Patents by Inventor Satoru Hibino

Satoru Hibino 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: 20180326575
    Abstract: A robot and a working method by the robot is capable of favorably carrying out a specific work without requiring a jig for fixing an object, such as a workpiece etc., a device for adjusting the posture of the object, etc. One example of the robot includes a first robotic arm having at a tip end a hand part according to a specific work to be performed to an object, and a second robotic arm having at a tip end a hand part according to an assisting work to assist the specific work. The first robotic arm is configured to perform the specific work to the object. The second robotic arm is configured to perform the assisting work to regulate a movement of the object in a given direction, when the first robotic arm performs the specific work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shogo HASEGAWA, Satoru HIBINO, Hideshi YAMANE, Hiroyuki MIZUMOTO, Kenji BANDO, Daichi HIMEKAWA, Junichi MATSUOKA, Tatsuhiro UTO, Hiroki KOKUSHI, Soichi TAMADA, Akihiro HANEDA, Yukio IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180015613
    Abstract: A robot includes: a restricting member configured to restrict a horizontal movement of a predetermined workpiece; and a workpiece moving member configured to generate an action for horizontally moving the workpiece. The controller performs a control operation of positioning the workpiece at a stop position in such a manner that: based on predetermined size information of the workpiece and preset stop position information of the workpiece, the restricting member is positioned at a predetermined restricting position included in the stop position for the workpiece, and the workpiece moving member acts on the workpiece and is moved toward the restricting position to horizontally move the workpiece; and the workpiece is brought into contact with the restricting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi MURAKAMI, Kenji BANDO, Yukio IWASAKI, Satoru HIBINO, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Takahiro INADA
  • Publication number: 20170371342
    Abstract: A self-traveling articulated robot for working in a production factory is provided, which includes a carriage having at least two operation shafts driven by servomotors, respectively, and self-travelable in a two-dimensional plane, a robotic arm supported by the carriage and having at least one operation shaft driven by a servomotor and constituting a joint, an end effector provided to a tip portion of the robotic arm, and a control unit provided in the carriage and for controlling the operation shaft of the robotic arm and the operation shafts of the carriage to operate in cooperation with each other so that a control point defined in one of the robotic arm and the end effector reaches a target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Takahiro INADA, Kenji BANDO, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Junichi MURAKAMI, Satoru HIBINO, Yukio IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170341221
    Abstract: Production system including a rail extending horizontally, and an articulated robot that is self-travelable along the rail parallel to an extending direction of the rail. The robot includes a carriage having at least one operating shaft configured to be driven by a servomotor and to self-travel along the rail, a slider projecting toward the rail from the carriage and configured to releasably engage with the rail, a robotic arm supported by the carriage and having at least one operating shaft driven by a servomotor and constitutes a joint, an end effector provided to a tip-end of the robotic arm, and a control unit inside the carriage configured to control the operating shafts of the robotic arm and the carriage so a control point defined in the robotic arm or the end effector reaches a target position by a collaboration of the operating shafts of the robotic arm and the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Takahiro INADA, Kenji BANDO, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Junichi MURAKAMI, Satoru HIBINO, Yukio IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170341224
    Abstract: A dual-arm robot includes a first arm and a second arm, each having a first link rotatable about a first axis, and a second link rotatably coupled to the first link and defined with an end effector attaching portion. The first link of the first arm is disposed to be separated from the first link of the second arm in an extending direction of the first axis. Further, the second link of the first arm and the second link of the second arm are disposed so as to be located between the first link of the first arm and the first link of the second arm in the extending direction of the first axis and so that the end effector attaching portions are located at substantially the same position in the extending direction of the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Takahiro INADA, Kenji BANDO, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Junichi MURAKAMI, Satoru HIBINO, Yukio IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20170334064
    Abstract: An articulated robot includes a pedestal and two or more modules supported by the pedestal. Each of the two or more modules includes a support member, a link member supported by the support member to be rotatable about a first axis, and a first drive unit provided in the link member and for rotating the link member about the first axis with respect to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiko HASHIMOTO, Takahiro INADA, Kenji BANDO, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Junichi MURAKAMI, Satoru HIBINO, Yukio IWASAKI
  • Patent number: D441135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Richo Elemex Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Hibino