Patents by Inventor Shigetoshi Shiotani

Shigetoshi Shiotani 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: 10220897
    Abstract: A mobile robot 1 having a plurality of kinds of moving forms includes a body unit 11 having a front face and a back face, four limb units 12 having a plurality of limb-side drive shafts, and front end tools 13 provided on a front end side of the limb units 12. A base end side of the limb unit 12 is connected to the body unit 11. The four limb units 12 are the same units. The body unit 11 and the four limb units 12 are movable by switching a front face side and a back face side so that a moving operation of the front face side and a moving operation of the back face side are symmetrical across the center of a thickness direction of the body unit 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., WASEDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Atsuo Takanishi, Kenji Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Uryu, Tomotaka Teramachi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Ayanori Koizumi, Shinya Hamamoto, Takuya Otani, Tatsuhiro Kishi, Tomohiro Tami, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigetoshi Shiotani, Yusuke Kinouchi, Yasuo Fujishima
  • Patent number: 9845122
    Abstract: A mobile robot 1 having a plurality of kinds of moving forms includes a body unit 11 having a front face and a back face, four limb units 12 having a plurality of limb-side drive shafts, and front end tools 13 provided on a front end side of the limb units 12. A base end side of the limb unit 12 is connected to the body unit 11. The four limb units 12 are the same units. The body unit 11 and the four limb units 12 are movable by switching a front face side and a back face side so that a moving operation of the front face side and a moving operation of the back face side are symmetrical across the center of a thickness direction of the body unit 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., WASEDA UNIVERITY
    Inventors: Atsuo Takanishi, Kenji Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Uryu, Tomotaka Teramachi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Ayanori Koizumi, Shinya Hamamoto, Takuya Otani, Tatsuhiro Kishi, Tomohiro Tami, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shigetoshi Shiotani, Yusuke Kinouchi, Yasuo Fujishima
  • Publication number: 20170029049
    Abstract: A mobile robot 1 having a plurality of kinds of moving forms includes a body unit 11 having a front face and a back face, four limb units 12 having a plurality of limb-side drive shafts, and front end tools 13 provided on a front end side of the limb units 12. A base end side of the limb unit 12 is connected to the body unit 11. The four limb units 12 are the same units. The body unit 11 and the four limb units 12 are movable by switching a front face side and a back face side so that a moving operation of the front face side and a moving operation of the back face side are symmetrical across the center of a thickness direction of the body unit 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Atsuo TAKANISHI, Kenji HASHIMOTO, Kazuhiro URYU, Tomotaka TERAMACHI, Takashi MATSUZAWA, Ayanori KOIZUMI, Shinya HAMAMOTO, Takuya OTANI, Tatsuhiro KISHI, Tomohiro TAMI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shigetoshi SHIOTANI, Yusuke KINOUCHI, Yasuo FUJISHIMA
  • Publication number: 20160185405
    Abstract: A mobile robot 1 having a plurality of kinds of moving forms includes a body unit 11 having a front face and a back face, four limb units 12 having a plurality of limb-side drive shafts, and front end tools 13 provided on a front end side of the limb units 12. A base end side of the limb unit 12 is connected to the body unit 11. The four limb units 12 are the same units. The body unit 11 and the four limb units 12 are movable by switching a front face side and a back face side so that a moving operation of the front face side and a moving operation of the back face side are symmetrical across the center of a thickness direction of the body unit 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Atsuo TAKANISHI, Kenji HASHIMOTO, Kazuhiro URYU, Tomotaka TERAMACHI, Takashi MATSUZAWA, Ayanori KOIZUMI, Shinya HAMAMOTO, Takuya OTANI, Tatsuhiro KISHI, Tomohiro TAMI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shigetoshi SHIOTANI, Yusuke KINOUCHI, Yasuo FUJISHIMA
  • Patent number: 9140142
    Abstract: Provided is a tail cylinder attaching and detaching fixture that attaches and detaches a tail cylinder to and from a casing, the tail cylinder being included in a combustor inserted into the casing so that the front end is connected to an inlet portion of a combustion gas passageway, the tail cylinder attaching and detaching fixture including: a guide portion of which the front end is disposed inside the casing and the front end and the base end are respectively supported by the casing and which supports the tail cylinder so as to be movable in the axial direction of the combustor; and an advancing and retracting mechanism that advances and retracts the tail cylinder in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Shiotani, Kenichi Arase, Naohiko Yoshida, Shuji Mizokami, Osamu Hasegawa, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Hirohito Takeda
  • Patent number: 8988668
    Abstract: A film thickness measurement apparatus includes: an ECT sensor for measuring a film thickness of a thermal barrier coating formed on a turbine blade; a storage unit for storing a measurement point on the turbine blade which is a point where the film thickness of the thermal barrier coating is measured; a laser displacement meter for measuring a shape of the turbine blade; a measurement position calculation unit for calculating an actual measurement point suitable for actual film thickness measurement using the ECT sensor, based on the shape of the turbine blade measured by the laser displacement meter and the measurement point on the turbine blade stored in the storage unit; and an arm drive unit for driving the ECT sensor to adjust a measurement position of the ECT sensor based on the actual measurement point calculated by the measurement position calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kurokawa, Jun Yasui, Keiichi Kenmotsu, Shigetoshi Shiotani
  • Publication number: 20140192349
    Abstract: A film thickness measurement apparatus includes: an ECT sensor for measuring a film thickness of a thermal barrier coating formed on a turbine blade; a storage unit for storing a measurement point on the turbine blade which is a point where the film thickness of the thermal barrier coating is measured; a laser displacement meter for measuring a shape of the turbine blade; a measurement position calculation unit for calculating an actual measurement point suitable for actual film thickness measurement using the ECT sensor, based on the shape of the turbine blade measured by the laser displacement meter and the measurement point on the turbine blade stored in the storage unit; and an arm drive unit for driving the ECT sensor to adjust a measurement position of the ECT sensor based on the actual measurement point calculated by the measurement position calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kurokawa, Jun Yasui, Keiichi Kenmotsu, Shigetoshi Shiotani
  • Publication number: 20120159955
    Abstract: Provided is a tail cylinder attaching and detaching fixture that attaches and detaches a tail cylinder to and from a casing, the tail cylinder being included in a combustor inserted into the casing so that the front end is connected to an inlet portion of a combustion gas passageway, the tail cylinder attaching and detaching fixture including: a guide portion of which the front end is disposed inside the casing and the front end and the base end are respectively supported by the casing and which supports the tail cylinder so as to be movable in the axial direction of the combustor; and an advancing and retracting mechanism that advances and retracts the tail cylinder in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigetoshi Shiotani, Kenichi Arase, Naohiko Yoshida, Shuji Mizokami, Osamu Hasegawa, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Hirohito Takeda