Patents by Inventor Yoshiki YUASA

Yoshiki YUASA 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: 11942347
    Abstract: A storage system includes an overhead stocker including an overhead crane track, shelving in which tiers of storages to accommodate articles therein are arranged vertically, and a crane to travel along the overhead crane track and transfer an article between the tiers of storages, an overhead transport vehicle system to perform receiving or delivering of an article from or to a predetermined transfer destination, and a transporter to vertically transport an article between the overhead stocker and the overhead transport vehicle system, the overhead transport vehicle system being provided below a lower end of the overhead stocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Yoshiki Yuasa, Kosuke Irino
  • Patent number: 11820593
    Abstract: Provided is a transport vehicle system SYS1 in which: an overhead transport vehicle includes a main body, a holder, a lift driver, and a lateral extender; a port pitch P is less than the overall length VL of the overhead transport vehicle in an extending direction D; and a first portion, which is raised or lowered by the lift driver moved in a lateral direction by a lateral extender, of an overhead transport vehicle stopped at a first position P1 on a first track for transferring an article W to a first transfer location S1 is offset in the extending direction D from a second portion, which is moved in a lateral direction by means of the drive of a lateral extender, of an overhead transport vehicle stopped at a second position P2 on the second track for transferring an article W to a second transfer location S2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Machinery Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 11673741
    Abstract: A storage system prevents a large load from being applied to a part of the ceiling. The storage system in which a rack is provided by being suspended from a first position of a ceiling by a first suspending member attached to a grid ceiling, a second overhead track is provided by being suspended from a second position of the grid ceiling by a second suspending member attached to the grid ceiling, and the first position and the second position are set to be apart by at least a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Machinery, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Kosuke Irino, Yoshiki Yuasa
  • Patent number: 11515186
    Abstract: An overhead transport vehicle system stores a large number of articles and includes an inclined rail and overhead transport vehicles each including a traveler to travel on the inclined rail, a holder to hold an article, an elevator to raise and lower the holder, a horizontality guide to keep the elevator horizontal or substantially horizontal at the inclined rail, and a controller. Supports are horizontally provided at a same or substantially same height, and the overhead transport vehicles located on the inclined rail are able to transfer the article between them. The overhead transport vehicles transfer the article between the supports and the controller controls the elevator to raise and lower the holder by a raising and lowering amount according to a height distance between the inclined rail and an individual support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20220161999
    Abstract: Provided is a transport vehicle system SYS1 in which: an overhead transport vehicle includes a main body, a holder, a lift driver, and a lateral extender; a port pitch P is less than the overall length VL of the overhead transport vehicle in an extending direction D; and a first portion, which is raised or lowered by the lift driver moved in a lateral direction by a lateral extender, of an overhead transport vehicle stopped at a first position P1 on a first track for transferring an article W to a first transfer location S1 is offset in the extending direction D from a second portion, which is moved in a lateral direction by means of the drive of a lateral extender, of an overhead transport vehicle stopped at a second position P2 on the second track for transferring an article W to a second transfer location S2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: Yoshiki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20220097965
    Abstract: A storage system prevents a large load from being applied to a part of the ceiling. The storage system in which a rack is provided by being suspended from a first position of a ceiling by a first suspending member attached to a grid ceiling, a second overhead track is provided by being suspended from a second position of the grid ceiling by a second suspending member attached to the grid ceiling, and the first position and the second position are set to be apart by at least a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji Wada, Kosuke Irino, Yoshiki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20220073275
    Abstract: A storage system includes an overhead stocker including an overhead crane track shelving in which tiers of storages to accommodate articles therein are arranged vertically, and a crane to travel along the overhead crane track and transfer an article between the tiers of storages, an overhead transport vehicle system to perform receiving or delivering of an article from or to a predetermined transfer destination, and a transporter to vertically transport an article between the overhead stocker and the overhead transport vehicle system, the overhead transport vehicle system being provided below a lower end of the overhead stocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji WADA, Yoshiki YUASA, Kosuke IRINO
  • Publication number: 20200243363
    Abstract: An overhead transport vehicle system stores a large number of articles and includes an inclined rail and overhead transport vehicles each including a traveler to travel on the inclined rail, a holder to hold an article, an elevator to raise and lower the holder, a horizontality guide to keep the elevator horizontal or substantially horizontal at the inclined rail, and a controller. Supports are horizontally provided at a same or substantially same height, and the overhead transport vehicles located on the inclined rail are able to transfer the article between them. The overhead transport vehicles transfer the article between the supports and the controller controls the elevator to raise and lower the holder by a raising and lowering amount according to a height distance between the inclined rail and an individual support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: Yoshiki YUASA