Patents by Inventor Shuhei Yamanaka

Shuhei Yamanaka 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: 11965072
    Abstract: Provided is a semiaromatic polyamide fil having an average linear expansion coefficient in the width direction, measured under conditions of 20 to 125° C., of ?90 to 0 ppm/° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Aoyama, Takashi Okabe, Shuhei Yamane, Tomoko Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11659429
    Abstract: The processing apparatus performs predetermined processing for measurement data transmitted from the sensor, in which the processing apparatus acquires transmission destination information indicating a predetermined area in a server apparatus in an outside in which processed data subjected to the predetermined processing is to be stored, from a relay apparatus that performs relay processing between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus in order to transmit the processed data from the processing apparatus to the server apparatus, when the relay apparatus is communicatively connected to the communication unit in a state before building of a network between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus, and generates, after the acquisition of the transmission destination information, transmission-processed data in a form in which the relay apparatus is able to execute the relay processing, by adding information relating to the predetermined area indicated by the transmission destination informati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Masatomo Tokuno
  • Publication number: 20220214311
    Abstract: An abnormality diagnosis system that diagnoses an abnormality related to each control shaft in equipment in which the plurality of control shafts, each including a motor and an output unit driven by the motor, are incorporated, includes: a plurality of vibration sensors that are provided for the plurality of control shafts, respectively, and that detect vibration occurring in connection with driving of the motor corresponding to each control shaft; a calculation unit that calculates, for each of the plurality of control shafts, vibration levels in a plurality of predetermined frequency ranges, based on vibration information detected by each of the plurality of vibration sensors; and a diagnosis unit that diagnoses an abnormality related to each control shaft, based on a distribution state, across the plurality of predetermined frequency ranges and across the plurality of control shafts, of the vibration levels calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Katsuya Iida, Takuya Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Honjo, Hiroshi Inoko, Masatomo Tokuno, Satoru Nagai
  • Publication number: 20220201532
    Abstract: The processing apparatus performs predetermined processing for measurement data transmitted from the sensor, in which the processing apparatus acquires transmission destination information indicating a predetermined area in a server apparatus in an outside in which processed data subjected to the predetermined processing is to be stored, from a relay apparatus that performs relay processing between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus in order to transmit the processed data from the processing apparatus to the server apparatus, when the relay apparatus is communicatively connected to the communication unit in a state before building of a network between the processing apparatus and the server apparatus, and generates, after the acquisition of the transmission destination information, transmission-processed data in a form in which the relay apparatus is able to execute the relay processing, by adding information relating to the predetermined area indicated by the transmission destination informati
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Masatomo Tokuno
  • Patent number: 11242919
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to preferably detect the failure accompanied with the decrease in the pre-load in a ball screw unit. The failure diagnosis is performed for the ball screw unit on the basis of a combination of a resonance frequency in an axial direction of a predetermined machine assembly including the ball screw unit and a motor and a position of a nut member on a screw shaft corresponding to the resonance frequency as provided when the screw shaft is driven and rotated by the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: THK CO., LTD., DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Honjo, Shuhei Yamanaka, Katsuya Iida, Satoshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20210392188
    Abstract: All information processing apparatus executes: a reception step of receiving sensor data transmitted from a sensor device via near-field wireless communication; a transmission step of transmitting the received sensor data to a server apparatus; and an output step of acquiring sensor data specified by a user from the server apparatus and providing the sensor data to the user; and, at the output step, a web browser operating on the information processing apparatus is used as an output interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Masatomo Tokuno
  • Publication number: 20210164546
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to preferably detect the failure accompanied with the decrease in the pre-load in a ball screw unit. The failure diagnosis is performed for the ball screw unit on the basis of a combination of a resonance frequency in an axial direction of a predetermined machine assembly including the ball screw unit and a motor and a position of a nut member on a screw shaft corresponding to the resonance frequency as provided when the screw shaft is driven and rotated by the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: THK CO., LTD., DISCO Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Honjo, Shuhei Yamanaka, Katsuya Iida, Satoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10972036
