Patents by Inventor HIROYUKI KURATANI

HIROYUKI KURATANI 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).

  • Operation apparatus and control method
    Patent number: 9387560
    Abstract: An operation apparatus of this invention includes a main pallet and a sub pallet detachable from the main pallet, and can convey a work and a part. The operation apparatus includes a lifting mechanism disconnecting, from the main pallet, the work placed on the main pallet and lift/lower the work; a moving mechanism detaching, from the main pallet, the sub pallet attached to the main pallet and lift/lower the sub pallet; a rotation mechanism holding the work lifted to a work operation region by the lifting mechanism; and an operation unit extracting the part from the sub pallet lifted to a part preparation region by the moving mechanism and assembling the part to the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bungo Matsumoto, Yuichi Ichihara, Hiroyuki Kuratani
  • OPERATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD
    Publication number: 20140311856
    Abstract: An operation apparatus of this invention includes a main pallet and a sub pallet detachable from the main pallet, and can convey a work and a part. The operation apparatus includes a lifting mechanism disconnecting, from the main pallet, the work placed on the main pallet and lift/lower the work; a moving mechanism detaching, from the main pallet, the sub pallet attached to the main pallet and lift/lower the sub pallet; a rotation mechanism holding the work lifted to a work operation region by the lifting mechanism; and an operation unit extracting the part from the sub pallet lifted to a part preparation region by the moving mechanism and assembling the part to the work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: HIRATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: BUNGO MATSUMOTO, YUICHI ICHIHARA, HIROYUKI KURATANI