Patents by Inventor Hideyuki KOUNO

Hideyuki KOUNO 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: 11878889
    Abstract: An end effector connectable to a robot arm for peeling off release paper includes a housing including a guide groove having a start position S, an intermediate position M, and an end position E and a rotary unit including a needle and a first support movable along the guide groove. Assume that a line segment connecting the start position S and the intermediate position M is defined as a line segment SM, a line segment connecting intermediate the position M and the end position E is defined as a line segment ME, an angle formed between the line segment SM and a horizontal direction when the end effector is placed on a floor surface is defined as ?1, and an angle formed between the line segment SM and the line segment ME is defined as ?2, ?1<?2<?1+180° is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kikuchi, Hideyuki Kouno, Yuzuka Isobe, Yoshinari Matsuyama
  • Publication number: 20220227002
    Abstract: An end effector connectable to a robot arm includes a camera, a support member that includes a marker and supports a workpiece, and a brush that performs coating on the workpiece. The camera is arranged at a position allowing the camera to capture a brush tip of the brush and the marker simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Hideyuki KOUNO, Yuzuka ISOBE, Tetsuo SAKATA, Ryoga SAKAGUCHI, Masashi EGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220227599
    Abstract: An end effector connectable to a robot arm for peeling off release paper includes a housing including a guide groove having a start position S, an intermediate position M, and an end position E and a rotary unit including a needle and a first support movable along the guide groove. Assume that a line segment connecting the start position S and the intermediate position M is defined as a line segment SM, a line segment connecting intermediate the position M and the end position E is defined as a line segment ME, an angle formed between the line segment SM and a horizontal direction when the end effector is placed on a floor surface is defined as ?1, and an angle formed between the line segment SM and the line segment ME is defined as ?2, ?1<?2<?1+180° is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Hideyuki KOUNO, Yuzuka ISOBE, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220226989
    Abstract: An end effector includes a hole plate includes a plurality of holes, a plurality of pins that respectively penetrate the plurality of holes and are hung on the hole plate to be movable upward, and a force applying part that applies an inward force to an outer pin of the plurality of pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Takeshi KIKUCHI, Hideyuki KOUNO, Yuzuka ISOBE, Yoshinari MATSUYAMA