Patents by Inventor Mikiya Fukuda

Mikiya Fukuda 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: 7891482
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve the productivity and make the assembling operation easier in a carrier apparatus for carrying a work while performing an assembling operation by making effective use of an inside region, even in the case where a conveyor line is provided in the form of a circling route. In a free flow type conveyor line (1) in which a work is loaded on a pallet (2) having a floor surface which travels substantially at the same level as a floor surface (5) for operation, a horizontal curved section (3) is provided in a section of the line (1), and the pallet (2) is divided into a first, a second and a third divided pallet elements (2A, 2B, 2C) in the carrying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaname Takahashi, Yoshiharu Hatsusaka, Mikiya Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20090133989
    Abstract: (Object) The object of the present invention is to improve the productivity and make the assembling operation easier in a carrier apparatus for carrying a work while performing an assembling operation by making effective use of an inside region, even in the case where a conveyor line is provided in the form of a circling route. (Means of Solution) In a free flow type conveyor line (1) in which a work is loaded on a pallet (2) having a floor surface which travels substantially at the same level as a floor surface (5) for operation, a horizontal curved section (3) is provided in a section of the line (1), and the pallet (2) is divided into a first, a second and a third divided pallet elements (2A, 2B, 2C) in the carrying direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Kaname Takahashi, Yoshiharu Hatsusaka, Mikiya Fukuda