Patents by Inventor Hidenori HAMA
Hidenori HAMA 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).
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Patent number: 11745362Abstract: A robot includes a first member having a first mounting surface facing upward and a second member having an opening at an upside of the first member and facing the first member and a second mounting surface at the upside, and a joint actuator coupling the first and second members. The joint actuator has a flange fixed to the second mounting surface, a motor placed at the upside with respect to the flange, and a reducer placed at a downside with respect to the flange, projecting downward from the opening, and fixed to the first mounting surface. The joint actuator is mounted on the second mounting surface from the upside and the reducer is projected downward from the opening, and the flange is fastened to the second member from the upside using first screws and the reducer is fastened to the first member from the downside using second screws.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Inventors: Hidenori Hama, Yuta Ichimiya, Shingo Hoshino
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Publication number: 20230118334Abstract: A robot includes a power source and a power transmission mechanism configured to transmit an output of the power source. The power transmission mechanism includes a fixed member, a first pulley configured to rotate around a first axis with respect to the fixed member, a second pulley disposed to be separated from the first pulley and configured to rotate, with respect to the fixed member, around a second axis parallel to the first axis, a belt wound around the first pulley and the second pulley and configured to transmit the rotation of one of the first pulley and the second pulley to another, a restricting member including a restricting section disposed to be opposed to the belt with a gap in a portion where the first pulley and the belt mesh with each other, and a screw having a center axis along the first axis and configured to fix the restricting member to the fixed member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Yuta ICHIMIYA, Hidenori HAMA
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Publication number: 20230100763Abstract: A first drive unit includes a motor having a rotation shaft in which a through hole is provided, a drive section rotating the rotation shaft, and a first case covering at least a part of the drive section. Further, the unit includes a reducer having an input portion engaging with one end portion of the rotation shaft, an attachment portion attached to the motor, and an output portion reducing and outputting rotation of the rotation shaft. Furthermore, the unit includes a first connector fixed to a third case of the motor and coupled to first wiring coupled to outside and a second connector fixed to the attachment portion of the reducer and coupled to second wiring coupled to the outside. In addition, the first drive unit includes internal wiring passing through the through hole and coupled to the first connector and the second connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventor: Hidenori HAMA
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Publication number: 20220331972Abstract: A robot image display method includes (a) a step of recognizing the position and the posture of a base of a robot from a base section image of a base section for teaching, (b) a step of recognizing the position and the posture of a finger section of the robot from a finger section image of a finger section for teaching, (c) a step of calculating angles of one or more joints of the robot from the position and the posture of the base and the position and the posture of the finger section, and (d) a step of displaying, in a virtual space, a three-dimensional image of the robot in a state in which the joints are at the angles calculated in the step (c).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventor: Hidenori HAMA
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Publication number: 20220241960Abstract: A driving mechanism according to an aspect includes a first pulley configured to rotate around a first axis, a motor configured to rotate the first pulley around the first axis, a second pulley disposed to be separated from the first pulley and configured to rotate around a second axis parallel to the first axis, a first belt laid around the first and second pulleys and configured to transmit power of the motor from the first pulley to the second pully, a third pulley disposed side by side with the second pulley in a direction along the second axis and configured to rotate around the second axis integrally with the second pulley, a fourth pulley disposed to be separated from the third pulley and configured to rotate around a third axis parallel to the second axis, a second belt laid around the third and fourth pulleys and configured to transmit the power of the motor from the third pulley to the fourth pulley, and a first bearing located between the second and third pulleys and configured to support the seconType: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Hidenori HAMA, Yuta ICHIMIYA, Shingo HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20220234220Abstract: A robot includes a first member having a first mounting surface facing upward and a second member having an opening at an upside of the first member and facing the first member and a second mounting surface at the upside, and a joint actuator coupling the first and second members. The joint actuator has a flange fixed to the second mounting surface, a motor placed at the upside with respect to the flange, and a reducer placed at a downside with respect to the flange, projecting downward from the opening, and fixed to the first mounting surface. The joint actuator is mounted on the second mounting surface from the upside and the reducer is projected downward from the opening, and the flange is fastened to the second member from the upside using first screws and the reducer is fastened to the first member from the downside using second screws.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Hidenori HAMA, Yuta ICHIMIYA, Shingo HOSHINO
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Publication number: 20220193931Abstract: A robot arm includes a first arm having a housing with a first stopper provided therein, a second arm rotating relative to the first arm, and a joint unit including an outer ring portion fixed to the second arm, a second stopper provided in the outer ring portion and restricting rotation of the second arm relative to the first arm in cooperation with the first stopper, and an inner ring portion fixed to the first arm and rotating coaxially with the outer ring portion, wherein the housing has a first opening portion opening toward the outer ring portion in a position facing the outer ring portion, and the first stopper projects from the first opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Yuta ICHIMIYA, Hidenori HAMA, Shingo HOSHINO
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Patent number: 10906171Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor and an amplifier section including a drive circuit that drives the motor. The amplifier section includes an amplifier cover. A power line for supplying power to the motor is bound to the amplifier cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventors: Seiji Hahakura, Hidenori Hama, Yoshiteru Nishimura, Kotaro Sekine, Mamoru Adachi
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Patent number: 10814477Abstract: A robot includes an arm that rotates about a rotation axis, a motor that is provided in the arm, and an amplifier unit that includes an amplifier substrate which drives the motor and that is provided in the motor, in which, when a longitudinal direction of the arm as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis is a first direction and a direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction, the amplifier unit and the motor are arranged in a direction different from the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshiteru Nishimura, Seiji Hahakura, Hidenori Hama
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Patent number: 10675753Abstract: A robot includes an arm that includes an arm main body and a motor and rotates about a rotation axis, and an amplifier unit that is provided in the arm and includes a drive circuit which drives the motor, in which at least a portion of the amplifier unit or the motor is positioned on the outside of the arm main body as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Hidenori Hama
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Publication number: 20180219461Abstract: A robot includes a motor, an amplifier that includes a drive circuit for driving the motor, and a first object that includes at least one of a brake which brakes a driving shaft of the motor, a pulley which transmits a motive power from the driving shaft of the motor, and a computing unit which performs calculation related to rotation of the motor, in which the motor is provided with the amplifier such that the amplifier is positioned at a position other than a position axially above the driving shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Hidenori HAMA, Seiji HAHAKURA, Yoshiteru NISHIMURA, Takema YAMAZAKI
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Publication number: 20180056507Abstract: A robot includes an arm that includes an arm main body and a motor and rotates about a rotation axis, and an amplifier unit that is provided in the arm and includes a drive circuit which drives the motor, in which at least a portion of the amplifier unit or the motor is positioned on the outside of the arm main body as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Hidenori HAMA
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Publication number: 20180056506Abstract: A robot includes an arm that rotates about a rotation axis, a motor that is provided in the arm, and an amplifier unit that includes an amplifier substrate which drives the motor and that is provided in the motor, in which, when a longitudinal direction of the arm as seen from an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation axis is a first direction and a direction orthogonal to the first direction is a second direction, the amplifier unit and the motor are arranged in a direction different from the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Yoshiteru NISHIMURA, Seiji HAHAKURA, Hidenori HAMA
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Publication number: 20170341223Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor and an amplifier section including a drive circuit that drives the motor. The amplifier section includes an amplifier cover. A power line for supplying power to the motor is bound to the amplifier cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Hidenori HAMA, Yoshiteru NISHIMURA, Kotaro SEKINE, Mamoru ADACHI