Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Sugizono

Tetsuo Sugizono 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: 7720565
    Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7698018
    Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20070271000
    Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20070250209
    Abstract: A production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system includes size measurement unit for measuring size of the ring, first convey unit for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed by the first convey unit, a second convey unit for conveying out the rings from the first stocker means for stacking, and a control unit. The control unit includes memory means for storing the rings size measured by the size measurement means in association with the storage position in the first stocker, first selection means for selecting a ring constituting a stacked ring according to the ring size stored in the memory means, and first instruction means to instruct the second convey unit to convey out the ring selected by the first selection means from the storage position pj in the first stocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 7251545
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system comprises size measurement unit 300 for measuring size (l, t) of the ring w, first convey unit 400 for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker 500 having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed in by the first convey unit 400, a second convey unit 700 for conveying out the rings from the first stocker 500 means for stacking, and a control unit 900.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saito, Katsuyuki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6845291
    Abstract: A part housing or extracting apparatus is here disclosed which comprises a housing shelf which has a plurality of cylindrical bodies coaxially laminated in a vertical direction and equipped with at least one stage of a part housing unit the peripheral edge of which is partitioned into many columns so that the outer peripheral edge surface of the part housing unit may be opened, the respective cylindrical bodies being independently rotatable; at least one part housing or conveying means which has first part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part held by the first part holding means may be conveyed to a predetermined part housing unit and then housed therein; and at least one part extracting or conveying means which has second part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part housed in the predetermined part housing unit may be held and extracted by the second part housing means and then conve
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroki Tahira, Kazutoshi Takada, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Masao Nitta
  • Publication number: 20040144202
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production system capable of further improving production efficiency and quality. The ring management system comprises size measurement unit 300 for measuring size (l, t) of the ring w, first convey unit 400 for moving the ring w whose size has been measured, a first stocker 500 having a plurality of storage positions for storing rings conveyed in by the first convey unit 400, a second convey unit 700 for conveying out the rings from the first stocker 500 means for stacking, and a control unit 900.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takada, Takaji Mukumoto, Hideshi Sato, Osamu Takenaka, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Hiroki Tahira, Koji Saitao, Katsuyuki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 6732423
    Abstract: When ring components 4 of layers to assemble a laminated ring 3 are unloaded from a component storage facility 10, a computer 13 generates lamination combinatorial data representing a combination of ring components of layers. A target frequency distribution of circumferential length values of ring components 4 of each layer is established, and lamination combinatorial data including ring components of a class where an error of an actual inventory frequency with respect to a target frequency is large are selected in a layer where an error between the target frequency distribution and an actual inventory frequency distribution is maximum. Ring components 4 of all layers corresponding to the selected lamination combinatorial data are unloaded from the component storage facility 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Katsumune Inaki, Tetsuo Sugizono
  • Publication number: 20040059461
    Abstract: A part housing or extracting apparatus is here disclosed which comprises a housing shelf which has a plurality of cylindrical bodies coaxially laminated in a vertical direction and equipped with at least one stage of a part housing unit the peripheral edge of which is partitioned into many columns so that the outer peripheral edge surface of the part housing unit may be opened, the respective cylindrical bodies being independently rotatable; at least one part housing or conveying means which has first part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part held by the first part holding means may be conveyed to a predetermined part housing unit and then housed therein; and at least one part extracting or conveying means which has second part holding means disposed opposite to the outer peripheral surface of the housing shelf so that the part housed in the predetermined part housing unit may be held and extracted by the second part housing means and then conve
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroki Tahira, Kazutoshi Takada, Tetsuo Sugizono, Katsumune Inaki, Masao Nitta
  • Publication number: 20030183323
    Abstract: When ring components 4 of layers to assemble a laminated ring 3 are unloaded from a component storage facility 10, a computer 13 generates lamination combinatorial data representing a combination of ring components of layers. A target frequency distribution of circumferential length values of ring components 4 of each layer is established, and lamination combinatorial data including ring components of a class where an error of an actual inventory frequency with respect to a target frequency is large are selected in a layer where an error between the target frequency distribution and an actual inventory frequency distribution is maximum. Ring components 4 of all layers corresponding to the selected lamination combinatorial data are unloaded from the component storage facility 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Yoshihiko Suzuki, Katsumune Inaki, Tetsuo Sugizono