Patents by Inventor Takahiro Kitano

Takahiro Kitano 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: 20250100137
    Abstract: An object is to set a detection parameter used for detecting contact with a workpiece or pinching of the workpiece to an appropriate value without user's time and effort. A control device 40, 50 according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a control device that controls a servo motor 35 for driving a tool 30 for holding a workpiece W1 or applying a treatment to the workpiece W1. The control device includes a control unit 41 that selectively controls the servo motor in a preliminary adjustment mode in which the tool is operated in the absence of the workpiece and in an operation mode in which the tool is operated in the presence of the workpiece, and a parameter adjustment unit 42 that adjusts a detection parameter in the preliminary adjustment mode. The control unit controls the servo motor in the operation mode using the detection parameter adjusted by the parameter adjustment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Takahiro KITANO, Masao MOTOHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250038179
    Abstract: A composite material used as a negative electrode material, the composite material being easy handleable, having a high discharge capacity, a high cycle characteristic, and a high initial efficiency. The composite material has a resin-made thermolysis product, SiOx (x?1.2), and Sn. In the composite material, a surface of the SiOx particle is coated by the resin-made thermolysis product, and the Sn particles exist in the SiOx particle. The composite material has substantially no Li.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Tec One Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro KITANO
  • Publication number: 20240416446
    Abstract: Provided is a welding gun control device whereby it is possible to reduce a load placed on a workpiece during workpiece detection in spot welding. This welding gun control device for controlling a welding gun for pressing an object to be welded between a movable electrode driven by a servomotor and a counter electrode facing the movable electrode and performing welding comprises: an operation control unit for causing the movable electrode to move at a first speed in a state in which the object to be welded is disposed between the movable electrode and the counter electrode, and causing the counter electrode or the object to be welded to move at a second speed slower than the first speed; and a workpiece detection unit for detecting the object to be welded on the basis of the operating state of the servomotor for driving the movable electrode, while the movable electrode and the counter electrode are caused to move by the operation control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao MOTOHASHI, Takahiro KITANO
  • Publication number: 20240299907
    Abstract: Provided is a particulate water absorbent with which an absorbent body having an excellent speed of incorporating liquid and enabling reduction in release amount can be produced. The particulate water absorbent contains poly(meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin particles as a main component, and the particulate water absorbent includes a cavity that is a space connecting to outside and a void that is a closed space not connecting to outside, in which a cavity ratio to a total volume is 10% by volume or more, and a void ratio to a total volume is 0.5% by volume or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Keisuke FUJITA, Yoshifumi ADACHI, Tsuyoshi YORINO, Mai SATO, Ryota WAKABAYASHI, Atsuhiro NODA, Junya UEDA, Jumpei KANEKO, Hiroko UEDA, Mariko TAMAKI, Yuika NODA, Takahiro KITANO, Kazushi TORII, Hiroyuki IKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 12023751
    Abstract: A robot control device for a robot system including: a robot having a plurality of internal drive axes; a processing head retained to a leading end of the robot and having a processing tool and a tool drive axis to move the processing tool; and an external driving mechanism having one or more external drive axes and positions the robot. The robot system causes the processing tool to make contact with a processing target and conducts predetermined processing on the processing target. The control device controls the internal and external drive axes to position the processing head at a target position and controls the tool drive axis to make the processing tool make contact with the processing target, and the robot control device detects contact between the processing tool and the processing target by monitoring torque of the internal drive axis, the tool drive axis and the external drive axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Motohashi, Takahiro Kitano
  • Patent number: 11574812
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method of treating a substrate using a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer, includes: a resist pattern formation step of forming a predetermined resist pattern by a resist film on the substrate; a thin film formation step of forming a thin film for suppressing deformation of the resist pattern on a surface of the resist pattern; a block copolymer coating step of applying a block copolymer to the substrate after the formation of the thin film; and a polymer separation step of phase-separating the block copolymer into the hydrophilic polymer and the hydrophobic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Muramatsu, Tadatoshi Tomita, Hisashi Genjima, Gen You, Takahiro Kitano
  • Publication number: 20210298965
