Patents by Inventor Kotaro SEKINE
Kotaro SEKINE 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).
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Patent number: 11597103Abstract: A robot includes a movable unit displaced in horizontal directions and having a recessed part opening upward in a vertical direction, a connector placed within the recessed part, and a drain part that communicates between a bottom portion of the recessed part and an outside of the movable unit and drains a liquid within the recessed part out of the recessed part.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventors: Daisuke Komatsu, Toshio Tanaka, Kotaro Sekine
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Patent number: 11203111Abstract: A robot includes a base, a first arm coupled to the base and rotating about a first rotation axis, and a second arm coupled to the first arm and rotating about a second rotation axis, wherein the first arm has a first portion coupled to the base, a second portion coupled to the second arm, and a third portion located between the first portion and the second portion and having an internal space, and a liquid exhaust hole communicating between the internal space and an outside of the first arm and exhausting a liquid entering the internal space to the outside of the first arm is provided in the third portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Inventor: Kotaro Sekine
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Patent number: 10946512Abstract: A robot includes an arm having a cover, a first motor, a first amplifier having a first drive circuit that drives the first motor, and a plate provided in an interior of the arm, wherein the plate is provided with the first amplifier and separated from the respective first motor and cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventor: Kotaro Sekine
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Patent number: 10919145Abstract: A horizontally articulated robot includes a base, a first arm provided at the base, and a control device controlling the first arm, in which at least a part of the control device is located inside the base.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Inventors: Kotaro Sekine, Ryosuke Teranaka
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Patent number: 10906171Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor and an amplifier section including a drive circuit that drives the motor. The amplifier section includes an amplifier cover. A power line for supplying power to the motor is bound to the amplifier cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventors: Seiji Hahakura, Hidenori Hama, Yoshiteru Nishimura, Kotaro Sekine, Mamoru Adachi
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Publication number: 20200406450Abstract: A robot includes a base, a first arm coupled to the base and rotating about a first rotation axis, and a second arm coupled to the first arm and rotating about a second rotation axis, wherein the first arm has a first portion coupled to the base, a second portion coupled to the second arm, and a third portion located between the first portion and the second portion and having an internal space, and a liquid exhaust hole communicating between the internal space and an outside of the first arm and exhausting a liquid entering the internal space to the outside of the first arm is provided in the third portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventor: Kotaro SEKINE
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Patent number: 10800048Abstract: A robot includes a robot housing containing a robot control apparatus that controls the robot having a motor, a brake that brakes the motor by short-circuiting between power lines for supplying electric power to the motor, and a conversion element that converts a current generated by braking of the motor by the brake into heat, wherein the conversion element is attached to the robot housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kotaro Sekine, Ryosuke Teranaka
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Publication number: 20200307001Abstract: A robot includes a movable unit displaced in horizontal directions and having a recessed part opening upward in a vertical direction, a connector placed within the recessed part, and a drain part that communicates between a bottom portion of the recessed part and an outside of the movable unit and drains a liquid within the recessed part out of the recessed part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Daisuke KOMATSU, Toshio TANAKA, Kotaro SEKINE
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Patent number: 10384355Abstract: A robot includes a base, an arm provided on the base, and a reducer having a sliding part and decelerating driving of the arm, wherein a lubricating oil can be supplied to the sliding part from an opposite side to the arm with respect to the sliding part.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kotaro Sekine, Tetsuya Kawase
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Publication number: 20190152070Abstract: A robot includes a robot housing containing a robot control apparatus that controls the robot having a motor, a brake that brakes the motor by short-circuiting between power lines for supplying electric power to the motor, and a conversion element that converts a current generated by braking of the motor by the brake into heat, wherein the conversion element is attached to the robot housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Kotaro SEKINE, Ryosuke TERANAKA
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Publication number: 20190152050Abstract: A robot includes an arm having a cover, a first motor, a first amplifier having a first drive circuit that drives the first motor, and a plate provided in an interior of the arm, wherein the plate is provided with the first amplifier and separated from the respective first motor and cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventor: Kotaro SEKINE
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Publication number: 20180215036Abstract: A robot includes an arm, a motor that drives the arm, an amplifier including a drive circuit for driving the motor, and a first brake that is a non-electromagnetic brake braking the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: Kotaro SEKINE
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Publication number: 20170341223Abstract: A motor unit includes a motor and an amplifier section including a drive circuit that drives the motor. The amplifier section includes an amplifier cover. A power line for supplying power to the motor is bound to the amplifier cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Hidenori HAMA, Yoshiteru NISHIMURA, Kotaro SEKINE, Mamoru ADACHI
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Publication number: 20170341222Abstract: A horizontally articulated robot includes a base, a first arm provided at the base, and a control device controlling the first arm, in which at least a part of the control device is located inside the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Kotaro SEKINE, Ryosuke TERANAKA
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Patent number: 9808935Abstract: A robot includes a base; a first arm that is provided on the base so as to be able to turn around a first turning axis as the center of turning; a second arm that is provided on the first arm so as to be able to turn around a second turning axis as the center of turning, the direction of which is different from the direction of the first turning axis; and a first member that has a first angular speed detector. When seen from the direction of the second turning axis, at least a part of the first member is provided in a region in which the first arm and the second arm overlap with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kotaro Sekine
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Patent number: 9764463Abstract: A robot includes: a base; an arm which is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base using a predetermined rotation shaft as the center of rotation; and an elongated object including a portion present in the base and in the arm, in which the elongated object is bound in a first binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the base and a second binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Hahakura, Kazushige Akaha, Sho Nakano, Takuya Owa, Kotaro Sekine, Daisuke Komatsu
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Publication number: 20170028568Abstract: A robot includes a base, an arm provided on the base, and a reducer having a sliding part and decelerating driving of the arm, wherein a lubricating oil can be supplied to the sliding part from an opposite side to the arm with respect to the sliding part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Kotaro SEKINE, Tetsuya KAWASE
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Publication number: 20160089779Abstract: A robot includes: a base; an arm which is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base using a predetermined rotation shaft as the center of rotation; and an elongated object including a portion present in the base and in the arm, in which the elongated object is bound in a first binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the base and a second binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: Seiji HAHAKURA, Kazushige AKAHANE, Sho NAKANO, Takuya OWA, Kotaro SEKINE, Daisuke KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20150266185Abstract: A robot includes a base; a first arm that is provided on the base so as to be able to turn around a first turning axis as the center of turning; a second arm that is provided on the first arm so as to be able to turn around a second turning axis as the center of turning, the direction of which is different from the direction of the first turning axis; and a first member that has a first angular speed detector. When seen from the direction of the second turning axis, at least a part of the first member is provided in a region in which the first arm and the second arm overlap with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventor: Kotaro SEKINE