Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Yamanobe

Tetsuro Yamanobe 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: 10821548
    Abstract: Provided are a plate-material abutting device that easily adjusts a plurality of abutted positions between a plurality of pairs of abutted portions in plate materials, and a plate-material abutting method. The plate-material abutting device is employed for joining a first plate material and a second plate material in a state of being abutted to each other. The first plate material includes a first abutted portion and a second abutted portion that is different from the first abutted portion. The second plate material includes a third abutted portion corresponding to the first abutted portion, and a fourth abutted portion corresponding to the second abutted portion. The plate-material abutting device includes a first abutting mechanism for abutting the first and third abutted portions to each other, and a second abutting mechanism that moves independently from the first abutting mechanism and that abuts the second and fourth abutted portions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Yamanobe, Jun Matsuda, Hiroshi Saito, Yuta Masubuchi, Yuji Iwakami
  • Patent number: 10719082
    Abstract: The guidepath includes: a magnet guide tape which carries S pole, and guides a carrier vehicle in a first direction by the S pole by being arranged on a floor so as to extend in the first direction; a magnet guide tape which carries S pole, and guides the carrier vehicle in a second direction by the S pole by being arranged on the floor so as to extend in a second direction which intersects the first direction; and a magnetic body tape which is arranged at a side of the magnet guide tape at a position above which a marker sensor passes upon the carrier vehicle being guided by the magnet guide tape, and suppresses N pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuo Kobayashi, Takuya Furuno, Yoshito Otake, Masafumi Goto, Keisuke Oya, Tetsuro Yamanobe, Nobuhiro Nanba
  • Publication number: 20190361461
    Abstract: The guidepath includes: a magnet guide tape which carries S pole, and guides a carrier vehicle in a first direction by the S pole by being arranged on a floor so as to extend in the first direction; a magnet guide tape which carries S pole, and guides the carrier vehicle in a second direction by the S pole by being arranged on the floor so as to extend in a second direction which intersects the first direction; and a magnetic body tape which is arranged at a side of the magnet guide tape at a position above which a marker sensor passes upon the carrier vehicle being guided by the magnet guide tape, and suppresses N pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takuo Kobayashi, Takuya Furuno, Yoshito Otake, Masafumi Goto, Keisuke Oya, Tetsuro Yamanobe, Nobuhiro Nanba
  • Publication number: 20180056445
    Abstract: Provided are a plate-material abutting device that easily adjusts a plurality of abutted positions between a plurality of pairs of abutted portions in plate materials, and a plate-material abutting method. The plate-material abutting device is employed for joining a first plate material and a second plate material in a state of being abutted to each other. The first plate material includes a first abutted portion and a second abutted portion that is different from the first abutted portion. The second plate material includes a third abutted portion corresponding to the first abutted portion, and a fourth abutted portion corresponding to the second abutted portion. The plate-material abutting device includes a first abutting mechanism for abutting the first and third abutted portions to each other, and a second abutting mechanism that moves independently from the first abutting mechanism and that abuts the second and fourth abutted portions to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuro YAMANOBE, Jun MATSUDA, Hiroshi SAITO, Yuta MASUBUCHI, Yuji IWAKAMI
  • Patent number: 6339204
    Abstract: The floor of a motor vehicle which is assembled in a floor assembly station is transported to a subsequent station using at least two welding robots on each lateral side of the floor assembly station. These welding robots are constituted into dual-purpose welding robots for performing both welding work and transporting work. After the assembling of the floor has been finished, the floor is supported at four lateral and longitudinal jack-up points through the workpiece receiving member by the cooperation of these dual-purpose welding robots, and is transported from the floor assembly station to the subsequent station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chitoshi Kato, Tadashi Tobita, Takeshi Nakamura, Takashi Nakanishi, Takatoshi Hattori, Shoji Doi, Tetsuro Yamanobe
  • Patent number: 5165164
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a motorcar body assembling line for setting car body components including a floor panel, a roof panel, and side panels on a set carrier in a predetermined positional relationship in a setting station at a starting end of the assembling line. The roof panel setting device is disposed in a laterally central portion at an upper part of the setting station and is comprised of a front unit and a rear unit, each having a pair of holding frames which are longitudinally and vertically movable with respect to each other. The apparatus further comprises a dashboard setting device disposed in a longitudinally parallel relationship to the roof panel setting device. Both the roof panel and dashboard setting devices are structurally and operationally similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Shigeru Okazaki, Tetsuro Yamanobe, Ken Kushizaki
  • Patent number: 5123161
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a motorcar body assembling line for setting car body components including a floor panel, a roof panel, and side panels on a set carrier in a predetermined positional relationship in a setting station at a starting end of the assembling line. The apparatus has a floor panel setting device for transporting a floor panel to, and setting it on, the set carrier; a pair of right and left side-panel setting devices for receiving a pair of right and left side panels which are transported to an upper position of the setting station by a hanger and for setting them on the set carrier; and a roof panel setting device for setting a roof panel between roof side rails of the right and left side panels which have been set on the set carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1992
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Kubo, Shigeru Okazaki, Tetsuro Yamanobe, Ken Kushizaki