Patents by Inventor Kazuki OGUCHI

Kazuki OGUCHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240309661
    Abstract: A rebar tying robot disclosed herein may be configured to perform a rebar tying operation in which the rebar tying robot performs alternately and repeatedly an operation of moving over a primary rebar and a secondary rebar and an operation of tying the primary rebar and the plurality of secondary rebar together at points where the primary rebar and the plurality of secondary rebar intersect. The rebar tying robot may include a control unit, a longitudinal movement mechanism, a lateral movement mechanism, and a positional information detection mechanism configured to detect a current position of the rebar tying robot. The control unit may be configured to execute a return process in which the control unit control the rebar tying robot to move from the current position of the rebar tying robot to a specific position without performing the rebar tying operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki OGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240300004
    Abstract: A rebar tying robot may include a rebar tying unit, a conveying unit configured to convey the rebar tying unit, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the conveying unit. The conveying unit may include a longitudinal movement mechanism configured to move the rebar tying robot in a front-rear direction, and a first three-dimensional distance sensor configured to output first point cloud data which represents a three-dimensional position of a subject in a first field of view by point clouds. The control unit may be configured to execute a first rebar extraction process in which the control unit extracts point clouds from the point clouds included in the first point cloud data and a rebar model generation process in which the control unit generates a rebar model based on the point clouds extracted in the first rebar extraction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo ONODA, Kazuki OGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240066586
    Abstract: A rebar tying robot may include a rebar tying unit, a conveying unit configured to convey the rebar tying unit, and a control unit configured to control the conveying unit. The conveying unit may include a longitudinal movement mechanism configured to move the rebar tying robot in a front-rear direction and a first three-dimensional distance sensor configured to output first point cloud data which represents a three-dimensional position of a subject in a first field of view by point clouds. The control unit may be configured to execute a first rebar extraction process in which the control unit extracts point clouds from the point clouds included in the first point cloud data and an intersection location identification process in which the control unit identifies a position where the primary rebar and the secondary rebar intersect based on the point clouds extracted in the first rebar extraction process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo ONODA, Kazuki OGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11714253
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure provides a laser line generator that includes a laser beam source, a conversion lens, a lens holder, a rotation axis, a rotation support, a biasing portion, and a gap adjuster. The rotation support abuts the rotation axis and supports the lens holder such that the lens holder rotates about the rotation axis. The biasing portion brings the lens holder and the rotation support closer to each other. The gap adjuster adjusts a gap dimension between the lens holder and the rotation support that are brought closer to each other by the biasing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20230094722
    Abstract: A rebar tying robot configured to tie a plurality of first rebars and a plurality of second rebars intersecting the plurality of first rebars at points where the plurality of first rebars and the plurality of second rebars intersect. The rebar tying robot may include a rebar tying machine, a conveying unit configured to convey the rebar tying machine, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the conveying unit. The conveying unit may include a crawler configured to move on the plurality of first rebars and the plurality of second rebars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadasuke MATSUNO, Kazuki OGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200310076
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure provides a laser line generator that includes a laser beam source, a conversion lens, a lens holder, a rotation axis, a rotation support, a biasing portion, and a gap adjuster. The rotation support abuts the rotation axis and supports the lens holder such that the lens holder rotates about the rotation axis. The biasing portion brings the lens holder and the rotation support closer to each other. The gap adjuster adjusts a gap dimension between the lens holder and the rotation support that are brought closer to each other by the biasing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki OGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10620007
    Abstract: A laser marker in one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a laser light generator, a main body, and a pack attachment portion. The pack attachment portion is configured such that a battery pack, which is chargeable and dischargeable and supplies electric power to the laser light generator, is slidably attached to an outer surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goshi Ishikawa, Yuki Kawai, Kazuki Oguchi, Shinji Hirabayashi, Shinsuke Okuda
  • Patent number: 10321596
    Abstract: A job-site electric apparatus in one aspect the present disclosure includes a housing, an operation device, a terminal, a separator, a coupling device, and a sealing portion. The separator is configured to separate the housing into a first area and a second area, and includes a through hole that allows communication between the first area and the second area. The first area includes the operation device. The second area includes the terminal. The coupling device passes through the through hole and electrically couple the terminal to the operation device. The sealing portion seals the through hole through which the coupling device passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Oguchi, Goshi Ishikawa, Nobuaki Kawatani
  • Publication number: 20190113340
    Abstract: A laser marker in one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a laser light generator, a main body, and a pack attachment portion. The pack attachment portion is configured such that a battery pack, which is chargeable and dischargeable and supplies electric power to the laser light generator, is slidably attached to an outer surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goshi ISHIKAWA, Yuki KAWAI, Kazuki OGUCHI, Shinji HIRABAYASHI, Shinsuke OKUDA
  • Patent number: 10184794
    Abstract: A laser marker in one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a laser light generator, a main body, and a pack attachment portion. The pack attachment portion is configured such that a battery pack, which is chargeable and dischargeable and supplies electric power to the laser light generator, is slidably attached to an outer surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goshi Ishikawa, Yuki Kawai, Kazuki Oguchi, Shinji Hirabayashi, Shinsuke Okuda
  • Publication number: 20180098445
    Abstract: A job-site electric apparatus in one aspect the present disclosure includes a housing, an operation device, a terminal, a separator, a coupling device, and a sealing portion. The separator is configured to separate the housing into a first area and a second area, and includes a through hole that allows communication between the first area and the second area. The first area includes the operation device. The second area includes the terminal. The coupling device passes through the through hole and electrically couple the terminal to the operation device. The sealing portion seals the through hole through which the coupling device passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki OGUCHI, Goshi ISHIKAWA, Nobuaki KAWATANI
  • Publication number: 20170003129
    Abstract: A laser marker in one aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure comprises a laser light generator, a main body, and a pack attachment portion. The pack attachment portion is configured such that a battery pack, which is chargeable and dischargeable and supplies electric power to the laser light generator, is slidably attached to an outer surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Goshi ISHIKAWA, Yuki KAWAI, Kazuki OGUCHI, Shinji HIRABAYASHI, Shinsuke OKUDA