Patents by Inventor Yotaro Tsutiya

Yotaro Tsutiya 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).

  • Tactile sensor and gripping robot using the same
    Patent number: 6886415
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tactile sensor which includes: a disk-shaped first strain generating section; plate-shaped second to fifth strain generating sections each provided as an extension of the first strain generating section extended from one of four substantially equiangular peripheral edge portions of the first strain generating section, each of the second to fifth strain generating sections being structured to support the first strain generating section as a leg thereof; first to fourth foot sections extended at a side different from a first strain generating section side respectively from the second to fifth strain generating sections; a diaphragm type first strain gauge attached to a discoid surface of the first strain generating section; and second to fifth strain gauges attached respectively to planer surfaces of the second to fifth strain generating sections, and a gripping robot using the tactile sensor for detecting contact pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignees: Toshiba Electric Engineering Corporation, The Doshisha, TEC Gihan Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Kurogi, Yoshiro Nojiri, Yuji Nemoto, Naomichi Hirama, Nobutaka Tsujiuchi, Kazumi Koketsu, Yotaro Tsutiya