Patents Assigned to Hirata Corporation
  • Patent number: 11241763
    Abstract: An assembling apparatus places a retainer on a valve spring to surround an upper end of a valve stem. The apparatus includes an assembling head, and a moving unit configured to move the assembling head between the supply position of the retainer and an assembling position. The assembling head includes a holding unit configured to hold the retainer, and a push unit configured to push out the retainer. The push unit includes a push member supported to be able to advance/retreat along an elevating direction of the assembling head, and a biasing member configured to bias the push member in an advancing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisayuki Sueoka, Tsutomu Nakauchi, Koji Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 11239439
    Abstract: To provide a light-emitting material of a light emitting layer, particularly a dopant material or a host material of a light emitting layer emitting delayed fluorescence, or a material suitable for a hole blocking layer, as a material for an organic electroluminescent device having a high efficiency, and also to provide an organic photoluminescent device or an organic electroluminescent device having a high efficiency and a high luminance, particularly an organic EL device suppressed in the roll-off phenomenon, by using the material. A material for an organic electroluminescent device, containing a benzonitrile derivative of the following general formula (1), and an organic electroluminescent device containing a pair of electrodes and one layer or plural layers including at least a light emitting layer intervening between the electrodes, the organic electroluminescent device using the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd., Hirata Corporation, Kyulux, Inc.
    Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Jun-Ichi Nishide, Yasuhide Hiraga, Takehiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11235429
    Abstract: An assembling apparatus assembles a retainer by engaging a pair of cotter pieces with a valve stem. The apparatus includes an assembling head configured to hold, in a separated state, the pair of cotter pieces in the separated state prepared by a preparation unit and engage the pair of cotter pieces with the upper end of the valve stem. The head includes a storage member including a storage chamber, and a holding unit capable of pressing the pair of cotter pieces stored in the storage chamber against the upper end of the valve stem. The storage member includes first and second abutting portions. The second abutting portion positions the valve stem in the axial direction, and the first abutting portion positions the pair of cotter pieces in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisayuki Sueoka
  • Patent number: 11232962
    Abstract: An alignment device which aligns notch portions of wafers includes mounting tables that hold the wafers, movement units that move the mounting tables, notch portion detection units that detect a circumferential positions of the notch portion, and a controller that controls positions of the mounting tables by the movement units. The mounting tables includes a mounting table main body portion and a pad member attached to an opening in the mounting table main body portion to hold the wafers. The pad member includes the main body portion that is attached to the opening and has a through hole in a center portion thereof, the first annular portion on an end side of the pad member to abut against wafers, and the first collar portion that is integrally provided with the first annular portion and the main body portion and extends toward outside of the main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Watanabe, Tetsuya Sakai, Hiroshi Kikai
  • Publication number: 20220003635
    Abstract: A measurement device measures a physical amount of each of a plurality of attachment target members to be attached in a circumferential direction of a rotating main body portion. A storage member capable of storing the plurality of attachment target members is placed on a placement portion. A measurement unit measures the physical amount of the attachment target member. A transfer unit transfers the attachment target member between the placement portion and the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke TERAMOTO, Masaru KOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220007004
    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: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maasa IZUMIDA, Yuji NONAKA, Yoko OSUMI
  • Publication number: 20210402536
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke TERAMOTO, Masaru KOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210402535
    Abstract: An attachment device attaches a plurality of attachment target members to an attachment portion formed in a circumferential direction of a rotating main body portion. A first measurement unit measures a physical amount concerning a perimeter of the attachment portion. An attachment unit attaches, to the attachment portion, the plurality of attachment target members selected based on the physical amount concerning the perimeter measured by the first measurement unit. A second measurement unit measures a physical amount concerning a gap between the adjacent attachment target members to be attached by the attachment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke TERAMOTO, Masaru KOZAKI
  • Patent number: 11173596
    Abstract: A working unit includes a tool rotation mechanism, a first turning mechanism turning the tool rotation mechanism about a first axis, and a second turning mechanism turning the tool rotation mechanism and the first turning mechanism about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first turning mechanism includes a motor having a stator connected to the second turning mechanism and a hollow shaft-shaped rotor arranged inside the stator in such a manner that the rotor is capable of rotating about the first axis, and a second rotating body including one arm portion coupled to one end portion of the rotor, the other arm portion coupled to the other end portion of the rotor, and an arm coupling portion that couples the arm portions to each other. The tool rotation mechanism is provided on the second rotating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaro Maruno
  • Patent number: 11167306
