Patents by Inventor Katsuji HARAJIRI

Katsuji HARAJIRI 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: 11945699
    Abstract: A collection method using a collection system including a lifting device that is configured to wind up an overhead line supported by a support post, a suspension device that is connected to the overhead line and is movable in the air as the lifting device winds the overhead line, and a grip device suspended from the suspension device includes a step of gripping a tree by the grip device at two points, a step of cutting the gripped tree, a step of tilting the cut tree such that a longitudinal direction of the tree is along a horizontal direction, and a step of conveying the tree gripped by the grip device as the lifting device winds the overhead line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Suyama, Katsuji Harajiri
  • Patent number: 11939195
    Abstract: An overhead-line using system includes: a plurality of supports; a main rope supported by the supports and configured such that both ends of the main rope are fixed; a work rope movably supported by the main rope; a winding device configured to wind up the work rope; a moving device movably supported by the main rope and connected to the work rope, the moving device being movable in the air when the work rope is wound up by the winding device; and a power generator configured to move along with movement of the work rope. The power generator generates electric power by moving relative to the main rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nakamura, Katsuji Harajiri, Kazuo Suyama
  • Patent number: 11834307
    Abstract: An overhead line system includes a plurality of support posts, an overhead line supported by the support posts, a lifting device with which the overhead line is liftable, a suspension device that is connected to the overhead line and is movable in the air as the lifting device winds the overhead line, and a control device. The control device controls the lifting device so as to reduce tension when a predetermined condition relating to a tension abnormality of the overhead line is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Suyama, Katsuji Harajiri
  • Patent number: 11802030
    Abstract: The lifting device includes a first drum around which a wire is wound, a first motor that rotates the first drum, a second drum around which the wire fed from the first drum is wound, and a second motor that rotates the second drum. The first motor is driven to rotate the first drum so as to lift the wire, and the second motor is driven to rotate the second drum to lift the wire fed from the first drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji Harajiri, Kazuo Suyama
  • Publication number: 20230079524
    Abstract: An overhead-line using system includes: a plurality of supports; a main rope supported by the supports and configured such that both ends of the main rope are fixed; a work rope movably supported by the main rope; a winding device configured to wind up the work rope; a moving device movably supported by the main rope and connected to the work rope, the moving device being movable in the air when the work rope is wound up by the winding device; and a power generator configured to move along with movement of the work rope. The power generator generates electric power by moving relative to the main rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazumasa NAKAMURA, Katsuji HARAJIRI, Kazuo SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220033236
    Abstract: The lifting device includes a first drum around which a wire is wound, a first motor that rotates the first drum, a second drum around which the wire fed from the first drum is wound, and a second motor that rotates the second drum. The first motor is driven to rotate the first drum so as to lift the wire, and the second motor is driven to rotate the second drum to lift the wire fed from the first drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji HARAJIRI, Kazuo SUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220033232
    Abstract: A collection method using a collection system including a lifting device that is configured to wind up an overhead line supported by a support post, a suspension device that is connected to the overhead line and is movable in the air as the lifting device winds the overhead line, and a grip device suspended from the suspension device includes a step of gripping a tree by the grip device at two points, a step of cutting the gripped tree, a step of tilting the cut tree such that a longitudinal direction of the tree is along a horizontal direction, and a step of conveying the tree gripped by the grip device as the lifting device winds the overhead line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo SUYAMA, Katsuji HARAJIRI
  • Publication number: 20220022387
    Abstract: In an overhead line system, a first moving device is movable in the air between a first support post and a second support post. A first overhead line is stretched from the first moving device and connected to the first lifting device via the first support post. A second overhead line is stretched from the first moving device and connected to the second lifting device via the second support post. A second moving device is movable in the air between a third support post and a fourth support post. A third overhead line is stretched from the second moving device and connected to the third lifting device via the third support post. A fourth overhead line is stretched from the second moving device and connected to the fourth lifting device via the fourth support post. A suspension device is connected to the first moving device and the second moving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo SUYAMA, Katsuji HARAJIRI
  • Publication number: 20220024713
    Abstract: An overhead line system includes a plurality of support posts, an overhead line supported by the support posts, a lifting device with which the overhead line is liftable, a suspension device that is connected to the overhead line and is movable in the air as the lifting device winds the overhead line, and a control device. The control device controls the lifting device so as to reduce tension when a predetermined condition relating to a tension abnormality of the overhead line is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo SUYAMA, Katsuji HARAJIRI
  • Patent number: 10173263
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a shaping part, a powder feeding part that feeds the powder material to the shaping part, a powder storage part that stores the powder material, and a pipe through which the powder material is transferred from the powder storage part to the powder feeding part. The powder storage part is arranged on a lower side of the powder feeding part in the vertical direction. The pipe is provided with a bent part in a transfer section in which the powder material is transferred from a lower side to an upper side in the vertical direction. The bent part stops the falling of the powder material that is present in the transfer section in the middle of the transfer section when the suction is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji Harajiri, Yoshiyuki Mitsuya, Takeshi Kimura, Michiyoshi Keta, Seiji Niwa, Katsuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20160297005
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a shaping part, a powder feeding part that feeds the powder material to the shaping part, a powder storage part that stores the powder material, and a pipe through which the powder material is transferred from the powder storage part to the powder feeding part. The powder storage part is arranged on a lower side of the powder feeding part in the vertical direction. The pipe is provided with a bent part in a transfer section in which the powder material is transferred from a lower side to an upper side in the vertical direction. The bent part stops the falling of the powder material that is present in the transfer section in the middle of the transfer section when the suction is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuji HARAJIRI, Yoshiyuki MITSUYA, Takeshi KIMURA, Michiyoshi KETA, Seiji NIWA, Katsuhiro ITO