Patents by Inventor Ryou Matsumoto
Ryou Matsumoto 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).
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Patent number: 11161254Abstract: A robot hand includes three or more holding portions arranged at intervals from each other along a circumferential direction about a predetermined axis, and configured to hold a work piece, and a driving portion configured to move the three or more holding portions toward a closing direction for approaching the axis and toward an opening direction for moving away from the axis, wherein at least one of the holding portions is swingable, about the axis, at a position at which the at least one holding portion is in contact with the work piece.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Ryou Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11123877Abstract: Provided is a robot hand including: gripping portions disposed with spacings between each other in a circumferential direction about an axis, and that grip a workpiece; driving portions, each of which is provided so as to correspond to one of the gripping portions, cause the corresponding gripping portions to be linearly moved in closing directions in which the gripping portions are brought close to the axis and opening directions in which the gripping portions are moved away from the axis; and a center-of-gravity detecting unit detects a center-of-gravity position of the workpiece being gripped by the gripping portions. Each of the driving portions adjust, based on the center-of-gravity position of the workpiece, the position of the corresponding gripping portion in a direction in which the center-of-gravity position is brought closer to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Ryou Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10647006Abstract: A hand includes a pair of finger members disposed separated by an interval and relatively movable in an interval direction, a finger drive unit that moves at least one of the finger members in the interval direction, a pair of holding pads that are provided on the respective finger members, and are supported to face each other and to be rotatable around an axis extending in the interval direction, and a pressing member that is provided to be movable in a direction intersecting a radial direction, at a position separated from the axis in the radial direction, and presses a surface of a workpiece held between the holding pads.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Ryou Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10589420Abstract: A hand device includes: a first hand fixed to a robot arm; a second hand that has a workpiece stage on which a workpiece is placed and that is coupled to the first hand; a positioning mechanism that positions the second hand relative to the first hand when the second hand is to be coupled to the first hand; and a coupling mechanism that couples the second hand having been positioned by the positioning mechanism to the first hand, and uncouples the second hand from the first hand, wherein the hand device is configured to clamp the workpiece between the first hand and the second hand by moving at least a part of the first hand toward the second hand.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Ryou Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20200078960Abstract: A robot hand includes three or more holding portions arranged at intervals from each other along a circumferential direction about a predetermined axis, and configured to hold a work piece, and a driving portion configured to move the three or more holding portions toward a closing direction for approaching the axis and toward an opening direction for moving away from the axis, wherein at least one of the holding portions is swingable, about the axis, at a position at which the at least one holding portion is in contact with the work piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Ryou MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200070353Abstract: Provided is a robot hand including: gripping portions disposed with spacings between each other in a circumferential direction about an axis, and that grip a workpiece; driving portions, each of which is provided so as to correspond to one of the gripping portions, cause the corresponding gripping portions to be linearly moved in closing directions in which the gripping portions are brought close to the axis and opening directions in which the gripping portions are moved away from the axis; and a center-of-gravity detecting unit detects a center-of-gravity position of the workpiece being gripped by the gripping portions. Each of the driving portions adjust, based on the center-of-gravity position of the workpiece, the position of the corresponding gripping portion in a direction in which the center-of-gravity position is brought closer to the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Ryou MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20190358831Abstract: A hand includes a pair of finger members disposed separated by an interval and relatively movable in an interval direction, a finger drive unit that moves at least one of the finger members in the interval direction, a pair of holding pads that are provided on the respective finger members, and are supported to face each other and to be rotatable around an axis extending in the interval direction, and a pressing member that is provided to be movable in a direction intersecting a radial direction, at a position separated from the axis in the radial direction, and presses a surface of a workpiece held between the holding pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Ryou MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20180085916Abstract: A hand device includes: a first hand fixed to a robot arm; a second hand that has a workpiece stage on which a workpiece is placed and that is coupled to the first hand; a positioning mechanism that positions the second hand relative to the first hand when the second hand is to be coupled to the first hand; and a coupling mechanism that couples the second hand having been positioned by the positioning mechanism to the first hand, and uncouples the second hand from the first hand, wherein the hand device is configured to clamp the workpiece between the first hand and the second hand by moving at least a part of the first hand toward the second hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: Fanuc CorporationInventor: Ryou MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20170266818Abstract: A robot hand and a robot having the robot hand, the robot hand having a mechanism configured to appropriately carry out surface matching between an electrical magnet and an adsorbed surface of a workpiece, corresponding to the posture of the adsorbed surface. The robot hand has: a hand base; a holder attached to the hand base; a spherical bearing arranged in the holder so that a rotational center of the spherical bearing is positioned on a hand center axis; a connecting member attached to the holder via the spherical bearing, the connecting member having a protruding portion which protrudes from the holder in a direction opposed to the hand base; a holder base fixed to an attachment surface opposed to an adsorbing surface of the electrical magnet; and a posture restoring member for restoring the posture of the holder base so that the holder base represents a neutral posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: FANUC CORPORATIONInventor: Ryou Matsumoto