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: 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
  • Publication number: 20230307958
    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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke BABA, Yukihiro HOMMA, Shota NARASAKI, Noboru KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230292667
    Abstract: A mower (1) comprising: a blade (9) that mows grass; a power generation unit (5) that generates a driving force for rotating the blade (9); a housing (7) that covers the blade (9); and a milling unit (10) that subdivides grass mowed by the blade and discharged from the housing (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Shohei Masuda, Takuya Mito, Kenichi Toya, Sei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20230292659
    Abstract: A work machine includes a power source, a rotation shaft that is rotated by power of the power source, a cutter blade that is rotated by the rotation shaft to cut a plant on the ground, and a housing that houses the cutter blade and has an opening through which the cutter blade is exposed to the ground. The housing has a charging port through which an object to be cut is charged to the cutter blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya MITO, Sei WATANABE, Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Kenichi TOYA, Shohei MASUDA
  • Publication number: 20230272839
    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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke KIBAYASHI, Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Junji TAKAKI, Naoki OKADA
  • Patent number: 11686370
    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: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kibayashi, Noboru Kawaguchi, Junji Takaki, Naoki Okada
  • Publication number: 20230136316
    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: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Hidetaka YAMAUCHI, Tomoya HATTORI, Koji HIROSE
  • Patent number: 11571806
    Abstract: A three-rotational-degree-of-freedom connection mechanism required for a robot that can make motion similar to a human has a simple structure, and there is no restriction on motion within a movable range. The three-rotational-degree-of-freedom connection mechanism includes a joint connecting a second member rotatably to a first member with three rotational degrees of freedom including rotation around a torsion axis, three actuators each including variable length links having a variable length, and power sources for generating force changing the lengths of variable length links and three first-member-side link attaching units provided in first member and the second-member-side link attaching units provided on the second member such that variable length links having a twisted relationship with respect to a torsion axis exist in each state within a movable range of joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Hidetaka Yamauchi, Tomoya Hattori, Koji Hirose
  • Patent number: 11548142
    Abstract: A parallel link device whose height can be reduced particularly when a movable-side member is brought closer to a fixed-side member, and in which an amount of stroke of the movable-side member can be increased. Specifically, the parallel link device includes a fixed-side member, a movable-side member, six links, and slide mechanisms. Each of the six links has one end connected to the movable-side member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, and the other end connected to the fixed-side member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom. A connection point of the other end and the fixed-side member is movable with respect to the fixed-side member. Each of the six links has five rotational degrees of freedom and a predetermined length. Each of the slide mechanisms is provided on the fixed-side member and holds the other end of the link movable within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Nose, Satoru Sofuku, Noboru Kawaguchi, Katsumi Yamazaki, Shingo Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220390039
    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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke KIBAYASHI, Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Junji TAKAKI, Katsumi YAMASAKI
  • Patent number: 11511967
    Abstract: A structure having limited supportable portions has been difficult to isolate from vibration in the direction in which a load is applied. A base isolation apparatus includes a Z-axis base isolation unit, an X-axis base isolation unit, and a Y-axis base isolation unit. The base isolation unit includes a vibration-source connector, an isolated-object connector, a lock device disposed between the isolated-object connector and the vibration-source connector for switching between a state of fixing the isolated-object connector and a state of making it movable, a distance recovery device for generating a force to cause an amount of change in distance to approach zero, depending on the amount of change, and a vibration damper for generating a force in an orientation of hindering the change, depending on the rate of change in distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoya Hattori, Noboru Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11506865
    Abstract: A honeycomb sandwich panel having an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient smaller than an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient obtained by using carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) is provided. The honeycomb sandwich panel includes: a first skin being a plate material made of a low expansion metal being a metal having an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient smaller than an absolute value of thermal expansion coefficient of CFRP; a second skin being a plate material made of the low expansion metal and arranged to face the first skin; and a core made of CFRP or the low expansion metal, being bonded to the first skin and the second skin and including a plurality of tubular cells each having a hexagonal cross section, the tubular cells being formed adjacently to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Hattori, Noboru Kawaguchi, Toshitaka Nakaoji, Atsumu Oikawa
  • Patent number: 11498088
    Abstract: A work machine in which an engine and a reserving unit configured to reserve lubricating oil to be supplied to the engine are connected by a lubricating oil channel, and the lubricating oil is circulated, wherein at least a part of the lubricating oil channel and at least a part of a working fluid channel for a working fluid to be supplied to a work unit of the work machine are arranged such that heat can be exchanged between the lubricating oil and the working fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Saito, Noboru Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11498216
    Abstract: A remote control manipulator system includes a manipulator controlled remotely by an operator; a camera to capture an image including the manipulator; a posture sensor to detect posture data; an action instruction inputter with which the operator inputs an action instruction instructing action to move or stop the manipulator; a control device including a structural data storage to store manipulator structural data representing a structure of the manipulator, a model image generator to generate a model image with referring to the structural data storage and the posture data, and a presentation image generator to generate a presentation image by superimposing a model image on the captured image; and a display to display the presentation image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Saruta, Masaki Haruna, Noboru Kawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20220282771
    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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke KIBAYASHI, Noboru KAWAGUCHI, Junji TAKAKI, Naoki OKADA
  • Patent number: 11421566
    Abstract: There is provided a work machine. A reserving chamber reserves lubricating oil to be supplied to an engine. A channel forming member forms a channel of the lubricating oil from the reserving chamber to the engine A press-feed unit press-feeds the lubricating oil reserved in the reserving chamber to the engine via the channel forming member. A float floats on an oil surface of the lubricating oil reserved in the reserving chamber A detection unit provided in the reserving chamber and detects the float A determination unit determines a tilt state of the reserving chamber based on a detection result of the detection unit A control unit controls the press-feed unit based on a determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Kawaguchi, Ryo Saito
  • Patent number: 11391913
    Abstract: An optical device can deal with a relative difference in thermal expansion coefficient between a reflecting mirror and a mirror supporting member, and can also support the reflecting mirror with a simpler structure than the conventional one. The optical device includes: a reflecting mirror including a reflecting surface to reflect light, and a supported portion disposed on a rear surface and having three supported surfaces arranged with rotational symmetry of 120 degrees around an optical axis, the rear surface being a surface of the reflecting mirror existing on the contrary side to the reflecting surface; a structural member provided on a rear side of reflecting mirror; and three supporting members, each of the three supporting members including a mirror supporting portion connected to and supporting each of the three supported surfaces, and having two ends connected to the structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Hattori, Noboru Kawaguchi, Toshitaka Nakaoji, Atsumu Oikawa