Patents by Inventor Daisuke Komatsu

Daisuke Komatsu 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: 20260145336
    Abstract: A vertical articulated robot includes a base, a first drive mechanism connected to the base, a first arm connected to the first drive mechanism and configured to rotate about a rotation axis, a second drive mechanism connected the first arm, a second arm connected to the second drive mechanism, and a motor configured to drive the second arm, the first arm includes a first housing connected to the first drive mechanism, a second housing fixed to the first housing and connected to the second drive mechanism, and an inertial sensor module fixed to the first housing and configured to detect at least one parameter selected from acceleration and angular velocity of the first arm, and the motor is fixed to the second housing or the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Daisuke KOMATSU, Hikaru HIRAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12636798
    Abstract: A robot includes a base section that is installed on an installation surface; a first arm that is connected to the base section so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis with respect to the base section; a second arm that is connected to the first arm so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis with respect to the first arm; a shaft that is connected to the second arm so as to be pivotable about a third pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis with respect to the second arm and so as to be movable along an axial direction of the third pivot axis, and that includes an end section on a first arm side; and a vibration detection section that is provided on the base section, wherein a length of the shaft from the second arm to the end section of the shaft is shorter than a distance along the axial direction of the third pivot axis between the second arm and the first arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20250256397
    Abstract: A robot including a base, a first arm, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm, a shaft on which an end effector is mounted, an inertia sensor that is installed in the second arm, a motor unit installed in the second arm and configured to drive the shaft, and a duct connected to the base and to the second arm, wherein the second arm includes a first member having a first connection section to which the duct is connected and a second member that has a second connection section to which a wiring or a piping connected to the end effector is connected and that is positioned further to the shaft side than the first connection section, and an arm base having an attachment section to which the second member is attached and the inertia sensor is disposed between the motor unit and the attachment section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Shogo KUMASHIRO, Shunsuke TOSHIMITSU, Daisuke KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20250091197
    Abstract: A robot includes a base section that is installed on an installation surface; a first arm that is connected to the base section so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis with respect to the base section; a second arm that is connected to the first arm so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis with respect to the first arm; a shaft that is connected to the second arm so as to be pivotable about a third pivot axis parallel to the first pivot axis with respect to the second arm and so as to be movable along an axial direction of the third pivot axis, and that includes an end section on a first arm side; and a vibration detection section that is provided on the base section, wherein a length of the shaft from the second arm to the end section of the shaft is shorter than a distance along the axial direction of the third pivot axis between the second arm and the first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventor: Daisuke KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20250073983
    Abstract: A template 30 includes a base material 300 in which a protruding portion 310 corresponding to a pattern is formed in a transfer region PA to be pressed against a material to be transferred 60, a underlayer film 330 that covers, of the transfer region PA, only a distal end surface 311 of the protruding portion 310, and a monomolecular film 340 that covers the underlayer film 330.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20240319587
    Abstract: An imprint method forms a pattern by pressing a template including a pattern surface having an uneven portion against an imprinting region of a photocurable imprint material provided on a substrate. The imprint method includes preparing a template having an adjacent light transmission restricting film on a pattern surface, preparing the substrate including the imprint material, and pressing the pattern surface against the imprint material and irradiating the imprint material with light. In irradiating the imprint material with light, the imprint material in the imprinting region and the imprint material raised at an end edge of the pattern surface adjacent to the imprinting region are exposed, the imprint material in the imprinting region is cured and the imprint material is cured while maintaining a height and a shape of the imprint material that is raised at the adjacent position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Yukichi KAMITA, Daisuke KOMATSU, Akihiko ANDO
  • Patent number: 11597103
    Abstract: A robot includes a movable unit displaced in horizontal directions and having a recessed part opening upward in a vertical direction, a connector placed within the recessed part, and a drain part that communicates between a bottom portion of the recessed part and an outside of the movable unit and drains a liquid within the recessed part out of the recessed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsu, Toshio Tanaka, Kotaro Sekine
  • Patent number: 11400583
    Abstract: A robot is provided. The robot includes an arm configured to turn around a turning axis and a cover including a first member having first rigidity and a second member having second rigidity higher than the first rigidity, the cover being provided on the arm, the second member being located in a position closer to the turning axis than the outermost periphery of the first member in a plan view from a direction of the turning axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Yasutomo Takahashi, Masahiko Kobayashi, Daisuke Komatsu, Toshio Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200338720
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a robot is provided. The robot includes an arm configured to turn around a turning axis and a cover including a first member having first rigidity and a second member having second rigidity higher than the first rigidity, the cover being provided in the arm, the second member being located in a position closer to the turning axis than the outermost periphery of the first member in a plan view from a direction of the turning axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Sota YAMAMOTO, Yasutomo TAKAHASHI, Masahiko KOBAYASHI, Daisuke KOMATSU, Toshio TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20200307001
