Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Yurita

Yoshihiro Yurita 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: 6540473
    Abstract: A robot vehicle for hot-line job for transmission and distribution lines which comprises an insulating boom formed of an insulating material at a tip end stage of multiple stage booms, a base end of which is supported on an elevated work vehicle to be capable of swinging, pivoting up and down, and extending and contracting, and a frame provided on the tip end of the insulating boom, the frame mounting thereon double arm manipulators of multishaft construction for performing a distribution work, a slide device for sliding independently these right and left double arm manipulators front to rear, and lifting arms of multishaft construction having a function of lifting a heavy article, so as to allow an operator to perform remote control. An electric actuator is used for driving the double arm manipulators and the slide device, and hydraulic manipulators for driving the lifting arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inokuchi, Toshihide Tomiyama, Yoshihiro Yurita, Shinji Murai, Yusuke Hirano, Shinji Harada, Kengo Tsuruta, Youichi Motomura, Kazutoshi Imai, Yoshiaki Haga, Yoshikatsu Nakamura, Yukio Hashiguchi, Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki, Hiromichi Yamada, Akihiko Mishima, Yoshinaga Maruyama, Kyoji Yano, Moriyuki Nakashima, Osamu Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20010055525
    Abstract: A robot vehicle for hot-line job for transmission and distribution lines which comprises an insulating boom formed of an insulating material at a tip end stage of multiple stage booms, a base end of which is supported on an elevated work vehicle to be capable of swinging, pivoting up and down, and extending and contracting, and a frame provided on the tip end of the insulating boom, the frame mounting thereon double arm manipulators of multishaft construction for performing a distribution work, a slide device for sliding independently these right and left double arm manipulators front to rear, and lifting arms of multishaft construction having a function of lifting a heavy article, so as to allow an operator to perform remote control. An electric actuator is used for driving the double arm manipulators and the slide device, and hydraulic manipulators for driving the lifting arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inokuchi, Toshihide Tomiyama, Yoshihiro Yurita, Shinji Murai, Yusuke Hirano, Shinji Harada, Kengo Tsuruta, Youichi Motomura, Kazutoshi Imai, Yoshiaki Haga, Yoshikatsu Nakamura, Yukio Hashiguchi, Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki, Hiromichi Yamada, Akihiko Mishima, Yoshinaga Maruyama, Kyoji Yano, Moriyuki Nakashima, Osamu Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6325749
    Abstract: A robot vehicle for hot-line job for transmission and distribution lines which comprises an insulating boom formed of an insulating material at a tip end stage of multiple stage booms, a base end of which is supported on an elevated work vehicle to be capable of swinging, pivoting up and down, and extending and contracting, and a frame provided on the tip end of the insulating boom, the frame mounting thereon double arm manipulators of multishaft construction for performing a distribution work, a slide device for sliding independently these right and left double arm manipulators front to rear, and lifting arms of multishaft construction having a function of lifting a heavy article, so as to allow an operator to perform remote control. An electric actuator is used for driving the double arm manipulators and the slide device, and hydraulic manipulators for driving the lifting arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inokuchi, Toshihide Tomiyama, Yoshihiro Yurita, Shinji Murai, Yusuke Hirano, Shinji Harada, Kengo Tsuruta, Youichi Motomura, Kazutoshi Imai, Yoshiaki Haga, Yoshikatsu Nakamura, Yukio Hashiguchi, Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki, Hiromichi Yamada, Akihiko Mishima, Yoshinaga Maruyama, Kyoji Yano, Moriyuki Nakashima, Osamu Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4529352
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cable support which can assure smooth operation of an industrial robot. The cable support is substantially characterized by having a movable support on one end of an operating arm and an auxiliary support on the wrist-side end of the arm respectively, wherein the movable support consists of a first rotary shaft rotatably mounted on the operating arm, a slanted resilient support arm having the proximal end thereof rotatably mounted on the first rotary shaft, and a cable holder tiltably mounted on a second rotary shaft mounted on the slanted resilient support arm and the auxiliary support consists of a third rotary shaft mounted on the operating arm and a cable clamp rotatably mounted on the second rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Yaskawa Electric Mfg. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Suzuki, Yoshihiro Yurita, Hideharu Zenpo
  • Patent number: 4507042
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cable support which can assure smooth operation of an industrial robot. The cable support is substantially characterized by having a movable support on one end of an operating arm and an auxiliary support on the wrist-side end of the arm respectively, wherein the movable support consists of a first rotary shaft rotatably mounted on the operating arm and a cable holder tiltably mounted on the first rotary shaft and the auxiliary support consists of a second rotary shaft mounted on the operating arm and a cable clamp rotatably mounted on the second rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1985
    Assignee: Yaskawa Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Suzuki, Yoshihiro Yurita, Hideharu Zenpo
  • Patent number: 4503722
    Abstract: In an arm operating device of an industrial robot, two chains are laid over the driving wheel provided in the supporting arm and the driven wheel provided in the bending arm, respectively, and are coupled through rigid transmission rods and a tension device to each other, and one of the transmission rods is rectangular in section, and is slightly pushed inwardly by a guide provided on the supporting arm, whereby the device operates positively and smoothly with being free from vibrations, and chain elongation and twist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Takeo Suzuki, Itsuro Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Yurita, Hideharu Zenpo