Patents by Inventor Marino Watanabe

Marino Watanabe 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: 11761463
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid actuator capable of safely driving a drive target. An air actuator using air as a working fluid includes an X-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PX+ and PX? along one drive axis, which drives a drive target in an X direction, a Y-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PY1+, PY1?, PY2+, and PY2? along two drive axes, which drive the drive target in a Y direction, and an acceleration detection unit that detects translational acceleration and rotational acceleration generated in the drive target on the basis of the measured air pressures PX+, PX?, PY1+, PY1?, PY2+, and PY2?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Marino Watanabe, Akira Kondo, Shinya Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220220985
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid actuator capable of safely driving a drive target. An air actuator using air as a working fluid includes an X-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PX+ and PX? along one drive axis, which drives a drive target in an X direction, a Y-axis pressure sensor that measures air pressures PY1+, PY1?, PY2+, and PY2? along two drive axes, which drive the drive target in a Y direction, and an acceleration detection unit that detects translational acceleration and rotational acceleration generated in the drive target on the basis of the measured air pressures PX+, PX?, PY1+, PY1?, PY2+, and PY2?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Marino Watanabe, Akira Kondo, Shinya Hamada
  • Publication number: 20220221881
    Abstract: There is provided a control device that controls a controlled variable of a control target to a target value by controlling a flow rate of gas supplied to and discharged from the control target by a spool type flow control valve. The control device includes a controller that generates a spool position command of the spool type flow control valve, based on the target value, and a non-linear compensator that applies a correction for linearly compensating for non-linear flow rate characteristics of the spool type flow control valve to the generated spool position command, and outputs the command to the spool type flow control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Marino Watanabe, Akira Kondo, Shinya Hamada, Tatsuya Yoshida