Patents by Inventor Yoshimitsu Otani

Yoshimitsu Otani 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: 7610754
    Abstract: In a hydraulic unit (A) including a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by a motor (2) and a hydraulic cylinder (3) for actuating a chuck, a fixed displacement hydraulic pump is combined with an adjustable speed motor (2) for driving the pump. In order to concurrently provide rapid movement of the cylinder (3) and reduction in the surge pressure, upon the cylinder (3) actuating the chuck, after a teaching movement is imparted to the cylinder (3) to determine an operating stroke of the cylinder (3) based on the number of rotations of the motor (2), the motor (2) is rotated at a high rotational speed for movement until a preset deceleration start point short of the end of movement of the cylinder (3) within the determined operating stroke and then rotated at a low rotational speed for deceleration from the deceleration start point to the end of movement of the cylinder (3), thereby allowing the chuck to chuck a work with a soft touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ochi, Yoshimitsu Otani, Hirokazu Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20080034956
    Abstract: In a hydraulic unit (A) including a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by a motor (2) and a hydraulic cylinder (3) for actuating a chuck, a fixed displacement hydraulic pump is combined with an adjustable speed motor (2) for driving the pump. In order to concurrently provide rapid movement of the cylinder (3) and reduction in the surge pressure, upon the cylinder (3) actuating the chuck, after a teaching movement is imparted to the cylinder (3) to determine an operating stroke of the cylinder (3) based on the number of rotations of the motor (2), the motor (2) is rotated at a high rotational speed for movement until a preset deceleration start point short of the end of movement of the cylinder (3) within the determined operating stroke and then rotated at a low rotational speed for deceleration from the deceleration start point to the end of movement of the cylinder (3), thereby allowing the chuck to chuck a work with a soft touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Ochi, Yoshimitsu Otani, Hirokazu Nakamura