Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Kinouchi
Yoshiyuki Kinouchi 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).
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Patent number: 8914964Abstract: A moving die is held by a robot and made to approach a vehicle, and a positioning pin is inserted into a positioning hole of the vehicle. The moving die is brought into a floating state of being displaceable relative to the vehicle by reducing a force of the robot for maintaining an attitude thereof. In a state of holding the moving die by the robot, a surface of the moving die is brought into contact with the vehicle by an adsorbing mechanism including an adsorbing portion of an elastic member provided to the moving die. The moving die and the robot are cut to be separated.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Noriko Kurimoto, Takeshi Nakamura, Mitsutaka Igaue, Hiroshi Miwa
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Publication number: 20120291508Abstract: A moving die is held by a robot and made to approach a vehicle, and a positioning pin is inserted into a positioning hole of the vehicle. The moving die is brought into a floating state of being displaceable relative to the vehicle by reducing a force of the robot for maintaining an attitude thereof. In a state of holding the moving die by the robot, a surface of the moving die is brought into contact with the vehicle by an adsorbing mechanism including an adsorbing portion of an elastic member provided to the moving die. The moving die and the robot are cut to be separated.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Noriko Kurimoto, Takeshi Nakamura, Mitsutaka Igaue, Hiroshi Miwa
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Patent number: 8272243Abstract: A moving die is held by a robot and made to approach a vehicle, and a positioning pin is inserted into a positioning hole of the vehicle. The moving die is brought into a floating state of being displaceable relative to the vehicle by reducing a force of the robot for maintaining an attitude thereof. In a state of holding the moving die by the robot, a surface of the moving die is brought into contact with the vehicle by an adsorbing mechanism including an adsorbing portion of an elastic member provided to the moving die. The moving die and the robot are cut to be separated.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2006Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Noriko Kurimoto, Takeshi Nakamura, Mitsutaka Igaue, Hiroshi Miwa
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Patent number: 7950260Abstract: A movable die 18 including a first groove 52 and a second groove 54 that extend in a direction in which hemming is performed is moved by a robot 22, and is positioned and set with respect to a wheel arch portion 16 in a vehicle 12 on a production line 14. The movable die 18 is mounted, positioned and fixed with respect to the vehicle 12 by a clamping mechanism 58. A guide roller 32 is rolled while the guide roller is engaged with the first groove 52, and a flange 17 is inclined by a conical surface of a tapered roller 38 of a hemming roller 30 that moves in an interlocking manner with the guide roller 32. Next, the guide roller 32 is rolled while the guide roller is engaged with the second groove 54, and the flange 17 is bent by a cylindrical surface of a cylindrical roller 40 of the hemming roller 30. The movable die 18 is separated from the vehicle 12 after the hemming.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Eisaku Hasegawa, Noriko Uematsu
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Patent number: 7870774Abstract: In an initial state of roller hemming processing, an erected flange 65 begins to be bent by a roller 48. At this time, a first plate 63 and a receiving face 15 are brought into tightly contact with each other at a contact point 70 between the roller 48 and the erected flange 65 by strongly pinching by the roller 48 and an auxiliary roller 51. On the other hand, in portions other than the contact point 70, the receiving face 15 tends to be separated from the first plate 63 by reaction. Since slider blocks 22 and 22 are movable along rails 21 and 21 on a side of the receiving die 10, the receiving die 10 rotates clockwise in the drawing about the contact point 70. A tight contact in the contact point 70 is guaranteed as the receiving die 10 rotates about the contact point 70. As a result, the hemming processing with a good shape can be achieved without wrinkling, ruffling, or deformation.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Takeshi Nakamura, Noriko Uematsu
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Publication number: 20100154503Abstract: In an initial state of roller hemming processing, an erected flange 65 begins to be bent by a roller 48. At this time, a first plate 63 and a receiving face 15 are brought into tightly contact with each other at a contact point 70 between the roller 48 and the erected flange 65 by strongly pinching by the roller 48 and an auxiliary roller 51. On the other hand, in portions other than the contact point 70, the receiving face 15 tends to be separated from the first plate 63 by reaction. Since slider blocks 22 and 22 are movable along rails 21 and 21 on a side of the receiving die 10, the receiving die 10 rotates clockwise in the drawing about the contact point 70. A tight contact in the contact point 70 is guaranteed as the receiving die 10 rotates about the contact point 70. As a result, the hemming processing with a good shape can be achieved without wrinkling, ruffling, or deformation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2006Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Takeshi Nakamura, Noriko Uematsu
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Publication number: 20090139293Abstract: A movable die 18 including a first groove 52 and a second groove 54 that extend in a direction in which hemming is performed is moved by a robot 22, and is positioned and set with respect to a wheel arch portion 16 in a vehicle 12 on a production line 14. The movable die 18 is mounted, positioned and fixed with respect to the vehicle 12 by a clamping mechanism 58. A guide roller 32 is rolled while the guide roller is engaged with the first groove 52, and a flange 17 is inclined by a conical surface of a tapered roller 38 of a hemming roller 30 that moves in an interlocking manner with the guide roller 32. Next, the guide roller 32 is rolled while the guide roller is engaged with the second groove 54, and the flange 17 is bent by a cylindrical surface of a cylindrical roller 40 of the hemming roller 30. The movable die 18 is separated from the vehicle 12 after the hemming.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2006Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Eisaku Hasegawa, Noriko Uematsu
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Publication number: 20080307630Abstract: A moving die is held by a robot and made to approach a vehicle, and a positioning pin is inserted into a positioning hole of the vehicle. The moving die is brought into a floating state of being displaceable relative to the vehicle by reducing a force of the robot for maintaining an attitude thereof. In a state of holding the moving die by the robot, a surface of the moving die is brought into contact with the vehicle by an adsorbing mechanism including an adsorbing portion of an elastic member provided to the moving die. The moving die and the robot are cut to be separated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Noriko Kurimoto, Takeshi Nakamura, Mitsutaka Igaue, Hiroshi Miwa
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Publication number: 20080256779Abstract: A hemming working device is provided with: a jig body configured to support a first workpiece and a second workpiece which are overlapped; and a working drive portion configured to join the first workpiece and the second workpiece and perform a hemming on the first workpiece and the second workpiece. The jig body is provided with: a holding mechanism capable of holding the first workpiece and the second workpiece; and a backing member capable of being contacted with a portion of the first workpiece where hemming working is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidekazu Ryu, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi, Eisaku Hasegawa, Manabu Takimoto, Masaji Kojima
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Publication number: 20080184544Abstract: A hemming processing apparatus (10a, 10b) is provided with a hemming roller (30), a roller moving apparatus (74), a movable mold (18), and a mold moving apparatus (72). The roller moving apparatus (74) moves the hemming roller (30) on a flange (17) of a work (12). The movable mold (18) supports the work (12). The mold moving apparatus (72) adjusts a direction of the movable mold (18) in accordance with a movement of the hemming roller (30).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kinouchi