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel water-absorbing sheet that can meaningfully reduce the return amount even when introduction of a liquid occurs intermittently for several times (particularly, three or more times) under a situation with no load, and the amount of introduction of the liquid becomes large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yuika NODA, Kazushi TORII, Hiroko UEDA, Takahiro KITANO, Tatsushi HIRAUCHI, Yuichiro HORIMOTO, Ryuichi HIRAOKA, Hiroyuki IKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11097419
    Abstract: A robot system includes: an articulated type robot which retains a processing tool at an arm tip end portion and which includes a plurality of drive units that drive a plurality of drive axes; and a robot controller which controls the drive units so as to control a relative position of the processing target and the processing tool and the robot controller includes: a torque information detection unit which detects torque information on the torques of the drive units; a contact position estimation unit which estimates, based on the change of tendency of a variation in the detected torque information of at least one of the drive units, a contact position in which the processing target and the processing tool make contact with each other; and a position compensation unit which compensates the target position of the robot based on the estimated contact position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Motohashi, Takahiro Kitano
  • Publication number: 20210038439
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a water-absorbing sheet which, with respect to urine having a wide range of salt concentrations (mass %) including 0, has a favorable liquid absorption speed and favorable re-wet, and which has good comfortability for users, including infants, whose urine tends to change in salt concentration due to a change in the user's physical condition. In a water-absorbing sheet (10), a first particulate water-absorbing agent (12a) and a second particulate water-absorbing agent (12b) are localized, the first particulate water-absorbing agent (12a) has a gel permeation rate (GPR) which differs by 10 or more from that of the second particulate water-absorbing agent (12b), and the gel permeation rate of the second particulate water-absorbing agent (12b) is 50 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kazushi TORII, Takahiro KITANO, Yuika NODA, Ryuichi HIRAOKA, Yuichiro HORIMOTO, Hidenori WADA, Tatsushi HIRAUCHI, Mai WADA
  • Publication number: 20200306865
    Abstract: A robot control device for a robot system that includes: an articulated robot having a plurality of internal drive axes; a processing head which is retained to a leading end of the robot, and has a processing tool and a tool drive axis that causes the processing tool to move; and an external driving mechanism which has one or a plurality of external drive axes and positions the robot, in which the robot system causes the processing tool to make contact with a processing target, and conducts predetermined processing on the processing target, in which the control device controls the internal drive axis and the external drive axis so as to position the processing head at a target position which is set as a position of processing the processing target, and controls the tool drive axis so as to make the processing tool make contact with the processing target, and the robot control device detects contact between the processing tool and the processing target by monitoring torque of the internal drive axis, the tool
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao MOTOHASHI, Takahiro KITANO
  • Patent number: 10720638
    Abstract: The present invention provides a carbon-silicon composite material suitable (e.g., high capacity; small irreversible capacity; long cycle life) to be used as a negative electrode material for battery. The carbon-silicon composite material comprises a carbon black and a silicon particle, wherein the carbon black and the silicon particle are bound via a resin thermolysis product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Tee One Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Kitano
  • Patent number: 10586711
    Abstract: A substrate processing method of processing a substrate using a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer, the substrate processing method includes: a block copolymer coating step of applying the block copolymer onto the substrate on which a predetermined projecting and recessed pattern is formed, to form a coating film of the block copolymer; a polymer separation step of phase-separating the block copolymer into the hydrophilic polymer and the hydrophobic polymer; a polymer removal step of selectively removing the hydrophilic polymer from the phase-separated block copolymer; and after the block copolymer coating step and before the polymer removal step, a film thickness reduction step of reducing a film thickness of the coating film of the block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Muramatsu, Tadatoshi Tomita, Hisashi Genjima, Takahiro Kitano
  • Patent number: 10562006
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a particulate water absorbing agent having both a high water absorption multiplying factor and a high water absorption rate and a method for manufacturing the same. The present invention is a particulate water absorbing agent for which CRC is 30 to 50 g/g, wherein the weight average particulate diameter (D50) is 200-600 ?m, and the DRC index given by the following formula is a specific value (for example, 43, 30, or 20) or less: DRC index=(49?DRC5min [g/g])/(D50 [?m]/1000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushi Torii, Mariko Tamaki, Daisuke Takagi, Yuichiro Horimoto, Taishi Kobayashi, Taku Fujimoto, Takahiro Kitano, Taku Iwamura, Hiroki Kawada, Hiroyuki Goto, Yasuhisa Nakajima, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
  • Publication number: 20200025714
