Patents by Inventor Kazuhito MIYAMOTO

Kazuhito MIYAMOTO 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: 11992942
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] There are provided a control apparatus, a control method, and a master-slave system. [Solution] A control apparatus includes: a detector that detects whether or not a master apparatus used for an operation of a slave apparatus is located at a movable range limit; and a controller that controls, on the basis of a detection result, a slave parameter related to control of the slave apparatus and an image parameter related to an image displayed on the basis of imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Itotani, Hiromasa Masuda, Atsushi Miyamoto, Kazuhito Wakana
  • Publication number: 20230330796
    Abstract: A spindle includes a housing including a first opening, a bearing housed in the housing, a main shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, a collet chuck in a first through hole defined in the main shaft to grip a machining tool and being movable in an axial direction of the main shaft, a draw bar connected to the collet chuck, and a cover covering the first opening and including a second through hole through which the main shaft is disposed. The main shaft and the cover are disposed at a distance from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuhito MIYAMOTO, Gota YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11478812
    Abstract: A droplet deposition apparatus includes a standing wave generator including ultrasonic wave oscillators, a droplet supplier to supply a droplet, a workpiece retainer to retain a workpiece in a predetermined space, and a controller configured or programmed to execute causing the standing wave generator to form a standing wave in the space, causing the droplet supplier to supply the droplet to a node of the standing wave generated in the space, and bringing close to each other a predetermined position on the workpiece retained by the workpiece retainer and the node of the standing wave to which the droplet is supplied, to cause the droplet retained at the node of the standing wave to be deposited onto the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DGSHAPE Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Shibatani, Tomoyoshi Masuda, Tamaki Ogawa, Kazuhito Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220234120
    Abstract: A spindle includes a housing, a bearing housed in the housing, a main shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, a collet chuck extending into a through hole of the main shaft to grip a machining tool and movable in an axial direction of the main shaft, a draw bar connected to the collet chuck, an air inlet above the bearing and through which air is introduced into the housing, an air passage defined in the housing such that the air introduced into the housing through the air inlet flows below the bearing, and an air outlet in the housing and below the bearing and through which the air flowing below the bearing is discharged out of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhito MIYAMOTO, Gota YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220219191
    Abstract: A droplet deposition apparatus includes a standing wave generator including ultrasonic wave oscillators, a droplet supplier to supply a droplet, a workpiece retainer to retain a workpiece in a predetermined space, and a controller configured or programmed to execute causing the standing wave generator to form a standing wave in the space, causing the droplet supplier to supply the droplet to a node of the standing wave generated in the space, and bringing close to each other a predetermined position on the workpiece retained by the workpiece retainer and the node of the standing wave to which the droplet is supplied, to cause the droplet retained at the node of the standing wave to be deposited onto the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Masaya SHIBATANI, Tomoyoshi MASUDA, Tamaki OGAWA, Kazuhito MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10173374
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device includes a base, a holder disposed above the base, a printing head fixed on the holder and including a nozzle configured to discharge a resin material, a stage disposed in the base below the printing head configured to hold the resin material discharged from the nozzle, and a stage moving mechanism configured to move the stage with five or more degrees of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youichirou Ogawa, Hiromu Ichikawa, Kazutoshi Funakoshi, Toru Matsumura, Kazuhito Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20160031158
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing device includes a base, a holder disposed above the base, a printing head fixed on the holder and including a nozzle configured to discharge a resin material, a stage disposed in the base below the printing head configured to hold the resin material discharged from the nozzle, and a stage moving mechanism configured to move the stage with five or more degrees of freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Youichirou OGAWA, Hiromu ICHIKAWA, Kazutoshi FUNAKOSHI, Toru MATSUMURA, Kazuhito MIYAMOTO