Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Goto
Yoshinobu Goto 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: 11745339Abstract: A horizontal articulated robot includes a base, a force detection unit provided in the base, a first arm coupled to the base and pivoting about a first pivot axis, a second arm coupled to the first arm and pivoting about a second pivot axis, a third arm coupled to the second arm, pivoting about a third pivot axis, and moving in an axial direction of the third pivot axis, a control unit that controls an action of the first arm, the second arm, or the third arm based on a detection value of the force detection unit, and an operation unit having a third arm operation part for operation of the third arm and a teaching point registration operation part for operation of registration of a position of a control point as a teaching point using the control unit, and provided in the second arm.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshinobu Goto
-
Patent number: 11161257Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm, a base supporting the robot arm, and a cable coupled to the base, wherein the base has a housing a circuit board, a connector unit located on a side surface of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuit board, to which the cable is coupled, a cover member having an insertion portion through which the cable is inserted and attached to the side surface of the housing to cover the connector unit, and a wall portion located between a coupling portion by which the cover member is coupled to the side surface of the housing and the connector and provided to project from the side surface of the housing within a space surrounded by the side surface of the housing and the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventor: Yoshinobu Goto
-
Patent number: 11077549Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body including a base and a robot arm, a drive unit that drives the robot arm, and a wiring electrically connected to the drive unit, in which the robot arm includes a casing including a main body and a cover detachably connected to the main body, the drive unit includes a first pulley, a second pulley having a hollow hole, a belt connecting the first pulley and the second pulley, and a motor that generates a driving force for driving the robot arm and rotates the first pulley or the second pulley by the driving force, the wiring includes an insertion area inserted through the hollow hole of the second pulley and an intersection area intersecting with the belt as seen in a direction along a rotation axis of the second pulley.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Inventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Takuya Owa
-
Patent number: 11045961Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body that includes a base and an arm configured to include a first casing and a second casing connected to the first casing, a motor that drives the arm, and a light emitting element that emits light and in which the first casing and the second casing form a first space and a second space isolated from the first space in a state of being connected to each other, the light emitting element is disposed in the first space, and the motor is disposed in the second space.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Inventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Takuya Owa
-
Patent number: 10940595Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body that includes a base and a robot arm connected to the base, a motor that is provided inside the robot main body and drives the robot arm, a control board that is provided inside the robot main body, a power supply board that supplies electric power to the control board, and a drive board that drives the motor based on a command from the control board, and in which the robot main body includes a suction hole from which a pipe to which a suction device for sucking gas inside the robot main body is connected is detachable.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Inventors: Akio Niu, Masaru Takahashi, Takuya Owa, Yoshinobu Goto
-
Publication number: 20200406481Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm, a base supporting the robot arm, and a cable coupled to the base, wherein the base has a housing a circuit board, a connector unit located on a side surface of the housing and electrically coupled to the circuit board, to which the cable is coupled, a cover member having an insertion portion through which the cable is inserted and attached to the side surface of the housing to cover the connector unit, and a wall portion located between a coupling portion by which the cover member is coupled to the side surface of the housing and the connector and provided to project from the side surface of the housing within a space surrounded by the side surface of the housing and the cover member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventor: Yoshinobu GOTO
-
Patent number: 10737399Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body that includes a base including a first casing and a robot arm connected to the base and including a second casing, a motor that is provided inside the second casing and drives the robot arm, a control board that is provided inside the first casing, a power supply board that is provided inside the first casing and supplies electric power to the control board, and a drive board that drives the motor based on a command from the control board, and in which the first casing is constituted with a plurality of members, a first sealing member is provided between the plurality of members of the first casing, and the second casing is constituted with a plurality of members, and a second sealing member is provided between the plurality of members of the second casing.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akio Niu, Masaru Takahashi, Takuya Owa, Yoshinobu Goto
-
Publication number: 20200238515Abstract: A horizontal articulated robot includes a base, a force detection unit provided in the base, a first arm coupled to the base and pivoting about a first pivot axis, a second arm coupled to the first arm and pivoting about a second pivot axis, a third arm coupled to the second arm, pivoting about a third pivot axis, and moving in an axial direction of the third pivot axis, a control unit that controls an action of the first arm, the second arm, or the third arm based on a detection value of the force detection unit, and an operation unit having a third arm operation part for operation of the third arm and a teaching point registration operation part for operation of registration of a position of a control point as a teaching point using the control unit, and provided in the second arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Yoshinobu GOTO
-
Patent number: 10391643Abstract: A robot includes an nth arm, an (n+1)th arm rotatably provided on the nth arm, and a core member provided at a center of rotation of the (n+1)th arm and having a first member and a second member. In the robot, a flat cable is sandwiched by the first member and the second member and wound around the core member.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Kazuto Yoshimura
-
