Patents by Inventor Noboru Kawaguchi

Noboru Kawaguchi 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: 12233546
    Abstract: A robot includes: a chest; a pair of right and left upper limbs; and a pair of right and left shoulders connecting the right and left upper arms rotatably to the chest with two rotational degrees of freedom, respectively. The shoulder includes: a shoulder joint connecting the upper arm rotatably; a chest-side main link attaching unit provided; an upper arm main link attaching unit provided in the upper arm; an upper arm drive main actuator including an upper arm drive main link having a variable length and a power source for generating force changing the length of the upper arm drive main link; a chest-side auxiliary link attaching unit provided in the chest; an upper-arm-drive-main-link-side auxiliary link attaching unit provided in the upper arm drive main link; and an upper arm drive auxiliary actuator including an upper arm drive auxiliary link having a variable length and a power source for generating force changing the length of the upper arm drive auxiliary link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Tomoya Hattori, Koji Hirose
  • Patent number: 12220810
    Abstract: A robot arm includes a robot hand including a hand base to which first and second finger connection portions are connected, and a finger moving portion to move the first and second finger connection portions with respect to the hand base such that a distance between a first finger and a third finger increases or decreases. A rotation axis rotating the hand base passes through a midpoint between fingertips of the first finger and the third finger while the first finger and the third finger are perpendicular to the hand base. the robot arm includes a forearm and a wrist joint to connect the robot hand to the forearm rotatably with two rotational degrees of freedom or one rotational degree of freedom. The forearm is rotatable around a forearm rotation axis that passes through the forearm and is the rotation axis that allows the hand base to be rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Masaki Hirano, Shota Narasaki, Hayato Hoshino, Shingo Kimura
  • Patent number: 12222490
    Abstract: A metrology system measures an amount of displacement of a structure of apparatus including primary mirror, the apparatus including primary mirror including a primary mirror portion including a primary mirror and a primary mirror supporting portion, an elevation axis structural body supporting the primary mirror portion, and being rotatable around an elevation axis, an azimuth mount being rotatable around an azimuth axis allowing an azimuth angle in the orientation direction to be changed, and to support the elevation axis structural body, and a pedestal portion supporting the azimuth mount, and the metrology system includes an elevation axis base portion provided along the elevation axis, passing through a position where the elevation axis and the azimuth axis intersect, and being fixed to the azimuth mount, and an inclinometer that is disposed at a position of the elevation axis base portion through which the azimuth axis passes and measures an inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto Owaki, Atsushi Kato, Noboru Kawaguchi, Satoru Sofuku
  • Patent number: 12208512
    Abstract: A robot hand operation device through which an operator inputs an operation instruction to move a robot hand including at least three fingers includes: a main body portion held by the operator; and joysticks each being corresponded with each of the fingers of the robot hand to be operated and provided in the main body portion in a number that is the same as that of the fingers. When the operator operates each of the joysticks, the operation instruction to move the finger corresponded with the each of the joysticks is inputted, and when the operator does not operate each of the joysticks, the operation instruction to move the finger corresponded with the each of the joysticks is not inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Masaki Hirano, Shota Narasaki, Hayato Hoshino, Shingo Kimura
  • Patent number: 12179342
    Abstract: A robot arm operation device is mounted on an upper arm, a forearm, and a hand of an operator and through which the operator inputs, by moving the robot arm operation device, an operation instruction to operate a robot arm to a control calculation device that controls the robot arm. The robot arm operation device includes: a shoulder joint angle measurement part to measure a shoulder joint measurement angle being an angle at which an upper arm structure is connected to an arm connection structure at a shoulder measurement joint; an elbow joint angle measurement part to measure an elbow joint measurement angle being an angle at which a forearm structure is connected to the upper arm structure; and a wrist joint angle measurement part to measure a wrist joint measurement angle being an angle at which a hand structure is connected to the forearm structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Masaki Hirano, Shota Narasaki, Hayato Hoshino, Shingo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240367312
    Abstract: A robot includes: a chest; a pair of right and left upper limbs; and a pair of right and left shoulders connecting the right and left upper arms rotatably to the chest with two rotational degrees of freedom, respectively. The shoulder includes: a shoulder joint connecting the upper arm rotatably; a chest-side main link attaching unit provided; an upper arm main link attaching unit provided in the upper arm; an upper arm drive main actuator including an upper arm drive main link having a variable length and a power source for generating force changing the length of the upper arm drive main link; a chest-side auxiliary link attaching unit provided in the chest; an upper-arm-drive-main-link-side auxiliary link attaching unit provided in the upper arm drive main link; and an upper arm drive auxiliary actuator including an upper arm drive auxiliary link having a variable length and a power source for generating force changing the length of the upper arm drive auxiliary link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Tomoya HATTORI, Koji HIROSE
  • Patent number: 12103160
