Patents by Inventor Akihiro Inoko

Akihiro Inoko 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).

  • PLC system construction support tool and PLC system program development support tool including the same
    Patent number: 7062422
    Abstract: A PLC system construction support tool is provided wherein a display 31 of text and numeric values is produced at the left of a paste board 22. The display 31 is provided for each row of a system and whenever a unit is added or deleted, the numeric values are updated. The display 31 contains a character string of “WIDTH” meaning the total length of the units on the corresponding row and the numeric value of the width (mm units), a character string of “CURRENT CONSUMPTION” meaning the total current consumption of the units on the corresponding row and the numeric value of the current consumption (mA units), and a character string of “WEIGHT” meaning the total weight of the units on the corresponding row and the numeric value of the weight (g units).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Inoko, Katsunari Koyama
  • PLC system construction support tool and PLC system program development support tool including the same
    Publication number: 20020040286
    Abstract: A PLC system construction support tool is provided wherein a display 31 of text and numeric values is produced at the left of a paste board 22. The display 31 is provided for each row of a system and whenever a unit is added or deleted, the numeric values are updated. The display 31 contains a character string of “WIDTH” meaning the total length of the units on the corresponding row and the numeric value of the width (mm units), a character string of “CURRENT CONSUMPTION” meaning the total current consumption of the units on the corresponding row and the numeric value of the current consumption (mA units), and a character string of “WEIGHT” meaning the total weight of the units on the corresponding row and the numeric value of the weight (g units).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Inventors: Akihiro Inoko, Katsunari Koyama