Patents Assigned to Hirata Corporation
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Patent number: 11926007Abstract: A press-fitting direction position of a pressing surface of a pressing portion of a press-fitting tool and a press-fitting direction position of a restriction surface of a restriction portion of the press-fitting tool are set so that one of a press-fitting component and a press-fitting target component is stopped at a prescribed press-fitting stop position.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Ryota Asai
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Patent number: 11904422Abstract: A press-fitting apparatus includes: a support portion and a pressing mechanism having a press-fitting tool configured to move in a press-fitting direction with respect to the support portion. The press-fitting tool includes: a pressing portion having a pressing surface which presses a press-fitting component; a restriction portion having a restriction surface configured to come into contact with a press-fitting target component; and a position setting mechanism which sets a press-fitting position of the pressing surface in the press-fitting direction and a restriction position of the restriction surface in the press-fitting direction according to the press-fitting component and the press-fitting target component.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota Asai, Hieng Kiong Lau
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Publication number: 20240033864Abstract: A press-fitting apparatus includes: a support portion and a pressing mechanism having a press-fitting tool configured to move in a press-fitting direction with respect to the support portion. The press-fitting tool includes: a pressing portion having a pressing surface which presses a press-fitting component; a restriction portion having a restriction surface configured to come into contact with a press-fitting target component; and a position setting mechanism which sets a press-fitting position of the pressing surface in the press-fitting direction and a restriction position of the restriction surface in the press-fitting direction according to the press-fitting component and the press-fitting target component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryota ASAI, Hieng Kiong LAU
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Publication number: 20240024994Abstract: A press-fitting direction position of a pressing surface of a pressing portion of a press-fitting tool and a press-fitting direction position of a restriction surface of a restriction portion of the press-fitting tool are set so that one of a press-fitting component and a press-fitting target component is stopped at a prescribed press-fitting stop position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Ryota ASAI
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Publication number: 20240014432Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus includes a conveying unit configured to convey a pallet on which a work is placed, at least one bonding head configured to perform wire bonding for the work, and a moving unit configured to move the at least one bonding head. The conveying unit includes a first conveying unit configured to convey the pallet to a work region, and a second conveying unit configured to convey the pallet in the work region. The second conveying unit includes a table with a positioning unit configured to positioning the pallet, a second moving mechanism configured to repeat moving the table and stopping the table. A positioning state of the pallet by the positioning unit is kept while the pallet is conveyed, and the at least one bonding head performs work for the work.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Toru MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 11855574Abstract: A control device includes first and second input terminals to which a DC voltage for driving a motor is input, and a control unit. The control unit sets a rotation direction of the motor based on first input to the first input terminal or the second input terminal. A rotation speed of the motor is changed based on a subsequence input of the DC voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Naoto Arita, Satoshi Nishimoto, Koichi Nakano
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Drawing verification system, client apparatus, recording medium, server apparatus and control method
Patent number: 11843761Abstract: In a system, a server establishes a session for verification of drawing information and implements information communication between clients connected to the session. The verification in the session is performed by laying out rendering object information used to render an object of the drawing information in a virtual 3D space based on layout information. The system comprises: establishing, upon receiving a session start request from one of the clients storing a verification target drawing information, the session to which the client storing the drawing information is able to connect; managing state information indicating a state of the 3D space for the session; receiving information of a verification input made at the clients; changing the state information upon receiving the verification input; and transmitting, to the connected clients, shared information necessary to render the 3D space.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Maasa Izumida, Yuji Nonaka, Yoko Osumi -
Publication number: 20230391552Abstract: A storage rack supply system used for supplying a storage rack that includes a base portion and a partition portion that is foldable and that is capable of being switched between a storage disabled state in which the partition portion is folded with respect to the base portion and a storage enabled state in which the partition portion is raised with respect to the base portion, the storage rack supply system including: a rack supply section supplying the storage rack being in the storage disabled state; a rack preparation section changing the storage rack from the storage disabled state to the storage enabled state; a transport device transporting the storage rack being in the storage disabled state from the rack supply section to the rack preparation section; and a rack unloading section unloading the storage rack being in the storage enabled state from the rack preparation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Hirata CorporationInventors: Atsuhiko IIJIMA, Shuhei MORITA
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Patent number: 11791188Abstract: A transport apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a protection material in each operation of a packing operation and an unpacking operation; a protection material placement portion on which the protection material is stacked; a container placement portion on which a container main body portion is placed; a control unit configured to control the transport unit in an operation mode selected from a plurality of operation modes corresponding to types of the protection material; an attachment determination unit configured to determine attachment/detachment of components that are selected in correspondence with the type of the protection material and form the transport unit, the protection material placement portion, and the container placement portion; and a consistency determination unit configured to determine consistency between the selected operation mode and a determination result of the attachment determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Hirofumi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20230194613Abstract: A test method of a battery cell is provided. In a placement step, a device places, in a test tray, a magazine in which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed and stored. The test tray includes a pressurization mechanism configured to press, in an array direction, the plurality of battery cells. In a pressurization step, the plurality of battery cells is pressed by the pressurization mechanism. In a transfer step, the test tray storing the magazine is transferred between a preparation area where the magazine is placed in the test tray in the placement step and a test area. In a test step, in the test area, a test concerning charge/discharge of the plurality of battery cells is performed in the test area in a state in which the plurality of battery cells are pressurized by the pressurization mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Toshihiko KANEKO