    Abstract: A rotation connecting mechanism includes: a joint that connects a second member rotatably to a first member with three rotational degrees of freedom; a first link and a third link in each of which one end is attached rotatably to second member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, each of first link and third link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; a second link in which one end is attached rotatably to first link with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, second link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; and motors that generate force changing lengths of the three links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Tomoya Hattori, Masaki Haruna, Koji Hirose, Ken Ueda, Shingo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240316794
    Abstract: A robot arm operation device is mounted on an upper arm, a forearm, and a hand of an operator and through which the operator inputs, by moving the robot arm operation device, an operation instruction to operate a robot arm to a control calculation device that controls the robot arm. The robot arm operation device includes: a shoulder joint angle measurement part to measure a shoulder joint measurement angle being an angle at which an upper arm structure is connected to an arm connection structure at a shoulder measurement joint; an elbow joint angle measurement part to measure an elbow joint measurement angle being an angle at which a forearm structure is connected to the upper arm structure; and a wrist joint angle measurement part to measure a wrist joint measurement angle being an angle at which a hand structure is connected to the forearm structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Masaki HIRANO, Shota NARASAKI, Hayato HOSHINO, Shingo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240300118
    Abstract: A robot hand operation device through which an operator inputs an operation instruction to move a robot hand including at least three fingers includes: a main body portion held by the operator; and joysticks each being corresponded with each of the fingers of the robot hand to be operated and provided in the main body portion in a number that is the same as that of the fingers. When the operator operates each of the joysticks, the operation instruction to move the finger corresponded with the each of the joysticks is inputted, and when the operator does not operate each of the joysticks, the operation instruction to move the finger corresponded with the each of the joysticks is not inputted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Masaki HIRANO, Shota NARASAKI, Hayato HOSHINO, Shingo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240300119
    Abstract: A robot arm includes a robot hand including a hand base to which first and second finger connection portions are connected, and a finger moving portion to move the first and second finger connection portions with respect to the hand base such that a distance between a first finger and a third finger increases or decreases. A rotation axis rotating the hand base passes through a midpoint between fingertips of the first finger and the third finger while the first finger and the third finger are perpendicular to the hand base. the robot arm includes a forearm and a wrist joint to connect the robot hand to the forearm rotatably with two rotational degrees of freedom or one rotational degree of freedom. The forearm is rotatable around a forearm rotation axis that passes through the forearm and is the rotation axis that allows the hand base to be rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Masaki HIRANO, Shota NARASAKI, Hayato HOSHINO, Shingo KIMURA
  • Patent number: 12064875
    Abstract: A robot includes elbows connecting forearms rotatably to upper arms with two rotational degrees of freedom. The elbow includes: an elbow joint connecting the forearm and the upper arm with two rotational degrees of freedom; an elbow drive main link; an elbow drive auxiliary link; a forearm-side main link attaching unit attached with one end of the elbow drive main link with two rotational degrees of freedom, and provided in the forearm; an elbow-drive-main-link-side auxiliary link attaching unit attached with one end of the elbow drive auxiliary link with two rotational degrees of freedom, and provided on the elbow drive main link; and two linear actuators for moving two upper-arm-side link attaching units each attached with the other end of either the elbow drive main link or the elbow drive auxiliary link with two rotational degrees of freedom, and provided so as to be movable along the upper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Tomoya Hattori, Koji Hirose
  • Patent number: 12038112
    Abstract: In a protective frame articulated body, a range of an connection angle between the protective frame body and the adjacent protective frame body is determined such that a plurality of protective frame bodies, being connected in series, through which a body to be protected is passed becomes a shape having a first bent portion, an intermediate linear portion being in a portion closer to a movable-side connection than the first bent portion, a suspending portion hanging from the movable-side connection, and a second bent portion connecting the intermediate linear portion and the suspending portion. In intermediate linear portion, a long-and-short ratio being a value obtained by dividing a long side of a smallest rectangle surrounding the protective frame body viewed from a side by a short side of the smallest rectangle is greater than or equal to a determined intermediate minimum long-and-short ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kibayashi, Noboru Kawaguchi, Junji Takaki, Katsumi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 12023800
    Abstract: A robot hand includes a first finger, a third finger disposed to face the first finger, a second finger disposed side by side with the third finger, a first finger connection portion to which the first finger is connected rotatably, a second finger connection portion to which the second finger is connected rotatably and to which the third finger is connected rotatably, a hand base to which the first finger connection portion and the second finger connection portion are connected, and a finger moving portion that moves at least one of the first finger connection portion and the second finger connection portion with respect to the hand base such that a distance between the first finger and the third finger increases or decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Masaki Hirano, Shota Narasaki, Hayato Hoshino, Shingo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240192478
