Patents by Inventor Hironobu Kida

Hironobu Kida 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).

  • System for automatically distributing and supplying parts
    Patent number: 4832176
    Abstract: A system for automatically distributing and supplying parts includes a parts distributing device for delivering an array of parts, and a parts supplying device for feeding the parts to a parts installing device at spaced intervals corresponding to parts installing positions. The parts supplying device has a first positioning member for receiving the delivered array of parts, a second positioning member connected to the first positioning member through flexible tubular members for spacing the parts at the spaced intervals, and a parts feed mechanism movable selectively into confronting relation to the second positioning member and the parts installing device for receiving the parts from the second positioning member and feeding the parts to the parts installing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniaki Okuma, Ikuo Maezawa, Hideharu Koizumi, Masato Tanaka, Hironobu Kida