Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kusumoto

Hiroyuki Kusumoto 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: 11920021
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cellulose acetate with excellent biodegradability in seawater. A cellulose acetate having a total degree of acetyl substitution of not greater than 2.7, a ratio ? of a sum of a degree of acetyl substitution at the 2-position and a degree of acetyl substitution at the 3-position to a degree of acetyl substitution at the 6-position in the total degree of acetyl substitution of not less than 2.0, and a sulfate component amount of greater than 20 ppm and not greater than 400 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumura, Kyokutou Ga, Masaaki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10843335
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member provided rotatably with respect to the first member, a gearing that transmits drive power from one side to the other side of the first member and the second member, the gearing includes an internal gear, an external gear having a flexible barrel portion in a tubular shape with an opening portion in an end part, and rotating about a rotation axis relative to the internal gear, and a wave generator, the wave generator includes a cam having a non-circular outer circumferential surface, and a bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of balls, the first member includes a counter body provided to face the end part on the opening portion side of the barrel portion, and a first seal member is provided between the outer ring and the counter body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10837543
    Abstract: A robot includes a gear device that has a first surface and a second surface which are in a tubular shape around an axis, are disposed inside and outside of each other, and repeatedly come into contact with and separate away from each other with operation of the gear device. The first surface has a first recessed portion and a first projection portion, which extend in a direction having a circumferential direction component around the axis and configure a first uneven pattern, by being alternately arranged in a direction along the axis. The second surface has a second recessed portion and a second projection portion, which extend in the direction having the circumferential direction component around the axis and configure a second uneven pattern that is different from the first uneven pattern, by being alternately arranged in the direction along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 10344848
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member provided to be capable of turning with respect to the first member, and a gear device configured to transmit a driving force from one side to the other side of the first member and the second member. The gear device includes an internal gear, an external gear having flexibility and configured to partially mesh with the internal gear, a wave generator configured to be in contact with the external gear and move a meshing position of the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction, and lubricant disposed in at least one of a meshing section of the internal gear and the external gear and a portion where the external gear and the wave generator are in contact with each other. A last non-seizure load of the lubricant is 300 N or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masanao Kunugi, Hiroyuki Kusumoto, Yuya Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20180281177
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member provided rotatably with respect to the first member, a gearing that transmits drive power from one side to the other side of the first member and the second member, the gearing includes an internal gear, an external gear having a flexible barrel portion in a tubular shape with an opening portion in an end part, and rotating about a rotation axis relative to the internal gear, and a wave generator, the wave generator includes a cam having a non-circular outer circumferential surface, and a bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, and a plurality of balls, the first member includes a counter body provided to face the end part on the opening portion side of the barrel portion, and a first seal member is provided between the outer ring and the counter body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180080543
    Abstract: A robot includes a gear device that has a first surface and a second surface which are in a tubular shape around an axis, are disposed inside and outside of each other, and repeatedly come into contact with and separate away from each other with operation of the gear device. The first surface has a first recessed portion and a first projection portion, which extend in a direction having a circumferential direction component around the axis and configure a first uneven pattern, by being alternately arranged in a direction along the axis. The second surface has a second recessed portion and a second projection portion, which extend in the direction having the circumferential direction component around the axis and configure a second uneven pattern that is different from the first uneven pattern, by being alternately arranged in the direction along the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180031109
    Abstract: A robot includes a first member, a second member provided to be capable of turning with respect to the first member, and a gear device configured to transmit a driving force from one side to the other side of the first member and the second member. The gear device includes an internal gear, an external gear having flexibility and configured to partially mesh with the internal gear, a wave generator configured to be in contact with the external gear and move a meshing position of the internal gear and the external gear in a circumferential direction, and lubricant disposed in at least one of a meshing section of the internal gear and the external gear and a portion where the external gear and the wave generator are in contact with each other. A last non-seizure load of the lubricant is 300 N or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Masanao KUNUGI, Hiroyuki KUSUMOTO, Yuya KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 8840513
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins on which ring members of a circular ring shape are mounted outside are inserted in the through holes. Further, the ring member is mounted to the penetration pin through an elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 8568264
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins which are configured to extract rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The ring gear and the revolving gear are divided into halves in the thickness direction. Two sheets of ring gears are biased to rotate in reverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 8500592
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins which are configured to extract rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The ring gear and the revolving gear are divided into halves in the thickness direction. Two sheets of ring gears are biased to rotate in reverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20120258835
    Abstract: A reduction gear includes an outer circumference internally toothed gear having first teeth; and an inner circumference externally toothed gear having a second teeth. The reduction gear relatively rotates while the first teeth and the second teeth engage each other. At least one of the first and second teeth has an elastic structure inside the tooth so that the tooth is elastically deformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya KATAOKA, Satoshi KINOSHITA, Hiroyuki KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120244983
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins on which ring members of a circular ring shape are mounted outside are inserted in the through holes. Further, the ring member is mounted to the penetration pin through an elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120244984
    Abstract: Through holes are formed in a revolving gear which revolves while being engaged with a ring gear, and penetration pins which are configured to extract rotation of the revolving gear are inserted in the through holes. The ring gear and the revolving gear are divided into halves in the thickness direction. Two sheets of ring gears are biased to rotate in reverse directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sota Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 8201902
    Abstract: Provided herein is an inkjet type liquid droplet ejection apparatus which supplies functional liquid to a plurality of head units having one or more functional liquid droplet ejection heads, each of the head units is based on a supply unit, and which plots on a workpiece having: a tank unit which supplies the functional liquid continuously to the plurality of head units from a new functional liquid tank which is switched from an old functional liquid tank; a functional liquid supplying channel having a plurality of individual channels; a detecting device which detects whether the new functional liquid of the replaced functional liquid tank reaches to the branching unit; and a controller which controls the plurality of functional liquid droplet ejection heads individually, the controller controls each of the head units to make consumption amounts of the functional liquid equal to the maximum consumption amount of the functional liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20090033700
    Abstract: Provided herein is an inkjet type liquid droplet ejection apparatus which supplies functional liquid to a plurality of head units having one or more functional liquid droplet ejection heads, each of the head units is based on a supply unit, and which plots on a workpiece having: a tank unit which supplies the functional liquid continuously to the plurality of head units from a new functional liquid tank which is switched from an old functional liquid tank; a functional liquid supplying channel having a plurality of individual channels; a detecting device which detects whether the new functional liquid of the replaced functional liquid tank reaches to the branching unit; and a controller which controls the plurality of functional liquid droplet ejection heads individually, the controller controls each of the head units to make consumption amounts of the functional liquid equal to the maximum consumption amount of the functional liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 6554510
    Abstract: A printing aid includes a printing position-determining member 22 for determining a position of a material to be printed 30 on a printing position of a printer device, and a placement member for material to be printed 21 for placing the material to be printed at a portion corresponding to the printing position determined by the printing position-determining member. This makes it possible to print on various types of materials to be printed with the printer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Hayashi, Nobuaki Nagae, Hiroyuki Kusumoto, Noriyuki Komatsu