Patents by Inventor Shinji KATSUTA

Shinji KATSUTA 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).

  • Conveyance device
    Patent number: 9359143
    Abstract: A conveyance device has a carriage drive for driving and propelling a pair of left and right carriage units which individually support left and right sides of an object to be conveyed. A pair of left and right screw shafts is pivotally supported in a rotatable manner along the movement path of the carriage units. Driven rollers are pivotally supported in a rotatable manner by the carriage units and engage with the screw shafts. A transmission connects the pair of left and right screw shafts through the outside of a conveyance path such that the left and right screw shafts are linked and coupled; and a single motor drives the pair of left and right screw shafts through the transmission means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: DAIFUKU Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouetsu Ishii, Shinji Katsuta, Akio Kimura, Shigeyoshi Nishihara, Toshiyuki Iba, Yutaro Hyogo
  • CONVEYANCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140299449
    Abstract: A conveyance device has a carriage drive for driving and propelling a pair of left and right carriage units which individually support left and right sides of an object to be conveyed. A pair of left and right screw shafts is pivotally supported in a rotatable manner along the movement path of the carriage units. Driven rollers are pivotally supported in a rotatable manner by the carriage units and engage with the screw shafts. A transmission connects the pair of left and right screw shafts through the outside of a conveyance path such that the left and right screw shafts are linked and coupled; and a single motor drives the pair of left and right screw shafts through the transmission means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Kouetsu ISHII, Shinji KATSUTA, Akio KIMURA, Shigeyoshi Nishihara, Toshiyuki Iba, Yutaro HYOGO