Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Okinaka

Yukihiro Okinaka 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).

  • Working system for practicing work on moving subject works
    Patent number: 5505290
    Abstract: A working apparatus performs predetermined work on moving subject works carried by work carriers, which are coupled to and transported, one after another, by, a conveyor system. The apparatus holds a work carrier at a working station and releases mechanical coupling between the work carrier and the conveyor system upon a detection of a work carrier located in a predetermined position relative to the working station. The work carrier located at the working station is transported at a speed of the work carrier detected in the predetermined position independently from the conveyor system while performing the predetermined work on the subject work carried by the work carrier at the working station. Upon completion of the predetermined work, the work carrier is released so as to restore the mechanical coupling between the work carrier and the conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fujii, Yukihiro Okinaka