoring rotational frequency exceeds a first threshold, output a shift-down signal to perform shift-down from an upper stage to a lower stage, and when the monitoring rotational frequency falls below a second threshold, output a shift-up signal to perform shift-up from the lower stage to the upper stage, the first threshold being set to a value larger than the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kippei MATSUDA, Kenji USUKI, Kenichiro TANAKA