Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Ikeda

Toshiaki Ikeda 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: 10441118
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a toilet seat that is formed by joining together a seat front member and a seat rear member. The method includes a cutting step of forming a processed surface of a joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member by cutting the joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member with a cutting tool having a curved cutting blade part such that the shape of the processed surface is formed in a curved shape in which the seat rear member side thereof protrudes outward in a cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the joint part extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka Hamajima, Yudai Morikawa, Motoki Kagawa, Toshiaki Ikeda, Ryuichi Yokoi, Kouta Higuchi, Ryosuke Nakamura, Ryosuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180220857
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a toilet seat that is formed by joining together a seat front member and a seat rear member. The method includes a cutting step of forming a processed surface of a joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member by cutting the joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member with a cutting tool having a curved cutting blade part such that the shape of the processed surface is formed in a curved shape in which the seat rear member side thereof protrudes outward in a cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the joint part extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka HAMAJIMA, Yudai MORIKAWA, Motoki KAGAWA, Toshiaki IKEDA, Ryuichi YOKOI, Kouta HIGUCHI, Ryosuke NAKAMURA, Ryosuke SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9327405
    Abstract: A robot apparatus that performs the work of attaching a cable includes a gripper that grips the cable having first and second ends, the first end being fixed; an arm main body that guides the second end of the cable being gripped by the gripper to the interior of a guide area; a force sensor that is provided on the arm main body and detects that the gripper has come into contact with the second end of the cable; a camera that captures an image of the guide area when the force sensor detects that the gripper has come into contact with the second end of the cable; and an image processor that detects the posture of the second end of the cable based on the captured image. The robot apparatus performs the work of attaching the cable in accordance with the detected posture of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Akihiro Shiota, Ken Okawa, Toshiaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9283793
    Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive recording label, which contains a base, an under layer, a thermosensitive coloring layer, a barrier layer, a release layer, and an adhesive layer, where the under layer, the thermosensitive coloring layer, the barrier layer, and the release layer are disposed on one surface of the base in this order, and the adhesive layer is disposed on the other surface of the base, wherein the release layer contains a cured product of a heat curing silicone resin, and the barrier layer contains a cured product of a water-soluble resin with a crosslinking agent, and inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ikeda, Yutaka Kuga, Tomoyuki Kugoh
  • Publication number: 20150039126
    Abstract: A robot system according to an aspect of the present embodiment includes a robot (a first robot) and a controller. The robot has a robot hand (hand) equipped with one set of gripping claws that grips a tape member stuck on a workpiece to be processed. The controller instructs the robot to perform operation of peeling off the tape member while gripping the end of the tape member with the gripping claws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takashi SHIINO, Keigo ISHIBASHI, Toshiaki IKEDA, Toshiyuki HARADA, Shoji KOYAKUMARU
  • Publication number: 20150032243
    Abstract: A robot system according to an aspect of the embodiment includes at least one robot, a transporter, and a controller. The robot performs multi-axial operation based on an operation instruction by the controller. The transporter has a pair of guides arranged parallel to each other along a predetermined transport direction, the guides having a variable spacing therebetween, transports a workpiece to a working position of the robot while restricting the movement of the workpiece present in an area between the pair of guides toward the direction of the spacing, and sandwiches and holds the workpiece by the pair of guides at the working position. The controller instructs the robot to perform the operation to apply predetermined processing to the workpiece held at the working position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Takashi SHIINO, Keigo ISHIBASHI, Toshiaki IKEDA, Toshiyuki HARADA, Shoji KOYAKUMARU
  • Publication number: 20150014123
    Abstract: A production system according to an embodiment includes a workpiece circulator, a robot, and a posture changer. The workpiece circulator circulates a workpiece along a certain path. The robot holds the workpiece circulated by the workpiece circulator in a holding region that is part of the certain path, to move the workpiece to a certain place. The posture changer is arranged in the workpiece circulator and changes a posture of the workpiece circulated by the workpiece circulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Ryuichi MATSUDA, Toshiaki IKEDA, Keigo ISHIBASHI, Takahisa IKENAGA, Toshiyuki HARADA
  • Publication number: 20140283353
    Abstract: A workpiece assembly line includes assembly units that assemble a workpiece, and a workpiece transfer unit that allows transfer of the workpiece between the workpiece transfer unit and each assembly unit. The assembly units are disposed around the workpiece transfer unit. The workpiece is transferred between the assembly units via the workpiece transfer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HARADA, Toshiaki IKEDA, Ken OKAWA, Shinji OGASAWARA, Akihiro SHIOTA
  • Publication number: 20140288712
    Abstract: A robot device is provided, which includes an arm body having a screw-fastening mechanism, a detector for detecting a force applied to the arm body, and a controller for controlling the arm body based on a detection result of the detector at the time of a screw-fastening operation by the screw-fastening mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Shinji OGASAWARA, Ken OKAWA, Toshiyuki HARADA, Akihiro SHIOTA, Toshiaki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20140283357
    Abstract: A workpiece assembly system includes a first manual station in which a person performs an operation of providing a first component set onto a pallet; a first robot station in which a robot performs an operation of assembling the first component set into a workpiece on a surface plate; and a conveyor that conveys the pallet and the surface plate from the first robot station to a subsequent manual station. After the robot has removed the first component set from the pallet and before the robot finishes the operation in the first robot station, the pallet is conveyed to the subsequent manual station prior to the surface plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Toshiyuki HARADA, Ken OKAWA, Kenji MATSUFUJI, Shinji OGASAWARA, Toshiaki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20140271080
