Patents by Inventor Mina ORII

Mina ORII 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).

  • Publication number: 20230400057
    Abstract: A transport system include: a workpiece holder configured to hold a workpiece; a moving body facing the workpiece holder at least in a gravity direction and movable in a movement direction intersecting the gravity direction; a weight reducer configured to apply a static non-contact force to the workpiece holder to reduce a weight of the workpiece holder; a force generator disposed on the moving body to face the workpiece holder in the gravity direction, the force generator configured to apply a controllable non-contact force to the workpiece holder so as to follow a movement of the moving body while levitating the workpiece holder having the reduced weight; and circuitry configured to control the controllable non-contact force generated by the force generator to control a relative position of the workpiece holder with respect to the moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Go YAMAGUCHI, Yoshiaki KUBOTA, Yuta HIGASHINAKA, Mina ORII, Dai SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20210155421
    Abstract: A conveying system includes a guide constituting a conveying path, a carrier configured to move along the conveying path, a magnetic member provided on one of the guide and the carrier so as to be arranged along the conveying path, a plurality of coils provided on the other one of the guide and the carrier and configured to generate thrust along the conveying path by generating a moving magnetic field acting on the magnetic member in accordance with supply of power, a magnetic sensor configured to detect magnetism varying with a movement of the carrier, and a controller which is configured to execute position detection of a first method of obtaining a position of the carrier based on inductance variation of the coil and execute position detection of a second method of obtaining a position of the carrier based on an output of the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Minoru KOGA, Hiromitsu AKAE, Yuki HONDA, Mina ORII, Go YAMAGUCHI, Sohei OGA, Hidenori HARA
  • Patent number: 10947066
    Abstract: A conveying system includes a plurality of carriers and circuitry. The plurality of carriers has a power source generating thrust in accordance with supply of power and moves along a conveying path. The circuitry is configured to execute detection of a collision between the carriers based on an increase in the thrust in the carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Minoru Koga, Hiromitsu Akae, Yuki Honda, Mina Orii, Go Yamaguchi, Sohei Oga, Hidenori Hara
  • Publication number: 20190315580
    Abstract: A conveying system includes a plurality of carriers and circuitry. The plurality of carriers has a power source generating thrust in accordance with supply of power and moves along a conveying path. The circuitry is configured to execute detection of a collision between the carriers based on an increase in the thrust in the carriers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Minoru KOGA, Hiromitsu Akae, Yuki Honda, Mina Orii, Go Yamaguchi, Sohei Oga, Hidenori Hara
  • Patent number: 10336559
    Abstract: A conveying system includes at least one guide unit and a carrier. The guide unit includes a traveling surface, at least one guide rail, and a magnetic member formed of a soft magnetic material and including a plurality of salient poles aligned along a conveying path. The carrier includes at least one roller coming in contact with the guide rail from a side direction, at least one wheel coming in contact with the traveling surface, and a plurality of coils provided to overlap with the magnetic member in plan view, and configured to generate thrust along the conveying path and attraction toward the magnetic member by generating a moving magnetic field acting on the magnetic member in accordance with supply of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Minoru Koga, Hiromitsu Akae, Yuki Honda, Mina Orii, Go Yamaguchi, Sohei Oga, Hidenori Hara
  • Publication number: 20180079605
    Abstract: A conveying system includes at least one guide unit and a carrier. The guide unit includes a traveling surface, at least one guide rail, and a magnetic member formed of a soft magnetic material and including a plurality of salient poles aligned along a conveying path. The carrier includes at least one roller coming in contact with the guide rail from a side direction, at least one wheel coming in contact with the traveling surface, and a plurality of coils provided to overlap with the magnetic member in plan view, and configured to generate thrust along the conveying path and attraction toward the magnetic member by generating a moving magnetic field acting on the magnetic member in accordance with supply of power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Minoru KOGA, Hiromitsu AKAE, Yuki HONDA, Mina ORII, Go YAMAGUCHI, Sohei OGA, Hidenori HARA