Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Sugimoto

Katsuhiro Sugimoto 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: 8091484
    Abstract: The present invention makes it easy to employ a floor surface aisle crossing a conveyance path in a conveyance system using a conveyance carriage 1 which travels on guide rails 7a and 7b laid on a floor surface 6 along the conveyance path, wherein at an aisle crossing section 14 in the conveyance path that the aisle on the floor surface crosses, a pit 15 is provided by digging down into the floor surface 6, and inside this pit 15, elevating guide rails 16a and 16b movable vertically parallel between a raised level at which the elevating guide rails connect the guide rails 7a and 7b before and after the pit 15 and a lowered level at which the upper surfaces of the elevating guide rails become flush with the floor surface 6 are disposed, and over the pit 15, a floor member 18 is laid so as to be flush with or substantially flush with the floor surface 8 while leaving elevating apertures for the elevating guide rails 16a and 16b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8056701
    Abstract: The present invention increases an allowable maximum weight of an object to be loaded on a conveyance device using a carriage including an object support base movable vertically controlled by cam rails on the floor side without increasing the weight of the conveyance carriage itself, and is characterized in that the object support base 11 is supported movably vertically on a conveyance carriage 1 via a crosslink mechanism 10, the crosslink mechanism 10 is provided with an elevating cam follower roller 32 which moves up and down in conjunction with standing and falling movements of the crosslink mechanism 10, and in a conveyance carriage traveling path, a cam rail 50 which pushes up the elevating cam follower roller 32 is provided, wherein an urging means 45 which urges the object support base 11 upward is provided, and an urging force of the urging means 45 is set so as to move up the object support base 11 when no object is loaded on the object support base 11, however, when an object is loaded on the object
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7971536
    Abstract: A conveyance device using a carriage having an object support base movable vertically controlled by cam rails on the floor side, has an automatic lock for locking the object support base at a rising limit position. Unlocking cam follower rollers of the automatic lock are provided higher than a conveyance carriage supporting level of a carriage traveling path. A cam follower roller for elevating the object support base is positioned higher than the conveyance carriage supporting level when the object support base is at the rising limit position. In an area in which the carriage traveling path and the aisle cross each other, a crossing aisle floor member is laid at the same level as the conveyance carriage supporting level, and the conveyance carriage can pass through this aisle crossing area in a state that the object support base is locked at the rising limit position by the automatic lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100224464
    Abstract: The present invention increases an allowable maximum weight of an object to be loaded on a conveyance device using a carriage including an object support base movable vertically controlled by cam rails on the floor side without increasing the weight of the conveyance carriage itself, and is characterized in that the object support base 11 is supported movably vertically on a conveyance carriage 1 via a crosslink mechanism 10, the crosslink mechanism 10 is provided with an elevating cam follower roller 32 which moves up and down in conjunction with standing and falling movements of the crosslink mechanism 10, and in a conveyance carriage traveling path, a cam rail 50 which pushes up the elevating cam follower roller 32 is provided, wherein an urging means 45 which urges the object support base 11 upward is provided, and an urging force of the urging means 45 is set so as to move up the object support base 11 when no object is loaded on the object support base 11, however, when an object is loaded on the object
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100218697
    Abstract: The present invention makes it easy to lay-out a carriage traveling path crossing an aisle for a vehicle, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: DAIFUKU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20100218698
    Abstract: The present invention makes it easy to employ a floor surface aisle crossing a conveyance path in a conveyance system using a conveyance carriage 1 which travels on guide rails 7a and 7b laid on a floor surface 6 along the conveyance path, wherein at an aisle crossing section 14 in the conveyance path that the aisle on the floor surface crosses, a pit 15 is provided by digging down into the floor surface 6, and inside this pit 15, elevating guide rails 16a and 16b movable vertically parallel between a raised level at which the elevating guide rails connect the guide rails 7a and 7b before and after the pit 15 and a lowered level at which the upper surfaces of the elevating guide rails become flush with the floor surface 6 are disposed, and over the pit 15, a floor member 18 is laid so as to be flush with or substantially flush with the floor surface 8 while leaving elevating apertures for the elevating guide rails 16a and 16b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 4470219
    Abstract: The miniature vehicle toy is provided having a wheel assembly, a chassis member, a prime mover assembly and a body member. The wheel assembly can be fastened to the chassis member by the snap-mounting of the prime mover assembly between a keeper member and pawl member that are integrally molded onto the chassis member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuhiro Sugimoto