Patents by Inventor Sota Yamamoto

Sota Yamamoto 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: 11400583
    Abstract: A robot is provided. The robot includes an arm configured to turn around a turning axis and a cover including a first member having first rigidity and a second member having second rigidity higher than the first rigidity, the cover being provided on the arm, the second member being located in a position closer to the turning axis than the outermost periphery of the first member in a plan view from a direction of the turning axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Yasutomo Takahashi, Masahiko Kobayashi, Daisuke Komatsu, Toshio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200338720
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a robot is provided. The robot includes an arm configured to turn around a turning axis and a cover including a first member having first rigidity and a second member having second rigidity higher than the first rigidity, the cover being provided in the arm, the second member being located in a position closer to the turning axis than the outermost periphery of the first member in a plan view from a direction of the turning axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Sota YAMAMOTO, Yasutomo TAKAHASHI, Masahiko KOBAYASHI, Daisuke KOMATSU, Toshio TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10569426
    Abstract: A robot hand jig includes a grip including a first depression configured to engage with a first finger and a second depression configured to engage with a second finger. The first depression includes a first surface, a second surface perpendicular to the first surface, a third surface perpendicular to the second surface, and a fourth surface perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. The second depression includes a fifth surface, a sixth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface, a seventh surface perpendicular to the sixth surface, and an eighth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface and the sixth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsu, Sota Yamamoto, Ryuichi Okada, Fumiaki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10220515
    Abstract: A robot includes a first arm and a second arm. The robot molds a box body including a first plate body, a second plate body, a third plate body, and a fourth plate body, the first plate body and the second plate body being coupled in a first part, the second plate body and the third plate body being coupled in a second part, the third plate body and the fourth plate body being coupled in a third part, and the fourth plate body and the first plate body being coupled in a fourth part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Maruyama, Ryuichi Okada, Sota Yamamoto, Toshio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20190061176
    Abstract: A robot hand jig includes a grip including a first depression configured to engage with a first finger and a second depression configured to engage with a second finger. The first depression includes a first surface, a second surface perpendicular to the first surface, a third surface perpendicular to the second surface, and a fourth surface perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. The second depression includes a fifth surface, a sixth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface, a seventh surface perpendicular to the sixth surface, and an eighth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface and the sixth surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke KOMATSU, Sota YAMAMOTO, Ryuichi OKADA, Fumiaki HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 9889555
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a hand including a plurality of finger sections and a work device in which the robot performs work. The work device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body configured to rotate in association with rotation of the first rotating body, a grip section provided in the first rotating body, and a setting section provided in the second rotating body, a target object of the work performed by the robot being set on the setting section. The robot grips the grip section with the finger sections to rotate the first rotating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Masaru Takahashi, Sota Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9687035
    Abstract: To provide an impact-absorbing pad fully satisfying impact absorbability for preventing femoral neck fractures, wearing comfort and breathability not to cause discomfort for all-day use, a small thickness not to impair external appearance, and flexibility in a surface direction not to cause uncomfortable feeling at the time of putting on and taking off, which are required for the impact-absorbing pad used in a hip protector, clothing furnished with the impact-absorbing pad, and a method for preventing femoral fractures. A pad main body having impact absorbability includes an impact-deflecting part having a through hole or concavity with a maximum length of 80 mm or less and an area of 600 mm2 or more and 5,000 mm2 or less, and the pad main body is disposed so as to apply the impact-deflecting part onto the greater trochanter of the femur, thereby preventing femoral fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Miaki Shibaya, Eiichi Tanaka, Sota Yamamoto, Yosuke Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20170151665
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a hand including a plurality of finger sections and a work device in which the robot performs work. The work device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body configured to rotate in association with rotation of the first rotating body, a grip section provided in the first rotating body, and a setting section provided in the second rotating body, a target object of the work performed by the robot being set on the setting section. The robot grips the grip section with the finger sections to rotate the first rotating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinobu GOTO, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Sota YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170151669
