Patents by Inventor Kenichi Takiguchi

Kenichi Takiguchi 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).

  • Application apparatus for applying cohesive material to application target
    Patent number: 9616446
    Abstract: An application apparatus includes a nozzle device (20) injecting a damping material from a nozzle hole (20a) to a vehicle body, an articulated robot (21) moving the nozzle device (20) relative to the vehicle body, a supply section including a supply pump (22), and a supply passage (27), and continuously driving the supply pump (22) to continuously supply the damping material from the supply pump (22) to the supply passage (27) in a substantially uniform amount, a return passage (33) branched from the supply passage (27) and returning the damping material to the supply pump (22), and a gun (32) and a return valve (34) switching a supply destination of the damping material between the nozzle hole (20a) and the return passage (33) based on information on applying the damping material to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Hirota, Kenichi Takiguchi, Masanori Takasaki, Eiichi Kawase, Nobuhiro Takaba, Hidekazu Kato, Naoto Waku
  • APPLICATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150047562
    Abstract: An application apparatus includes a nozzle device (20) injecting a damping material from a nozzle hole (20a) to a vehicle body, an articulated robot (21) moving the nozzle device (20) relative to the vehicle body, a supply section including a supply pump (22), and a supply passage (27), and continuously driving the supply pump (22) to continuously supply the damping material from the supply pump (22) to the supply passage (27) in a substantially uniform amount, a return passage (33) branched from the supply passage (27) and returning the damping material to the supply pump (22), and a gun (32) and a return valve (34) switching a supply destination of the damping material between the nozzle hole (20a) and the return passage (33) based on information on applying the damping material to the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Hirota, Kenichi Takiguchi, Masanori Takasaki, Eiichi Kawase, Nobuhiro Takaba, Hidekazu Kato, Naoto Waku