Patents by Inventor Toshinori Satou
Toshinori Satou 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).
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Patent number: 9933108Abstract: A table device including: a first member; a second member; a first guide device guiding the second member; a table supported by the second member; a first movable member connected to the table; a second movable member connected to the table; a first bearing member movably supporting the first movable member; a second bearing member movably supporting the second movable member; an actuator; and a gravity compensation device that includes a first supply portion supplying a gas to a first space facing the first movable member, a first adjustment portion adjusting an amount of the gas from the first supply portion, a second supply portion supplying a gas to a second space facing the second movable member, and a second adjustment portion adjusting an amount of the gas from the second supply portion, and can adjust a pressure in each of the first and second spaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshinori Satou
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Patent number: 9877576Abstract: A table device including a first member; a second member; a first guide device guiding the second member such that the second member is moved in a direction parallel to a first axis by movement of the first member; a table supported by the second member; a third member connected to at least a part of the table; a bearing member forming a gas bearing between the bearing member and the third member with a gas supplied between the bearing member and the third member, and movably supporting the third member in the direction parallel to the first axis; and a support device including a parallel pin that is arranged such that the parallel pin becomes parallel to the first axis, and connects the second member and the table, and supporting the table. The table is supported by the second member through the support device.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshinori Satou
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Patent number: 9723917Abstract: A table device including: a first base including a first reference surface; a second base including a second reference surface, and movable on the first reference surface in a direction parallel to a first axis; a first bearing member provided to the second base, and forming a gas bearing between the first bearing member and the first reference surface; a second bearing member provided to the second base, apart from the first bearing member relative to a direction parallel to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and forming a gas bearing between the second bearing member and the first reference surface; and a table movable on the second reference surface. A distance between the first bearing member and the second bearing member is longer than a dimension of a moving range of the table relative to the direction parallel to the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshinori Satou
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Publication number: 20160369938Abstract: A table device including: a first member; a second member; a first guide device guiding the second member; a table supported by the second member; a first movable member connected to the table; a second movable member connected to the table; a first bearing member movably supporting the first movable member; a second bearing member movably supporting the second movable member; an actuator; and a gravity compensation device that includes a first supply portion supplying a gas to a first space facing the first movable member, a first adjustment portion adjusting an amount of the gas from the first supply portion, a second supply portion supplying a gas to a second space facing the second movable member, and a second adjustment portion adjusting an amount of the gas from the second supply portion, and can adjust a pressure in each of the first and second spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshinori SATOU
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Publication number: 20160135587Abstract: A table device including a first member; a second member; a first guide device guiding the second member such that the second member is moved in a direction parallel to a first axis by movement of the first member; a table supported by the second member; a third member connected to at least a part of the table; a bearing member forming a gas bearing between the bearing member and the third member with a gas supplied between the bearing member and the third member, and movably supporting the third member in the direction parallel to the first axis; and a support device including a parallel pin that is arranged such that the parallel pin becomes parallel to the first axis, and connects the second member and the table, and supporting the table. The table is supported by the second member through the support device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshinori SATOU
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Publication number: 20160135588Abstract: A table device including: a first base including a first reference surface; a second base including a second reference surface, and movable on the first reference surface in a direction parallel to a first axis; a first bearing member provided to the second base, and forming a gas bearing between the first bearing member and the first reference surface; a second bearing member provided to the second base, apart from the first bearing member relative to a direction parallel to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and forming a gas bearing between the second bearing member and the first reference surface; and a table movable on the second reference surface. A distance between the first bearing member and the second bearing member is longer than a dimension of a moving range of the table relative to the direction parallel to the second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventor: Toshinori SATOU
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Publication number: 20160118855Abstract: Provided are a motor having a small number of parts and provided with waterproof performance in a low-cost method, and a positioning device and a conveyance device that are positioned and driven by the motor. The motor includes a columnar motor body that is formed with a center hole penetrating in an axial direction, and a housing for accommodating the motor body. The housing includes a cylindrical part that covers an outer peripheral surface of the motor body; a rotation output part provided on an upper side of the cylindrical part in the axial direction and fixed to rotary bodies of the motor body; and a fixed part provided on a lower side of the cylindrical part in the axial direction and fixed to fixed bodies of the motor body. The housing is sealed by a sealing mechanism at only one place of the cylindrical part in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Masayuki MARUYAMA, Yusuke OTA, Kazunori KOIZUMI, Hayao WATANABE, Toshinori SATOU
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Patent number: 4851073Abstract: A plurality of tiles arranged as a set the same as are pasted onto a wall or floor are integrally connected with one another by pasting rectangular connecting pieces made of such sheet materials as of paper, cloth or resin film onto the back surfaces of the tiles to bridge two adjacent tiles with each other. The connecting pieces are obtained by cutting fixed lengths off the long tape-shaped materials. The connecting pieces thus cut off are sucked by suckers, are fed to a set of tiles conveyed as mounted as inverted on a conveyor and are pasted by a bonding agent onto the back surfaces of two adjacent tiles to bridge them with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1987Date of Patent: July 25, 1989Assignee: Satou Kagaku Kougyou Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshinori Satou