Patents by Inventor Inui Yoshitaka

Inui Yoshitaka 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).

  • Article transport facility
    Patent number: 7780020
    Abstract: An article transport facility comprises an article transporting mobile body movable along a moving path and having an article holding unit; an article support for article storage, the article support movable between an article transfer position for receiving an article from the holding unit of the mobile body and transferring the article to the holding unit, and an article storage position; and a operating device provided on the mobile body for moving the article support between the article storage position and the article transfer position when the mobile body is at an article transfer location corresponding to a location of the article support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Inui Yoshitaka
  • Article transport facility
    Publication number: 20070059131
    Abstract: An article transport facility comprises an article transporting mobile body movable along a moving path and having an article holding unit; an article support for article storage, the article support movable between an article transfer position for receiving an article from the holding unit of the mobile body and transferring the article to the holding unit, and an article storage position; and a operating device provided on the mobile body for moving the article support between the article storage position and the article transfer position when the mobile body is at an article transfer location corresponding to a location of the article support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Inui Yoshitaka