Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Tsujimori

Toshiyuki Tsujimori 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: 12095265
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a movable power supply device including a first power storage device, a robot including a second power storage device, and a controller, and the controller performs control for conveying the first power storage device to the robot by using the power supply device, on the basis of information about an amount of power stored in the second power storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshikuwa, Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Hideshi Yamane, Shoichi Miyao, Yoshihiro Okazaki, Ryoichi Kitaguchi, Yuichi Otsuji, Masayoshi Hoshi, Shigetomo Matsui, Kanji Matsushima, Hiromu Wakayama
  • Patent number: 12043441
    Abstract: A box unpacking device includes a robot, and a cutting device. A robot hand is attached to a wrist of the robot. The robot hand has a holding device configured to hold a packed box. The cutting device has a cutting blade of which the point is oriented downward or obliquely downward. The robot can move the box held by the holding device in a vertical plane, and change an angle of the box in the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Kentaro Azuma, Yukio Iwasaki, Ippei Nagahiro, Kazunori Hirata, Shoichi Miyao, Hideshi Yamane
  • Patent number: 11975450
    Abstract: A transfer robot transfers workpieces while sucking upper surfaces of the workpieces. The transfer robot includes a first hand body attached to a first robotic arm, a second hand body attached to a second robotic arm, a first suction part attached to the first hand body, and a second suction part attached to the second hand body. The first suction part has a pair of suction bodies, the pair of suction bodies extending in a horizontal first direction and separated from each other in a horizontal second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second suction part has at least one suction body extending in the first direction, and the one suction body is changeable in an entering amount into an area between the pair of suction parts of the first suction part according to a relative movement of the second hand body in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiji Yoshikuwa, Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Kazunori Hirata, Takeshi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20240002147
    Abstract: A robot includes a holder, a puller, a sensor, and a dimension obtainer. The holder holds an article placed on a supporter. The puller pulls the holder to a front side. The sensor detects that the article being pulled out ceased being on the supporter. The dimension obtainer obtains a dimension of the article along a pullout direction based on a distance that the article is pulled for from when the puller starts to pull out the article until when the sensor detects that the article ceased being on the supporter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideshi YAMANE, Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20230249361
    Abstract: A loading robot hand includes a first member, a second member, and a drive unit. The second member can hold an article between the first member and the second member. The drive unit moves the second member in a direction toward and away from the first member. The drive unit includes a moving base, a fluid cylinder, a pressure regulator, and a controller. The moving base is slidably movable by driving a drive source. The fluid cylinder is attached to the moving base. The pressure regulator can change operating pressure of the fluid cylinder. The controller controls the pressure regulator. A direction of expansion and contraction of the fluid cylinder is parallel to a direction of slide movement of the moving base. The second member is attached to a portion of the fluid cylinder that is movable relative to the moving base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideshi YAMANE, Shoichi MIYAO, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20230204614
    Abstract: In a dispensing system, a body is arranged outside a specimen processing cabinet, and in a state where a hand and a dispenser are inserted into the specimen processing cabinets, a specimen accommodated in a specimen container held by the hand is dispensed into a dispensing container by the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noboru TAKAGI, Atsushi KAMEYAMA, Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Shogo KUBOTA, Satoshi OUCHI, Yukio IWASAKI, Yasuhiro KOUCHI, Soichi OUE, Hironori KOBAYASHI, Yutaka MAEDA, Takayuki KOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230028767
    Abstract: A method includes: (a) causing a robotic arm to position a contacting structure of the arm laterally in a horizontal direction in relation to a first subject on a target object; (b) causing the arrn to bring the contacting structure into contact with at least three locations on the first subject; (c) detecting positions of the contacting structure in relation to the robot when contacting the locations; (d) detecting a position of the first subject in relation to the robot by using the detected positions of the contacting structure; (e) performing same steps as the steps (a) to (d) for a second subject on the target object; and (f) detecting a position of the robot in relation to the target object by using the positions of the subjects in relation to the robot and using positions of the subjects in relation to the target object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiko MIYAZAKI, Jun TAKEBAYASHI, Akio YODA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Satoshi OUCHI, Yukio IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220410399
    Abstract: This robot system includes: an automated guided vehicle that includes a support surface and automatically travels; a robot cell including a seat surface to be mounted on the support surface, a ground contact portion protruding downward from the seat surface so as to contact with a ground, an articulated arm, and a robot controller that controls operation of the articulated arm; and a switching mechanism that performs switching between a transferable state in which the seat surface is mounted on the support surface and the ground contact portion is separated from the ground, and a placed state in which the seat surface is separated from the support surface and the ground contact portion contacts with the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Hideshi YAMANE, Shoichi MIYAO, Yoshihiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi KITAGUCHI, Yuichi OTSUJI, Masayoshi HOSHI, Atsuhiro TAKAMATSU, Masamitsu YOSHIDA, Shigetomo MATSUI, Hiromu WAKAYAMA, Kanji MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220396437
    Abstract: A robot system of the present invention includes: a first hand including first holders, a first link structure, and a first engager; a second hand including second holders, a second link structure, and a second engagement receiver; a first arm to which the first hand is connected; a second arm to which the second hand is connected; and a controller configured to perform: (A) operating the first arm and/or the second arm to engage the first engager with the second engagement receiver; and (B) operating the first arm to change a distance between the first holders after performing (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi HASHIMOTO, Kazunori HIRATA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20220274248