    Abstract: A crane tool includes: a hook portion for hanging a work, attached to one arm section in a first robot arm having a base, a plurality of arm sections connected to the base in series, and a plurality of joints adapted to swing the arm sections, respectively, the crane tool; a counterweight portion; and a joint portion connecting the hook portion to the counterweight portion. The counterweight portion is located such that a joint swinging the arm section to which the hook portion is attached is interposed between the hook portion and the counterweight portion in substantially a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Ryosuke TSUTSUMI, Toshiyuki HARADA, Kenji MATSUFUJI, Toshiaki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20140277732
    Abstract: A robot apparatus that performs the work of attaching a cable includes a gripper that grips the cable having first and second ends, the first end being fixed; an arm main body that guides the second end of the cable being gripped by the gripper to the interior of a guide area; a force censer that is provided on the arm main body and detects that the gripper has come into contact with the second end of the cable; a camera that captures an image of the guide area when the force center detects that the gripper has come into contact with the second end of the cable; and an image processor that detects the posture of the second end of the cable based on the captured image. The robot apparatus performs the work of attaching the cable in accordance with the detected posture of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Akihiro SHIOTA, Ken OKAWA, Toshiaki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20140234558
    Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive recording label, which contains a base, an under layer, a thermosensitive coloring layer, a barrier layer, a release layer, and an adhesive layer, where the under layer, the thermosensitive coloring layer, the barrier layer, and the release layer are disposed on one surface of the base in this order, and the adhesive layer is disposed on the other surface of the base, wherein the release layer contains a cured product of a heat curing silicone resin, and the barrier layer contains a cured product of a water-soluble resin with a crosslinking agent, and inorganic filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ikeda, Yutaka Kuga, Tomoyuki Kugoh
  • Patent number: 8008229
    Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive recording material, which contains: a base; a thermosensitive coloring layer containing a leuco dye and a color developer; at least one protective layer containing a resin, a crosslinking agent, and wax, wherein the thermosensitive coloring layer is disposed on the base, and the protective layer is disposed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, and wherein the resin is reactive carbonyl group-containing polyvinyl alcohol, the crosslinking agent is a hydrazide compound, and the wax is oxidized polyethylene wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ikeda, Hiroaki Matsui, Yoshitaka Sano, Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Yuhei Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8003568
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosensitive recording material that comprises a support, a thermosensitive coloring layer on the support, and a protective layer on the thermosensitive coloring layer, wherein the thermosensitive coloring layer comprises a leuco dye and a color developer, and the protective layer comprises a diacetone-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin and a (meth)acrylic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Shinji Takano, Takeshi Kajikawa, Toshiaki Ikeda, Masafumi Kumoda
  • Publication number: 20110033642
    Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive recording material, which contains: a base; a thermosensitive coloring layer containing a leuco dye and a color developer; at least one protective layer containing a resin, a crosslinking agent, and wax, wherein the thermosensitive coloring layer is disposed on the base, and the protective layer is disposed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, and wherein the resin is reactive carbonyl group-containing polyvinyl alcohol, the crosslinking agent is a hydrazide compound, and the wax is oxidized polyethylene wax.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ikeda, Hiroaki Matsui, Yoshitaka Sano, Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Yuhei Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 7661710
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blind member for a vehicle, which is used in a steering device provided with a tilting structure that can adjust a position of a steering wheel in a vertical direction, and closes a gap between: an opening in an instrument panel provided on a driver's seat side and in which a steering column is inserted; and a column cover which surrounds around the steering column. The blind member includes: a blind main body which is arranged next to the column cover; and a hinge portion which attaches the blind main body to an edge of the opening in the instrument panel such that the blind main body can swing in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ikeda, Yasuyuki Tokutomi
  • Patent number: 7476643
    Abstract: A thermal recording material is provided including a substrate, a thermal coloring layer located overlying the substrate, and a protective layer located overlying the thermal coloring layer. The protective layer includes a binder resin, a crosslinker, a filler; and a release agent. The release agent is a spherical and particulate silicone compound having the following formula: (CH3SiO3/2)n, wherein n represents an integer greater than 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Ikeda, Takeshi Kajikawa
  • Publication number: 20080280757
    Abstract: Provided is a thermosensitive recording material that comprises a support, a thermosensitive coloring layer on the support, and a protective layer on the thermosensitive coloring layer, wherein the thermosensitive coloring layer comprises a leuco dye and a color developer, and the protective layer comprises a diacetone-modified polyvinyl alcohol resin and a (meth)acrylic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Matsunaga, Shinji Takano, Takeshi Kajikawa, Toshiaki Ikeda, Masafumi Kumoda
  • Patent number: 7425522
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide thermosensitive recording materials that allow excellent stampability, prevent sticking, represent less image-density decrease due to image-shielding by protective layers, and generate less printing residual matters on heads. Specifically, the present invention provided thermosensitive recording materials that comprises a protective layer, a thermosensitive recording layer and a support in this order, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer develops a color by heating, the protective layer comprises a binder resin and an inorganic filler, the volume average particle diameter of the inorganic filler is 0.6 to 5.0 ?m, the content of the inorganic filler is 150 to 400% by mass based on the binder resin, and the protective layer comprises crosslinked polymethylmethacrylate particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kadota, Toshiaki Ikeda