Patents by Inventor Manabu Funato
Manabu Funato 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: 12172305Abstract: An arm unit of a transfer robot includes an R-axis motor configured to relatively rotate a second arm with respect to a first arm. The R-axis motor is fixed to the first arm so as to protrude to below an arm axis holding portion of the first arm with an output shaft thereof facing upward. The output shaft is configured to penetrate the first arm from below. The output shaft is fixed to the second arm by a shaft fixing portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yasumichi Mieno, Takeshi Yabe, Manabu Funato
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Publication number: 20230241764Abstract: An arm unit of a transfer robot includes an R-axis motor configured to relatively rotate a second arm with respect to a first arm. The R-axis motor is fixed to the first arm so as to protrude to below an arm axis holding portion of the first arm with an output shaft thereof facing upward. The output shaft is configured to penetrate the first arm from below. The output shaft is fixed to the second arm by a shaft fixing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yasumichi Mieno, Takeshi Yabe, Manabu Funato
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Patent number: 11227783Abstract: A transfer device includes a first parallel four-joint link mechanism in which base end portions of a pair of first links are rotatably connected to a first link base and distal end portions of the first links are rotatably connected to an intermediate link base, a second parallel four-joint link mechanism in which base end portions of a pair of second links are rotatably connected to the intermediate link base and distal end portions of the second links are rotatably connected to a second link base, and a belt transmission mechanism including a pair of first pulleys respectively connected to the first links, a second pulley connected to one of the second links, and a belt provided around the first pulleys and the second pulley. The belt transmission mechanism transmits a rotational driving force such that the first links and the second links rotate in opposite directions to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Otani, Manabu Funato, Tatsuya Hirota
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Publication number: 20200013653Abstract: A transfer device includes a first parallel four-joint link mechanism in which base end portions of a pair of first links are rotatably connected to a first link base and distal end portions of the first links are rotatably connected to an intermediate link base, a second parallel four-joint link mechanism in which base end portions of a pair of second links are rotatably connected to the intermediate link base and distal end portions of the second links are rotatably connected to a second link base, and a belt transmission mechanism including a pair of first pulleys respectively connected to the first links, a second pulley connected to one of the second links, and a belt provided around the first pulleys and the second pulley. The belt transmission mechanism transmits a rotational driving force such that the first links and the second links rotate in opposite directions to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Otani, Manabu Funato, Tatsuya Hirota
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Patent number: 9685359Abstract: A load port device comprises a link mechanism that has a main moving link whose one end is connected with a door holding member in a rotatable manner, a guide that bends and extends from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction and that guides one end of the main moving link, a main moving block with which the other end of the main moving link is connected in a rotatable manner and a door hoisting shaft that extends in the vertical direction and that moves the main moving block in the extending direction. The link mechanism allows the end of the main moving link to move from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction or from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction along the guide in a state that the other end of the main moving link moves to the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Funato, Mitsuo Natsume, Mitsutoshi Ochiai
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Publication number: 20140338288Abstract: A load port device comprises a link mechanism that has a main moving link whose one end is connected with a door holding member in a rotatable manner, a guide that bends and extends from a horizontal direction to a vertical direction and that guides one end of the main moving link, a main moving block with which the other end of the main moving link is connected in a rotatable manner and a door hoisting shaft that extends in the vertical direction and that moves the main moving block in the extending direction. The link mechanism allows the end of the main moving link to move from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction or from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction along the guide in a state that the other end of the main moving link moves to the vertical direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Manabu Funato, Mitsuo Natsume, Mitsutoshi Ochiai