Patents by Inventor Sho Nakano

Sho Nakano 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: 20230237859
    Abstract: A marine vessel management system to reduce the burden on a marine vessel rental business operator includes a marine vessel, an information processor, and a portable terminal device operable by a marine vessel user. When the marine vessel is leaving a port and/or when the marine vessel is returning to the port, the portable terminal device receives information about a state of the marine vessel via the information processor, and displays the received information about the state of the marine vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Sho NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11117252
    Abstract: A robot includes a base, a robot arm having a first arm provided on the base and configured to rotate about a first rotation axis and a second arm provided on the first arm and configured to rotate about a second rotation axis, a cable placed inside of the robot arm, and a tube having a suction hole for suctioning a gas inside of the robot arm when connected to a pump, wherein a first gap is provided between the first arm and the second arm, and the suction hole is placed inside of the robot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuto Yoshimura, Sho Nakano
  • Patent number: 10974384
    Abstract: A force detecting device includes a recess located on the outer surface of the force detecting device and an electric connector provided in the recess. An electric cable for the force detecting device attached to the electric connector is inserted into the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventors: Akira Matsuzawa, Sho Nakano, Hidekatsu Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 10821613
    Abstract: A robot includes a base; a robot arm that includes an arm which is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to the base; and a connector that is provided in the base and is capable of being connected to an external wire. The connector is located on a side of the center of gravity more than a line that is perpendicular to a location of a center of gravity of the robot arm when the robot arm is in a basic posture and a line segment passing through the rotation axis and passes through the rotation axis, as viewed from an axial direction of the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuto Yoshimura, Yuki Kobari, Sho Nakano
  • Patent number: 10569428
    Abstract: A robot includes: an n-th arm (where n is at least one integer equal to or greater than 1) that includes a first portion and a second portion having a portion extending in a different direction from the first portion and is rotatable around an n-th rotation axis; and an (n+1)-th arm that is installed in the n-th arm to be rotatable around an (n+1)-th rotation axis as a different axis direction from a axis direction of the n-th rotation axis. The second portion is located closer to the (n+1)-th arm than the first portion. The n-th arm and the (n+1)-th arm are overlapable when viewed in the axis direction of the (n+1)-th rotation axis. The n-th rotation axis and the (n+1)-th rotation axis are separate from each other. A length of the (n+1)-th arm is equal to or less than 80% of a length of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekatsu Miyasaka, Sho Nakano
  • Patent number: 10562196
    Abstract: In a robot, each of a first flexible member and a second flexible member has a portion fixed to an n-th arm, a portion that is fixed to an (n+1)-th arm, and a portion that is positioned between the n-th arm and the (n+1)-th arm and is wound around a member in a folded state. The portion of the first flexible member that is fixed to the n-th arm is positioned on the member side from the portion of the second flexible member that is fixed to the n-th arm. The portion of the second flexible member that is fixed to the (n+1)-th arm is positioned on the member side from the portion of the first flexible member that is fixed to the (n+1)-th arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekatsu Miyasaka, Sho Nakano
  • Publication number: 20190262985
    Abstract: A robot includes a base, a robot arm having a first arm provided on the base and configured to rotate about a first rotation axis and a second arm provided on the first arm and configured to rotate about a second rotation axis, a cable placed inside of the robot arm, and a tube having a suction hole for suctioning a gas inside of the robot arm when connected to a pump, wherein a first gap is provided between the first arm and the second arm, and the suction hole is placed inside of the robot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuto YOSHIMURA, Sho NAKANO
  • Patent number: 10298083
    Abstract: A stator includes multiple bus bars formed in an annular shape and laminated in a radial direction and an insulation member covering both radial side surfaces and both axial end faces of each bus bar, and the insulation member contains a sheet-like insulation member covering both radial side surfaces and the axial end face of each bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Okamoto, Masashi Nakamura, Akihiro Yamamura, Yasuhiro Hayasaka, Sho Nakano, Yoshiaki Kitta, Masaya Inoue
  • Publication number: 20190143509
    Abstract: A force detecting device includes a recess located on the outer surface of the force detecting device and an electric connector provided in the recess. An electric cable for the force detecting device attached to the electric connector is inserted into the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Akira MATSUZAWA, Sho NAKANO, Hidekatsu MIYASAKA
  • Publication number: 20180326598
    Abstract: A robot includes: an n-th arm (where n is at least one integer equal to or greater than 1) that includes a first portion and a second portion having a portion extending in a different direction from the first portion and is rotatable around an n-th rotation axis; and an (n+1)-th arm that is installed in the n-th arm to be rotatable around an (n+1)-th rotation axis as a different axis direction from a axis direction of the n-th rotation axis. The second portion is located closer to the (n+1)-th arm than the first portion. The n-th arm and the (n+1)-th arm are overlapable when viewed in the axis direction of the (n+1)-th rotation axis. The n-th rotation axis and the (n+1)-th rotation axis are separate from each other. A length of the (n+1)-th arm is equal to or less than 80% of a length of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hidekatsu MIYASAKA, Sho NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180319022
    Abstract: A robot includes a base; a robot arm that includes an arm which is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to the base; and a connector that is provided in the base and is capable of being connected to an external wire. The connector is located on a side of the center of gravity more than a line that is perpendicular to a location of a center of gravity of the robot arm when the robot arm is in a basic posture and a line segment passing through the rotation axis and passes through the rotation axis, as viewed from an axial direction of the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuto YOSHIMURA, Yuki KOBARI, Sho NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20180269729
