Patents by Inventor Kou Takakura

Kou Takakura 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: 5746964
    Abstract: It is the object of the present invention to firstly provide a loading system and loading method of high working efficiency, and secondly, to provide a loading system and method in which a high precision of loading onto a center mold can be regularly assured without the need for repeated correction checks. The loading system includes a transport car 2 movable along a plurality of tire vulcanizing presses 1 arranged in a line; a robot arm 3 mounted on said transport car 2 for movement in three XYZ dimensions to a prescribed position in a desired stance; and a green tire chuck 6 fixed to the end of said robot arm 3. A load method essentially comprises the steps of picking-up, transportation, loading and chucking during shaping, of a green tire largely through movement of the robot arm of said system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Kashiro Ureshino, Itaru Amano, Masaki Naoi, Kou Takakura, Takumi Mizokawa, Katsumi Ichikawa