Patents by Inventor Kazunori HIRATA

Kazunori HIRATA 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: 20190344436
    Abstract: A transferring system includes a robot including a first arm having a first grip part and a second arm having a second grip part, a transferring device including a pair of to-be-gripped parts a pair of holding parts configured to hold a workpiece, and an elevator configured to ascend and descend the holding part, and a control device configured to control the robot and the transferring device. The control device operates the elevator so that the to-be-gripped parts move to a first position that is a position at which the first grip part or the second grip part is able to grip the to-be-gripped part, when causing the pair of holding parts to hold the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Kenji BANDO, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190337164
    Abstract: A transferring system includes a robot including a first arm having a pair of first holding parts and a second arm having a pair of second holding parts, a packing bag feeding device, and a control device. A suction part is provided to the inner surface of the first holding part. The control device operates the packing bag feeding device to feed a packing bag while opening its opening, then operates the first arm so that the inner surfaces of the pair of first holding parts contact the outer surface of the packing bag, the suction part sucks the outer surface, and a distance between the inner surfaces of the pair of first holding parts becomes larger than a length of food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190337730
    Abstract: A workpiece inverting device includes a gripping part configured to rotatably grip a workpiece, a rotary body rotatable about a rotating shaft and connected to the gripping part, a strip member extending in a direction orthogonal to the rotating shaft, and an arm configured to move in one of a state in which a tip of the arm is provided with the gripping part and the rotary body and a state in which the tip of the arm is provided with the strip member. While the workpiece is gripped by the gripping member, the rotary body moves relative to the strip member in contact with the rotary body in the direction in which the strip member extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190313607
    Abstract: A belt cover for attaching to a horse The belt cover including at least (1) an electrode for detecting a bioelectric signal by contacting with the surface of a body of the horse, (2) an electric wiring, and (3) a connector for connecting with the electric wiring through a part for connecting with the connector and the electric wiring. Each of the electrode and the electric wiring includes a stretchable conductor having a conductive particle including a silver particle and a binder resin. The stretchable conductor of the electrode and the electric wiring has a sheet resistance of 0.1?? or less, an insulating layer is laminated on the electric wiring, and the electrode and the electric wiring are integrally formed without joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: ANICALL CORPORATION, TOYOBO STC CO., LTD., TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira HANAWA, Yuichiro OMOTE, Hideki KAWABATA, Kazunori HIRATA, Euichul KWON
  • Publication number: 20190300212
    Abstract: A robot is a robot configured to pack food in a container, and includes a first arm configured to move a plate-shaped part, a second arm configured to move a cylindrical part having a top opening and a bottom opening, and a control device. The control device operates the first arm and the second arm so that the cylindrical part and the plate-shaped part are moved above the container, while covering by the plate-shaped part the bottom opening of the cylindrical part where the food is accommodated, and the plate-shaped part is moved over the container to open the bottom opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Kenji BANDO, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190256301
    Abstract: A packing device of food includes a feeding part configured to supply the food, a gripping part configured to grip a plurality of foods at both sides of a plurality of foods in a direction in which the plurality of foods are placed in order by the feeding part, and a conveying part configured to convey onto a tray the plurality of foods gripped by the gripping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Shogo HASEGAWA, Kenji BANDO, Keiichi TANAKA, Hiroshi KATAFUCHI, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190224859
    Abstract: A workspace isolated from an exterior space by a partition, a glove provided to the partition so that an external surface thereof is exposed to the workspace and an internal surface thereof communicates with the exterior space, and a robot configured to insert an arm into the glove and perform a work in the workspace. The glove includes, at a tip-end part thereof, an operating part provided inside the glove, and a hand part provided so as to be exposed to the workspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190202069
    Abstract: A holding device for foods is configured to hold the foods that are self-standable and have a front surface and a rear surface parallel to the front surface. The device includes a first holding part configured to hold the foods lined up in a first direction in a standing state where the front surfaces face in the first direction. The first holding part includes a first support member configured to support the foods at one of the front surface of the food located at a front end when seen in the first direction and the rear surface of the food 40 located at a tail end when seen in the first direction, and a pair of holding members configured to pinch the foods from both sides in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji BANDO, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190193277
    Abstract: A robot is provided which includes a first arm provided with a first holding part having a contact surface formed so as to conform to the shape of an outer circumferential surface of a cylindrical workpiece, and a second arm provided with a second holding part formed into one of a plate shape and a bar shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji BANDO, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190160673
    Abstract: A robot includes a first holding part configured to hold a given portion of a workpiece including a flexible elongated portion extending in first directions, a second holding part configured to hold a given portion of the elongated portion of the workpiece with play in directions intersecting with the first directions and one or more robotic arms configured to move the first holding part and the second holding part within a given operating range. The second holding part relatively moves in the first direction with respect to the first holding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori HIRATA, Keita SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190161289
    Abstract: A packing device of food includes a feeding part configured to supply food, a gripping part configured to grip a plurality of foods placed in order by the feeding part, and a conveying part configured to convey onto a tray the plurality of foods gripped by the gripping part. The gripping part has a pair of pinching members configured to pinch the plurality of foods from both sides in directions in which the plurality of foods are placed in order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Shogo HASEGAWA, Kenji BANDO, Keiichi TANAKA, Hiroshi KATAFUCHI, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190159372
    Abstract: An electronic-component inserting device includes a component gripper configured to hold a main body of an electronic component, an operating member provided to the component gripper, a lead gripper configured to grip the leads of the electronic component held by the component gripper, and a moving device configured to move the component gripper in a first direction relatively to the lead gripper. The lead gripper has a pair of fingers configured to pinch the leads from both sides in second directions perpendicular to the first direction, and a biasing member configured to bias the pair of fingers so that fingertips of the fingers are opened. The fingers are provided with acted parts on which an acting force from the operating member acts so that the fingertips of the fingers are closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Shogo HASEGAWA, Kenji BANDO, Keiichi TANAKA, Soichi TAMADA, Yukio IWASAKI, Hiroshi KATAFUCHI, Kenji WAKIYAMA, Takuma UCHIDA, Kazunori HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190154436
    Abstract: A component inspecting device inspects presence or absence of an abnormal state of two linear wires based on changes in the amount of received light of a first light ray and a second light ray received by a first light receiver and a second light receiver, respectively when a component is moved such that the two linear wires in the normal state block the first light ray and the second light ray in a posture wherein an arrangement direction of the two linear wires crosses optical axes of the first light ray of the first light projector and the second light ray of the second light projector. This device can detect an abnormality such as a bend or the like of linear wires by a simple configuration and a simple operation in a component having two linear wires which have axis directions parallel to each other and have different lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukio IWASAKI, Satoru HIBINO, Kazunori HIRATA