Patents by Inventor Tomomi Imanaka

Tomomi Imanaka 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: 5709291
    Abstract: A device for contactlessly supplying power to a moving body (2) such as a pallet being transported in a predetermined transport passage and carrying a device to be supplied with power while supplying power to the last-mentioned device. An induction wire (14) is laid along the transport passage (1) and a high frequency sine wave current is passed through the induction wire (14). The moving body (2) is provided with a coil (16) in which an electromotive force is produced by the action of the magnetic flux produced by the induction wire (14), a capacitor (31) cooperating with the coil (16) to form a resonance circuit adapted to resonate at the frequency of the current flowing through the induction wire (14), and a power switch circuit connected to the resonance circuit and supply power to the device to be supplied with power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuzo Nishino, Michio Iwama, Tomomi Imanaka