    Abstract: A robot includes a first arm and a second arm. The robot molds a box body including a first plate body, a second plate body, a third plate body, and a fourth plate body, the first plate body and the second plate body being coupled in a first part, the second plate body and the third plate body being coupled in a second part, the third plate body and the fourth plate body being coupled in a third part, and the fourth plate body and the first plate body being coupled in a fourth part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi Maruyama, Ryuichi Okada, Sota Yamamoto, Toshio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160052135
    Abstract: A robot includes: a controller that causes a fitting member including at least one fitting flat surface which is a flat surface parallel to a fitting direction to move in the fitting direction so as to fit a fitted section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Masaki MOTOYOSHI, Yasuhiro SHIMODAIRA, Sota YAMAMOTO, Yudai TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130298914
    Abstract: To provide an impact-absorbing pad fully satisfying impact absorbability for preventing femoral neck fractures, wearing comfort and breathability not to cause discomfort for all-day use, a small thickness not to impair external appearance, and flexibility in a surface direction not to cause uncomfortable feeling at the time of putting on and taking off, which are required for the impact-absorbing pad used in a hip protector, clothing furnished with the impact-absorbing pad, and a method for preventing femoral fractures. A pad main body having impact absorbability includes an impact-deflecting part having a through hole or concavity with a maximum length of 80 mm or less and an area of 600 mm2 or more and 5,000 mm2 or less, and the pad main body is disposed so as to apply the impact-deflecting part onto the greater trochanter of the femur, thereby preventing femoral fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: KANEKA CORPORATION, SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Miaki Shibaya, Eiichi Tanaka, Sota Yamamoto, Yosuke Mizuno
  • Patent number: 8568264
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins which are configured to extract rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The ring gear and the revolving gear are divided into halves in the thickness direction. Two sheets of ring gears are biased to rotate in reverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 8562474
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins for extracting rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The inner circumference of each through hole has a shape which becomes narrow toward its one end. A sliding member having a shape which becomes thin toward its one end is engaged with each penetration pin. The sliding member is biased in a tapered direction thereof by a biasing member to be in contact with the inner circumference of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Sota Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8500592
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins which are configured to extract rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The ring gear and the revolving gear are divided into halves in the thickness direction. Two sheets of ring gears are biased to rotate in reverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20120325040
    Abstract: A speed reducer includes a ring gear having internal gear teeth, a revolving gear meshing with the ring gear, an eccentric cam relatively rotatably provided in a center of the revolving gear, a first rotating shaft in the eccentric cam, the first rotating shaft driving the revolving gear by rotating the eccentric cam, a through pin inserted into a through hole in the revolving gear, a second rotating shaft connected to the through pin and outputting rotation obtained by the rotation of the revolving gear, and an elastic section between the through hole and the through pin, the elastic section having a greater area of contact with the through pin than with the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sota YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120244981
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins for extracting rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The inner circumference of each through hole has a shape which becomes narrow toward its one end. A sliding member having a shape which becomes thin toward its one end is engaged with each penetration pin. The sliding member is biased in a tapered direction thereof by a biasing member to be in contact with the inner circumference of the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sota YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120244984
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins which are configured to extract rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The ring gear and the revolving gear are divided into halves in the thickness direction. Two sheets of ring gears are biased to rotate in reverse directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20080049083
    Abstract: A liquid container capable of determining whether ink is filled into a correct liquid container in a liquid-filling process, when there are products having the same misinsertion preventing shapes but different liquid capacities, is provided. A liquid container 11 is detachably mounted on a liquid ejecting apparatus 13 and has a side face parallel to a fitting direction of a container body 31. The liquid container 11 includes a fittingness-determination portion that extends in the fitting direction and enables fittingness determination depending on a position thereof in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction, and a filling-determination portion that is formed at the fittingness-determination portion and enables determination of the amount of liquid to be filled in the container body 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taku Ishizawa, Satoshi Shinada, Fuminori Doi, Sota Yamamoto