Patents by Inventor Ryoji Tsuchiko

Ryoji Tsuchiko 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).

  • Object levitating apparatus, object transporting apparatus, and object levitating bearing along with an object levitating process and object transporting process
    Patent number: 5890580
    Abstract: An object levitating apparatus, an object transporting apparatus equipped with said object levitating apparatus, and an object levitating bearing as well as an object levitating process and object transporting process are described which, simultaneous to not placing restrictions on the material and so forth of the objects handled, are able to handle objects having relatively large weights and dimensions, while also being compact in size, inexpensive, preferable in terms of safety and so forth, and easy to control. The above effects are obtained by exciting a vibrator and levitating, transporting or bearing an object above the surface of the vibrator by the radiation pressure of the sound waves of the vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Kaijo Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Hashimoto, Ryoji Tsuchiko, Satoshi Arai
  • Object levitating apparatus object transporting apparatus and object levitating bearing along with an object levitating process and object transporting process
    Patent number: 5810155
    Abstract: An object levitating apparatus, an object transporting apparatus equipped with the object levitating apparatus, and an object levitating bearing as well as an object levitating process and object transporting process are described which, simultaneous to not placing restrictions on the material and so forth of the objects handled, are able to handle objects having relatively large weights and dimensions, while also being compact in size, inexpensive, preferable in terms of safety and so forth, and easy to control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Kaijo Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Hashimoto, Ryoji Tsuchiko, Satoshi Arai