Patents by Inventor Takao Nakae

Takao Nakae 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).

  • Publication number: 20200061807
    Abstract: An industrial robot for use with an object may include a hand on which the object is mounted; an arm having a distal end to which the hand is rotatably connected; a body part to which a base end of the arm is rotatably connected; and an installation member structured to install the body part on a floor surface. The body part may include an elevating body having an upper surface to which the base end of the arm is rotatably connected, a casing configured to hold the elevating body such that the elevating body is movable up and down and to accommodate at least a part of a lower end of the elevating body, and an elevating mechanism configured to move the elevating body up and down. The elevating mechanism may be accommodated in the casing so as to overlap the elevating body when viewed in an up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIRAKI, Takao NAKAE, Shigeyuki KAINO
  • Patent number: 10357877
    Abstract: An industrial robot may include a plurality of hands structured to mount the transfer objects; an arm comprising a front end side and a base end side, the hands being rotatably joined with the front end side of the arm; and a main body portion to which the base end side of the arm is rotatably joined. The main body portion may include an elevating unit to which the base end side of the arm is rotatably joined on a top surface side thereof, a housing which holds the elevating unit to be raised/lowered and in which at least part of a bottom end of the elevating unit is housed, and an elevating mechanism structured to raise and lower the elevating unit. The elevating mechanism may be accommodated in the housing so as to align with the elevating unit when viewed from a top-bottom direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Shiraki, Yasuyuki Kitahara, Tamotsu Kuribayashi, Takao Nakae, Shigeyuki Kaino
  • Publication number: 20180141208
    Abstract: An industrial robot may include a plurality of hands structured to mount the transfer objects; an arm comprising a front end side and a base end side, the hands being rotatably joined with the front end side of the arm; and a main body portion to which the base end side of the arm is rotatably joined. The main body portion may include an elevating unit to which the base end side of the arm is rotatably joined on a top surface side thereof, a housing which holds the elevating unit to be raised/lowered and in which at least part of a bottom end of the elevating unit is housed, and an elevating mechanism structured to raise and lower the elevating unit. The elevating mechanism may be accommodated in the housing so as to align with the elevating unit when viewed from a top-bottom direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiro SHIRAKI, Yasuyuki KITAHARA, Tamotsu KURIBAYASHI, Takao NAKAE, Shigeyuki KAINO
  • Patent number: 8888435
    Abstract: An industrial robot is provided with the first hand, the second hand, the arm and the main unit section. The base end portion of the first hand and the base end portion of the second hand are joined to the front end portion of the arm such that they overlap with each other in the top-bottom direction. The first hand and the second hand are independently rotatable with respect to the arm and also rotatable about the common center of rotation with respect to the arm in the view from the top-bottom direction. Also, the first hand and the second hand are formed being bent in the view from the top-bottom direction, and also formed to have line symmetry about a predetermined imaginary line passing through the center of rotation in the view from the top-bottom direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Sankyo Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Yazawa, Yoshihisa Masuzawa, Takao Nakae
  • Publication number: 20130202390
    Abstract: An industrial robot is provided with the first hand, the second hand, the arm and the main unit section. The base end portion of the first hand and the base end portion of the second hand are joined to the front end portion of the arm such that they overlap with each other in the top-bottom direction. The first hand and the second hand are independently rotatable with respect to the arm and also rotatable about the common center of rotation with respect to the arm in the view from the top-bottom direction. Also, the first hand and the second hand are formed being bent in the view from the top-bottom direction, and also formed to have line symmetry about a predetermined imaginary line passing through the center of rotation in the view from the top-bottom direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Takayuki Yazawa, Yoshihisa Masuzawa, Takao Nakae
  • Patent number: 6659646
    Abstract: An oil dynamic pressure bearing device comprises a bearing, a shaft freely rotatably supported by the bearing in a non-contact manner, and a dynamic pressure bearing section defined by at least one dynamic pressure groove on at least one side of the shaft and the bearing for generating dynamic pressure by a lubricant fluid filled in a minute gap between the shaft and the bearing. Grinding scratches are formed on the dynamic pressure bearing section in a circumferential direction of the dynamic pressure bearing section. The dynamic pressure groove may be formed only on one side of either the shaft or the bearing at the dynamic pressure bearing section and the grinding scratches are formed only on the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Sankyo Seiki MFG. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishikawa, Hidetoshi Sunohara, Nobuyuki Nakamori, Takao Nakae
  • Publication number: 20020191874
    Abstract: An oil dynamic pressure bearing device comprises a bearing, a shaft freely rotatably supported by the bearing in a non-contact manner, and a dynamic pressure bearing section defined by at least one dynamic pressure groove on at least one side of the shaft and the bearing for generating dynamic pressure by a lubricant fluid filled in a minute gap between the shaft and the bearing. Grinding scratches are formed on the dynamic pressure bearing section in a circumferential direction of the dynamic pressure bearing section. The dynamic pressure groove may be formed only on one side of either the shaft or the bearing at the dynamic pressure bearing section and the grinding scratches are formed only on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishikawa, Hidetoshi Sunohara, Nobuyuki Nakamori, Takao Nakae