Patents by Inventor Shouta Fujii

Shouta Fujii 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: 20200328693
    Abstract: A converter circuit for converting an AC voltage input from a polyphase AC power supply into a DC voltage and outputting the DC voltage includes a positive DC terminal and a negative DC terminal configured to output the DC voltage, diodes each having its anode electrically connected to a corresponding phase of the polyphase AC power supply, and all having their cathodes electrically connected to the positive DC terminal, and a connection portion electrically connecting a neutral point of the polyphase AC power supply and the negative DC terminal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Shouta FUJII
  • Patent number: 10782664
    Abstract: A production system includes a cell control apparatus that is connected to a machine control apparatus and an inspection control apparatus. The cell control apparatus includes a storage part that stores data on a state of the manufacturing machine, data on an environment state, and data on an inspection result of a product. The cell control apparatus includes a correlation analysis part that selects a variable relating to an abnormality based on a correlation between the inspection result of the product, and the data on the state of the manufacturing machine and the data on the environment state when the abnormality occurs in the inspection result, and a determination value setting part that sets a determination value of the variable relating to the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Sou Saitou
  • Patent number: 10763765
    Abstract: A brake control system includes: a plurality of motors each provided with a brake device and a position detecting section; and a brake control device that controls a plurality of the brake devices using one brake-oriented power source. The position detecting section includes a position detecting circuit section and a communication circuit section. The brake device includes: a current detecting section that detects a brake current flowing through a brake coil of an electromagnetic brake; and an insulating circuit section that electrically insulates the current detecting section and the communication circuit section. The communication circuit section transmits to the brake control device the brake current acquired via the insulating circuit section. The brake control device includes a fault specifying section that specifies the faulty brake device based on a plurality of detection signals detected by a plurality of the current detecting sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Tsutomu Shikagawa
  • Patent number: 10720861
    Abstract: A motor control device for controlling a servomotor, includes an inverter having multiple switching elements, a motor control unit configured to control switching operation of the multiple switching elements to thereby drive the servomotor, a brake configured to apply a braking force to the servomotor, a brake control unit configured to control the brake and a state acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotational state of the servomotor. The brake control unit actuates the brake when the rotation amount per unit time of the servomotor reaches a predetermined amount or greater in a state where the servomotor is not driven by the motor control unit and the brake is not operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Sou Saito
  • Publication number: 20190288615
    Abstract: A motor control device for controlling a servomotor, includes an inverter having multiple switching elements, a motor control unit configured to control switching operation of the multiple switching elements to thereby drive the servomotor, a brake configured to apply a braking force to the servomotor, a brake control unit configured to control the brake and a state acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotational state of the servomotor. The brake control unit actuates the brake when the rotation amount per unit time of the servomotor reaches a predetermined amount or greater in a state where the servomotor is not driven by the motor control unit and the brake is not operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Sou Saito
  • Publication number: 20190238070
    Abstract: A brake control system includes: a plurality of motors each provided with a brake device and a position detecting section; and a brake control device that controls a plurality of the brake devices using one brake-oriented power source. The position detecting section includes a position detecting circuit section and a communication circuit section. The brake device includes: a current detecting section that detects a brake current flowing through a brake coil of an electromagnetic brake; and an insulating circuit section that electrically insulates the current detecting section and the communication circuit section. The communication circuit section transmits to the brake control device the brake current acquired via the insulating circuit section. The brake control device includes a fault specifying section that specifies the faulty brake device based on a plurality of detection signals detected by a plurality of the current detecting sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Tsutomu Shikagawa
  • Patent number: 10218096
    Abstract: A short bar for connecting terminal blocks of two motor driving units which drive a motor includes a strip-plate-like fixed portion which has a through hole into which a screw for fixing is inserted and which is fixed to the terminal block of the motor driving unit with the screw, a first connection portion which is provided on one end of the fixed portion, and a second connection portion which is provided on the other end of the fixed portion, wherein the first connection member has a configuration that the first connection portion and the second connection portion of another shot bar can be connected electrically and mechanically with each other through a relative movement in the thickness direction of the fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Kaname Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10164355
    Abstract: This motor drive device includes a first motor driving unit, a first terminal block 11 attached to the first motor driving unit, a second motor driving unit, a second terminal block attached to the motor driving unit, a first short bar whose one end portion is attached to the first terminal block so that the first short bar can be rotated around a first axis line, and a second short bar whose one end portion is attached to the first terminal block so that the second short bar can be rotated around a second axis line, the other end sides thereof can be placed at a connection position so that the other end sides can be connected to the second terminal block, and at a retract position which is distant from the second terminal block by rotation of the first and the second short bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Kaname Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180166800
    Abstract: A short bar for connecting terminal blocks of two motor driving units which drive a motor includes a strip-plate-like fixed portion which has a through hole into which a screw for fixing is inserted and which is fixed to the terminal block of the motor driving unit with the screw, a first connection portion which is provided on one end of the fixed portion, and a second connection portion which is provided on the other end of the fixed portion, wherein the first connection member has a configuration that the first connection portion and the second connection portion of another shot bar can be connected electrically and mechanically with each other through a relative movement in the thickness direction of the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Shouta FUJII, Kaname MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180131108
    Abstract: This motor drive device includes a first motor driving unit, a first terminal block 11 attached to the first motor driving unit, a second motor driving unit, a second terminal block attached to the motor driving unit, a first short bar whose one end portion is attached to the first terminal block so that the first short bar can be rotated around a first axis line, and a second short bar whose one end portion is attached to the first terminal block so that the second short bar can be rotated around a second axis line, the other end sides thereof can be placed at a connection position so that the other end sides can be connected to the second terminal block, and at a retract position which is distant from the second terminal block by rotation of the first and the second short bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouta FUJII, Kaname MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170308049
    Abstract: A production system includes a cell control apparatus that is connected to a machine control apparatus and an inspection control apparatus. The cell control apparatus includes a storage part that stores data on a state of the manufacturing machine, data on an environment state, and data on an inspection result of a product. The cell control apparatus includes a correlation analysis part that selects a variable relating to an abnormality based on a correlation between the inspection result of the product, and the data on the state of the manufacturing machine and the data on the environment state when the abnormality occurs in the inspection result, and a determination value setting part that sets a determination value of the variable relating to the abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shouta Fujii, Sou Saitou