Patents Assigned to Hirata Corporation
  • Patent number: 12246920
    Abstract: A tray transport apparatus comprises a reception portion configured to receive a container configured to accommodate a stack formed by stacking a plurality of trays, an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the stack, the accommodation portion being disposed above the reception portion, a transfer unit configured to lift the stack from the container to separate the stack from the container and transfer the stack to the accommodation portion, and a transport unit configured to unload a tray located at a lowermost portion of the stack accommodated in the accommodation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Komuro, Yoichi Hirasawa
  • Publication number: 20250018578
    Abstract: A substrate transport system includes a transport section that defines a range within which a substrate is transported, a first placement portion and a second placement portion on which the substrate is placed, and a transfer robot that is provided inside the transport section and transports the substrate from the first placement portion to the second placement portion, wherein the transfer robot includes a main body unit disposed within the transport section, a turning support unit that is connected to the main body unit, an arm support unit that is connected to the turning support unit, an arm unit that is connected to the arm support unit, and a holding unit that connected to the arm unit, wherein the turning support unit includes a first end portion that is rotatably connected to the main body unit, and a second end portion to which the arm support unit is rotatably connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiji KANAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20250022736
    Abstract: A substrate transport system includes a transport section a first placement portion and a second placement portion, and a transfer robot, wherein the transfer robot includes a main body unit disposed inside a transfer section, a turning support unit connected to the main body unit, an arm support unit connected to the turning support unit, an arm unit connected to the arm support unit, and a holding unit connected to the arm unit, wherein the arm unit includes a first arm that is supported by the arm support unit and a second arm that supports the holding unit and is supported by the first arm, wherein the turning support unit rotates using a connection portion with the main body unit as a rotation shaft in a plan view, the arm support unit rotates using a connection portion with the turning support unit as a rotation shaft in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Itaru MOMOKI
  • Publication number: 20250015690
    Abstract: A holder for positioning ends of coil conductors constituting a coil of a stator, wherein the ends of the coil conductors protrude in an axial direction and are arranged in the circumferential direction so as to form a row in the radial direction, comprises positioning members each configured to rotate about the radial direction as a rotation axis to bring a section of a positioning portion extending to the one side in contact with the ends forming the rows on one side in the circumferential direction, bring a section of the positioning portion extending to another side in contact with the ends forming the rows on another side, and thereby position the ends forming the rows together with the positioning portion of another adjacent positioning member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira TOBA, Yasuhiko KIMURA, Osamu FUJITA, Yoshitaka MOTODA
  • Publication number: 20240383061
    Abstract: A solder supply unit able to be attached to a solder cutting unit and is able to detached is provided. The solder supply unit includes a reel holder rotatably holding a reel of a tape-like solder material; and a guidance member guiding the tape-like solder material wound around the reel when the tape-like solder material is fed out. The guidance member includes an extension portion guiding a lower surface of the tape-like solder material along a feeding direction of the tape-like solider material; and an opening penetrating the extension portion in an up-down direction and extending toward an upstream side in the feeding direction from a downstream end of the guidance member. The opening is formed in the predetermined length in the feeding direction so that a holding member, which holds the tape-like solder material together with another holding member, is able to move in the feeding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiomi IKEDA, Tetsunori MATSUYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20240367909
    Abstract: A tray transport apparatus comprises a reception portion configured to receive a container configured to accommodate a stack formed by stacking a plurality of trays, an accommodation portion configured to accommodate the stack, the accommodation portion being disposed above the reception portion, a transfer unit configured to lift the stack from the container to separate the stack from the container and transfer the stack to the accommodation portion, and a transport unit configured to unload a tray located at a lowermost portion of the stack accommodated in the accommodation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Komuro, Yoichi Hirasawa
  • Patent number: 12083626
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiomi Ikeda, Tetsunori Matsuyoshi
  • Patent number: 12030722
    Abstract: A traverser includes a base unit including a rail member, a moving unit configured to reciprocally move on the rail member between a first position and a second position, and a conveyance unit mounted on the moving unit and configured to convey a conveyance target object. The moving unit include a first travel roller that is a drive roller, and a drive mechanism configured to give a rotation driving force to the first travel roller. The drive mechanism includes a travel motor configured to supply the rotation driving force, and a friction transmission mechanism configured to transmit the rotation driving force of the travel motor to the first travel roller by a friction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bungo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12013319
    Abstract: A sample producing method of producing an observation sample by placing an observation target object on an optically transparent plate, comprising a placement step of placing the observation target object on a surface of a liquid pool retained on the plate, and a fixing step of making an amount of a liquid of the liquid pool on the plate larger on one end portion side of the plate than on the other end portion side and attaching and fixing the observation target object to a surface of the plate sequentially from the other end portion toward the one end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seigo Murakami
  • Patent number: 11980980
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryota Asai
  • Patent number: 11926007
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryota Asai
  • Patent number: 11904422
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Asai, Hieng Kiong Lau
  • Publication number: 20240033864
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota ASAI, Hieng Kiong LAU
  • Publication number: 20240024994
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryota ASAI
  • Publication number: 20240014432
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11855574
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Arita, Satoshi Nishimoto, Koichi Nakano
  • Patent number: 11843761
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maasa Izumida, Yuji Nonaka, Yoko Osumi
  • Publication number: 20230391552
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Hirata Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuhiko IIJIMA, Shuhei MORITA
  • Patent number: 11791188
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20230194613
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko KANEKO