Patents by Inventor Eishun Ichihashi

Eishun Ichihashi 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).

  • Method of sorting vehicle bodies by the colors of coating expected thereon in a vehicle body coating line
    Patent number: 4917228
    Abstract: An arrangement for sorting vehicle bodies by the colors of coating expected on the vehicle bodies in a vehicle body coating line, comprises vehicle body conveying equipment including a plurality of branch conveyers disposed in parallel with one another for transporting and storing temporarily vehicle bodies carried into the arrangement through a bringing-in conveyer and supplying the vehicle bodies stored temporarily to a coating process through a bringing-out conveyer, and a control device for storing data indicative of color of coating expected on each of the vehicle bodies on said branch conveyers, with reference to a position of each of the vehicle bodies on the branch conveyers, and driving each of the branch conveyers selectively in accordance with the data stored so as to transport the vehicle bodies on the branch conveyers to the bringing-out conveyer in such a manner that the vehicle bodies from the branch conveyers are sorted in dependence on the colors of coating expected on the vehicle bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Eishun Ichihashi, Sigetaka Tooka, Keisi Tanaka
  • Arrangements for sorting vehicle bodies by the colors of coating expected thereon in a vehicle body coating line
    Patent number: 4770122
    Abstract: An arrangement for sorting vehicle bodies by the colors of coating expected thereon in a vehicle body coating line, comprises vehicle body conveying equipment including a plurality of branch conveyers disposed in parallel with one another for transporting and storing temporarily thereon vehicle bodies carried into the arrangement through a bringing-in conveyer and supplying the vehicle stored temporarily to a coating process through a bringing-out conveyer, and a control device for storing therein data indicative of color of coating expected on each of the vehicle bodies on said branch conveyers, with reference to a position of each of the vehicle bodies on the branch conveyers, and driving each of the branch conveyers selectively in accordance with the data stored therein so as to transport the vehicle bodies on the branch conveyers to the bringing-out conveyer in such a manner that the vehicle bodies from the branch conveyers are sorted in dependence on the colors of coating expected on the vehicle bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Eishun Ichihashi, Sigetaka Tooka, Keisi Tanaka