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a linear actuator having a linear motor and a brake device includes a magnetic pole position estimation means to estimate which of a plurality of sections obtained by dividing a magnetic pole position of 0° to 360°, the mover is located in on the basis of a direction of movement of the mover by pulse energization, a magnetic pole position setting means to perform direct current excitation at an estimated magnetic pole position estimated by the magnetic pole position estimation means and set the estimated magnetic pole position as a magnetic pole position of the mover, and a brake control means to turn on a brake device before pulse energization by the magnetic pole position estimation means is performed and turn off the brake device after the magnetic pole position estimation means estimates the section in which the mover is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Sakai, Shuhei Yamanaka, Hideo Saito, Yuki Nomura, Hideya Nakayama
  • Patent number: 10801919
    Abstract: A fault detection sensor-equipped actuator is provided which can easily detect a fault in at least one of a linear guide unit and a ball screw unit, using a shared sensor. In an actuator (10) including a linear guide unit (4) that guides linear movement of a movable body (1) and a ball screw unit (7) that drives the movable body (1) in an axial direction of a screw shaft (6), a sensor (18) configured to detect a fault in the actuator (10) is placed in a housing (11) where a coupling (12) that couples the screw shaft (6) and a motor (14) for rotating the screw shaft (6) is housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Honjo, Shuhei Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10712236
    Abstract: Provided is a state diagnosis system, which is applied to a rolling guide device in which a moving member including an endless circulation path for rolling elements is freely movable along a track member, and which is configured to appropriately recognize a state of a rolling surface of the track member. The state diagnosis system includes: a sensor configured to detect a physical quantity exhibited when the moving member is moving along the track member; a signal processing unit configured to process an output signal from the sensor to output analysis data; and a determination processing unit configured to compare the analysis data with threshold value data to determine whether or not the rolling guide device has an abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Honjo, Shuhei Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20200091851
    Abstract: A control device for controlling a linear actuator having a linear motor and a brake device includes a magnetic pole position estimation means to estimate which of a plurality of sections obtained by dividing a magnetic pole position of 0° to 360°, the mover is located in on the basis of a direction of movement of the mover by pulse energization, a magnetic pole position setting means to perform direct current excitation at an estimated magnetic pole position estimated by the magnetic pole position estimation means and set the estimated magnetic pole position as a magnetic pole position of the mover, and a brake control means to turn on a brake device before pulse energization by the magnetic pole position estimation means is performed and turn off the brake device after the magnetic pole position estimation means estimates the section in which the mover is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Sakai, Shuhei Yamanaka, Hideo Saito, Yuki Nomura, Hideya Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20200056961
    Abstract: Provided is a state diagnosis system, which is applied to a rolling guide device in which a moving member including an endless circulation path for rolling elements is freely movable along a track member, and which is configured to appropriately recognize a state of a rolling surface of the track member. The state diagnosis system includes: a sensor configured to detect a physical quantity exhibited when the moving member is moving along the track member; a signal processing unit configured to process an output signal from the sensor to output analysis data; and a determination processing unit configured to compare the analysis data with threshold value data to determine whether or not the rolling guide device has an abnormality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Honjo, Shuhei Yamanaka
  • Publication number: 20190361758
    Abstract: The state diagnosis system including: a sensor configured to detect a physical quantity exhibited when the moving member is moving along the track member; and a diagnosis processing unit configured to take in an output signal from the sensor, to thereby generate analysis data, compare the analysis data with threshold value data, determine whether the rolling guide device has an abnormality in accordance with a comparison result, and output a determination result, wherein the diagnosis processing unit has: a first processing mode of taking in the output signal from the sensor for a data collection time period T1, to thereby generate the analysis data; and a second processing mode of taking in the output signal from the sensor for a data collection time period T2 longer than the data collection time period Ti, to thereby generate the analysis data, and wherein the diagnosis processing unit outputs the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Yoshiyuki Honjo
  • Publication number: 20190346341
