Patents by Inventor Kengo OKADOME

Kengo OKADOME 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).

  • Production system, processed object manufacturing method, and container transferring method
    Patent number: 8788088
    Abstract: The production system includes: an item feeding device having transfer mechanisms provided alongside and respectively transferring containers each storing an item to item feeding positions; a carrier device holding and carrying the container and the item at the feeding position; and a control device making: the item feeding device operate to select only one of the transfer mechanisms and to transfer the container of the selected transfer mechanism to the feeding position; the carrier device operate to hold the item from the container transferred to the feeding position and to carry the item to a transfer position; and the carrier device operate to hold the container transferred to the feeding position and to carry the container from the feeding position to a transfer position over an item feeding position for a different one of the transfer mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Murakami, Kengo Okadome, Toshihiko Fukushima
  • PRODUCTION SYSTEM, PROCESSED OBJECT MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CONTAINER TRANSFERRING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120239185
    Abstract: The production system includes: an item feeding device having transfer mechanisms provided alongside and respectively transferring containers each storing an item to item feeding positions; a carrier device holding and carrying the container and the item at the feeding position; and a control device making: the item feeding device operate to select only one of the transfer mechanisms and to transfer the container of the selected transfer mechanism to the feeding position; the carrier device operate to hold the item from the container transferred to the feeding position and to carry the item to a transfer position; and the carrier device operate to hold the container transferred to the feeding position and to carry the container from the feeding position to a transfer position over an item feeding position for a different one of the transfer mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Yoshinobu MURAKAMI, Kengo OKADOME, Toshihiko FUKUSHIMA