Patents by Inventor Kensuke Ikenaga

Kensuke Ikenaga 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).

  • Article transport facility
    Patent number: 9896275
    Abstract: An article transport facility comprises a travel rail installed along a travel path, and a travel vehicle which is guided along the travel path with a travel wheel rolling on a travel surface of the travel rail. The travel vehicle has a distance measuring device for measuring a distance to the travel surface. And the distance measuring device includes a pair of distance sensors spaced apart from each other along a travel direction of the travel vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Ikenaga, Tsubasa Yajima
  • Article Transport Facility
    Publication number: 20170057750
    Abstract: An article transport facility comprises a travel rail installed along a travel path, and a travel vehicle which is guided along the travel path with a travel wheel rolling on a travel surface of the travel rail. The travel vehicle has a distance measuring device for measuring a distance to the travel surface. And the distance measuring device includes a pair of distance sensors spaced apart from each other along a travel direction of the travel vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Kensuke Ikenaga, Tsubasa Yajima