    Abstract: A metrology system measures an amount of displacement of a structure of apparatus including primary mirror, the apparatus including primary mirror including a primary mirror portion including a primary mirror and a primary mirror supporting portion, an elevation axis structural body supporting the primary mirror portion, and being rotatable around an elevation axis, an azimuth mount being rotatable around an azimuth axis allowing an azimuth angle in the orientation direction to be changed, and to support the elevation axis structural body, and a pedestal portion supporting the azimuth mount, and the metrology system includes an elevation axis base portion provided along the elevation axis, passing through a position where the elevation axis and the azimuth axis intersect, and being fixed to the azimuth mount, and an inclinometer that is disposed at a position of the elevation axis base portion through which the azimuth axis passes and measures an inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto OWAKI, Atsushi KATO, Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Satoru SOFUKU
  • Patent number: 11971084
    Abstract: A support apparatus includes: a protective frame connected body to hold a plurality of protection targets flexibly, each protection target being a flexible cable or pipe having one end connected to a fixed-side member and the other end connected to a movable-side member that moves relative to the fixed-side member, the protective frame connected body having a bending portion bent in a middle, an upper side and a lower side of the protective frame connected body overlapped vertically; a lower supporter to support the lower side of the protective frame connected body; and a plurality of upper supporters, each of the plurality of upper supporters supporting the upper side of the protective frame connected body at a predetermined position of the protective frame connected body and being moved by movement of the movable-side member to pass the bending portion without being in contact with the bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kibayashi, Noboru Kawaguchi, Junji Takaki, Naoki Okada
  • Patent number: 11926064
    Abstract: A remote control manipulator system includes: a manipulator being controlled by an operator remotely to handle an object; a stereoscopic display device that displays a right-eye image and a left-eye image so as to be stereoscopically viewed; a model image generator that generates a model image being an image of an integrated three-dimensional model viewed from a viewpoint designated by the operator, the integrated three-dimensional model being a three-dimensional model obtained by integrating the manipulator model and a surrounding environment model being generated by performing image processing on the right-eye image and the left-eye image and being a three-dimensional model of the object and a surrounding environment thereof; and a model image display device that displays the model image and is configured to be able to be viewed by the operator switching between the stereoscopic display device and the model image display device through moving the head of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Narasaki, Noboru Kawaguchi, Masaki Hirano, Muneharu Kuwata, Masashige Suwa, Toshiyuki Ando, Hitomi Ono, Akihiro Fujie, Yoshitaka Koda, Toru Sato
  • Publication number: 20240042626
    Abstract: A robot hand includes a first finger, a third finger disposed to face the first finger, a second finger disposed side by side with the third finger, a first finger connection portion to which the first finger is connected rotatably, a second finger connection portion to which the second finger is connected rotatably and to which the third finger is connected rotatably, a hand base to which the first finger connection portion and the second finger connection portion are connected, and a finger moving portion that moves at least one of the first finger connection portion and the second finger connection portion with respect to the hand base such that a distance between the first finger and the third finger increases or decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Masaki HIRANO, Shota NARASAKI, Hayato HOSHINO, Shingo KIMURA
  • Publication number: 20240033930
    Abstract: A remote control manipulator system includes: a manipulator being controlled by an operator remotely to handle an object; a stereoscopic display device that displays a right-eye image and a left-eye image so as to be stereoscopically viewed; a model image generator that generates a model image being an image of an integrated three-dimensional model viewed from a viewpoint designated by the operator, the integrated three-dimensional model being a three-dimensional model obtained by integrating the manipulator model and a surrounding environment model being generated by performing image processing on the right-eye image and the left-eye image and being a three-dimensional model of the object and a surrounding environment thereof; and a model image display device that displays the model image and is configured to be able to be viewed by the operator switching between the stereoscopic display device and the model image display device through moving the head of the operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shota NARASAKI, Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Masaki HIRANO, Muneharu KUWATA, Masashige SUWA, Toshiyuki ANDO, Hitomi ONO, Akihiro FUJIE, Yoshitaka KODA, Toru SATO
  • Patent number: 11837881
    Abstract: A flying mobile body 4 includes: a rotary blade to rotate to generate lift; an airframe in which the rotary blade is provided; a power reception antenna to include a power reception surface that receives a radio wave transmitting electric power, the power reception surface having an area larger than an area projecting the airframe onto a rotation axis perpendicular plane that is a plane perpendicular to a rotation axis direction that is a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the rotary blade, and a drag reducing structure that reduces a drag generated with respect to a descending airflow generated by rotation of the rotary blade: a converter to convert electric power of the radio wave received by the power reception antenna into DC electric power; a storage battery; and an electric motor to generate power rotating the rotary blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Baba, Yukihiro Homma, Shota Narasaki, Noboru Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: D1034736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Hattori, Noboru Kawaguchi, Atsumu Oikawa, Koichi Takeda