Patents by Inventor Kosuke IRINO

Kosuke IRINO 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: 11942347
    Abstract: A storage system includes an overhead stocker including an overhead crane track, shelving in which tiers of storages to accommodate articles therein are arranged vertically, and a crane to travel along the overhead crane track and transfer an article between the tiers of storages, an overhead transport vehicle system to perform receiving or delivering of an article from or to a predetermined transfer destination, and a transporter to vertically transport an article between the overhead stocker and the overhead transport vehicle system, the overhead transport vehicle system being provided below a lower end of the overhead stocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Yoshiki Yuasa, Kosuke Irino
  • Patent number: 11673741
    Abstract: A storage system prevents a large load from being applied to a part of the ceiling. The storage system in which a rack is provided by being suspended from a first position of a ceiling by a first suspending member attached to a grid ceiling, a second overhead track is provided by being suspended from a second position of the grid ceiling by a second suspending member attached to the grid ceiling, and the first position and the second position are set to be apart by at least a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Kosuke Irino, Yoshiki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 11615975
    Abstract: A storage system includes an overhead stocker having a first overhead track, a rack including a plurality of storages arranged vertically, and a crane that travels along the first overhead track and delivers and receives an article to and from the storages; and an overhead transport vehicle system having a second overhead track provided below a lower end of the overhead stocker, and an overhead transport vehicle that travels along the second overhead track and delivers and receives an article to and from a predetermined transfer destination, wherein the first overhead track has an elevating track capable of supporting and lowering the crane that is stopped traveling at a portion deviated from the second overhead track in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Kosuke Irino
  • Publication number: 20220189807
    Abstract: A storage system includes an overhead stocker having a first overhead track, a rack including a plurality of storages arranged vertically, and a crane that travels along the first overhead track and delivers and receives an article to and from the storages; and an overhead transport vehicle system having a second overhead track provided below a lower end of the overhead stocker, and an overhead transport vehicle that travels along the second overhead track and delivers and receives an article to and from a predetermined transfer destination, wherein the first overhead track has an elevating track capable of supporting and lowering the crane that is stopped traveling at a portion deviated from the second overhead track in planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Kosuke Irino
  • Publication number: 20220097965
    Abstract: A storage system prevents a large load from being applied to a part of the ceiling. The storage system in which a rack is provided by being suspended from a first position of a ceiling by a first suspending member attached to a grid ceiling, a second overhead track is provided by being suspended from a second position of the grid ceiling by a second suspending member attached to the grid ceiling, and the first position and the second position are set to be apart by at least a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Kosuke Irino, Yoshiki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20220073275
    Abstract: A storage system includes an overhead stocker including an overhead crane track shelving in which tiers of storages to accommodate articles therein are arranged vertically, and a crane to travel along the overhead crane track and transfer an article between the tiers of storages, an overhead transport vehicle system to perform receiving or delivering of an article from or to a predetermined transfer destination, and a transporter to vertically transport an article between the overhead stocker and the overhead transport vehicle system, the overhead transport vehicle system being provided below a lower end of the overhead stocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji WADA, Yoshiki YUASA, Kosuke IRINO