    Abstract: A transfer robot transfers workpieces while sucking upper surfaces of the workpieces. The transfer robot includes a first hand body attached to a first robotic arm, a second hand body attached to a second robotic arm, a first suction part attached to the first hand body, and a second suction part attached to the second hand body. The first suction part has a pair of suction bodies, the pair of suction bodies extending in a horizontal first direction and separated from each other in a horizontal second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second suction part has at least one suction body extending in the first direction, and the one suction body is changeable in an entering amount into an area between the pair of suction parts of the first suction part according to a relative movement of the second hand body in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Kazunori HIRATA, Takeshi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220255318
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a movable power supply device including a first power storage device, a robot including a second power storage device, and a controller, and the controller performs control for conveying the first power storage device to the robot by using the power supply device, on the basis of information about an amount of power stored in the second power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nakanishi Metal Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Hideshi YAMANE, Shoichi MIYAO, Yoshihiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi KITAGUCHI, Yuichi OTSUJI, Masayoshi HOSHI, Shigetomo MATSUI, Kanji MATSUSHIMA, Hiromu WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220236743
    Abstract: A power supply system includes: a robot including a power storage device; a movable power supply device; and a controller. The power supply device includes a first electrical connector which is electrically connectable to a second electrical connector of the robot and which is electrically connected to a power supply source via a wire, and the controller performs control for electrically connecting the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector and supplying power to the robot, on the basis of information about an amount of power stored in the power storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Hideshi YAMANE, Shoichi MIYAO, Yoshihiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi KITAGUCHI, Yuichi OTSUJI, Masayoshi HOSHI, Shigetomo MATSUI, Kanji MATSUSHIMA, Hiromu WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20220219857
    Abstract: A box unpacking device includes a robot, and a cutting device. A robot hand is attached to a wrist of the robot. The robot hand has a holding device configured to hold a packed box. The cutting device has a cutting blade of which the point is oriented downward or obliquely downward. The robot can move the box held by the holding device in a vertical plane, and change an angle of the box in the vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Kentaro AZUMA, Yukio IWASAKI, Ippei NAGAHIRO, Kazunori HIRATA, Shoichi MIYAO, Hideshi YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20220111538
    Abstract: An end effector is to be attached to a tip-end part of a robotic arm and unpacks a cardboard box of which one or more flaps provided to one end of a side wall are fixed mutually or to the side wall to constitute one of end walls. The end effector includes a body part to be attached to the tip-end part of the robotic arm, a box holding part provided to the body part and configured to hold the cardboard box by holding a part of the cardboard box other than the one end wall, and a punching part provided to the body part and configured to form a through-hole in a wall of the cardboard box other than the one end wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Shoichi MIYAO, Hideshi YAMANE, Kentaro AZUMA, Kazunori HIRATA, Yukio IWASAKI, Ippei NAGAHIRO
  • Publication number: 20210198090
    Abstract: A traveling robot includes: a traveling body including a truck and a drive unit, the truck including front and rear wheels and a floor frame, the drive unit being configured to rotate the wheels; a support mechanism configured to raise or lower a holding tool configured to support a mounting plate; and a picking robot configured to load a cargo onto the mounting plate or unload the cargo from the mounting plate. The drive unit is mounted on the floor frame, and the floor frame includes a projecting portion projecting forward from a portion on which the drive unit is mounted. The support mechanism is attached to a front end portion of the projecting portion. The picking robot is provided at the projecting portion, is arranged between the support mechanism and the drive unit in a front-rear direction, and is arranged on or behind an imaginary vertical line passing through a front axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nakanishi Metal Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji BANDO, Eiji YOSHIKUWA, Masayuki WATANABE, Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Hideshi YAMANE, Shoichi MIYAO, Tianfen XU, Shunichi TANIGUCHI, Yoshihiro OKAZAKI, Ryoichi KITAGUCHI, Yuichi OTSUJI, Masayoshi HOSHI, Shigetomo MATSUI, Kanji MATSUSHIMA, Hiromu WAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190233222
    Abstract: A workpiece transferring device is a device to transfer a workpiece from a first placement surface to a second placement surface. The device includes a first arm including, at a tip thereof, a first fork having a first branch part extending sideward, and configured to move the first fork, and a second arm including, at a tip thereof, a second fork having a second branch part extending downward, and configured to move the second fork. When the first branch part passes in between the workpiece and the first placement surface, the second branch part is located ahead of the workpiece in a moving direction of the first branch part. When the first branch part passes in between the workpiece and the second placement surface, the second branch part is located ahead of the workpiece in the moving direction of the first branch part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TSUJIMORI, Kentaro AZUMA, Mitsunobu OKA
  • Patent number: 7622001
    Abstract: A robot includes a body structure on which a robot arm having an end effector is rotatably supported. The body structure has a stationary base unit fixedly installed and a movable unit rotatably supported on the stationary base unit to turn about an axis of rotation. The stationary base unit includes a stationary-side guide part having a stationary-side internal space in which a flexible, elongate member connected to the robot arm or the end effector is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The stationary-side guide part opens upstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The movable unit includes a movable-side guide part having a movable-side internal space in which the elongate member is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The movable-side guide part opens downstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The stationary-side and the movable-side internal spaces communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Inada, Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Shinji Kitamura, Ryou Taniuchi
  • Publication number: 20060102072
    Abstract: A robot includes a body structure on which a robot arm having an end effector is rotatably supported. The body structure has a stationary base unit fixedly installed and a movable unit rotatably supported on the stationary base unit to turn about an axis of rotation. The stationary base unit includes a stationary-side guide part having a stationary-side internal space in which a flexible, elongate member connected to the robot arm or the end effector is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The stationary-side guide part opens upstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The movable unit includes a movable-side guide part having a movable-side internal space in which the elongate member is extended loosely along the axis of rotation. The movable-side guide part opens downstream in an elongate member inserting direction. The stationary-side and the movable-side internal spaces communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Inada, Toshiyuki Tsujimori, Shinji Kitamura, Ryou Taniuchi