Patents by Inventor Yuuki Kumamoto

Yuuki Kumamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20230333532
    Abstract: Provided is a machine tool control device that makes it possible to alleviate shock generated in a machine tool during an oscillation cutting process. A control device 1 for a machine tool that carries out a process by relatively oscillating a tool and a workpiece is provided with: an oscillation command generation unit 13 that generates an oscillation command on the basis of an oscillation condition; an oscillation start/end determination unit 14 that determines start/end of oscillation on the basis of the oscillation command; and a position speed control unit 18 that relatively oscillates the tool and the workpiece on the basis of a superimposed command generated by superimposing the oscillation command on a moving command according to a determination result of the oscillation start/end determination unit 14. The oscillation start/end determination unit 14 determines start/end of oscillation when the absolute value of the oscillation command is no greater than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki KUMAMOTO, Kenta YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230266741
    Abstract: Provided is a machine tool control device that can generate movement commands of any required command form and that can also suppress the deviation of a peak position during air cutting. A machine tool control device 1 that performs processing while making a tool and a workpiece oscillate relative to each other. The machine tool control device 1 comprises an oscillation conditions setting unit 11 that sets oscillation conditions, an oscillation phase division unit 12 that divides an oscillation phase into a plurality of segments, a layered command calculation unit 13 that, for each of the divided segments, calculates a layered command as a movement command on the basis of the oscillation conditions, and a position and speed control unit 17 that makes the tool and the workpiece oscillate relative to each other on the basis of the layered commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta YAMAMOTO, Yuuki KUMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230133532
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a machine tool, the control device being capable of reliably reducing noise when gears mesh with each other and providing intended machining quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki KUMAMOTO, Kenta YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230037816
    Abstract: Provided is a control device for a machine tool, the control device being capable of more appropriately and easily determining a swing condition. A control device 10 for a machine tool for swinging a work piece and a tool relatively to each other to perform machining, the control device 10 comprising a storage unit 15 which stores correspondence between a machining condition and a swing condition, the machining condition being at least one of specifications of the work piece, specifications of the tool, a machining method and a machining shape, a swing condition determination unit 16 which selects a swing condition to be used for the machining on the basis of the correspondence stored in the storage unit 15, and a swing command generation unit 18 which generates a swing command on the basis of the swing condition selected by the swing condition determination unit 16.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki KUMAMOTO, Kenta YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11347197
    Abstract: A servo motor controller includes: a servo motor; a driven member which is driven by the servo motor and in which a load acting on a drive axis is varied depending on the position of the driven member; a position detection portion and a speed detection portion for the driven member; and a motor control portion, where the motor control portion includes: a position control portion which calculates a speed command based on a positional error between a position command for the driven member and the position FB; a speed control portion which calculates a torque command by multiplying a speed error between the speed command and the speed FB by a speed gain and/or adding a torque offset to the speed error; and a change portion which changes at least one of the speed gain and the torque offset according to the position of the driven member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Kumamoto, Satoshi Ikai
  • Patent number: 11347200
    Abstract: A controller includes a storage unit storing a plurality of sets of recommended setting values or recommended setting ranges regarding parameters for controlling an axis of a machine tool or an industrial machine or for controlling a motor, wherein set contents of the plurality of sets of recommended setting values or recommended setting ranges vary depending on a property of the machine tool, the industrial machine, or the motor; a comparing unit configured to compare input parameters with the recommended setting values or the recommended setting ranges corresponding to the property of a control target; and a comparison result presenting unit configured to present a warning when the input parameters differ from the recommended setting values or deviate from the recommended setting ranges corresponding to the property of the control target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yao Liang, Yuuki Kumamoto, Satoshi Ikai
  • Publication number: 20210072724