    Abstract: A motor comprises an A-phase stator unit, a B-phase stator unit, and a rotor. The phase stator unit and the B-phase stator unit respectively contain a coil unit and a pair of stator cores, each pair of stator cores having a plurality of claw-shaped magnetic poles. The rotor comprises at least two permanent magnets facing the claw-shaped magnetic poles of the A-phase stator unit and the claw-shaped magnetic poles of the B-phase stator unit, respectively. The A-phase stator unit and the B-phase stator unit are provided side by side in the axial direction, displaced from one another by a prescribed electrical angle. The two permanent magnets are arranged side by side in the axial direction, displaced from one another by a prescribed electrical angle. The direction of displacement between the A-phase stator unit and the B-phase stator unit is the opposite of the direction of displacement between the two permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki TAKEMOTO, Shigemasa KATO, Masashi MATSUDA, Hironari SUZUKI, Kazunori SHIMADA, Sho NAKANO, Takahiro TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20180236671
    Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm that has an nth arm (n is an integer of 1 or greater) and an (n+1)th arm disposed in the nth arm so as to be pivotable around an (n+1)th pivot axis, and a motor unit that drives the (n+1)th arm. Each of the nth arm and the (n+1)th arm has a cover. A wire is disposed between the motor and the cover of the nth arm. A non-contact seal structure is formed using the cover of the nth arm and the cover of the (n+1)th arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuto YOSHIMURA, Kazushige AKAHA, Sho NAKANO, Yoshinobu GOTO
  • Patent number: 10028346
    Abstract: The present invention intends to increase the type of a light source that can be determined by widening a range of an identification resistance value. The power source device is connected to a light radiation device which is equipped with: a light source having one or more LEDs; and an identification resistance whereof the resistance value differs for each type of the light source. The power source device comprises: an identification resistance determination circuit having a voltage dividing resistance connected in series to the identification resistance; and a control unit for measuring the divided voltage applied to the voltage dividing resistance, determining the type of the light source based on the divided voltage value, and controlling the power to the light source according to the type thereof. The identification resistance determination circuit has a plurality of switchable voltage dividing resistances are provided, each having a different resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Sho Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180192489
    Abstract: The present invention intends to increase the type of a light source that can be determined by widening a range of an identification resistance value. The power source device is connected to a light radiation device which is equipped with: a light source having one or a more LEDs; and an identification resistance whereof the resistance value differs for each type of the light source. The power source device comprises: an identification resistance determination circuit having a voltage dividing resistance connected in series to the identification resistance; and a control unit for measuring the divided voltage applied to the voltage dividing resistance, determining the type of the light source based on the divided voltage value, and controlling the power to the light source according to the type thereof. The identification resistance determination circuit has a plurality of switchable voltage dividing resistances are provided, each having a different resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Sho Nakano
  • Patent number: 9961733
    Abstract: Provided is a power supply device capable of preventing a drop in the voltage supplied to another machine that is connected aside from LED lighting devices, and continues driving the other machine. This power supply device is equipped with a plurality of LED drive circuits provided in parallel, corresponding respectively to a plurality of LED lighting instruments to drive each of the LED lighting instruments in a predetermined light-emission mode. The plurality of LED drive circuits and the other machine are connected to a DC supply unit having such constitution that a direct current power supply voltage is converted into a predetermined direct current voltage and supplied thereby. The power supply device is further provided with a constant current circuit whereof the input side is connected to the DC supply unit and the other machine, and the output side is connected to the plurality of LED drive circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CCS Inc.
    Inventors: Sho Nakano, Yuichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9918394
    Abstract: A robot system includes a robot and a robot control apparatus. The robot control apparatus is connected to the robot for controlling the robot and includes a casing and a display unit movable with respect to the casing and displaying information. The casing has a plurality of attachment parts to which the display unit is attached. The plurality of attachment parts are provided on first and second surfaces of the casing, and the first surface is not parallel to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Nakano, Ryosuke Teranaka
  • Publication number: 20180001487
    Abstract: In a robot, each of a first flexible member and a second flexible member has a portion fixed to an n-th arm, a portion that is fixed to an (n+1)-th arm, and a portion that is positioned between the n-th arm and the (n+1)-th arm and is wound around a member in a folded state. The portion of the first flexible member that is fixed to the n-th arm is positioned on the member side from the portion of the second flexible member that is fixed to the n-th arm. The portion of the second flexible member that is fixed to the (n+1)-th arm is positioned on the member side from the portion of the first flexible member that is fixed to the (n+1)-th arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hidekatsu MIYASAKA, Sho NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9764463
    Abstract: A robot includes: a base; an arm which is provided to be rotatable with respect to the base using a predetermined rotation shaft as the center of rotation; and an elongated object including a portion present in the base and in the arm, in which the elongated object is bound in a first binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the base and a second binding position which is on the rotation shaft and in the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Hahakura, Kazushige Akaha, Sho Nakano, Takuya Owa, Kotaro Sekine, Daisuke Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9757864
    Abstract: A robot includes an nth arm (n is a natural number), an (n+1)th arm rotatably supported with respect to the nth arm, and a connection destination selection part that can select a connection destination of a cable routing present inside of the nth arm from a cable routing present outside of the nth arm and a cable routing present inside of the (n+1)th arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akio Niu, Sho Nakano