Patents by Inventor Akitaka Noda

Akitaka Noda 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: 5156093
    Abstract: In a transportation system of a floated-carrier type, a carrier is suspended from a guide rail, in a non-contact manner, and is proelled along the guide rail. The transportation system includes a plurality of track units, each having the ferromagnetic guide rail, an electrical wire, and a pair of connectors provided to both ends of the electrical wire. Each track unit comprises minimum and necessary elements required for traveling the carrier. When a connector of one track unit and that of the other track unit are connected, connection of electrical wires necessary for this system is completed. For this reason, an operation for mounting the electrical wires in the track can be omitted, and installation of the track can be facilitated. Furthermore, when the travel path of the carrier is to be modified, a combination of track units can be freely changed, thus realizing various travel paths of the carriers. For this reason, the travel path can be easily modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Teruo Azukizawa, Mimpei Morishita, Toyohiko Yokoyama, Shigeo Takaki, Yoshio Yuyama, Akitaka Noda
  • Patent number: 4934279
    Abstract: In a transportation system of a floated-carrier type, a carrier is suspended from a guide rail, in a non-contact manner, and is propelled along the guide rail. The transportation system includes a plurality of track units, each having the ferromagnetic guide rail, an electrical wire, and a pair of connectors provided to both ends of the electrical wire. Each track unit comprises minimum and necessary elements required for traveling the carrier. When a connector of one track unit and that of the other track unit are connected, connection of electrical wires necessary for this system is completed. For this reason, an operation for mounting the electrical wires in the track can be omitted, and installation of the track can be facilitated. Furthermore, when the travel path of the carrier is to be modified, a combination of track units can be freely changed, thus realizing various travel paths of the carrier. For this reason, the travel path can be easily modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Teruo Azukizawa, Mimpei Morishita, Toyohiko Yokoyama, Shigeo Takaki, Yoshio Yuyama, Akitaka Noda
  • Patent number: 4882999
    Abstract: In a transportation system of a floated-carrier type, a carrier is suspended from a guide rail, in a non-contact manner, and is propelled along the guide rail. The transportation system includes a plurality of track units, each having the ferromagnetic guide rail, an electrical wire, and a pair of connectors provided to both ends of the electrical wire. Each track unit comprises minimum and necessary elements required for traveling the carrier. When a connector of one track unit and that of the other track unit are connected, connection of electrical wires necessary for this system is completed. For this reason, an operation for mounting the electrical wires in the track can be omitted, and installation of the track can be facilitated. Furthermore, when the travel path of the carrier is to be modified, a combination of track units can be freely changed, thus realizing various travel paths of the carrier. For this reason, the travel path can be easily modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Teruo Azukizawa, Mimpei Morishita, Toyohiko Yokoyama, Shigeo Takaki, Yoshio Yuyama, Akitaka Noda