    Abstract: A robot includes a movable unit displaced in horizontal directions and having a recessed part opening upward in a vertical direction, a connector placed within the recessed part, and a drain part that communicates between a bottom portion of the recessed part and an outside of the movable unit and drains a liquid within the recessed part out of the recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke KOMATSU, Toshio TANAKA, Kotaro SEKINE
  • Patent number: 10569426
    Abstract: A robot hand jig includes a grip including a first depression configured to engage with a first finger and a second depression configured to engage with a second finger. The first depression includes a first surface, a second surface perpendicular to the first surface, a third surface perpendicular to the second surface, and a fourth surface perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. The second depression includes a fifth surface, a sixth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface, a seventh surface perpendicular to the sixth surface, and an eighth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface and the sixth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsu, Sota Yamamoto, Ryuichi Okada, Fumiaki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10256495
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes a pair of interconnectors (ICs); a cell main body provided between the ICs and including an electrolyte, a cathode and an anode formed on respective surfaces of the electrolyte; and a current collection member provided between at least one of the cathode and the anode and the IC for electrically connecting the cathode and/or the anode and the IC. The current collection member has a connector abutment portion which abuts the IC, a cell main body abutment portion abutting the cell main body, and a connection portion connecting the connector abutment portion and the cell main body abutment portion, the portions being continuously formed. Between the cell main body and the IC, a spacer is provided so as to separate the connector abutment portion and the cell main body abutment portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hotta, Daisuke Komatsu, Naoto Matsui, Shinobu Okazaki, Hideki Uematsu, Hiroya Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20190061176
    Abstract: A robot hand jig includes a grip including a first depression configured to engage with a first finger and a second depression configured to engage with a second finger. The first depression includes a first surface, a second surface perpendicular to the first surface, a third surface perpendicular to the second surface, and a fourth surface perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. The second depression includes a fifth surface, a sixth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface, a seventh surface perpendicular to the sixth surface, and an eighth surface perpendicular to the fifth surface and the sixth surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Daisuke KOMATSU, Sota YAMAMOTO, Ryuichi OKADA, Fumiaki HASEGAWA
  • Patent number: 10081100
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member which is provided on a first member and rotates around a rotation shaft, a driving unit which is provided in the second member, and an operation shaft which is driven by the driving unit and is provided in the second member, the first member includes a first portion and a second portion which has a smaller width than that of the first portion, when seen in a direction orthogonal to a plane including the rotation shaft and the operation shaft, and the second member is connected to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Hahakura, Daisuke Komatsu
  • Patent number: 10069162
    Abstract: A fuel cell according to one mode includes a plate-like interconnector having a front surface and a back surface; a single cell having a power generation function; a gas chamber provided between the interconnector and the single cell; and one or more gas inlet ports for causing a fuel gas to flow into the gas chamber, the fuel cell further including a buffer chamber provided between the gas inlet ports and the gas chamber; a flow direction changing portion provided between the buffer chamber and the gas chamber so as to be located corresponding to the gas inlet ports, the flow direction changing portion having at least one of a front surface and a back surface, and a side surface; and a fuel gas path provided on at least one of the front surface side and the back surface side of the flow direction changing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsu, Takafumi Shichida
  • Patent number: 10022878
    Abstract: A robot includes a supporting unit that rotatably supports a first passive shaft part, and a first arm fixed to the first passive shaft part, wherein the first arm has an internal space overlapping with the first passive shaft part in a direction orthogonal to a center shaft of the first passive shaft part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Komatsu, Kazushige Akaha
  • Patent number: 9764463
    Abstract: A robot includes: a base; an arm which is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base using a predetermined rotation shaft as the center of rotation; and an elongated object including a portion present in the base and in the arm, in which the elongated object is bound in a first binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the base and a second binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Hahakura, Kazushige Akaha, Sho Nakano, Takuya Owa, Kotaro Sekine, Daisuke Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20160318179
    Abstract: A robot system includes a first robot having a robot arm including a first arm rotatable about a first rotation axis at the most proximal end, and a movable first cell. The first cell includes a bench portion, a pillar provided on the base portion, and an attachment portion provided on the pillar, on which the first robot is provided. The first rotation axis can be placed in a position shifted in a first direction from an intermediate position of a length of the bench portion in the first direction, and at least a part of the robot arm is movable to an outside of the bench portion in a plan view by moving in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Daisuke KOMATSU, Kazushige AKAHA
  • Publication number: 20160221182
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member which is provided on a first member and rotates around a rotation shaft, a driving unit which is provided in the second member, and an operation shaft which is driven by the driving unit and is provided in the second member, the first member includes a first portion and a second portion which has a smaller width than that of the first portion, when seen in a direction orthogonal to a plane including the rotation shaft and the operation shaft, and the second member is connected to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Daisuke KOMATSU
  • Patent number: D782553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Hidekatsu Miyasaka, Kazuto Yoshimura, Daisuke Komatsu, Takeshi Ishikawa