Patents by Inventor Masaru Oda

Masaru Oda 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: 9150358
    Abstract: A magnet conveyance positioning device including a conveyance unit and an attachment device attached to the conveyance unit to move integrally with the conveyance unit. The attachment device includes a support unit abutting on a object and supporting the conveyance unit from the object, a holding unit provided movably relative to the support unit to detachably hold the magnet, and a driving unit moving the holding unit so that the magnet approaches the object in a state where the support unit is abutted on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20150251319
    Abstract: A container-carrying device includes: a first slide base unit; a first slide unit; a holding unit; a second slide base unit; a second slide unit; and a receiving unit. The robot is operated to position the holding unit at the upper end of one side unit of the container so that the holding unit holds the upper end, the first slide unit is made to slide upward along the first slide base unit to raise the container. The second slide unit is made to slide along the second slide base unit to insert the receiving unit below the bottom of the container, thereby taking out the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Takashi Ishikawa, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20150231781
    Abstract: A robot traveling system, which enables sufficient space to be secured by a machine that is installed along a rail. The robot traveling system is provided with a rail, a carriage which can move along the rail and which supports a robot, a drive mechanism which drives the carriage, and a cable track which houses a cable which has a connecting end which is connected to the robot and is laid at the bottom side of the rail along that rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ochiishi, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20150183117
    Abstract: An object conveyance system includes a robot disposed outside a dangerous area, and an object gripping mechanism unit fitted to a leading end of the robot and configured to enter into the dangerous area. The object gripping mechanism unit is configured to take out an object present inside the dangerous area to an outside of the dangerous area, and set the object present outside the dangerous area inside the dangerous area. The object conveyance system further includes a retracting device configured to retract the object gripping mechanism unit at least partially present inside the dangerous area to the outside of the dangerous area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Masaru ODA
  • Patent number: 9061597
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a quick charger for an electric vehicle in which a quick charging cable can be compactly stored, which is excellent in safety, and in which the burden on a user in operations is lightened. Provided is a quick charger for an electric vehicle including: an operation panel provided on the front face of a body housing; an outlet for a charging cable provided on one side face of the body housing; a charging connector housing unit that is provided on the other side face of the body housing to hold a charging connector in the body housing; and a charging cable receiver that is provided at a lower part of the body housing, wherein the charging cable receiver has a function of holding an intermediate part of the charging cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Koichi Umezawa, Toshiyuki Utsuki, Yoshitomo Sakayori, Shoji Kawai, Masakatsu Horii
  • Publication number: 20150091307
    Abstract: A wind power generation system includes: blades configured to be rotated by wind; a generator configured to be driven by the rotation of the blades to generate power; a nacelle supporting the blades; and a tower supporting the nacelle rotatably. The wind power generation system is configured to receive the wind at a side opposite to a side of the nacelle on which the blades are provided. The system includes a radiator configured to dissipate heat in the nacelle through a cooling medium. The radiator is provided outside the nacelle on an upwind side of the nacelle. The radiator is provided with an intake surface thereof facing an upwind direction. A path is formed downstream of the radiator to guide the wind that has passed the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Shigehisa FUNABASHI, Yasushi SHIGENAGA, Shingo INAMURA, Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20150060235
    Abstract: A magnet conveyance positioning device including a conveyance unit and an attachment device attached to the conveyance unit to move integrally with the conveyance unit. The attachment device includes a support unit abutting on a object and supporting the conveyance unit from the object, a holding unit provided movably relative to the support unit to detachably hold the magnet, and a driving unit moving the holding unit so that the magnet approaches the object in a state where the support unit is abutted on the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20150000453
    Abstract: Provided is a robot hand capable of reducing the load moment applied on the wrist of the robot hand in lifting an article. The robot hand includes a base; a first hand arm mounted on the base, including a holding part configured to hold the article, and configured such that the holding part is movable between a first distal position away from the base in a first direction, and a first proximal position close to the base more than the first distal position; and a second hand arm mounted on the base, including a counter balancer weight, and configured such that the counter balancer weight is movable between a second distal position away from the base in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a second proximal position close to the base more than the second distal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Masaru ODA
  • Publication number: 20140286734
    Abstract: A working system including: a working machine having a door operated so as to be closed at a time of working and be opened at a time of non-working; an automatic changer provided so as to enter and exit from an inside of the working machine through the door to change a worked object and/or a tool; and an actuator operating the door. The actuator is a servo motor dedicated to operating the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Oda
  • Publication number: 20140261963
    Abstract: In a masking system a robot performs first conveyance work of making an object gripping unit grip an object and set the object at a predetermined position based on positional information of the object which was detected by a first detection unit, coating work of making a coating unit coat an adhesive on a masking location of the object which is set at the predetermined position, and second conveyance work of making a masking piece gripping unit adhere a masking piece to the masking location of the object based on positional information of the masking piece which was detected by a second detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FANUC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru ODA, Kazuhisa OTSUKA, Mitsuhiro OKUDA, Eiichirou NAGASUE
  • Publication number: 20140248549
