Patents by Inventor Yusuke HORIBA

Yusuke HORIBA 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: 12000713
    Abstract: A tightening machine of the present invention includes: a mobile receiving portion 20 that receives a positioning signal (GNSS signal) from positioning means (GNSS satellite Sa); a geomagnetic sensor 30 that detects a direction of a socket portion 41 with the mobile receiving portion 20 as a starting point; and a control portion that receives the positioning signal received by the mobile receiving portion 20 and a positioning signal received by a fixed receiving portion 22 at a fixed position away from a torque wrench 110 serving as the tightening machine, corrects a three-dimensional position of the mobile receiving portion 20 based on the positioning signals, and calculates a three-dimensional socket position of the socket portion 41 of the torque wrench 110 serving as the tightening machine based on a result of the correction and the direction of the socket portion 41 detected by the geomagnetic sensor 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SANYO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Horiba
  • Publication number: 20230191571
    Abstract: A tightening machine of the present invention includes: a mobile receiving portion 20 that receives a positioning signal (GNSS signal) from positioning means (GNSS satellite Sa); a geomagnetic sensor 30 that detects a direction of a socket portion 41 with the mobile receiving portion 20 as a starting point; and a control portion that receives the positioning signal received by the mobile receiving portion 20 and a positioning signal received by a fixed receiving portion 22 at a fixed position away from a torque wrench 110 serving as the tightening machine, corrects a three-dimensional position of the mobile receiving portion 20 based on the positioning signals, and calculates a three-dimensional socket position of the socket portion 41 of the torque wrench 110 serving as the tightening machine based on a result of the correction and the direction of the socket portion 41 detected by the geomagnetic sensor 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Yusuke HORIBA