Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Ohfuchi

Yoshitaka Ohfuchi 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: 9456524
    Abstract: An enclosure according to an embodiment includes an internal space, an opening, a connector base, and a relay cable. A robot controller is accommodated in the internal space. The opening is formed in an external wall having predetermined environmental resistance. The connector base includes a first connector for connecting an external cable for the robot controller and can be pulled out of the enclosure. The relay cable connects a connector of the robot controller and the first connector. The relay cable has a length that allows a connecting part between the first connector and the external cable to be exposed outside the external wall when the connector base is pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Ohfuchi
  • Publication number: 20140285984
    Abstract: An enclosure according to an embodiment includes an internal space, an opening, a connector base, and a relay cable. A robot controller is accommodated in the internal space. The opening is formed in an external wall having predetermined environmental resistance. The connector base includes a first connector for connecting an external cable for the robot controller and can be pulled out of the enclosure. The relay cable connects a connector of the robot controller and the first connector. The relay cable has a length that allows a connecting part between the first connector and the external cable to be exposed outside the external wall when the connector base is pulled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Yoshitaka OHFUCHI
  • Publication number: 20140203741
    Abstract: A heating element unit according to an embodiment includes a heating element, a heat transfer base in which the heating element is provided, and a casing in which the heat transfer base is arranged. The heat transfer base includes a mounting wall on which the heating element is mounted in a close contact state, and side walls that perpendicularly extend in a same direction from both ends in a short direction of the mounting wall and are mounted on an inner surface of the casing in a contact state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Yoshitaka OHFUCHI
  • Publication number: 20120127691
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a casing; an internal device accommodated in the casing and having a connection port to be connected to a cable; a frame on which the cable is distributed, the frame having an opening large enough for an operator to connect an end of the cable to the connection port through the opening; and a joining part joining the casing and the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventor: Yoshitaka OHFUCHI
  • Patent number: 8141962
    Abstract: A robot controlling apparatus ensures that the maintenance work can be property and safety practiced and efficiently uses the space of the housing of the robot controlling apparatus. A robot controlling apparatus is provided with a first housing (1) for accommodating first internal devices (6), a second housing (2) for accommodating second internal devices (7), and a front door (3) supported by a first hinge (4), which is provided on a side of the first housing, being capable of freely opening and closing, wherein a second hinge (5) is provided on the sides of the first and the second housing and the entire first housing is supported by the second hinge being capable of freely opening and closing with respect to the second housing and the accommodating portion (11) extending from a front portion of the second housing under the second front opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohfuchi, Toshitaka Miyazato, Yoshihiro Kusama
  • Publication number: 20100156253
    Abstract: a robot controller ensures the maintenance work property and the safety and practically uses a space in a housing of the robot controller. A controller for an industrial robot is provided with a first housing (1) for accommodating first internal devices (6), a second housing (2) for accommodating second internal devices (7), and a front door (3) supported by a first hinge (4), which is provided on a side of the first housing (1), being capable of freely opened and closed, wherein a second hinge (5) is provided on the sides of the first (1) and the second housing (2) and the entire first housing (1) is supported by the second hinge being capable of freely opening and closing with respect to the second housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohfuchi, Toshitaka Miyazato, Yoshihiro Kusama