Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Morita

Ryuichi Morita 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: 20230221176
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring a light beam profile, comprising three rotary disks fixed on three positions of a rotary shaft connected to a motor at regular intervals, respectively while shifted by 120 degrees each other in a rotational direction, each rotary disk having three deformed holes with knife edges and six deformed holes defining light-passing openings and a photodetector arranged outside a set of the three rotary disks in a transmission direction of the light beam to receive the light beam passing through the three rotary disks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Daichi SHIRAYAMA, Mamoru AMADA, Ryuichi MORITA
  • Patent number: 7974735
    Abstract: A robot system includes s a robot (1) which moves a tool (3) attached to an end of the robot (1) by driving a robot drive shaft. The tool (3) applies a laser beam inputted from a laser oscillator (5) by drive of the tool drive shaft to an object. A robot control device (2) controls the robot drive shaft and the tool drive shaft in synchronization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Irie, Ryuichi Morita, Seigo Nishikawa, Akio Sato, Takeshi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7960672
    Abstract: A robot welding controller and a robot welding control. It comprises a robot having a welding torch at its tip, a robot controller, a wire feeder, and a welding electric power. It performs welding by moving the welding torch on the basis of a commanded welding line. A contact detecting section detects contact of the wire and the base material. A feed direction switching section switches feed directions of the wire. An arc generation detecting section detects that an arc is generated between the wire and the base material. A waveform control section controls electric power waveforms of plural shapes applied between the wire and the base material. A welding sequence section controls the operations of the contact detecting section, the feed direction switching section, the arc generation detecting section and the waveform control section in block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Kiminori Nishimura, Ryuichi Morita, Seigo Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 7515993
    Abstract: A robot control apparatus for controlling a robot based upon a work program registered in storage means. A program display means is provided for displaying said work program in a list form. A child program list producing means retrieves another work program which is called by said work program and produces a child program list thereof A mother program list producing means retrieves another work program which calls said work program, and produces a mother program list. A related program storage means stories both said child program list and said mother program list in said storage means. A display selecting means selects a display way when said work program is displayed in the list form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Michiharu Tanaka, Ryuichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20080161964
    Abstract: There is provided a robot system which moves a laser beam in a processing path desired by a manipulator by moving a robot in an instructed path and controlling a driving shaft of a tool. In the robot system which includes a robot 1 having a plurality of driving shafts, a tool 3 having a plurality of driving shafts and fitted on an end portion of the robot 1, a robot control device controlling the driving shafts of the robot 1 and the tool 3, and a laser oscillator 5 connected to the tool 3, the robot 1 moves the tool 3 by means of the drive of the driving shafts of the robot, the tool 3 radiates a laser beam which is incident from the laser oscillator 5 to an object by means of the drive of the driving shafts of the tool, and a robot control device 2 controls the driving shafts of the robot 1 and the driving shafts of the tool 3 in synchronization with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Irie, Ryuichi Morita, Seigo Nishikawa, Akio Sato, Takeshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20080057968
    Abstract: A wireless operating system is provided which can be applied even to such an environment that a plurality of controllers and a plurality of operating terminals are mixed with each other, and also, can readily establish communications within a short time. A first wireless station transmits a calling instruction to a second wireless station via a connection-purpose channel which has been set, and when the first wireless station receives a response, the first wireless station switches the connection-purpose channel to a communication-purpose channel contained in the response data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Kenji Matsukuma, Michiharu Tanaka, Ryuichi Morita, Naoyuki Motomura, Hiroyuki Handa, Seiichiro Okada
  • Publication number: 20080041834
    Abstract: The invention provides a robot welding controller and a robot welding control method for realizing welding of high quality by using a robot. The robot welding controller comprises a robot (1) having a welding torch (2) at its tip, a robot controller (5) for controlling the operation of the robot (1), a wire feeder (3) for feeding a wire to the welding torch (2), and a welding electric power source (10) for supplying electric power between the wire and a base material, and performs welding by moving the welding torch (2) on the basis of a commanded welding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Kiminori Nishimura, Ryuichi Morita, Seigo Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 7186949
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an arc welding apparatus capable of causing an operator to easily decide a welding abnormality and the quality of a welding condition by simultaneously displaying a welding current command value, a welding voltage command value and a wire feeding speed command value and switching and displaying an actual welding current value, an actual welding voltage value and an actual wire feeding speed. There are provided a welding torch (8), a wire feeding device for feeding a wire (9) in contact with the internal surface of a chip (17) of the welding torch (8), a welding source (4) for supplying a power to the chip (17) and a base metal (13), a welding current detector (30) and a welding voltage detector (31), and a wire feeding speed command value, a welding current value and a welding voltage value are displayed independently and simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Seigo Nishikawa, Ryuichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20050209734
    Abstract: To provide a robot system having an enabling switch circuit for securing the safety of a plurality of operators and a controlling apparatus therefor. In a robot system having a pendant that is operated by an operator, whereby the operation of a robot (11) is controlled by a signal sent out from the pendant, a plurality of operators operate a single robot by the pendant held by each of the plurality of operators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Michiharu Tanaka, Ryuichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20050145610
    Abstract: It is an object to provide an arc welding apparatus capable of causing an operator to easily decide a welding abnormality and the quality of a welding condition by simultaneously displaying a welding current command value, a welding voltage command value and a wire feeding speed command value and switching and displaying an actual welding current value, an actual welding voltage value and an actual wire feeding speed. There are provided a welding torch (8), a wire feeding device for feeding a wire (9) in contact with the internal surface of a chip (17) of the welding torch (8), a welding source (4) for supplying a power to the chip (17) and a base metal (13), a welding current detector (30) and a welding voltage detector (31), and a wire feeding speed command value, a welding current value and a welding voltage value are displayed independently and simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Seigo Nishikawa, Ryuichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20050065659
    Abstract: A robot control apparatus capable of displaying work programs related to a work program in a list form in combination with related information is provided. The robot control apparatus is provided with: program display means (6) for displaying the work program in a list form; child program list producing means (3) for retrieving another work program which is called by the work program so as to form a child program list; mother program list producing means (4) for retrieving another work program which calls the work program so as to form a mother program list; related program storage means (5) for storing both the child program list and the mother program list in the storage means; and display selecting means (7) for selecting a display way in the case that the work program is displayed in the lit form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Michiharu Tanaka, Ryuichi Morita
  • Patent number: 5601739
    Abstract: Arc generation time is obtained for each region to be welded by measuring the time during which the arc current (or voltage) exceeds a reference current (or voltage) and is compared with predetermined time which is set depending on the welding operation. An abnormality is detected in welding if the arc generation time is shorter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Shinji Okumura, Takahide Hirayama, Ryuichi Morita