Patents by Inventor Tomoya TSUTSUI

Tomoya TSUTSUI 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).

  • Positioning apparatus
    Patent number: 11879587
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes: an upper unit that includes a spherical body, a retainer part that retains the spherical body, and an upper plate part provided on the retainer part and adapted to carry a carried object; a lower unit that includes a lower plate part on which the upper unit is mounted and a guide part that marks a region of movement of the upper unit on the lower plate part; and a tilting structure that tilts the region of movement relative to a horizontal plane and guides the upper unit, on which the carried object is not mounted, toward a reference position located on a lower side of a tilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tsutsui, Eiji Fujita
  • POSITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220397231
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus includes: an upper unit that includes a spherical body, a retainer part that retains the spherical body, and an upper plate part provided on the retainer part and adapted to carry a carried object; a lower unit that includes a lower plate part on which the upper unit is mounted and a guide part that marks a region of movement of the upper unit on the lower plate part; and a tilting structure that tilts the region of movement relative to a horizontal plane and guides the upper unit, on which the carried object is not mounted, toward a reference position located on a lower side of a tilt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Tomoya TSUTSUI, Eiji FUJITA