Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Iwai

Yoshiharu Iwai 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: 7757388
    Abstract: This part supplying and press-fitting apparatus for supplying an annular part to a predetermined position and press-fitting the part into a press-fit hole of a work in a state of being positioned in a circumferential direction includes a grip device for gripping the part; a rotation device for rotating the grip device around a hole axis of the part in a state of having gripped the part; a detection device for detecting the detected portion of the part being rotated by the rotation device; a stop device for stopping the rotation of the grip device when the detected portion is detected; a move device for moving the grip device stopped by the stop device to the predetermined position; and a press-fit head configured to descend to the predetermined position and to press-fit the part into a press-fit hole of the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Iwata Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Hanaoka, Shuichi Maruyama, Toshirou Higuma, Yoshiharu Iwai
  • Patent number: 7255220
    Abstract: A conveyance system, wherein dividable horizontal conveyance units are connected to each other through joint plates and a support post and rails of the horizontal conveyance units are connected to each other without any step and clearance. A joint conveyance carnage assembly is conveyed by a force applied thereto from annular chains of the horizontal conveyance units through chain presser plates. When the rearmost one of the chain presser plates leaves the annular chain of the horizontal conveyance unit, the chain presser plate of the headmost first conveyance carriage reaches the annular chain of the horizontal conveyance unit and the joint conveyance carriage assembly is continuously conveyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Iwata Koki Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Iwai, Masanori Nonaka
  • Publication number: 20070056161
    Abstract: This part supplying and press-fitting apparatus for supplying an annular part to a predetermined position and press-fitting the part into a press-fit hole of a work in a state of being positioned in a circumferential direction includes a grip device for gripping the part; a rotation device for rotating the grip device around a hole axis of the part in a state of having gripped the part; a detection device for detecting the detected portion of the part being rotated by the rotation device; a stop device for stopping the rotation of the grip device when the detected portion is detected; a move device for moving the grip device stopped by the stop device to the predetermined position; and a press-fit head configured to descend to the predetermined position and to press-fit the part into a press-fit hole of the work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Iwata Koki Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Hanaoka, Shuichi Maruyama, Toshirou Higuma, Yoshiharu Iwai
  • Publication number: 20060060450
    Abstract: A conveyance system, wherein dividable horizontal conveyance units are connected to each other through joint plates and a support post and rails of the horizontal conveyance units are connected to each other without any step and clearance. A joint conveyance carriage assembly is conveyed by a force applied thereto from annular chains of the horizontal conveyance units through chain presser plates. When the rearmost one of the chain presser plates leaves the annular chain of the horizontal conveyance unit, the chain presser plate of the headmost first conveyance carriage reaches the annular chain of the horizontal conveyance unit and the joint conveyance carriage assembly is continuously conveyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Iwata Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Iwai, Masanori Nonaka