Patents by Inventor Youichi Motomura

Youichi Motomura 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: 10414044
    Abstract: A robot arm includes a first holder and a second holder. The first holder includes a first base portion and a first distal portion. The first distal portion has a first distal thickness smaller than a thickness of the first base portion. The second holder includes a second base and a second distal portion. The second distal portion has a second distal thickness smaller than a thickness of the second base portion. A first rotator is supported by the first distal portion and the second distal portion. A second rotator is supported by the first rotator. A first bevel gear is provided in the first distal portion. Another first bevel gear is provided in the second distal portion. A second bevel gear engages with the first bevel gear and the another first bevel gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Youichi Motomura, Kentaro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20170252920
    Abstract: A robot arm includes a first holder and a second holder. The first holder includes a first base portion and a first distal portion. The first distal portion has a first distal thickness smaller than a thickness of the first base portion. The second holder includes a second base and a second distal portion. The second distal portion has a second distal thickness smaller than a thickness of the second base portion. A first rotator is supported by the first distal portion and the second distal portion. A second rotator is supported by the first rotator. A first bevel gear is provided in the first distal portion. Another first bevel gear is provided in the second distal portion. A second bevel gear engages with the first bevel gear and the another first bevel gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Youichi MOTOMURA, Kentaro TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8624445
    Abstract: This stage apparatus includes a movable table to hold a sample, a levitation unit to operate the movable table at least in a vertical direction, and a linear motor to operate the movable table in a first horizontal direction in a horizontal plane, including a linear motor movable element arranged inside the movable table and a linear motor stator arranged inside the movable table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Youichi Motomura, Toshiyuki Kono, Yoshiaki Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120319505
    Abstract: This stage apparatus includes a movable table to hold a sample, a levitation unit to operate the movable table at least in a vertical direction, and a linear motor to operate the movable table in a first horizontal direction in a horizontal plane, including a linear motor movable element arranged inside the movable table and a linear motor stator arranged inside the movable table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Youichi MOTOMURA, Toshiyuki KONO, Yoshiaki KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20100141923
    Abstract: There is provided a stage apparatus at low cost by constituting a counter mass constituting a movable portion of the stage apparatus at low cost. In a stage apparatus used for fabrication or for inspection, by fastening two pieces of first frames (1) and two pieces of second frames (2) by bolts in a positional relationship of making the first frames (1) and the second frames (2) respectively opposed to each other, a counter mass constituting a movable portion of the stage apparatus is constituted, by attaching ceramic-made air pads (4) to air pad attaching faces respectively formed at upper faces and lower faces of two pieces of the first frames (1) on both sides in a length direction, four air bearings are constituted at four corners of the counter mass of the stage apparatus, and the counter mass is floated up by the four air bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youichi Motomura, Toshiyuki Kono, Keiichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6540473
    Abstract: A robot vehicle for hot-line job for transmission and distribution lines which comprises an insulating boom formed of an insulating material at a tip end stage of multiple stage booms, a base end of which is supported on an elevated work vehicle to be capable of swinging, pivoting up and down, and extending and contracting, and a frame provided on the tip end of the insulating boom, the frame mounting thereon double arm manipulators of multishaft construction for performing a distribution work, a slide device for sliding independently these right and left double arm manipulators front to rear, and lifting arms of multishaft construction having a function of lifting a heavy article, so as to allow an operator to perform remote control. An electric actuator is used for driving the double arm manipulators and the slide device, and hydraulic manipulators for driving the lifting arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inokuchi, Toshihide Tomiyama, Yoshihiro Yurita, Shinji Murai, Yusuke Hirano, Shinji Harada, Kengo Tsuruta, Youichi Motomura, Kazutoshi Imai, Yoshiaki Haga, Yoshikatsu Nakamura, Yukio Hashiguchi, Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki, Hiromichi Yamada, Akihiko Mishima, Yoshinaga Maruyama, Kyoji Yano, Moriyuki Nakashima, Osamu Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20010055525
    Abstract: A robot vehicle for hot-line job for transmission and distribution lines which comprises an insulating boom formed of an insulating material at a tip end stage of multiple stage booms, a base end of which is supported on an elevated work vehicle to be capable of swinging, pivoting up and down, and extending and contracting, and a frame provided on the tip end of the insulating boom, the frame mounting thereon double arm manipulators of multishaft construction for performing a distribution work, a slide device for sliding independently these right and left double arm manipulators front to rear, and lifting arms of multishaft construction having a function of lifting a heavy article, so as to allow an operator to perform remote control. An electric actuator is used for driving the double arm manipulators and the slide device, and hydraulic manipulators for driving the lifting arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inokuchi, Toshihide Tomiyama, Yoshihiro Yurita, Shinji Murai, Yusuke Hirano, Shinji Harada, Kengo Tsuruta, Youichi Motomura, Kazutoshi Imai, Yoshiaki Haga, Yoshikatsu Nakamura, Yukio Hashiguchi, Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki, Hiromichi Yamada, Akihiko Mishima, Yoshinaga Maruyama, Kyoji Yano, Moriyuki Nakashima, Osamu Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6325749
    Abstract: A robot vehicle for hot-line job for transmission and distribution lines which comprises an insulating boom formed of an insulating material at a tip end stage of multiple stage booms, a base end of which is supported on an elevated work vehicle to be capable of swinging, pivoting up and down, and extending and contracting, and a frame provided on the tip end of the insulating boom, the frame mounting thereon double arm manipulators of multishaft construction for performing a distribution work, a slide device for sliding independently these right and left double arm manipulators front to rear, and lifting arms of multishaft construction having a function of lifting a heavy article, so as to allow an operator to perform remote control. An electric actuator is used for driving the double arm manipulators and the slide device, and hydraulic manipulators for driving the lifting arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inokuchi, Toshihide Tomiyama, Yoshihiro Yurita, Shinji Murai, Yusuke Hirano, Shinji Harada, Kengo Tsuruta, Youichi Motomura, Kazutoshi Imai, Yoshiaki Haga, Yoshikatsu Nakamura, Yukio Hashiguchi, Mitsuhiro Matsuzaki, Hiromichi Yamada, Akihiko Mishima, Yoshinaga Maruyama, Kyoji Yano, Moriyuki Nakashima, Osamu Yamashita