Patents by Inventor Yuji Masaoka

Yuji Masaoka 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: 11945118
    Abstract: A method of planning works for robots includes creating a work plan for a plurality of robots, each having a work tool, sharing at at least one station a work to a plurality of work parts of the workpiece. The method includes the steps of calculating a distribution of the work parts to the robots, calculating, as a robot operation, a work order of the work parts and a moving path of the work tool for each of the robots based on the calculated work distribution, and calculating a disposed location of each of the robots with respect to the workpiece and a station where the robot is disposed so that an inter-robot interference does not occur during execution of the calculated robot operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Masaoka, Shota Asazu, Hiroyuki Moriishi, Tomoya Sakuma, Yuji Hashiba, Jun Fujimori, Hitoshi Nariai, Kazumi Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 7793998
    Abstract: A bumper fixture is interposed between an extended-directional end portion of a bumper and an auto body as to extend the extended-directional end portion of the bumper mounted on the auto body to form a part of a wheel house. The bumper fixture includes a mounting portion mountable to an extended-directional outer end wall of the bumper on one extended-directional end portion of the bumper, and the mounting portion is elastically deformable by a greater than predetermined load. A bumper mounting structure includes the bumper fixture such that an extended directional outer end wall of the bumper is mounted on the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignees: Nifco Inc., Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Matsui, Kenji Ooki, Makoto Aizawa, Yuji Masaoka
  • Publication number: 20070096482
    Abstract: A bumper fixture is interposed between an extended-directional end portion of a bumper and an auto body as to extend the extended-directional end portion of the bumper mounted on the auto body to form a part of a wheel house. The bumper fixture includes a mounting portion mountable to an extended-directional outer end wall of the bumper on one extended-directional end portion of the bumper, and the mounting portion is elastically deformable by a greater than predetermined load. A bumper mounting structure includes the bumper fixture such that an extended directional outer end wall of the bumper is mounted on the mounting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicants: NIFCO INC., MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeo Matsui, Kenji Ooki, Makoto Aizawa, Yuji Masaoka