    Abstract: An application system includes an application unit including a nozzle configured to discharge a seal agent to a work, and a moving device configured to move the application unit. The moving device includes a movable unit, an elevating unit, and a posture changing unit configured to be raised and lowered by the elevating unit and support the application unit. The nozzle includes a proximal end and a distal end portion configured to discharge the seal agent. The posture changing unit includes a pivot mechanism configured to make the application unit pivot about a vertical axis, and a pivot mechanism configured to make the application unit pivot about a horizontal axis. The vertical axis and the nozzle are located on the same axis, and the vertical axis and the horizontal axis cross on a center axis of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koshi Mine, Koichi Hokimoto, Yasuaki Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20210318210
    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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seigo MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20210313210
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya KAGAMI, Seiji MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20210291236
    Abstract: A load port includes a dock plate on which a container storing a substrate is placed, a port plate, a moving mechanism configured to move the dock plate between a dock position and an undock position, a gas supply nozzle unit provided in the dock plate and configured to contact a bottom surface of the container placed on the dock plate and supply a gas into the container, and a pressing unit provided above the dock plate and configured to press the container placed on the dock plate downward. The pressing unit includes a contact member brought into contact with the container placed on the dock plate, and a driving mechanism configured to move the contact member between a first position apart from the container and a second position in contact with the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210283732
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bungo MATSUMOTO, Yoshiro TOMITA
  • Patent number: 11105713
    Abstract: An engine testing device including a plurality of seal head units movable forward and backward relative to the intake ports and the exhaust ports. Each of the seal head units includes a plurality of seal heads disposed side by side and are connectable to respective ports of the intake ports and the exhaust ports. A pitch-varying unit changes interval pitches between the seal heads of at least one of the seal head units. The pitch-varying unit includes a plurality of first movement mechanisms connected with the seal heads and movable in a direction across the seal heads disposed side by side, and a plurality of drivers to drive the first movement mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Hirata Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Nakauchi, Keisuke Teramoto, Kosei Kino, Hisayuki Sueoka
  • Patent number: 11094570
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Kagami, Seiji Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11077528
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing produces an assembled product where a ring-shaped seal is attached to a channel in an inner circumferential surface of a ring-shaped component. The method includes: a holding step that moves an engaged portion of the seal inwardly in a radial direction using a deformation member, while restricting movement of the seal in a direction parallel to an inner circumferential wall of the channel, to cause deformation so that the outer diameter of part of the seal aside from the engaged portion becomes smaller than the channel inner circumferential diameter; and an attachment step that attaches the seal to the channel by releasing the seal to restore the seal from the deformation. The attachment step includes releasing the seal by releasing engagement by the deformation member and moving the seal body inside the channel while pressing out the seal body from inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro Noda
  • Patent number: 11069550
    Abstract: A load port includes: a port plate; and a placing table on which a container that stores the substrate is placed. The placing table includes: a base portion; a dock plate; a support unit configured to support the dock plate such that the dock plate can move between the first position and a second position; and a cam mechanism configured to move the dock plate between the first position and the second position. The support unit includes a slider configured to move together with the dock plate. The cam mechanism includes: a driving mechanism provided on the base portion; and a cam plate which is connected to the slider and in which a cam groove is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Itsuo Fujiwara, Yoichi Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20210114815
    Abstract: A conveyance device includes a pair of first and second support frames provided so as to be parallel to each other, and configured to define a conveyance track of a pallet; a driving unit provided on the first support frame and configured to apply a conveyance force to the pallet; a driven unit as a unit forming the pallet, configured to travel along a first guide portion of the first support frame by the driving unit; an auxiliary unit as a unit forming the pallet, connected to the driven unit via a placement member of the pallet and capable of freely traveling along a second guide portion of the second support frame, and a stopping unit including an engaging portion that engages with a portion of the driven unit, and configured to temporarily stop a movement of the pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20210111051
    Abstract: There is provided a chamber structure which greatly facilitates maintenance, such as installation and removal of a transfer robot. In this chamber structure, a transfer robot is attached, via a robot base member, to an opening provided in a base portion of a transfer compartment of a transfer chamber. A robot base member is provided below the opening, and the transfer robot includes a base unit and an arm unit provided on an upper part of the base unit. A robot flange member with the same shape as an opening hole in the robot base member is provided above the base unit. The arm unit is freely insertable through the opening hole, and the robot flange member is detachably connected to a peripheral portion of the opening hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke SENOUE