Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Andoh

Kiyoshi Andoh 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: 20240051140
    Abstract: A diagnostic system acquires operating condition information capable of identifying an operating condition of a robot arm. The diagnostic system acquires detection results of a plurality of sensor apparatuses installed in the robot arm. The diagnostic system estimates, by inputting the operating condition information acquired at a first point of time and the detection results of the plurality of sensor apparatuses acquired at the first point of time to a simulation model, the detection result of a particular sensor apparatus of the plurality of sensor apparatuses at the second point of time. The diagnostic system estimates a state of the particular sensor apparatus by comparing the detection result of the particular sensor apparatus at the second point of time, which is estimated, with the detection result of the particular sensor apparatus acquired at the second point of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi WADA, Kiyoshi ANDOH, Takuya SHIRATA
  • Patent number: 11852504
    Abstract: A sensor device is attached to, for example, a mechanical component. The sensor device includes a sensor unit, an output unit, and an energy harvesting unit. The sensor unit measures a condition related to the mechanical component. The output unit outputs information that is based on the measurement result from the sensor unit to the outside. The energy harvesting unit converts energy that exists in an external environment into electric power and supplies an electric power for operating at least one of the sensor unit and the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Andoh, Takashi Wada, Hiroyuki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20220231502
    Abstract: A sensor device is attached to various products. The sensor device includes a sensor unit, a communication unit, a storage unit, a power storage unit, and an energy harvesting unit. The sensor unit measures a condition related to a product. The communication unit outputs information based on the measurement result from the sensor unit. The storage unit stores the measurement result from the sensor unit and the information output from the communication unit. The power storage unit supplies electric power for operating at least one of the sensor unit, the communication unit, and the storage unit. The energy harvesting unit converts energy of an external environment into electric power and charges the power storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi ANDOH, Takashi WADA, Hiroyuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20220221315
    Abstract: A sensor device is attached to, for example, a mechanical component. The sensor device includes a sensor unit, an output unit, and an energy harvesting unit. The sensor unit measures a condition related to the mechanical component. The output unit outputs information that is based on the measurement result from the sensor unit to the outside. The energy harvesting unit converts energy that exists in an external environment into electric power and supplies an electric power for operating at least one of the sensor unit and the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kiyoshi ANDOH, Takashi WADA, Hiroyuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20170106543
    Abstract: A joint mechanism includes: a first member; a second member; and a gear device that is provided between the first member and the second member and changes the number of revolutions at a predetermined ratio to transmit a drive force. The gear device includes a crank shaft on which a first eccentric portion is formed, a first oscillating gear that has first external teeth and an insertion hole into which the first eccentric portion is inserted, a carrier that retains the crank shaft rotatably, and an external cylinder that has an internal-tooth pin 3. The carrier and the external cylinder are configured to be displaced coaxially and relatively to each other due to oscillation of the first oscillating gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyoshi ANDOH, Hongyou WANG, Yoshiaki MAKIZOE, Hideshi SHIMADA, Takayuki HASE
  • Patent number: 5449734
    Abstract: A curable composition containing (A) a compound having at least two Si--H bonds, (B) a silicon compound having at least two substituents bonded to the silicon atom thereof, wherein the substituents each have an olefin bond, (C) a neutral platinum catalyst, (D) a silicon compound having at least two alkoxy groups bonded to the silicon atom thereof, and (E) a catalyst for silanol condensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Jun Kotani, Kiyoshi Andoh, Takahisa Iwahara, Kazuya Yonezawa