Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Isobe

Hiroshi 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).

  • Patent number: 11000946
    Abstract: In the link operating device, a distal-end-side link hub is connected to a proximal-end-side link hub so as to be changeable in position relative thereto via at least three link mechanisms. Each link mechanism includes a proximal-side end link member, a distal-side end link member, and a center link member. Position-controlling actuators and speed reduction mechanisms are provided to two or more of the link mechanisms. The proximal-side end link member includes a bent portion and a pair of rotational connection bodies disposed at one end of the bent portion. The speed reduction mechanism is disposed between the pair of rotational connection bodies, and includes an output shaft fixed to one of the rotational connection bodies, and an input shaft rotatably supported by the other one of the rotational connection bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzou Nose, Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata
  • Publication number: 20210111172
    Abstract: The present technique relates to an electrostatic protective element that enables protective performance with respect to static electricity to be improved and to an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: HIROSHI ISOBE, TAKAAKI TATSUMI
  • Publication number: 20210086350
    Abstract: In a link actuating device, a distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms. A posture control drive source configured to arbitrarily change the posture of the distal end side link hub is provided to each of two or more link mechanisms. The link actuating device includes a storage unit configured to store therein an operating position of the posture control drive source when the distal end side link hub is in a defined posture. In each of the two or more link mechanisms, a positioning portion is provided to at least one of the proximal side end link member, the distal side end link member, and the intermediate link member. A positioning member configured to position the distal end side link hub in the defined posture is dismountably mounted between a plurality of the positioning portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzou NOSE, Hiroshi ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20210074688
    Abstract: A display unit includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to each other, a plurality of light emitting devices provided on the first surface of the substrate, a mounting member provided in a selective region of the second surface of the substrate, a base that is provided to be opposed to the substrate and has an opening through which the mounting member is inserted with a gap therebetween, and a rigid member that is provided in the gap and is in contact with the base and the mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: HIROSHI ISOBE
  • Publication number: 20210068266
    Abstract: A glass wiring substrate includes: a glass substrate 10 including a first surface 10A and a second surface 10B, having a first wiring portion 20 formed on a first surface side, and having a second wiring portion 30 formed on a second surface side; a through hole 40 formed in a region of the glass substrate 10 in which neither the first wiring portion 20 nor the second wiring portion 30 is formed; and a through hole portion 42 formed on an inner wall 41 of the through hole 40, having one end extending to the first wiring portion 20, having another end extending to the second wiring portion 30, and including a hollow portion 43 corresponding to a central portion of the through hole 40, in which a filling member 61 blocking at least a part of the through hole 40 is provided on a region 10C surrounding an edge portion of the through hole 40 of the first surface 10A, and the filling member 61 includes a glass material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISOBE, Daisuke MIZUTA
  • Patent number: 10890236
    Abstract: An operation method for a link actuating device provided with a target value input unit having a height direction target value input portion that allows input of a movement amount in a height direction or a coordinate position in the height direction, which causes the distal end posture of the link actuating device to be changed only in the height direction along a central axis of a proximal end side link hub. An input converter is provided to calculate, by using an inputted value, a target distal end posture of the link actuating device. The input converter further calculates a command operation amount of each actuator from the result of the calculation, and inputs the command operation amount to the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seigo Sakata, Yukihiro Nishio, Hiroshi Isobe, Naoya Konagai, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200384642
    Abstract: A working device includes a link actuation device and a control device for the link actuation device. The control device includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of the target positions; a calculation unit configured to sequentially read out the respective target positions stored to calculate movement amounts and movement speeds of the respective actuators between the target positions; and a control unit configured to operate the respective actuators by the movement amounts and at the movement speeds of the respective actuators calculated by the calculation unit. The control unit is capable of changing acceleration and deceleration times of the actuators for each of the target positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Marui, Hiroshi Isobe
