Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Honda

Yasuyuki Honda 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: 20210213699
    Abstract: A method and device for sealing gas in a gas compartment-equipped bag, in which pressurized gas discharge outlets are provided in the distal ends of a horn and an anvil of an ultrasonic sealing device, and such horn and anvil used for ultrasonic sealing are also used as gas-discharging nozzles. The distal ends of the horn and the anvil are placed against a cutout of a gas compartment of a bag, a gas is discharged into the gas compartment from the discharge outlets, the films surrounding the cutout are being clamped by the horn and the anvil while gas discharging is in progress, and then the gas compartment is ultrasonically sealed by the horn and the anvil to trap the gas inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Honda, Hiromasa Tonozuka
  • Patent number: 10781059
    Abstract: A bag in which a content is put and of which a mouth portion is not sealed, is disposed in a substantially horizontal attitude in a takeoff area. A height direction position of an expected hold part of the bag and a height direction position of a hold member are caused to correspond to each other. The hold member is caused to hold the expected hold part of the bag disposed in the takeoff area in a state where the height direction position of the expected hold part of the bag and the height direction position of the hold member correspond to each other. The hold member is moved to transfer the bag from the takeoff area to a delivery area after the hold member holds the expected hold part of the bag disposed in the takeoff area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO JIDOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Morino, Akihiro Yamagata, Kazuo Fukunaga, Yasuyuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20200189780
    Abstract: The side holding drive unit and the mouth holding drive unit move the side holding unit and the mouth holding unit from a first processing position to a second processing position while maintaining a state where the side holding unit holds the side portion and the mouth holding unit holds the mouth portion. The gas nozzle drive unit moves the gas nozzle from the first processing position to the second processing position while maintaining a state where the ejection port is arranged inside the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Hideo SAGO, Yasuyuki HONDA, Masaru YOSHIKADO, Tatsuya HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10676226
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sealing method and device for a bag, in which pressurized gas spray outlets (47, 52) are provided at distal ends of a horn (31) and an anvil (32) so as to be used as gas blowing nozzles, the distal ends of the horn and the anvil are placed against a cutout (19) formed in a gas compartment (16) of the bag, a gas is blown into the gas compartment to inflate it, and then the horn and the anvil clamp films surrounding the cutout while the gas blowing is in progress, so that ultrasonic sealing is carried out by the horn to the films to trap the gas inside the gas compartment. A contact member (71) is provided directly under the horn. The contact member is pressed against inflated film (18) of the gas compartment, and in this state ultrasonic vibration energy is supplied to the horn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Honda, Tohru Yoshikane
  • Patent number: 10543943
    Abstract: A horn and an anvil are moved toward and away from each other by axially reciprocating a driving rod and thereby reciprocatingly rotating a forked lever in a predetermined angle range. The horn and the anvil are moved toward and pressed against each other with a predetermined force with a bag mouth b held therebetween. A sensor detects the position of a second mounting block secured to the rear end of a sliding shaft of the anvil, thereby detecting the distance between respective pressing surfaces of the horn and the anvil, i.e. the thickness m of a portion of the bag mouth held between the pressing surfaces. When the thickness m is not less than a predetermined threshold value M, a vibrator is activated to perform sealing. When the thickness m is less than the threshold value M, no sealing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Honda, Noriyuki Yamane
  • Patent number: 10532841
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of supplying a bag are provided in which position information on a bag width in a direction parallel to a conveyance path at a part in a neighborhood of a bag opening of a conveyed bag and position information on a center of the bag width are obtained, an intermittent conveyance distance of a conveyance unit is adjusted based on the position information on the center of the bag width so that the center of the bag width of the bag stopping at a takeoff position is placed on a reference plane, and an interval of the pair of holding members positioned at the takeoff position is adjusted based on the position information on the bag width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO JIDOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamagata, Shinobu Nishiguchi, Yasuyuki Honda, Kazuo Fukunaga, Manabu Morino
  • Publication number: 20190389142
    Abstract: A packaging device includes a first sealing device which performs a first sealing process based on an impulse seal method on a bag in a chamber being in a vacuum state. A second sealing device performs a second sealing process based on a heat plate sealing method on a planned seal portion of the bag. A cooling device cools the bag. A discharge unit receives, in the release position, the bag released from the transfer mechanism after the cooling process. The transfer mechanism linearly transfers the bag in a direction along a surface of the bag from the delivery position to the release position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yoshiteru INOUE, Yasuyuki HONDA
