Patents by Inventor Kazuyoshi MATSUKANE

Kazuyoshi MATSUKANE 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: 11731266
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot configured to perform work on a workpiece positioned in a working region and a conveying device configured to convey the workpiece to the working region. The conveying device includes a turning part configured to rotate about a center axis, a guide supporting the turning part rotatably about the center axis and having a hollow in the guide extending along the center axis, a workpiece holder configured to hold the workpiece and provided at the turning part to move together with the turning part along a circular orbit around the center axis passing the working region, a first device provided at the turning part, and a linear object passing through the hollow in the guide and connecting the first device and a second device provided around the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ohtsubo, Kazuyoshi Matsukane
  • Publication number: 20210157296
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot configured to perform work on a workpiece positioned in a working region and a conveying device configured to convey the workpiece to the working region. The conveying device includes a turning part configured to rotate about a center axis, a guide supporting the turning part rotatably about the center axis and having a hollow in the guide extending along the center axis, a workpiece holder configured to hold the workpiece and provided at the turning part to move together with the turning part along a circular orbit around the center axis passing the working region, a first device provided at the turning part, and a linear object passing through the hollow in the guide and connecting the first device and a second device provided around the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Naoyuki OHTSUBO, Kazuyoshi MATSUKANE