Patents by Inventor Naoyuki OHTSUBO

Naoyuki OHTSUBO 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: 20230294285
    Abstract: A robot apparatus includes: a door opening/closing robot and a controller. The door opening/closing robot includes a base, a first arm, a second arm, a third arm, and a fourth arm. The door opening/closing robot is disposed between a side surface of the vehicle body and a booth side wall. The controller sequentially performs a door opening control for controlling the door opening/closing robot such that a tool opens a door at an upstream side of a first axis in a direction of a conveyance line, a door following control for controlling the door opening/closing robot such that an opened state of the door is maintained while the vehicle body is being conveyed along the conveyance line, and a door closing control for controlling the door opening/closing robot such that the tool closes the door at a downstream side of the first axis in the direction of the conveyance line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Naoyuki OHTSUBO, Katsuhiko YOSHINO, Yasuhiro KATAOKA, Yoshihide YAMATO, Yuji ISHIMARU, Tsuyoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20230271214
    Abstract: A painting system includes: a conveying apparatus that conveys a vehicle body having a door in a painting area; an operation robot that includes a base fixed in the painting area, a holding tool capable of holding the door, and a horizontal articulated arm that moves the holding tool, and opens the door of the vehicle body that is being conveyed by the conveying apparatus; and a painting robot that paints an inside of the vehicle body in a state where the door is opened by the operation robot. In the vertical direction, at least a portion of the horizontal articulated arm is disposed at a position lower than a height of a lower end of the door where the height of the lower end of the door is maintained by the conveying apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YOSHINO, Naoyuki OHTSUBO, Yasuhiro KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20230271213
    Abstract: A door opening/closing robot includes: a base provided at a position different from a conveyance line on which a vehicle body is conveyed; a first arm attached to the base to rotate around a first axis and extending away from the first axis; a second arm attached to the first arm to rotate around a second axis and extending away from the second axis; a third arm attached to the second arm to rotate around a third axis and extending away from the third axis; and a fourth arm attached to the third arm to extend vertically and configured to vertically move a tool for holding a door of the vehicle body. At least a portion of a connection area including a distal end of the second arm and a proximal end of the third arm is positioned at a same height as at least a portion of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji ISHIMARU, Yoshiaki MIYAZONO, Tsuyoshi ITO, Katsuhiko YOSHINO, Naoyuki OHTSUBO
  • Patent number: 11731266
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot configured to perform work on a workpiece positioned in a working region and a conveying device configured to convey the workpiece to the working region. The conveying device includes a turning part configured to rotate about a center axis, a guide supporting the turning part rotatably about the center axis and having a hollow in the guide extending along the center axis, a workpiece holder configured to hold the workpiece and provided at the turning part to move together with the turning part along a circular orbit around the center axis passing the working region, a first device provided at the turning part, and a linear object passing through the hollow in the guide and connecting the first device and a second device provided around the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ohtsubo, Kazuyoshi Matsukane
  • Publication number: 20230097222
    Abstract: A coating system includes a first robot configured to open an opening/closing portion of a vehicle body and a second robot configured to coat an interior of the vehicle body through the opening/closing portion opened by the first robot. The first robot has a first base via which the first robot is mounted to a structure forming a coating area. The second robot has a second base via which the second robot is mounted. The second base is mounted below the first base in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YOSHINO, Naoyuki OHTSUBO, Yasuhiro KATAOKA, Kenichiro SHIGEYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11541532
    Abstract: A carrying device includes a swivel that swivels around a central axis line of a revolution orbit that passes through a workpiece transfer area and a workpiece work area for a workpiece to be worked on by a robot, multiple workpiece holders positioned on the swivel such that when a first one of the workpiece holders is positioned in the workpiece transfer area, a second one of the workpiece holders is positioned in the workpiece work area, a revolution driver that causes the swivel to swivel around the central axis line of the revolution orbit, and a tilting driver that tilts each of the workpiece holders with respect to the central axis line of the revolution orbit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yoshino, Naoyuki Ohtsubo
  • Patent number: 11027421
    Abstract: A robot is provided which has: a housing including a plurality of joints; a reduction gear placed in the joint, the reduction gear including a lubrication chamber where a gear mechanism for slowing down and transmitting an output of a motor and lubricant is sealed; and an air chamber placed inside the housing, the air chamber communicating with the lubrication chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Ito, Yuji Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20210157296
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot configured to perform work on a workpiece positioned in a working region and a conveying device configured to convey the workpiece to the working region. The conveying device includes a turning part configured to rotate about a center axis, a guide supporting the turning part rotatably about the center axis and having a hollow in the guide extending along the center axis, a workpiece holder configured to hold the workpiece and provided at the turning part to move together with the turning part along a circular orbit around the center axis passing the working region, a first device provided at the turning part, and a linear object passing through the hollow in the guide and connecting the first device and a second device provided around the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Naoyuki OHTSUBO, Kazuyoshi MATSUKANE
  • Patent number: 10821598
    Abstract: A robot is provided which has: a first arm portion to which an end effector is attached, a second arm portion configured to support, at a tip portion thereof, the first arm portion swingably about a first axis, a third arm portion configured to support a base end portion of the second arm portion rotatably about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a tube arranged from the base end portion side toward the tip portion side of the second arm portion and connected to the end effector; and a first recess portion and a second recess portion, which are formed along an arrangement direction of the tube between the base end portion and the tip portion on one side and the other side in a direction orthogonal to both of the first and second axes, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Ito, Tsuyoshi Konno, Yuji Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20200324404
    Abstract: A carrying device includes a swivel that swivels around a central axis line of a revolution orbit that passes through a workpiece transfer area and a workpiece work area for a workpiece to be worked on by a robot, multiple workpiece holders positioned on the swivel such that when a first one of the workpiece holders is positioned in the workpiece transfer area, a second one of the workpiece holders is positioned in the workpiece work area. a revolution driver that causes the swivel to swivel around the central axis line of the revolution orbit, and a tilting driver that tilts each of the workpiece holders with respect to the central axis line of the revolution orbit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Katsuhiko YOSHINO, Naoyuki OHTSUBO
  • Publication number: 20190061145
    Abstract: A robot is provided which has: a first arm portion to which an end effector is attached, a second arm portion configured to support, at a tip portion thereof, the first arm portion swingably about a first axis, a third arm portion configured to support a base end portion of the second arm portion rotatably about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, a tube arranged from the base end portion side toward the tip portion side of the second arm portion and connected to the end effector; and a first recess portion and a second recess portion, which are formed along an arrangement direction of the tube between the base end portion and the tip portion on one side and the other side in a direction orthogonal to both of the first and second axes, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ohtsubo, Tsuyoshi Ito, Tsuyoshi Konno, Yuji Ishimaru
  • Publication number: 20190054614
    Abstract: A robot is provided which has: a housing including a plurality of joints; a reduction gear placed in the joint, the reduction gear including a lubrication chamber where a gear mechanism for slowing down and transmitting an output of a motor and lubricant is sealed; and an air chamber placed inside the housing, the air chamber communicating with the lubrication chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Naoyuki OHTSUBO, Tsuyoshi Ito, Yuji Ishimaru