Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiko Yamamoto

Tatsuhiko Yamamoto 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: 8336184
    Abstract: A device capable of smoothly, easily and automatically installing a molding on a door panel for an automobile is provided and includes a molding installation jig and a dynamic sensor located between a jig body and an arm. The dynamic sensor is designed to detect a force applied from the molding installation jig to the molding. A finger is supported on a side of the jig body to contact and hold an end section of the molding. Three suction pads, which communicate with a vacuum device, are provided on a surface of the jig body at equal intervals. A pair of brackets having a C-shaped cross section are provided on a side surface of the jig body, which is perpendicular to the surface on which the suction pads are provided. A first roller, a second roller, and a third roller 19 are rotatably supported in each of the brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Takahiro Yogoro
  • Publication number: 20100293773
    Abstract: A device capable of smoothly, easily and automatically installing a molding on a door panel for an automobile is provided and includes a molding installation jig and a dynamic sensor located between a jig body and an arm. The dynamic sensor is designed to detect a force applied from the molding installation jig to the molding. A finger is supported on a side of the jig body to contact and hold an end section of the molding. Three suction pads, which communicate with a vacuum device, are provided on a surface of the jig body at equal intervals. A pair of brackets having a C-shaped cross section are provided on a side surface of the jig body, which is perpendicular to the surface on which the suction pads are provided. A first roller, a second roller, and a third roller 19 are rotatably supported in each of the brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Takahiro Yogoro
  • Publication number: 20100222909
    Abstract: Work is performed in cooperation in a common region by a plurality of apparatuses and a human being, and at this time, human resources are used effectively, and the work is performed efficiently. When components A, B and C are processed by three apparatuses a, b and c and one person in, in the first process, the component A is processed by the person m, and the components B and C are processed by the two apparatuses b and c. In the second process, the component B is processed by the person in, and the components A and C are processed by the two apparatuses a and c. In the third process, the component C is processed by the person m, and the components A and B are processed by the two apparatuses a and b. The timings at which the person m intervenes in the respective apparatuses are prevented from overlapping in this manner, by which the work is performed efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshito Ohtake, Hiroshi Miwa, Tetsuya Ozawa, Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Kenichi Ohno, Ken Mura, Jun Hikoe, Kouji Ootsuki, Masahiko Nagata
  • Patent number: 7748094
    Abstract: A device capable of smoothly, easily and automatically installing a molding on a door panel for an automobile is provided and includes a molding installation jig and a dynamic sensor located between a jig body and an arm. The dynamic sensor is designed to detect a force applied from the molding installation jig to the molding. A finger is supported on a side of the jig body to contact and hold an end section of the molding. Three suction pads, which communicate with a vacuum device, are provided on a surface of the jig body at equal intervals. A pair of brackets having a C-shaped cross section are provided on a side surface of the jig body, which is perpendicular to the surface on which the suction pads are provided. A first roller, a second roller, and a third roller 19 are rotatably supported in each of the brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Takahiro Yogoro
  • Publication number: 20100004783
    Abstract: To make the most of characteristics of a device and a person and allow efficient handling even if a workpiece to be handled is changed when the device and the person perform operations in a shared area. The device 6 and the person 7 perform an assembling operation of a component to be assembled 3 to a vehicle body 2. When the assembling operation is classified into operations such as ejection of the component, conveyance, positioning, and mounting/fastening, a pattern 1 in which all the operations are performed by the device 6, and patterns 2 to 4 in which part of the operations are performed by only the person 7 or by the person and the device in collaboration and the remaining operations are performed by the device 6 are preset, and the patterns are switched according to the type of the component to be assembled 3 so as to make the most of high power of the device 6 and good judgment of the person 7 even if the type of the component to be assembled 3 is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO, LTD
    Inventors: Yoshito Ohtake, Hiroshi Miwa, Tetsuya Ozawa, Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Kenichi Ohno, Shinichi Ikeda, Kazuo Kojima, Takayuki Ono, Koji Yoneda
  • Publication number: 20080047119
    Abstract: There is provided a device capable of smoothly, easily and automatically installing a molding on a door panel for an automobile. A molding installation jig 10 has a dynamic sensor 12 between a jig body 11 and the arm 7. The dynamic sensor 12 is designed to detect force applied from the molding installation jig 10 to the molding M. A finger 13 is supported on a side of the jig body 11 as a means for contacting and holding an end section of the molding M. Also, three suction pads 15 communicating with a vacuum device are provided on a surface of the jig body 11 at equal intervals. Further, a pair of brackets 16 having a C-shaped cross section are provided on a side surface of the jig body 11 which is perpendicular to the surface on which the suction pads 15 are provided. A first roller 17, a second roller 18, and a third roller 19 are rotatably supported in each of the brackets 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Yamamoto, Takahiro Yogoro
  • Publication number: 20060275103
    Abstract: In installation work of a door glass lifting/lowering regulator on a motor vehicle door, it is made possible to respond appropriately to a production form, to quickly respond to emergencies including troubles, and to perform efficient transportation and installation work. A grip/installation mechanism 6 for gripping a door glass lifting/lowering regulator R and component transportation means 4 for moving the grip/installation mechanism 6 by an actuator are provided. First control means of performing drive and control so as to automatically transport the door glass lifting/lowering regulator R from a component supply position A to an installation position B for installation by automatically controlling the actuator of the component transportation means 4, and second control means of performing drive and control so as to reduce a burden on a worker by performing assist control of the actuator of the component transportation means 4 are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshito Otake, Hiroshi Miwa, Tatsuhiko Yamamoto