Patents by Inventor Hiromi Isobe

Hiromi Isobe 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).

  • Non-contact conveyance system
    Patent number: 8225924
    Abstract: A non-contact conveyance system of the invention has a static pressure table for levitating a conveyance object upward, a pair of conveying units having vibrating plates and actuators and a moving unit for moving the conveying units in a conveying direction. Then, retaining forces are applied to front and rear edge portions of the conveyance object facing to the vibrating plates by exciting deflection standing waves in the vibrating plates by the actuators. Then, when the conveying units are moved while applying the retaining forces to the edge portions of the conveyance object, the conveyance object is conveyed following the move of the conveying units. Thereby, a number of parts may be cut and the system may be downsized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Japan
    Inventor: Hiromi Isobe
  • NON-CONTACT CONVEYANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110011704
    Abstract: A non-contact conveyance system of the invention has a static pressure table for levitating a conveyance object upward, a pair of conveying units having vibrating plates and actuators and a moving unit for moving the conveying units in a conveying direction. Then, retaining forces are applied to front and rear edge portions of the conveyance object facing to the vibrating plates by exciting deflection standing waves in the vibrating plates by the actuators. Then, when the conveying units are moved while applying the retaining forces to the edge portions of the conveyance object, the conveyance object is conveyed following the move of the conveying units. Thereby, a number of parts may be cut and the system may be downsized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Institute of National Colleges of Technology, Japan
    Inventor: Hiromi Isobe