Patents by Inventor Atsushi HORIGOME

Atsushi HORIGOME 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).

  • Publication number: 20230381982
    Abstract: A robot maintenance fixture includes: a fixture body removably attached to a robot mounted in a state of being suspended from a stand; a first hanger portion that can be disposed vertically above a position of the center of gravity of a working part of the robot, the working part being a part driven by an actuator on which maintenance is to be performed, the working part being in a state of being attached to the actuator, and with which the working part can be suspended from the fixture body with a first hanger member; and a second hanger portion that can be disposed vertically above a position of the center of gravity of the actuator in a state of being attached to the robot and with which the actuator can be suspended from the fixture body with a second hanger member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi HORIGOME
  • Patent number: 11698125
    Abstract: There is a demand for further improving efficiency of a task of replacing the reduction gear of the robot. A jig configured to support a reduction gear connecting a first element and a second element of a robot to be enabled to perform a speed reduction operation on each other, when the second element is separated from the first element includes a fixed portion removably mounted to the first element or the second element, a movable portion rotationally or translationally movably mounted to the fixed portion, and a support mounted to the movable portion and configured to suspend and support the reduction gear in a gravity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Horigome, Masashi Ooe
  • Publication number: 20200318726
    Abstract: There is a demand for further improving efficiency of a task of replacing the reduction gear of the robot. A jig configured to support a reduction gear connecting a first element and a second element of a robot to be enabled to perform a speed reduction operation on each other, when the second element is separated from the first element includes a fixed portion removably mounted to the first element or the second element, a movable portion rotationally or translationally movably mounted to the fixed portion, and a support mounted to the movable portion and configured to suspend and support the reduction gear in a gravity direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIGOME, Masashi OOE