Patents by Inventor Takanori KOZUKI

Takanori KOZUKI 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: 20240198523
    Abstract: A robot system 100 includes an operator 2 to be operated by a user, a robot 1 having an end effector 11 that acts on an object W and a robot arm 12 that moves the end effector 11, and a controller 3 that outputs a command for the robot arm 12 such that the end effector 11 moves according to operation information input via the operator 2. The controller 3 performs coordinate conversion to adapt a reference surface RP in an operation coordinate system set for the operator 2 to the surface of the object W, and generates the command for the robot arm 12 based on the operation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro AZUMA, Tomoki SAKUMA, Masayuki KAMON, Hirokazu SUGIYAMA, Masahiko AKAMATSU, Takanori KOZUKI, Takanori KIRITOSHI, Jun FUJIMORI, Hiroki KINOSHITA, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Kai SHIMIZU, Yoshiki NAITO
  • Publication number: 20230373078
    Abstract: A controller of a robot system performs first control of controlling a robot arm in accordance with an operation with an operator to thereby cause an end effector to apply a treatment to an object and of recording trajectory data and second control of controlling the robot arm based on the trajectory data recorded in the first control to thereby move the end effector such that the end effector reproduces a moving trajectory and applies a treatment to the object. In the second control, in controlling the robot arm based on the trajectory data, the controller controls a pressing force of the end effector against the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro AZUMA, Jun TAKEBAYASHI, Tomoki SAKUMA, Masahiko AKAMATSU, Takanori KOZUKI, Jun FUJIMORI, Hiroki KINOSHITA, Kai SHIMIZU, Hiroki TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220401169
    Abstract: A master-slave system includes a master unit, a slave unit, and a control device. The control device includes first circuitry that determines a first relationship that is a relationship between a slave coordinate system and an object coordinate system, second circuitry that determines a second relationship that is a relationship between a master coordinate system and the object coordinate system, and third circuitry that outputs an operational command for causing the slave unit to operate according to operational information of the master unit, the first relationship, and the second relationship. When the object coordinate system is moved, the first circuitry newly determines the first relationship after the movement based on the moved object coordinate system and the slave coordinate system, and the second-circuitry determines the second relationship after the movement, as a relationship similar to the second relationship before the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki KAMON, Hiroki TAKAHASHI, Kai SHIMIZU, Yuki TAKAYAMA, Jun FUJIMORI, Hiroki KINOSHITA, Masahiko AKAMATSU, Takanori KOZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220388160
    Abstract: A control device includes: first circuitry that generates a command to cause a robot to autonomously grind a grinding target portion; second circuitry that generates a command to cause the robot to grind a grinding target portion according to manipulation information from an operation device; third circuitry that controls operation of the robot according to the command; storage that stores image data of a grinding target portion and operation data of the robot corresponding to the command; and forth circuitry that performs machine learning by using image data of a grinding target portion and the operation data for the grinding target portion, receives the image data as input data, and outputs an operation correspondence command corresponding to the operation data as output data. The first circuitry generates the command, based on the operation correspondence command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo YONEMOTO, Takanori KOZUKI, Masahiko AKAMATSU, Hitoshi HASUNUMA, Masayuki KAMON
  • Patent number: 11292070
    Abstract: A welding torch includes a torch body including a flow path forming portion that forms a shielding gas flow path into which an inert gas flows and an outer gas flow path communicating with the shielding gas flow path, a first gas lens that straightens the inert gas in the shielding gas flow path and blows the inert gas out as a shielding gas, and a second gas lens that straightens the inert gas in the outer gas flow path and blows the inert gas out as an outer gas. Provided is an all-position welding device that performs butt welding of tubes, and includes the welding torch and a rotation mechanism for rotating the welding torch around the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Akamatsu, Shingo Yonemoto, Takanori Kozuki, Shinya Hibino, Yukio Ikezawa, Kenichiro Niimi, Akitsugu Arao
  • Patent number: 11292073
    Abstract: A welding torch includes a gas lens of a lattice structure that straightens a shielding gas. The welding torch includes a non-consumable electrode, an electrode holder into which the non-consumable electrode is inserted, and a torch body including a sleeve that holds the electrode holder, a flow path forming portion that forms a shielding gas flow path around the sleeve, and a nozzle that forms a shielding gas guiding space around a distal end of the non-consumable electrode, the distal end extending from the electrode holder, in which the gas lens is provided so as to separate the shielding gas flow path from the shielding gas guiding space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Akamatsu, Shingo Yonemoto, Takanori Kozuki, Shinya Hibino, Yukio Ikezawa, Kenichiro Niimi, Akitsugu Arao
  • Patent number: 10646946
    Abstract: A weld overlay system includes a rotation drive section which rotates a tube around its axis; and a welding unit which applies a weld material to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating tube, while the welding unit is advanced along an axial direction of the tube, the welding unit includes: a welding torch; and a weld material supply section which supplies the weld material, the welding torch is disposed such that a tip end of the welding torch is located at an angular position that is advanced at a predetermined angle in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the tube, and the welding torch is inclined at a predetermined angle in the rotational direction of the tube with respect to a reference line passing through a center axis of the tube and the tip end of the welding torch, viewed from the axial direction of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chiaki Ito, Masahiko Akamatsu, Shingo Yonemoto, Takanori Kozuki