  • Patent number: 10828779
    Abstract: A diagnostic device is to be used for a link actuation device. A distal end side link hub to be coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms such that posture of the distal end side link hub is changeable. Each of the three or more link mechanisms is to be associated with a respective one of actuators. A predetermined action is to be carried out under a predetermined condition by driving each of the actuators. A preload applicator is to cause a preload to be applied to the link actuation device. A torque detector is to detect a drive torque of each of the actuators while a preload is being applied. A determiner is to determine whether or not the torque that is detected by the torque detector lies within a predetermined range. A notifier is to notify the determination result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Marui, Hiroshi Isobe, Yukihiro Nishio, Seigo Sakata
  • Publication number: 20200340911
    Abstract: In a measurement apparatus or a measurement method, an information processing apparatus executes: a process of specifying a bunch of grapes to be measured on the basis of detection of grasping of the bunch of grapes by a gripper; and a process of starting to measure the number of pieces of the specified bunch of grapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Hidetoshi Kabasawa, Ichiro Ujiie, Tomonori Masuno
  • Patent number: 10780574
    Abstract: A distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms. Each link mechanism has a proximal side end link member, a distal side end link member, and an intermediate link member. The proximal side end link member has a bent portion and rotation shaft mounting portions. A rotation shaft is mounted to the rotation shaft mounting portion. A bevel gear, forming a part of a gear mechanism for transmitting rotary motion of a posture control actuator to the proximal side end link member, is mounted on the rotation shaft mounting portion and disposed in a space between two virtual planes obtained by extending a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge of one end of the bent portion in a longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzou Nose, Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata
  • Publication number: 20200206897
    Abstract: A link actuation device includes a proximal-end-side link hub, a distal-end-side link hub, three or more link mechanisms each coupling the link hubs such that a posture of the distal-end-side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal-end-side link hub. Each link mechanism includes a proximal-side end link member, a proximal-side intermediate link member, a distal-side intermediate link member, and a distal-side end link member. Actuators for arbitrarily changing the posture and a distance from the distal-end-side link hub to the proximal-end-side link hub are provided to three or more link mechanisms of the three or more link mechanisms. A control unit calculates a rotation angle of the proximal-side end link member according to a targeted posture of the distal-end-side link hub and a targeted distance between the centers of the spherical links, and controls the respective actuators so as to attain the calculated rotation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Naoki Marui, Seigo Sakata, Kenzou Nose
  • Publication number: 20200198132
    Abstract: The parallel link mechanism is applied to a work device in which a link actuation device and a combined-side actuator are combined. A control device includes a storage that stores a plurality of work coordinates as well as a work-point movement velocity as a target velocity of an end effector and a posture change velocity as a target angular velocity to be set for changing the posture of the end effector. A controller includes a switching function unit that switches the target velocity used for calculating movement velocities of the respective posture control actuators and a movement velocity of the combined-side actuator, to the work-point movement velocity and to the posture change velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki MARUI, Hiroshi Isobe
  • Patent number: 10661398
    Abstract: A link actuator includes a proximal end side link hub, a distal end side link hub, and link mechanisms which connect the distal end side link hub to the proximal end side link hub. Each of the link mechanisms includes a proximal side end link member, a distal side end link member, and an intermediate link member. Each of the proximal end side link hub and the distal end side link hub is provided with a through-hole which allows an origin positioning shaft to be inserted therethrough. The distal end posture of the link actuator is set to a specified posture by inserting the origin positioning shaft through the through-holes. An amount of operation of actuators in a state where preload is applied to the link actuator is set as a position of an origin of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Hiroyuki Yamada, Keisuke Sone
  • Patent number: 10556308
    Abstract: A work apparatus includes a parallel link mechanism, a position control actuator, a linear motion mechanism, and a rotating mechanism. The parallel link mechanism includes three or more link mechanisms that couple a distal end side link hub to a proximal end side link hub such that a position of the distal end side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal end side link hub. The position control actuator operates the parallel link mechanism. The linear motion mechanism moves a working body in an axial direction orthogonal to a central axis of the proximal end side link hub. The rotating mechanism is mounted on the distal end side link hub and rotates a work object about a rotation center axis parallel to a movement direction of the linear motion mechanism when the central axis and a central axis are on the same line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzou Nose, Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10553457
