Patents by Inventor Seiji HAHAKURA
Seiji HAHAKURA 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: 10906171Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor and an amplifier section including a drive circuit that drives the motor. The amplifier section includes an amplifier cover. A power line for supplying power to the motor is bound to the amplifier cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventors: Seiji Hahakura, Hidenori Hama, Yoshiteru Nishimura, Kotaro Sekine, Mamoru Adachi
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Patent number: 10814477Abstract: A robot includes an arm that rotates about a rotation axis, a motor that is provided in the arm, and an amplifier unit that includes an amplifier substrate which drives the motor and that is provided in the motor, in which, when a longitudinal direction of the arm as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis is a first direction and a direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction, the amplifier unit and the motor are arranged in a direction different from the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshiteru Nishimura, Seiji Hahakura, Hidenori Hama
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Patent number: 10675753Abstract: A robot includes an arm that includes an arm main body and a motor and rotates about a rotation axis, and an amplifier unit that is provided in the arm and includes a drive circuit which drives the motor, in which at least a portion of the amplifier unit or the motor is positioned on the outside of the arm main body as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Hidenori Hama
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Patent number: 10589419Abstract: A robot includes a base, an arm provided on the base, an actuator that drives the arm, a connector to which at least a part of a first wire of another apparatus is connected, and a second wire that connects the actuator and the connector, and the base has a housing having an hole, to which the connector is fixed and a lid covering at least a part of the hole, through which the first wire is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Shingo Hoshino
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Publication number: 20180370022Abstract: A robot includes a base, an arm provided on the base, an actuator that drives the arm, a connector to which at least a part of a first wire of another apparatus is connected, and a second wire that connects the actuator and the connector, and the base has a housing having an hole, to which the connector is fixed and a lid covering at least a part of the hole, through which the first wire is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Shingo HOSHINO
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Patent number: 10081100Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member which is provided on a first member and rotates around a rotation shaft, a driving unit which is provided in the second member, and an operation shaft which is driven by the driving unit and is provided in the second member, the first member includes a first portion and a second portion which has a smaller width than that of the first portion, when seen in a direction orthogonal to a plane including the rotation shaft and the operation shaft, and the second member is connected to the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Daisuke Komatsu
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Publication number: 20180219461Abstract: A robot includes a motor, an amplifier that includes a drive circuit for driving the motor, and a first object that includes at least one of a brake which brakes a driving shaft of the motor, a pulley which transmits a motive power from the driving shaft of the motor, and a computing unit which performs calculation related to rotation of the motor, in which the motor is provided with the amplifier such that the amplifier is positioned at a position other than a position axially above the driving shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Hidenori HAMA, Seiji HAHAKURA, Yoshiteru NISHIMURA, Takema YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 9975257Abstract: A ceiling mounted robot includes a first arm portion, and a second motor that is provided in the first arm portion. The first arm portion has a first heat dissipation path limiting portion, and a first heat dissipation portion that is in contact with the first heat dissipation path limiting portion and has thermal conductivity higher than that of the first heat dissipation path limiting portion. The first heat dissipation portion is in contact with the second motor.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Masato Yokota
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Publication number: 20180056508Abstract: A motor unit includes a first motor and a first amplifier section including a driving circuit for driving the first motor. The first motor includes a first section configured to enable the first amplifier section to be attached to and detached from a first position and a second section configured to enable the first amplifier section to be attached to and detached from a second position different from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventor: Seiji HAHAKURA
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Publication number: 20180056506Abstract: A robot includes an arm that rotates about a rotation axis, a motor that is provided in the arm, and an amplifier unit that includes an amplifier substrate which drives the motor and that is provided in the motor, in which, when a longitudinal direction of the arm as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis is a first direction and a direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction, the amplifier unit and the motor are arranged in a direction different from the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Yoshiteru NISHIMURA, Seiji HAHAKURA, Hidenori HAMA
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Publication number: 20180056507Abstract: A robot includes an arm that includes an arm main body and a motor and rotates about a rotation axis, and an amplifier unit that is provided in the arm and includes a drive circuit which drives the motor, in which at least a portion of the amplifier unit or the motor is positioned on the outside of the arm main body as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Hidenori HAMA