    Abstract: Provided is a convenient, safe, and highly precise method for measuring a content of a water-absorbing resin in a hygienic material or an absorbent article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki KIMURA, Taku IWAMURA, Takahiro KITANO, Hidenori WADA, Taku FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200023625
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-absorbing sheet suitable for a hygienic material such as a disposable diaper. The water-absorbing sheet in accordance with an aspect of the present invention includes: a first base material; a second base material; and a particulate water-absorbing agent sandwiched between the first base material and the second base material, at least one of the first base material and the second base material being a water-permeable base material, and at least part of the particulate water-absorbing agent satisfying the following physical properties (1), (2), and (3): (1) a centrifuge retention capacity (CRC) is 30 g/g to 50 g/g; (2) a mass average particle diameter (D50) is 200 ?m to 600 ?m; and (3) a DRC index defined by the following Formula (a) is 43 or less: DRC index=(49?DRC5 min)/(D50/1000)?? Formula (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kazushi TORII, Kunihiko ISHIZAKI, Kazushi HORIE, Ryuichi HIRAOKA, Takahiro KITANO, Yasuhisa NAKAJIMA, Hiroyuki IKEUCHI, Katsuyuki WADA
  • Patent number: 10525445
    Abstract: A water absorbent resin (water absorbing agent) and method for producing it are provided which improve, in a water absorbent article (in particular, a diaper) including a water absorbent resin as a water absorbing agent, the absolute absorption amount (g), liquid absorbing times (in particular, liquid absorbing times at the second instance and later), re-wet (g), and diffusion distance (%) of the water absorbent article. A particulate water absorbing agent of the present invention has a CRC, a proportion of particles with sizes of 600 ?m to 150 ?m as defined through a standard-sieve classification, an SST, and the value of the difference between an FST and the SST each within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Ueda, Takahiro Kitano, Yoshitaka Ikeuchi, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Katsuyuki Wada
  • Publication number: 20190341255
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method of treating a substrate using a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer, includes: a resist pattern formation step of forming a predetermined resist pattern by a resist film on the substrate; a thin film formation step of forming a thin film for suppressing deformation of the resist pattern on a surface of the resist pattern; a block copolymer coating step of applying a block copolymer to the substrate after the formation of the thin film; and a polymer separation step of phase-separating the block copolymer into the hydrophilic polymer and the hydrophobic polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto MURAMATSU, Tadatoshi TOMITA, Hisashi GENJIMA, Gen YOU, Takahiro KITANO
  • Patent number: 10418242
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method of treating a substrate using a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer, includes: a resist pattern formation step of forming a predetermined resist pattern by a resist film on the substrate; a thin film formation step of forming a thin film for suppressing deformation of the resist pattern on a surface of the resist pattern; a block copolymer coating step of applying a block copolymer to the substrate after the formation of the thin film; and a polymer separation step of phase-separating the block copolymer into the hydrophilic polymer and the hydrophobic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Muramatsu, Tadatoshi Tomita, Hisashi Genjima, Gen You, Takahiro Kitano
  • Patent number: 10329144
    Abstract: A substrate treatment method using a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer includes a polymer separating step, wherein a ratio of a molecular weight of the hydrophilic polymer in the block copolymer is adjusted to 20% to 40% so that the hydrophilic polymers align at positions corresponding to a hexagonal close-packed structure in a plan view after the polymer separating step, and at the polymer separating step, a columnar first hydrophilic polymer is phase-separated on each of circular patterns of hydrophobic coating films and a columnar second hydrophilic polymer is phase-separated between the first hydrophilic polymers, and a diameter of the circular pattern is set so that the first hydrophilic polymers and the second hydrophilic polymers align at positions corresponding to the hexagonal close-packed structure in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Muramatsu, Tadatoshi Tomita, Hisashi Genjima, Gen You, Takahiro Kitano, Takanori Nishi
  • Publication number: 20190126479
    Abstract: A robot system includes: an articulated type robot which retains a processing tool at an arm tip end portion and which includes a plurality of drive units that drive a plurality of drive axes; and a robot controller which controls the drive units so as to control a relative position of the processing target and the processing tool and the robot controller includes: a torque information detection unit which detects torque information on the torques of the drive units; a contact position estimation unit which estimates, based on the change of tendency of a variation in the detected torque information of at least one of the drive units, a contact position in which the processing target and the processing tool make contact with each other; and a position compensation unit which compensates the target position of the robot based on the estimated contact position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Masao MOTOHASHI, Takahiro KITANO