Patents by Inventor Hiromi Hoshi

Hiromi Hoshi 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: 11034527
    Abstract: A component supply device configured to output a predetermined number of components to be used in a work operation includes a fixing plate having a via-hole through which the components pass, the fixing plate being fixed to a housing, a movable plate having a storage hole penetrating through the movable plate in an up-down direction and having a size that allows the predetermined number of components to be stored, the movable plate being laminated on a top side of the fixing plate and configured to move such that the storage hole moves relative to the via-hole in a direction parallel to a top face of the fixing plate, a controller configured to control an operation of the movable plate, and an elastic member placed on a top side of the movable plate and configured to elastically deform in a direction parallel to a top face of the movable plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromi Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20190276244
    Abstract: A component supply device configured to output a predetermined number of components to be used in a work operation includes a fixing plate having a via-hole through which the components pass, the fixing plate being fixed to a housing, a movable plate having a storage hole penetrating through the movable plate in an up-down direction and having a size that allows the predetermined number of components to be stored, the movable plate being laminated on a top side of the fixing plate and configured to move such that the storage hole moves relative to the via-hole in a direction parallel to a top face of the fixing plate, a controller configured to control an operation of the movable plate, and an elastic member placed on a top side of the movable plate and configured to elastically deform in a direction parallel to a top face of the movable plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromi Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9457437
    Abstract: A device for supplying small parts has a large-diameter disc that is driven and rotates on a horizontal axis thereof, a hopper disposed close to the large-diameter disc at at least a lower half side of one of side surfaces of the large-diameter disc, wherein the hopper is configured to accommodate therein the small parts in bulk, a first magnet embedded in the one side surface of the large-diameter disc so as to be exposed at the one side surface of the large-diameter disc, wherein the first magnet attracts, at an outer circumferential side edge portion of the one side surface of the large-diameter disc, one of the small parts accommodated in an accommodation space of the hopper, and a small-diameter disc disposed close to the large-diameter disc at an upper side of the large-diameter disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Sasaki, Hiromi Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20160136765
    Abstract: A device for supplying small parts has a large-diameter disc that is driven and rotates on a horizontal axis thereof, a hopper disposed close to the large-diameter disc at at least a lower half side of one of side surfaces of the large-diameter disc, wherein the hopper is configured to accommodate therein the small parts in bulk, a first magnet embedded in the one side surface of the large-diameter disc so as to be exposed at the one side surface of the large-diameter disc, wherein the first magnet attracts, at an outer circumferential side edge portion of the one side surface of the large-diameter disc, one of the small parts accommodated in an accommodation space of the hopper, and a small-diameter disc disposed close to the large-diameter disc at an upper side of the large-diameter disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Sasaki, Hiromi Hoshi