Patents by Inventor Tetsuo KANEDA

Tetsuo KANEDA 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: 20250035512
    Abstract: A failure diagnosis device for a reduction gear of the present disclosure is a failure diagnosis device (1) for a reduction gear (13) provided to a mechanical apparatus (11) driven by a motor (14) so that the reduction gear slows down rotation power of the motor and transmits the power to an operating part (12) of the mechanical apparatus. The device identifies an acceleration/deceleration period during which operation of the mechanical apparatus accelerates and/or decelerates, and determines whether the reduction gear indicates a sign of failure based on a change in frequency spectrum of motor current with respect to a change in a rotation speed of the motor during the acceleration/deceleration period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Shinji KITAMURA, Makoto KAWAI, Tetsuo KANEDA
  • Patent number: 12152960
    Abstract: A failure diagnosis device for a reduction gear is a failure diagnosis device for a reduction gear provided to a mechanical apparatus driven by a motor so that the reduction gear slows down rotation power of the motor and transmits the power to an operating part of the mechanical apparatus. The device identifies an acceleration/deceleration period during which operation of the mechanical apparatus accelerates and/or decelerates, and determines whether the reduction gear indicates a sign of failure based on a change in frequency spectrum of motor current with respect to a change in a rotation speed of the motor during the acceleration/deceleration period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Taguchi, Shinji Kitamura, Makoto Kawai, Tetsuo Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11981033
    Abstract: A failure diagnosing device diagnoses failure of a plurality of reduction gears of a mechanical apparatus which includes a plurality of operation parts, a plurality of motors, and the plurality of reduction gears. The failure diagnosing device includes an acceleration/deceleration period identifying module configured to identify an acceleration/deceleration period of operation of one of the plurality of operation parts, a motor current processing module configured to acquire a peak value of an amplitude of a frequency component of motor current in a specific frequency band of one motor that drives the one operation part, in the acceleration/deceleration period, and a determining module configured to determine whether a sign of failure exists in one of the reduction gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Kitamura, Makoto Kawai, Tetsuo Kaneda, Tetsuya Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20220347849
    Abstract: A failure diagnosing device diagnoses failure of a plurality of reduction gears of a mechanical apparatus which includes a plurality of operation parts, a plurality of motors, and the plurality of reduction gears. The failure diagnosing device includes an acceleration/deceleration period identifying module configured to identify an acceleration/deceleration period of operation of one of the plurality of operation parts, a motor current processing module configured to acquire a peak value of an amplitude of a frequency component of motor current in a specific frequency band of one motor that drives the one operation part, in the acceleration/deceleration period, and a determining module configured to determine whether a sign of failure exists in one of the reduction gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji KITAMURA, Makoto KAWAI, Tetsuo KANEDA, Tetsuya TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190339161
    Abstract: A failure diagnosis device for a reduction gear is a failure diagnosis device for a reduction gear provided to a mechanical apparatus driven by a motor so that the reduction gear slows down rotation power of the motor and transmits the power to an operating part of the mechanical apparatus. The device identifies an acceleration/deceleration period during which operation of the mechanical apparatus accelerates and/or decelerates, and determines whether the reduction gear indicates a sign of failure based on a change in frequency spectrum of motor current with respect to a change in a rotation speed of the motor during the acceleration/deceleration period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya TAGUCHI, Shinji KITAMURA, Makoto KAWAI, Tetsuo KANEDA