  • Publication number: 20200086415
    Abstract: A welding torch includes a gas lens of a lattice structure that straightens a shielding gas. The welding torch includes a non-consumable electrode, an electrode holder into which the non-consumable electrode is inserted, and a torch body including a sleeve that holds the electrode holder, a flow path forming portion that forms a shielding gas flow path around the sleeve, and a nozzle that forms a shielding gas guiding space around a distal end of the non-consumable electrode, the distal end extending from the electrode holder, in which the gas lens is provided so as to separate the shielding gas flow path from the shielding gas guiding space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko AKAMATSU, Shingo YONEMOTO, Takanori KOZUKI, Shinya HIBINO, Yukio IKEZAWA, Kenichiro NIIMI, Akitsugu ARAO
  • Publication number: 20190351498
    Abstract: A welding torch includes a torch body including a flow path forming portion that forms a shielding gas flow path into which an inert gas flows and an outer gas flow path communicating with the shielding gas flow path, a first gas lens that straightens the inert gas in the shielding gas flow path and blows the inert gas out as a shielding gas, and a second gas lens that straightens the inert gas in the outer gas flow path and blows the inert gas out as an outer gas. Provided is an all-position welding device that performs butt welding of tubes, and includes the welding torch and a rotation mechanism for rotating the welding torch around the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko AKAMATSU, Shingo YONEMOTO, Takanori KOZUKI, Shinya HIBINO, Yukio IKEZAWA, Kenichiro NIIMI, Akitsugu ARAO
  • Patent number: 10245671
    Abstract: A weld overlay system includes a workpiece jig holding a workpiece in manner that the workpiece center axis direction is parallel to X-axis direction, and rotates the workpiece in circumferential direction, a carriage, welding base supported on the carriage in manner that the welding base is displaceable with respect to the carriage in Y-axis direction and Z-axis direction, at least one pair of rollers and welding torch are supported on the welding base, and like. Pair of rollers include rotary shafts extend in parallel with the X-axis and are spaced apart from each other in Y-axis direction. The rollers are pressed against portion of the workpiece above the workpiece center axis C. The welding torch is supported on the welding base in manner that distances in Y-axis direction from the rotary shafts of the pair of rollers to the tip end of the welding torch are equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko Akamatsu, Shingo Yonemoto, Takanori Kozuki, Chiaki Ito
  • Patent number: 10166621
    Abstract: A welding device which performs butt welding of tubes includes a table. The table supports a rotary member of a circular-arc shape to which a welding torch is mounted, and a gear train that rotates the rotary member around a center axis of the tubes. The welding device includes a first movement mechanism that moves the table in a first direction perpendicular to the center axis of the tubes, and a second movement mechanism that moves the first movement mechanism in a second direction perpendicular to the center axis of the tubes and the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chiaki Ito, Shingo Yonemoto, Takanori Kozuki, Yukio Ikezawa, Masahiko Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20170355033
    Abstract: A weld overlay system includes a rotation drive section which rotates a tube around its axis; and a welding unit which applies a weld material to the outer peripheral surface of the rotating tube, while the welding unit is advanced along an axial direction of the tube, the welding unit includes: a welding torch; and a weld material supply section which supplies the weld material, the welding torch is disposed such that a tip end of the welding torch is located at an angular position that is advanced at a predetermined angle in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the tube, and the welding torch is inclined at a predetermined angle in the rotational direction of the tube with respect to a reference line passing through a center axis of the tube and the tip end of the welding torch, viewed from the axial direction of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chiaki ITO, Masahiko AKAMATSU, Shingo YONEMOTO, Takanori KOZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170072494
    Abstract: A weld overlay system includes a workpiece jig holding a workpiece in manner that the workpiece center axis direction is parallel to X-axis direction, and rotates the workpiece in circumferential direction, a carriage, welding base supported on the carriage in manner that the welding base is displaceable with respect to the carriage in Y-axis direction and Z-axis direction, at least one pair of rollers and welding torch are supported on the welding base, and like. Pair of rollers include rotary shafts extend in parallel with the X-axis and are spaced apart from each other in Y-axis direction. The rollers are pressed against portion of the workpiece above the workpiece center axis C. The welding torch is supported on the welding base in manner that distances in Y-axis direction from the rotary shafts of the pair of rollers to the tip end of the welding torch are equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiko AKAMATSU, Shingo YONEMOTO, Takanori KOZUKI, Chiaki ITO
  • Publication number: 20170008113
    Abstract: A welding device which performs butt welding of tubes includes a table. The table supports a rotary member of a circular-arc shape to which a welding torch is mounted, and a gear train that rotates the rotary member around a center axis of the tubes. The welding device includes a first movement mechanism that moves the table in a first direction perpendicular to the center axis of the tubes, and a second movement mechanism that moves the first movement mechanism in a second direction perpendicular to the center axis of the tubes and the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Chiaki ITO, Shingo YONEMOTO, Takanori KOZUKI, Yukio IKEZAWA, Masahiko AKAMATSU