Publication number: 20190134810Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body including a base and a robot arm, a drive unit that drives the robot arm, and a wiring electrically connected to the drive unit, in which the robot arm includes a casing including a main body and a cover detachably connected to the main body, the drive unit includes a first pulley, a second pulley having a hollow hole, a belt connecting the first pulley and the second pulley, and a motor that generates a driving force for driving the robot arm and rotates the first pulley or the second pulley by the driving force, the wiring includes an insertion area inserted through the hollow hole of the second pulley and an intersection area intersecting with the belt as seen in a direction along a rotation axis of the second pulley.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Yoshinobu GOTO, Takuya OWA
-
Publication number: 20190099903Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body that includes a base and an arm configured to include a first casing and a second casing connected to the first casing, a motor that drives the arm, and a light emitting element that emits light and in which the first casing and the second casing form a first space and a second space isolated from the first space in a state of being connected to each other, the light emitting element is disposed in the first space, and the motor is disposed in the second space.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Yoshinobu GOTO, Takuya OWA
-
Publication number: 20190099901Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body that includes a base and a robot arm connected to the base, a motor that is provided inside the robot main body and drives the robot arm, a control board that is provided inside the robot main body, a power supply board that supplies electric power to the control board, and a drive board that drives the motor based on a command from the control board, and in which the robot main body includes a suction hole from which a pipe to which a suction device for sucking gas inside the robot main body is connected is detachable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Akio NIU, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Takuya OWA, Yoshinobu GOTO
-
Publication number: 20190099900Abstract: A robot includes a robot main body that includes a base including a first casing and a robot arm connected to the base and including a second casing, a motor that is provided inside the second casing and drives the robot arm, a control board that is provided inside the first casing, a power supply board that is provided inside the first casing and supplies electric power to the control board, and a drive board that drives the motor based on a command from the control board, and in which the first casing is constituted with a plurality of members, a first sealing member is provided between the plurality of members of the first casing, and the second casing is constituted with a plurality of members, and a second sealing member is provided between the plurality of members of the second casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Akio NIU, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Takuya OWA, Yoshinobu GOTO
-
Publication number: 20180236671Abstract: A robot includes a robot arm that has an nth arm (n is an integer of 1 or greater) and an (n+1)th arm disposed in the nth arm so as to be pivotable around an (n+1)th pivot axis, and a motor unit that drives the (n+1)th arm. Each of the nth arm and the (n+1)th arm has a cover. A wire is disposed between the motor and the cover of the nth arm. A non-contact seal structure is formed using the cover of the nth arm and the cover of the (n+1)th arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Kazuto YOSHIMURA, Kazushige AKAHA, Sho NAKANO, Yoshinobu GOTO
-
Patent number: 10046465Abstract: An attaching and detaching device that detachably attaches two structures includes a base fixed to one structure of the two structures and formed in a tabular shape, one or more engaging members supported by the base movably along a surface direction of the base and configured to engage with the other structure, an urging member configured to urge the engaging member toward an engaging direction in which the engaging member engages with the other structure, and a releasing mechanism including an operation lever configured to perform operation for moving the engaging member in a direction opposite to the engaging direction and releasing an attached state in which the two structures are attached to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Toshio Tanaka
-
Patent number: 9889555Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a hand including a plurality of finger sections and a work device in which the robot performs work. The work device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body configured to rotate in association with rotation of the first rotating body, a grip section provided in the first rotating body, and a setting section provided in the second rotating body, a target object of the work performed by the robot being set on the setting section. The robot grips the grip section with the finger sections to rotate the first rotating body.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Masaru Takahashi, Sota Yamamoto
-
Publication number: 20170210016Abstract: A robot includes a first arm that has a drive unit, a second arm that is disposed in the first arm, and that can be displaced with respect to the first arm by the drive unit, and a flexible member that is fixed to the first arm by a first fixing portion, and that is fixed to the second arm by a second fixing portion. The flexible member has a folding portion disposed between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion, a first portion disposed between the first fixing portion and the folding portion, and a second portion disposed between the second fixing portion and the folding portion. At least one of the first portion and the second portion has a uniform portion both in a state where the drive unit is driven and in a state where the drive unit is not driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Sho NAKANO, Yoshinobu GOTO
-
Publication number: 20170151665Abstract: A robot system includes a robot including a hand including a plurality of finger sections and a work device in which the robot performs work. The work device includes a first rotating body, a second rotating body configured to rotate in association with rotation of the first rotating body, a grip section provided in the first rotating body, and a setting section provided in the second rotating body, a target object of the work performed by the robot being set on the setting section. The robot grips the grip section with the finger sections to rotate the first rotating body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Yoshinobu GOTO, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Sota YAMAMOTO
-
Patent number: 9597794Abstract: A robot includes a base part having a first cavity part inside, a torso part coupled to the base part, at least one arm unit provided on the torso part, and an inner box provided in the first cavity part and having a second cavity part opening in an upper portion. A circuit board for driving an actuator that operates the arm unit is provided on an outer side surface of the inner box.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takema Yamazaki, Yoshinobu Goto
-
Patent number: D782553Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Hidekatsu Miyasaka, Kazuto Yoshimura, Daisuke Komatsu, Takeshi Ishikawa