Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu HORIUCHI

Yoshiharu HORIUCHI 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).

  • Part alignment and transport device
    Patent number: 11117753
    Abstract: Parts merge smoothly without any stopper at a branching region. A determining and sorting unit determines, between an introduction passage and a branching region, whether weld nuts at rest are facing up or down. The weld nuts determined as facing up are fed to a first branch passage, whereas the weld nuts determined as facing down are fed to a second branch passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Seki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Sakota, Yoshiharu Horiuchi, Seiji Miura
  • Part alignment and transport device
    Patent number: 11084664
    Abstract: Parts merge smoothly without any stopper at a branching region. A determining and sorting unit determines, between an introduction passage and a branching region, whether weld nuts at rest are facing up or down. The weld nuts determined as facing up are fed to a first branch passage, whereas the weld nuts determined as facing down are fed to a second branch passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Seki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Sakota, Yoshiharu Horiuchi, Seiji Miura
  • PART ALIGNMENT AND TRANSPORT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20210016403
    Abstract: Parts merge smoothly without any stopper at a branching region. A determining and sorting unit determines, between an introduction passage and a branching region, whether weld nuts at rest are facing up or down. The weld nuts determined as facing up are fed to a first branch passage, whereas the weld nuts determined as facing down are fed to a second branch passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Kouji SAKOTA, Yoshiharu HORIUCHI, Seiji MIURA