  • Publication number: 20190352109
    Abstract: A bag in which a content is put and of which a mouth portion is not sealed, is disposed in a substantially horizontal attitude in a takeoff area. A height direction position of an expected hold part of the bag and a height direction position of a hold member are caused to correspond to each other. The hold member is caused to hold the expected hold part of the bag disposed in the takeoff area in a state where the height direction position of the expected hold part of the bag and the height direction position of the hold member correspond to each other. The hold member is moved to transfer the bag from the takeoff area to a delivery area after the hold member holds the expected hold part of the bag disposed in the takeoff area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Manabu MORINO, Akihiro YAMAGATA, Kazuo FUKUNAGA, Yasuyuki HONDA
  • Patent number: 10421568
    Abstract: A horn and an anvil are moved toward and away from each other by axially reciprocating a driving rod and thereby reciprocatingly rotating a forked lever in a predetermined angle range. The horn and the anvil are moved toward and pressed against each other with a predetermined force with a bag mouth b held therebetween. A sensor detects the position of a second mounting block secured to the rear end of a sliding shaft of the anvil, thereby detecting the distance between respective pressing surfaces of the horn and the anvil, i.e. the thickness m of a portion of the bag mouth held between the pressing surfaces. When the thickness m is not less than a predetermined threshold value M, a vibrator is activated to perform sealing. When the thickness m is less than the threshold value M, no sealing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Honda, Noriyuki Yamane
  • Publication number: 20180339870
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of supplying a bag are provided in which position information on a bag width in a direction parallel to a conveyance path at a part in a neighborhood of a bag opening of a conveyed bag and position information on a center of the bag width are obtained, an intermittent conveyance distance of a conveyance unit is adjusted based on the position information on the center of the bag width so that the center of the bag width of the bag stopping at a takeoff position is placed on a reference plane, and an interval of the pair of holding members positioned at the takeoff position is adjusted based on the position information on the bag width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMAGATA, Shinobu NISHIGUCHI, Yasuyuki HONDA, Kazuo FUKUNAGA, Manabu MORINO
  • Publication number: 20180227436
    Abstract: A packet usage amount calculation device and a packet usage amount calculation method capable of calculating a usage amount of a local network from a home network side, when communication is performed using subscriber information for the local network. In a proxy device, a subscriber profile storage unit stores token information associated with the subscriber information (a local network number) of the local network and an SMS instruction unit transmits a token to a local network number destination. A connection reception unit receives token information and IP address information from a terminal device and a usage amount calculation unit calculates a usage amount on the basis of an IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki HONDA, Shin-ichi ISOBE, Karin SUGIYAMA, Aya TSURUSAKI, Yuko UKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180044046
    Abstract: A horn and an anvil are moved toward and away from each other by axially reciprocating a driving rod and thereby reciprocatingly rotating a forked lever in a predetermined angle range. The horn and the anvil are moved toward and pressed against each other with a predetermined force with a bag mouth b held therebetween. A sensor detects the position of a second mounting block secured to the rear end of a sliding shaft of the anvil, thereby detecting the distance between respective pressing surfaces of the horn and the anvil, i.e. the thickness m of a portion of the bag mouth held between the pressing surfaces. When the thickness m is not less than a predetermined threshold value M, a vibrator is activated to perform sealing. When the thickness m is less than the threshold value M, no sealing is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Honda, Noriyuki Yamane
  • Publication number: 20170334590
    Abstract: A horn and an anvil are moved toward and away from each other by axially reciprocating a driving rod and thereby reciprocatingly rotating a forked lever in a predetermined angle range. The horn and the anvil are moved toward and pressed against each other with a predetermined force with a bag mouth b held therebetween. A sensor detects the position of a second mounting block secured to the rear end of a sliding shaft of the anvil, thereby detecting the distance between respective pressing surfaces of the horn and the anvil, i.e. the thickness m of a portion of the bag mouth held between the pressing surfaces. When the thickness m is not less than a predetermined threshold value M, a vibrator is activated to perform sealing. When the thickness m is less than the threshold value M, no sealing is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Honda, Noriyuki Yamane
  • Publication number: 20170158364
    Abstract: An ultrasonic sealing method and device for a bag, in which pressurized gas spray outlets (47, 52) are provided at distal ends of a horn (31) and an anvil (32) so as to be used as gas blowing nozzles, the distal ends of the horn and the anvil are placed against a cutout (19) formed in a gas compartment (16) of the bag, a gas is blown into the gas compartment to inflate it, and then the horn and the anvil clamp films surrounding the cutout while the gas blowing is in progress, so that ultrasonic sealing is carried out by the horn to the films to trap the gas inside the gas compartment. A contact member (71) is provided directly under the horn. The contact member is pressed against inflated film (18) of the gas compartment, and in this state ultrasonic vibration energy is supplied to the horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Honda, Tohru Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20160068289
