Patents by Inventor Kunihiko Oba

Kunihiko Oba 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).

  • Vehicle body component mounting system
    Patent number: 9586297
    Abstract: A vehicle body component mounting system is provided with, along a conveyance path for a vehicle body, an upstream component mounting work area using a cell production system, a central component mounting work area in which the vehicle body is conveyed by an overhead conveyor, and a downstream component mounting work area using the cell production system in this order. Components other than principal components are mounted to the vehicle body using the cell production system. The cell production system is adaptable by increasing the number of component boxes, and thus an increase in the length of the line is prevented. The increase in the length of the line is prevented by using a line production system as a base and also using the cell production system as a part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kozasa, Katsuyoshi Tsutsumida, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Tomonori Iwasaki, Katsutoshi Ebana, Gentoku Fujii, Yoshiki Asano, Yoshio Nagasawa, Kenji Tatsuda, Hitoshi Suzukawa, Koichi Sano, Mamoru Miyamura, Kunihiko Oba, Yuji Kawamura, Tadao Kurosawa, Yohei Yamada
  • VEHICLE BODY COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150128397
    Abstract: A vehicle body component mounting system is provided with, along a conveyance path for a vehicle body, an upstream component mounting work area using a cell production system, a central component mounting work area in which the vehicle body is conveyed by an overhead conveyor, and a downstream component mounting work area using the cell production system in this order. Components other than principal components are mounted to the vehicle body using the cell production system. The cell production system is adaptable by increasing the number of component boxes, and thus an increase in the length of the line is prevented. The increase in the length of the line is prevented by using a line production system as a base and also using the cell production system as a part thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kozasa, Katsuyoshi Tsutsumida, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Tomonori Iwasaki, Katsutoshi Ebana, Gentoku Fujii, Yoshiki Asano, Yoshio Nagasawa, Kenji Tatsuda, Hitoshi Suzukawa, Koichi Sano, Mamoru Miyamura, Kunihiko Oba, Yuji Kawamura, Tadao Kurosawa, Yohei Yamada