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device capable of suppressing warpage of the semiconductor device. A mold release agent 101 is applied to a side surface of an upper chip 11. According to this, when a sealing resin 31 for protecting a bump 21 is applied, the bump 21 between the upper chip 11 and a lower chip 12 is protected and a fillet-shaped protruding portion does not adhere to the side surface of the upper chip 11 due to the mold release agent 101, so that a gap 111 is formed. According to this, a stress to warp the lower chip 12 is not generated even when contraction associated with drying of the sealing resin 31 between the side surface of the upper chip 11 and an upper surface of the lower chip 12 occurs, so that it becomes possible to suppress the warpage. The present technology may be applied to the semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Isobe
  • Patent number: 10513028
    Abstract: The composite work apparatus includes: two link actuation devices that support two working bodies such that postures of the working bodies can be individually changed; and three or more linear motion actuators that move the two link actuation devices and two or more work objects relative to each other. In each link actuation device, a distal end side link hub is connected to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms such that a posture of the distal end side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal end side link hub, and a posture control actuator that arbitrarily changes the posture of the distal end side link hub relative to the proximal end side link hub is provided to each of two or more link mechanisms of the three or more link mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata, Naoki Marui, Kenzou Nose
  • Publication number: 20190376584
    Abstract: An operation method for a link actuating device provided with a target value input unit having a height direction target value input portion that allows input of a movement amount in a height direction or a coordinate position in the height direction, which causes the distal end posture of the link actuating device to be changed only in the height direction along a central axis of a proximal end side link hub. An input converter is provided to calculate, by using an inputted value, a target distal end posture of the link actuating device. The input converter further calculates a command operation amount of each actuator from the result of the calculation, and inputs the command operation amount to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seigo SAKATA, Yukihiro Nishio, Hiroshi Isobe, Naoya Konagai, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20190366535
    Abstract: An operation command generator includes: an area division unit configured to divide a line on a flat work surface of a target workpiece W into a straight area and a corner area, using a sharp boundary surface; a straight area operation command generation unit configured to generate a command for operating only the linear motion mechanism while keeping the posture of the parallel link mechanism fixed, in the straight area; and a corner area operation command generation unit configured to generate a command so that an acting point of the end effector passes on the boundary surface at a substantially constant speed by the linear motion mechanism and the parallel link mechanism performing coordinated operations in the corner area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seigo SAKATA, Yuuki SHIMURA, Hiroshi ISOBE, Naoki MARUI
  • Patent number: 10443693
    Abstract: An operation device for a link actuating device (51) is provided with a target value input unit (57) having a height direction target value input portion (57z) that allows input of a movement amount in a height direction or a coordinate position in the height direction, which causes the distal end posture of the link actuating device (51) to be changed only in the height direction along a central axis of a proximal end side link hub (12). Input converter (58) is provided to calculate, by using an inputted value, a target distal end posture of the link actuating device (51). The Input converter (58) further calculates a command operation amount of each actuator (53) from the result of the calculation, and inputs the command operation amount to the control device (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seigo Sakata, Yukihiro Nishio, Hiroshi Isobe, Naoya Konagai, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 10406677
    Abstract: In this parallel link mechanism, a distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms such that the posture of the distal end side link hub can be altered relative to the proximal end side link hub. Each link mechanism includes proximal side and distal side end link members and an intermediate link member. Each end link member includes: a curved member curved by an arbitrary angle; and a rotation shaft support member fixed to one end of or each of opposite ends of the curved member, and configured to support a rotation shaft rotatably coupled directly or via a bearing to the intermediate link member or the link hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isobe, Seigo Sakata, Naoya Konagai, Hiroyuki Yamada