    Abstract: A controller includes a storage unit storing a plurality of sets of recommended setting values or recommended setting ranges regarding parameters for controlling an axis of a machine tool or an industrial machine or for controlling a motor, wherein set contents of the plurality of sets of recommended setting values or recommended setting ranges vary depending on a property of the machine tool, the industrial machine, or the motor; a comparing unit configured to compare input parameters with the recommended setting values or the recommended setting ranges corresponding to the property of a control target; and a comparison result presenting unit configured to present a warning when the input parameters differ from the recommended setting values or deviate from the recommended setting ranges corresponding to the property of the control target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yao LIANG, Yuuki KUMAMOTO, Satoshi IKAI
  • Patent number: 10933782
    Abstract: To prevent wrinkles from occurring on the outer skin member, in a vehicle seat including a urethane pad on which a groove is formed, a fixing member being embedded in the groove; trim covers covering a surface of the urethane pad; a suspender to suspend the trim covers sewn to each other for connection in the groove; and a plurality of tying members to tie the suspender with the fixing member, the suspender is provided with a seat cover suspension member and a reinforcement piece fixed to an edge portion of the seat cover suspension member, a number of slits are formed along the reinforcement piece at a portion of the seat cover suspension member where the reinforcement piece is fixed, and the plurality of tying members tie the suspender with the fixing member with a part of each of the tying members in abutment with the reinforcement piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shindo, Masahiko Takahata, Yuuki Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20190344690
    Abstract: To prevent wrinkles from occurring on the outer skin member, in a vehicle seat including a urethane pad on which a groove is formed, a fixing member being embedded in the groove; trim covers covering a surface of the urethane pad; a suspender to suspend the trim covers sewn to each other for connection in the groove; and a plurality of tying members to tie the suspender with the fixing member, the suspender is provided with a seat cover suspension member and a reinforcement piece fixed to an edge portion of the seat cover suspension member, a number of slits are formed along the reinforcement piece at a portion of the seat cover suspension member where the reinforcement piece is fixed, and the plurality of tying members tie the suspender with the fixing member with a part of each of the tying members in abutment with the reinforcement piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi SHINDO, Masahiko TAKAHATA, Yuuki KUMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10189135
    Abstract: A motor drive device is capable of allowing a user to surely recognize that effect when a cutting fluid adheres to a casing. The motor drive device includes an electronic component and a casing that houses the electronic component. A part of the casing changes color when coming in contact with a cutting fluid and the casing may change to different colors based on the concentration of the cutting fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Kumamoto, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Kiichi Inaba, Naoki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20190025792
    Abstract: A servo motor controller includes: a servo motor; a driven member which is driven by the servo motor and in which a load acting on a drive axis is varied depending on the position of the driven member; a position detection portion and a speed detection portion for the driven member; and a motor control portion, where the motor control portion includes: a position control portion which calculates a speed command based on a positional error between a position command for the driven member and the position FB; a speed control portion which calculates a torque command by multiplying a speed error between the speed command and the speed FB by a speed gain and/or adding a torque offset to the speed error; and a change portion which changes at least one of the speed gain and the torque offset according to the position of the driven member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yuuki KUMAMOTO, Satoshi IKAI
  • Patent number: 10027272
    Abstract: A motor control device which controls a motor in a machine tool or an industrial machine includes: a power outage detection unit that detects a power outage of a power source which supplies electric power for driving the motor; a DC link voltage detection unit that detects a value of a DC link voltage applied to an amplifier which drives the motor; a comparison unit which compares the value of the DC link voltage with a predetermined threshold value; a torque command generation unit which generates a torque command for driving the motor; a torque limit value setting unit which sets a torque limit value in accordance with a result of a comparison by the comparison unit; and a torque command limit unit which limits the torque command to the torque limit value when a power outage is detected by the power outage detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ikai, Yuuki Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20180157237
    Abstract: A servo motor controller for performing more precise machining by calculating an appropriate compensation amount for a servo motor even in the case where the servo motor performs a reversal or the like. The controller includes a command calculation part for calculating a command for a position or a speed of a servo motor, a determining part for determining that the servo motor is performing “reversal” or “movement from stop,” an acceleration calculation part for obtaining the acceleration of the servo motor based on the determination result, and a compensation amount calculation part for calculating a compensation amount for compensation of delay of the servo motor. The acceleration calculation part obtains the acceleration even after the servo motor performs “reversal” or “movement from stop.” The compensation amount calculation part calculates the compensation amount according to the obtained acceleration, even after the servo motor performs “reversal” or “movement from stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Satoshi IKAI, Yuuki KUMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9893674