    Abstract: A fault detection sensor-equipped actuator is provided which can easily detect a fault in at least one of a linear guide unit and a ball screw unit, using a shared sensor. In an actuator (10) including a linear guide unit (4) that guides linear movement of a movable body (1) and a ball screw unit (7) that drives the movable body (1) in an axial direction of a screw shaft (6), a sensor (18) configured to detect a fault in the actuator (10) is placed in a housing (11) where a coupling (12) that couples the screw shaft (6) and a motor (14) for rotating the screw shaft (6) is housed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicants: THK CO., LTD., THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Honjo, Shuhei Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 10401198
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus is provided which eliminates the necessity of space to affix a scale to a track member. A track member of a motion guide apparatus is provided with a through hole into which a fastening member to fasten the track member to a base can be inserted. A carriage that is movably assembled to the track member via a rolling element is provided with magnets generating a magnetic field toward the track member. Magnetic sensors that detect a change in the magnetic fields of the magnets with the travel of the magnets relative to the track member are placed within the magnetic fields of the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: THK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Yoshinobu Moriyuki, Takashi Oshida
  • Publication number: 20180321060
    Abstract: A position detection apparatus is provided which eliminates the necessity of space to affix a scale to a track member. A track member of a motion guide apparatus is provided with a through hole into which a fastening member to fasten the track member to a base can be inserted. A carriage that is movably assembled to the track member via a rolling element is provided with magnets generating a magnetic field toward the track member. Magnetic sensors that detect a change in the magnetic fields of the magnets with the travel of the magnets relative to the track member are placed within the magnetic fields of the magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Shuhei YAMANAKA, Yoshinobu MORIYUKI, Takashi OSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10020767
    Abstract: A linear motor device includes a linear motor and a controller that applies pressure to a pressurizing target by moving a needle provided with the linear motor. The controller includes: a speed-change position-setting unit that calculates a deceleration start position, which is a position where a movement speed of the needle starts to be reduced from a first speed to a second speed when the pressurizing target start to be pressurized, based on a distance required to reduce the movement speed of the needle from the first speed to the second speed which is lower than the first speed and at which pressure applied to the pressurizing target when the needle comes into contact with the pressurizing target is equal to or lower than a predetermined pressure; and a position determination unit that drives the needle of the linear motor at the first speed and at the second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Yuki Nomura
  • Patent number: 9948218
    Abstract: This linear motor apparatus includes: a first linear motor and a second linear motor, movable bodies of which move in the same direction in a linked manner; a first control portion that causes the first linear motor to produce thrust to apply a load to a pressurizing target via the movable bodies; and a second control portion that causes the second linear motor to produce thrust and controls the thrust, wherein, if the first control portion is causing a load to be applied to the pressurizing target, then the second control portion causes the second linear motor to produce thrust that cancels an external force produced to the movable bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Yuki Nomura, Tsuyoshi Inda
  • Publication number: 20170207734
    Abstract: This linear motor apparatus includes: a first linear motor and a second linear motor, movable bodies of which move in the same direction in a linked manner; a first control portion that causes the first linear motor to produce thrust to apply a load to a pressurizing target via the movable bodies; and a second control portion that causes the second linear motor to produce thrust and controls the thrust, wherein, if the first control portion is causing a load to be applied to the pressurizing target, then the second control portion causes the second linear motor to produce thrust that cancels an external force produced to the movable bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Yamanaka, Yuki Nomura, Tsuyoshi Inda
  • Patent number: 9548641
    Abstract: A linear and rotary actuator system includes a shaft member moving linearly in an axial direction and rotating around an axis line, a hollow rotor surrounding the shaft member, a stator of a rotary motor having a space for holding the rotor and which rotates the rotor around the axis line, linear bearings, that rotates together with the rotor to transmit rotation of the rotor of the rotary motor to the shaft member and accepts linear movement of the shaft member, an angle measuring unit for measuring a rotation angle of the rotor, and a rotary motor driver for controlling the rotary motor in such a manner that the rotation angle of the rotor of the rotary motor measured by the angle measuring unit conforms to a command value. The rotation angle of the shaft member is controlled by controlling the rotation angle of the rotor of the rotary motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Aso, Shuhei Yamanaka, Takayuki Kuze