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for packaging a bag (1) in which a gas channel (5) where the laminated films constituting the front and back faces of the bag are not fused is formed inside a sealed part (2) of the side edge, with the lower end of the gas channel opening (through a communicating portion (5b)) into the bag, and a gas inlet (5a) that allows the gas channel to communicate with the outside of the bag being formed at the upper end of the gas channel. After the bag has been filled with its filling material, a pressurized inert gas is blown from the gas inlet into the gas channel and then through the gas channel into the bag, thus replacing the air inside the bag with the inert gas. After this gas replacement, the gas inlet is sealed, and the bag mouth is also sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: TOYO JIDOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20150328855
    Abstract: A method and device for sealing gas in a gas compartment-equipped bag, in which pressurized gas discharge outlets (47, 52) are provided in the distal ends of a horn (31) and an anvil (32) of an ultrasonic sealing device, and such horn and anvil used for ultrasonic sealing are also used as gas-discharging nozzles. The distal ends of the horn and the anvil are placed against a cutout (19) of a gas compartment (16) of a bag, a gas is discharged into the gas compartment from the discharge outlets, the films surrounding the cutout are being clamped by the horn and the anvil while gas discharging is in progress, and then the gas compartment is ultrasonically sealed by the horn and the anvil to trap the gas inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Honda, Hiromasa Tonozuka
  • Patent number: 9096333
    Abstract: A rotary-type bag filling and packaging machine including a synchronized table (19) provided above a rotary table (16), which has a plurality of gripper pairs (3), and gas injection nozzles (28), which are provided on the synchronized table (19) so as to correspond to the gripper pairs (3). The synchronized table (19) rotates co-axially with the rotary table (16) in an intermittent manner by a first servo motor (21), which is independent from the drive source of the rotary table (16). A second servo motor (25) which raises and lowers the gas injection nozzle (28) is provided on the synchronized table (19) in conjunction with each gas injection nozzle (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO JIDOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Honda
  • Publication number: 20140352253
    Abstract: A horn and an anvil are moved toward and away from each other by axially reciprocating a driving rod and thereby reciprocatingly rotating a forked lever in a predetermined angle range. The horn and the anvil are moved toward and pressed against each other with a predetermined force with a bag mouth b held therebetween. A sensor detects the position of a second mounting block secured to the rear end of a sliding shaft of the anvil, thereby detecting the distance between respective pressing surfaces and of the horn and the anvil, i.e. the thickness m of a portion of the bag mouth held between the pressing surfaces and. When the thickness m is not less than a predetermined threshold value M, a vibrator is activated to perform sealing. When the thickness m is less than the threshold value M, no sealing is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Honda, Noriyuki Yamane
  • Patent number: 8886233
    Abstract: It is made possible to accurately perform connection determination of whether the line connection satisfies a predetermined connection permission condition in a communication service for transmitting data in a store-and-forward system from a network, in which a calling terminal device is located, to a network, in which a receiving terminal device is located, through one or more communication relay apparatuses of another network and a provider. For this end, in a procedure of transmitting the data in the store-and-forward system from a network (source network) N11, in which a calling terminal device MS1 is located, to a network (destination network) N13, in which a receiving terminal device MS2 is located, through one or more communication relay apparatuses PF11 and PF12 of another network N12 and providers P11 and P12, address information in the source network N11 is maintained without being overwritten, so that the connection determination in the destination network N13 is accurately performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Honda, Shigeru Iwashina, Nobuo Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8684431
    Abstract: A duplex-type product bag unloading apparatus including two downwardly opening and closing chucks and a chuck-moving mechanism for reciprocating the chucks between positions for receiving and discharging product bags. The relative positions of the two chucks are changed as they are moved from the receiving position to the discharging position by the chuck-moving mechanism, so that in the receiving position, the chucks are arranged in a single row in the bag width direction of the grasped product bags, and in the discharging position, the chucks are in a single row in the thickness direction of the grasped product bags. The chuck-moving mechanism is comprised of a pivot arm and a chuck-supporting frame rotatably mounted to the pivot arm, and the two chucks are rotatably mounted on both sides of the chuck-supporting frame. The chuck-supporting frame and the chucks rotate in synchronism with the pivotal motion of the pivot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Jidoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Setozaki, Yasuyuki Honda