Patents by Inventor Yasumasa Ninomiya

Yasumasa Ninomiya 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).

  • Spreader positioning apparatus for automatically grasping a handling article
    Patent number: 4139107
    Abstract: An apparatus with sensor mounted on a spreader for handling articles of a rectangular parallelepiped shape for detecting elements in plate form attached to both sides of such handling articles and both sides of the handling article loading and unloading bed of freight cars and trucks for conveying such handling articles, in order to position the spreader by detecting the detecting plate by the sensor. The sensor detects the deflections of the spreader with respect to the detecting plate, and the spreader is slightly moved for correcting the deflections so as to accurately position the spreader with respect to the article or the bed of a freight car or a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Japanese National Railways
    Inventors: Yasumasa Ninomiya, Yasuo Nabeshima, Kengo Sugiyama, Yozo Hibino