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Patent number: 9884422Abstract: A robot includes a base, a first arm rotatably provided on the base via a first connecting section, a second arm rotatably provided on the first arm via a second connecting section, and a movable shaft section provided in the second arm and movable with respect to the second arm. When a movable range of the movable shaft section is represented as S and the height between a distal end of the movable shaft section on the opposite side of the first arm at the time when the movable shaft section moves to the first arm side most with respect to the second arm and a first connection surface, which is a connection surface of the base and the first connecting section, is represented as H1, a relation H1?3S is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Masato Yokota
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Publication number: 20170341223Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor and an amplifier section including a drive circuit that drives the motor. The amplifier section includes an amplifier cover. A power line for supplying power to the motor is bound to the amplifier cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Hidenori HAMA, Yoshiteru NISHIMURA, Kotaro SEKINE, Mamoru ADACHI
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Patent number: 9770824Abstract: A ceiling mounted robot includes a first member, a first arm portion that is rotatably provided on the first member via a first joint portion, a second arm portion that is rotatably provided on the first arm portion via a second joint portion, a wiring portion that is inserted into the first arm portion and the second arm portion, and a connector portion that is connected to the wiring portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Masato Yokota
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Patent number: 9764463Abstract: A robot includes: a base; an arm which is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base using a predetermined rotation shaft as the center of rotation; and an elongated object including a portion present in the base and in the arm, in which the elongated object is bound in a first binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the base and a second binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Kazushige Akaha, Sho Nakano, Takuya Owa, Kotaro Sekine, Daisuke Komatsu
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Publication number: 20160221182Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member which is provided on a first member and rotates around a rotation shaft, a driving unit which is provided in the second member, and an operation shaft which is driven by the driving unit and is provided in the second member, the first member includes a first portion and a second portion which has a smaller width than that of the first portion, when seen in a direction orthogonal to a plane including the rotation shaft and the operation shaft, and the second member is connected to the second portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Daisuke KOMATSU
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Patent number: 9333656Abstract: A robot includes an arm, a wrist and a rotation support mechanism The rotation support mechanism has a shaft section provided in the wrist and an outer shape of which is a column shape; a bearing which is disposed on an outer periphery section of the shaft section and rotatably supports the shaft section around a center axis thereof; an annular-shaped ring member provided in the wrist and is concentrically disposed with the bearing by separating on the outer periphery side of the bearing; and an annular-shaped oil seal provided in the arm and slides with respect to the ring member by abutting the outer periphery section of the ring member and holding airtightness with the ring member according to the rotation of the center shaft of the shaft section.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Takuya Owa
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Publication number: 20160089779Abstract: A robot includes: a base; an arm which is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base using a predetermined rotation shaft as the center of rotation; and an elongated object including a portion present in the base and in the arm, in which the elongated object is bound in a first binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the base and a second binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Kazushige AKAHANE, Sho NAKANO, Takuya OWA, Kotaro SEKINE, Daisuke KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20150321361Abstract: A ceiling mounted robot includes a first member; a first arm portion that is turnably provided on the first member via a first joint portion; a second arm portion that is turnably provided on the first arm portion via a second joint portion; a hollow pipe that has a first end portion fixed to the first arm portion, and a second end portion inserted into the second arm portion; a first fixing portion that fixes a wiring inserted into the hollow pipe to the second end portion of the pipe portion; and a second fixing portion that fixes the wiring to the second arm portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Masato YOKOTA
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Publication number: 20150327396Abstract: A ceiling mounted robot includes a first arm portion, and a second motor that is provided in the first arm portion. The first arm portion has a first heat dissipation path limiting portion, and a first heat dissipation portion that is in contact with the first heat dissipation path limiting portion and has thermal conductivity higher than that of the first heat dissipation path limiting portion. The first heat dissipation portion is in contact with the second motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2015Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Masato YOKOTA