Patents by Inventor Toyohiro YAMAUCHI

Toyohiro YAMAUCHI 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: 11465184
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning method of reducing the power consumption. The cleaning method including: generating a jet of a cleaning liquid from a nozzle; moving the nozzle so that the jet collides with a target portion of a workpiece; acquiring a current position of the nozzle; determining whether the current position is within a target region corresponding to the target portion; ejecting the jet having an ejection pressure of a first pressure when the current position is within the target region; and ejecting the jet having the ejection pressure lower than the first pressure when the current position is other than the target region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Toyoaki Mitsue, Yoshiteru Kawamori, Toyohiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11306712
    Abstract: Provided is a pump apparatus capable of suppressing an unintentional ejection of a high-pressure liquid from a nozzle. A pump apparatus including: an injection chamber having a door; a nozzle arranged in the injection chamber; a pump connected to the nozzle for discharging liquid; a motor for driving the pump; a door sensor for detecting that the door is closed; and a control device capable of communicating with the door sensor, the control device having a motor rotation unit for supplying driving power to the motor only when the door sensor detects that the door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventor: Toyohiro Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20220008960
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning method of reducing the power consumption. The cleaning method including: generating a jet of a cleaning liquid from a nozzle; moving the nozzle so that the jet collides with a target portion of a workpiece; acquiring a current position of the nozzle; determining whether the current position is within a target region corresponding to the target portion; ejecting the jet having an ejection pressure of a first pressure when the current position is within the target region; and ejecting the jet having the ejection pressure lower than the first pressure when the current position is other than the target region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Toyoaki MITSUE, Yoshiteru KAWAMORI, Toyohiro YAMAUCHI
  • Patent number: 11192152
    Abstract: A compact versatile cell-type cleaning device and cell-type drying device is provided. A cleaning apparatus includes: a cover having a loading port formed on a wall surface of a cleaning chamber, and an unloading port formed on a wall surface of a drying chamber; a partition plate having an intermediate transfer port for dividing into the cleaning chamber and the drying chamber; an intermediate door that opens and closes the intermediate transfer port; a turntable disposed inside the drying chamber and having a first gripping device that grips an object, and a moving device having a gripping device that grips the object through a loading port, cleans the object inside the cleaning chamber while gripping the object, and moves the object to the turntable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Kunitomo, Toyoaki Mitsue, Toyohiro Yamauchi, Atsushi Kohama, Atsushi Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200325892
    Abstract: Provided is a pump apparatus capable of suppressing an unintentional ejection of a high-pressure liquid from a nozzle. A pump apparatus including: an injection chamber having a door; a nozzle arranged in the injection chamber; a pump connected to the nozzle for discharging liquid; a motor for driving the pump; a door sensor for detecting that the door is closed; and a control device capable of communicating with the door sensor, the control device having a motor rotation unit for supplying driving power to the motor only when the door sensor detects that the door is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventor: Toyohiro YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200108424
    Abstract: A compact versatile cell-type cleaning device and cell-type drying device is provided. A cleaning apparatus includes: a cover having a loading port formed on a wall surface of a cleaning chamber, and an unloading port formed on a wall surface of a drying chamber; a partition plate having an intermediate transfer port for dividing into the cleaning chamber and the drying chamber; an intermediate door that opens and closes the intermediate transfer port; a turntable disposed inside the drying chamber and having a first gripping device that grips an object, and a moving device having a gripping device that grips the object through a loading port, cleans the object inside the cleaning chamber while gripping the object, and moves the object to the turntable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Daisuke KUNITOMO, Toyoaki MITSUE, Toyohiro YAMAUCHI, Atsushi KOHAMA, Atsushi YOSHIDA