Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko OTAKI

Yoshihiko OTAKI 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).

  • Workpiece changer, workpiece conveyor device, processing device, method for manufacturing ring bearing, method for manufacturing machine, and method for manufacturing vehicle
    Patent number: 11426783
    Abstract: While the loading member supporting mechanism moves the loading member from the workpiece set state to the workpiece retracted state and returns to the workpiece set state again, the displacement drive unit and the rotation drive unit perform an operation of disposing the workpiece holding portion arranged at the processing position to the replacement position and an operation of disposing the workpiece holding portion disposed at the replacement position to the processing position in a trajectory in which the loading member does not interfere with the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kengou Mizuura, Masatoshi Shimoda, Yoshihiko Otaki
  • WORKPIECE CHANGER, WORKPIECE CONVEYOR DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RING BEARING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220126352
    Abstract: While the loading member supporting mechanism moves the loading member from the workpiece set state to the workpiece retracted state and returns to the workpiece set state again, the displacement drive unit and the rotation drive unit perform an operation of disposing the workpiece holding portion arranged at the processing position to the replacement position and an operation of disposing the workpiece holding portion disposed at the replacement position to the processing position in a trajectory in which the loading member does not interfere with the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kengou MIZUURA, Masatoshi SHIMODA, Yoshihiko OTAKI