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Publication number: 20230187715Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to an evaluation holder, that holds a plurality of battery cells and can transfer the plurality of battery cells at once in characteristic evaluation of the plurality of battery cells, the evaluation holder comprising a bottom wall configured to align the plurality of battery cells aligned from one side to another side and place the plurality of battery cells, a peripheral wall provided around a periphery of the bottom wall to be higher than the plurality of battery cells, and a press mechanism that presses the plurality of battery cells from the one side to the other side, wherein the bottom wall and the peripheral wall form a reservoir configured to store a liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Toshihiko KANEKO
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Patent number: 11633817Abstract: A manufacturing system manufactures a rotating assembly by attaching a plurality of attached target members in a circumferential direction of a rotating main body portion. A storage member capable of storing the plurality of attached target members is placed on a stand. A measurement device measures a physical amount of the attached target member An attachment device attaches one attached target member to a predetermined position in the circumferential direction of the rotating main body portion based on the physical amount measured by the measurement device A transfer device transfers the attached target member.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Teramoto, Masaru Kozaki
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Publication number: 20230113985Abstract: A dynamo-electric machine in one embodiment of the present invention includes a tubular stator, a rotor disposed in an internal space of the stator, a bottomed tubular case that accommodates the stator, an end cover mounted on an open end of the case on one side, and a temperature sensor. The stator includes a stator core having a plurality of protruding portions that protrude toward a center of the stator, insulators mounted on the stator core, and a coil obtained by winding a winding wire around each of the plurality of protruding portions with the insulators therebetween. The temperature sensor is disposed on the end cover side of the stator between bent portions of the winding wires in the adjacent coils.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Satoshi NISHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11608253Abstract: A vertical moving method of a vertical moving unit on which a conveyance target object is mounted includes steps of causing a non-electric biasing unit to generate a biasing force to raise the vertical moving unit, causing an electric motor unit to generate a thrust in a direction to raise the vertical moving unit or a thrust in a direction to lower the vertical moving unit, and causing an electromagnetic brake unit to generate a braking force to resist a movement of the vertical moving unit. Independently of presence/absence of the object and a weight of the object, the thrust and/or the braking force is controlled such that the vertical moving unit stops when an external force of overload more than a predetermined value acts on the vertical moving unit during a vertical movement.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Bungo Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20230056326Abstract: A dynamo-electric machine includes a stator, a rotor disposed in the stator, a bottomed tubular case that accommodates the stator, an end cover mounted on an open end of the case, and a circuit substrate that controls driving of the dynamo-electric machine. The stator includes a core having portions that protrude toward a center of the stator, insulators mounted on the stator core, and a coil wound around each of the protruding portions with the insulators therebetween. The circuit substrate is disposed inward of an outer end of the case and is disposed between the stator and the end cover, and includes a first insulation sheet disposed between the circuit substrate and the stator to insulate the circuit substrate and the coil; and a second insulation sheet disposed between the circuit substrate and the end cover to insulate the circuit substrate and the end cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi NISHIMOTO, Hirofumi KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 11583963Abstract: A processing device of the invention includes a partition member partitioning a processing space and an external space, a frame body on which the partition member is mounted, a positioning unit for holding a workpiece at a predetermined position in the processing space, a processing unit for applying a predetermined process using a processing tool on the workpiece, an opening/closing member capable of opening/closing a first opening formed in the partition member, and an instrument attachment member to which a control instrument is attached, wherein the partition member has a plurality of uniform mounting sections on which the opening/closing member and the instrument attachment member are mutually selectively mounted.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Bungo Matsumoto, Yoshiro Tomita
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Publication number: 20230018636Abstract: A solder supply unit includes a base member, a reel holder that is provided on the base member and rotatably holds a reel of a tape-like solder material, a support member provided on the base member, and a guidance member that is provided on the support member and that guides at least a lower surface of the tape-like solder material wound around the reel when the tape-like solder material is fed out.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiomi IKEDA, Tetsunori MATSUYOSHI
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Publication number: 20230017361Abstract: A solder cutting device includes a first holding part, a first drive part that feeds a tape-like solder material held by the first holding part in a first direction, a cutting part for cutting the tape-like solder material, and a second drive part that actuates the cutting part. The first drive part is a first actuator that is electrically-driven and that converts a rotational motion of a rotating body, the axis of which extends in the first direction, into a motion in the first direction. The second drive part includes a second actuator that moves a moving body in the first direction, and a connection portion that converts the motion of the moving body into a motion in a second direction and transmits the motion to the cutting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiomi IKEDA, Tetsunori MATSUYOSHI
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Patent number: 11549869Abstract: The present invention is a specimen preparation method of preparing an observation specimen by placing an observation object on a light transmitting plate, comprising a conveyance step of conveying the observation object by a conveyance mechanism including a placement portion configured to place the observation object, and a transfer step of transferring the observation object from the placement portion of the conveyance mechanism onto the plate at a conveyance terminal end of the conveyance mechanism, wherein in the transfer step, a liquid is supplied to the placement portion on which the observation object is placed, and the observation object is carried by a flow of the liquid and transferred onto the plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventor: Seigo Murakami
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Patent number: 11532496Abstract: A load port includes a first pin projecting on a dock plate and provided on the dock plate so as to be pushed down, and a first detection unit provided on the base portion and configured to detect that the dock plate is located at a first position. The first detection unit includes a movable member capable of displacing in a moving direction of the dock plate, and a first sensor configured to detect the displacement of the movable member. The movable member is arranged at a position to abut against the first pin that is in a pushed down state in a process in which the dock plate moves from a second position to the first position.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATIONInventors: Kinya Kagami, Seiji Matsuda