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, a separator, a fluid channel, a fluid manifold, a plurality of protruding elastic members, and a plurality of sealing members. A fluid is to flow in a stacking direction through the fluid manifold. A connection channel is provided between the plurality of protruding elastic members to connect the fluid channel and the fluid manifold. The plurality of sealing members are provided adjacent to the plurality of protruding elastic members in the stacking direction and extend in a direction to cross a flow direction in which the fluid flows along the connection channel. Each of the plurality of protruding elastic members has overlapping regions that overlap the plurality of sealing members as seen from the stacking direction. The overlapping regions are separated from each other in the flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi USHIO, Syuji SATO, Masaru ODA, Yuji ASANO, Koji MORIYAMA
  • Patent number: 8802312
    Abstract: A fuel cell according to the present invention includes a power generation unit. The power generation unit is formed by stacking a first metal separator, a first membrane electrode assembly, a second metal separator, a second membrane electrode assembly, and a third metal separator. The number of flow grooves in a first oxygen-containing gas flow field is different from the number of flow grooves in a second oxygen-containing gas flow field. The first oxygen-containing gas flow field and the second oxygen-containing gas flow field have the same length, and the flow grooves in the first oxygen-containing gas flow field and the flow grooves in the second oxygen-containing gas flow field have the same depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Narutoshi Sugita, Masaru Oda, Masaaki Sakano, Norimasa Kawagoe, Takashi Kosaka
  • Patent number: 8778553
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and an anode side metal separator and a cathode side metal separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen-containing gas flows in an oxygen-containing gas flow field in a horizontal direction. A coolant flows in a coolant flow field in a vertical direction. The coolant flow field is connected to coolant supply passages and coolant discharge passages. The opening of one of the coolant supply passages and the opening of one of the coolant discharge passages are smaller than those of the other coolant supply passages and the other coolant discharge passages in cross section, respectively. Thus, the flow rate of the coolant supplied to an area near outlets of the oxygen-containing gas flow field and the fuel gas flow field become smaller than the flow rate of the coolant supplied to the other area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Mohri, Kentaro Nagoshi, Masaru Oda
  • Patent number: 8770247
    Abstract: In a masking system a robot performs first conveyance work of making an object gripping unit grip an object and set the object at a predetermined position based on positional information of the object which was detected by a first detection unit, coating work of making a coating unit coat an adhesive on a masking location of the object which is set at the predetermined position, and second conveyance work of making a masking piece gripping unit adhere a masking piece to the masking location of the object based on positional information of the masking piece which was detected by a second detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Oda, Kazuhisa Otsuka, Mitsuhiro Okuda, Eiichirou Nagasue
  • Publication number: 20140172165
    Abstract: A robot operation system including a plurality of robots, by which a cost and/or operators of the system are reduced. The operation system includes one component supplying unit, a plurality of operation units, and a component conveying device which connects the component supplying unit and each operation unit and conveys a component supplied from the component supplying unit to each operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Oda
  • Patent number: 8735015
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes a plurality of power generation cells each having a first separator. The separator has a fuel gas flow field. A fuel gas supply passage extends through one corner of the power generation cell in the stacking direction, a fuel gas flowing through the fuel gas supply passage into a fuel gas flow field. An inlet buffer is provided upstream of the fuel gas flow field. The fuel gas supply passage and the inlet buffer are connected by a plurality of inlet connection grooves. The inlet connection grooves are inclined from a direction perpendicular to a wall surface of the fuel gas supply passage toward the center of the fuel gas flow field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetada Kojima, Masaru Oda, Keisuke Suda
  • Patent number: 8733810
    Abstract: A robot system capable of purposely withdrawing a workpiece into a hand, and capable of sequentially and effectively taking out the workpiece, even when workpieces are randomly located. A hand has a base part attached to the front end of a robot arm, at least two fingers pivotally attached to base part, and a roller device arranged at a front end of each finger. The roller device is a rotating belt device having a small motor arranged in the finger, a driving roller driven by the motor via a drive transmitting means, and a driven roller rotated with the driving roller via a belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Oda
  • Patent number: 8722219
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes stacked unit fuel cells provided between end holding members, each unit fuel cell having a membrane electrode assembly including an anode and a cathode. A pair of separators respectively contact the anode and the cathode, and respectively form reaction gas passages between one separator and the anode, and between the other separator and the cathode. For each reaction gas passage, a gas supply passage and a gas discharge passage are formed through the unit fuel cells and one end holding member so that they communicate with the reaction gas passage of each unit fuel cell, and a drainage passage is also formed through the unit fuel cells and one end holding member. An end of the drainage passage and an end of the gas discharge passage on the side of the other end holding member are joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kikuchi, Masaru Oda, Masaharu Suzuki, Norimasa Kawagoe
  • Publication number: 20140028040
    Abstract: A robot system capable of purposely withdrawing a workpiece into a hand, and capable of sequentially and effectively taking out the workpiece, even when workpieces are randomly located. A hand has a base part attached to the front end of a robot arm, at least two fingers pivotally attached to base part, and a roller device arranged at a front end of each finger. The roller device is a rotating belt device having a small motor arranged in the finger, a driving roller driven by the motor via a drive transmitting means, and a driven roller rotated with the driving roller via a belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Masaru ODA
  • Patent number: 8630737
    Abstract: A taking out device capable of correcting a posture of an article to be taken out and taking out the article, while considering interference between a robot hand and a container for containing the article. Since the article is inclined to the left side, the hand approaches and contacts the article from the left side. Then, the hand pushes to the right side while claws of the hand engage a hole portion of the article in order to correct the posture of the article such that the positional relationship between the article and the hand represents a reference position/posture. In this way, the hand is positioned at a second position/posture in which the posture of the article relative to the claws allows the article to be taken out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Masaru Oda