Patents by Inventor Aki Awata

Aki Awata 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).

  • Patent number: 11072046
    Abstract: An inspection system is provided, which is capable of notifying a worker of a determination result immediately while preventing detection failure. The inspection system to inspect a tightening state of a bolt includes: a server device that determines quality of the tightening state of the bolt based on a degree of similarity of a shape of a tightening waveform that indicates a torque change with time when a worker tightens the bolt using a nutrunner to a shape of a reference waveform that indicates an ideal torque change with time when the bolt is tightened; and a notification device that notifies the worker of the quality of the tightening state of the bolt, which is determined by the server device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ATLAS COPCO KK
    Inventors: Jun Matsuoka, Aki Awata, Anders Rudin
  • Publication number: 20200009696
    Abstract: An inspection system is provided, which is capable of notifying a worker of a determination result immediately while preventing detection failure. The inspection system to inspect a tightening state of a bolt includes: a server device that determines quality of the tightening state of the bolt based on a degree of similarity of a shape of a tightening waveform that indicates a torque change with time when a worker tightens the bolt using a nutrunner to a shape of a reference waveform that indicates an ideal torque change with time when the bolt is tightened; and a notification device that notifies the worker of the quality of the tightening state of the bolt, which is determined by the server device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, ATLAS COPCO KK
    Inventors: Jun MATSUOKA, Aki Awata, Anders Rudin