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a power failure detection unit that detects a power failure; a voltage detection unit that detects a DC link voltage; a switch unit which connects a motor to an amplifier or a resistance; a voltage comparison unit which compares a DC link voltage with a threshold value; a limit value setting unit which sets a torque limit value in accordance with a result of comparison; a torque command limit unit which limits a torque command when a power failure is detected; a prediction value calculation unit which calculates, using an angular velocity, a torque prediction value of the motor when the motor is connected to the resistance; and a torque comparison unit which compares the torque limit value with the torque prediction value, in which in accordance with a result of comparison, the switch unit connects the motor to the amplifier or the resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ikai, Yuuki Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 9837949
    Abstract: A motor driving device includes: a rectifier that rectifies an AC current and outputs a DC current to a DC link; an inverter unit that converts the DC current to an AC current for a motor; an initial charging unit that initially charges a smoothing capacitor with the DC current that flows through a charging resistor; a storage unit that stores a load capability of the charging resistor; a power calculation unit that calculates an amount of power generated in the charging resistor in response to the DC current flowing therethrough; and an opening/closing unit that shuts off the DC current from flowing in the smoothing capacitor when the amount of power reaches the load capability during an initial charging period and allows the DC current to flow in the smoothing capacitor after the shutoff when the amount of power is smaller than or equal to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Kumamoto, Yasuyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170250643
    Abstract: A motor control device which controls a motor in a machine tool or an industrial machine includes: a power outage detection unit that detects a power outage of a power source which supplies electric power for driving the motor; a DC link voltage detection unit that detects a value of a DC link voltage applied to an amplifier which drives the motor; a comparison unit which compares the value of the DC link voltage with a predetermined threshold value; a torque command generation unit which generates a torque command for driving the motor; a torque limit value setting unit which sets a torque limit value in accordance with a result of a comparison by the comparison unit; and a torque command limit unit which limits the torque command to the torque limit value when a power outage is detected by the power outage detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ikai, Yuuki Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20170250644
    Abstract: A motor control device includes: a power failure detection unit that detects a power failure; a voltage detection unit that detects a DC link voltage; a switch unit which connects a motor to an amplifier or a resistance; a voltage comparison unit which compares a DC link voltage with a threshold value; a limit value setting unit which sets a torque limit value in accordance with a result of comparison; a torque command limit unit which limits a torque command when a power failure is detected; a prediction value calculation unit which calculates, using an angular velocity, a torque prediction value of the motor when the motor is connected to the resistance; and a torque comparison unit which compares the torque limit value with the torque prediction value, in which in accordance with a result of comparison, the switch unit connects the motor to the amplifier or the resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Ikai, Yuuki Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20170030747
    Abstract: A motor drive device is capable of allowing a user to surely recognize that effect when a cutting fluid adheres to a casing. The motor drive device includes an electronic component and a casing that houses the electronic component. A part of the casing changes color when coming in contact with a cutting fluid and the casing may change to different colors based on the concentration of the cutting fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Kumamoto, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Kiichi Inaba, Naoki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20160365820
    Abstract: A motor driving device includes: a rectifier that rectifies an AC current and outputs a DC current to a DC link; an inverter unit that converts the DC current to an AC current for a motor; an initial charging unit that initially charges a smoothing capacitor with the DC current that flows through a charging resistor; a storage unit that stores a load capability of the charging resistor; a power calculation unit that calculates an amount of power generated in the charging resistor in response to the DC current flowing therethrough; and an opening/closing unit that shuts off the DC current from flowing in the smoothing capacitor when the amount of power reaches the load capability during an initial charging period and allows the DC current to flow in the smoothing capacitor after the shutoff when the amount of power is smaller than or equal to a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuki Kumamoto, Yasuyuki Matsumoto