Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Keizo Matsumoto

Yasuhisa Tateoka

Toru Takenaka

Hiroshi Gomi

Kazushi Hamaya

Masaru Iguchi

Hiromasa Shigeta

Keiichi Sato

Hiroichi Fukuda

Daiya Yamashita

Koji Shiraishi

Fumihiko Shikano

Tsugio Saito

Haruo Nakayama

Shun Kawabe

A leg type mobile robot, in which a downsizing and wait-saving of floor reaction force detector to be installed on the foot is enabled. The center Pb of the force sensor is disposed on the position Pa where the distance to the remotest position of ground area provided on the bottom of each plate spring part Sto Sis minimum in the standing-still state of the robot R, and the distance L, L, L, and Lto the remotest point of the ground area of each plate spring part S, S, S, and Sis equal. The center Pc of the ankle joint is offset in a rearward direction with respect to the position Pa in a plane view.

Leg type mobile robot

A flow-guiding member unit used for assembling a flow-guiding member comprising pluralities of vanes, an outer platform and an inner platform, the unit comprising an integral body member comprising one vane portion, an outer platform portion, and an inner platform portion, a first elastic member attached to a step of the outer platform portion, and a second elastic member attached to a step of the inner platform portion, the body member being formed by the thermal compression of sheet-molding compounds or fiber-reinforced resin pellets, and the first and second elastic members being made of a thermoplastic elastomer.

Flow-guiding member unit and its production method

In primary press forming process, a piece of blank sheet metal is draw worked so as to form a preformed work piece (Wb) provided with a bent portion (a) substantially conforming to a three dimensional contour of a leading edge of a blade to be protected and extending along a longitudinal direction, and a pair of planar portions (b and c) extending from either side of the bent portion. In a secondary press forming process, the planar portions (b and c) of the preformed work piece are stretch formed into a final shape that conforms to the corresponding profile of the blade while the bent portion (a) of the preformed work piece is clamped and protected from deformation. In other words, the bent portion of an edge protector () is already given with the final shape of the edge protector by the primary press forming process while the planar portions (b and c) thereof are given with the final shape by the secondary press forming process so that the two press forming processes can be executed without interfering with each other, and only two relatively simple press forming processes are required for forming the complex three dimensional shape of the edge protector.

Method for manufacturing an edge protector and die assemblies therefor

A leg type mobile robot (R) including an body (R), legs (R) each connected to the body (R) via a first joint (), and foots (R) each connected to an end part of the leg part (R) via a second joint (), the foot () including a foot portion () having a lower end part having a ground area () grounded on a floor surface, the foot portion () including a plate spring part () supporting empty weight while bending at the time of being grounded.

A flow-rectifying member comprising a plurality of vanes, an outer platform and an inner platform for having a flow-rectifying function to a fluid flowing thereinto, which is integrally constituted by annularly connecting a plurality of flow-rectifying member units each having an integral structure comprising a vane, an outer platform piece and an inner platform piece, with the adjacent outer platform pieces connected to each other, and with the adjacent inner platform pieces connected to each other; each flow-rectifying member unit comprising (a) a core comprising a web constituting the vane, and flanges integrally connected to both ends of the web for constituting the outer platform piece and the inner platform piece, and (b) a skin layer covering a surface of the core; and the skin layer being made of a rubber or a thermosetting resin having rubber elasticity.

Flow-rectifying member and its unit and method for producing flow-rectifying member

The gas turbine stator vane structure comprising a plurality of vanes,, an outer platform,and an inner platform,is formed by integrally connecting a plurality of units,in a circle with fiber-reinforced prepreg tapes,each wound around and fused to an outside surface of the outer platform,and an inside surface of the inner platform,. Each of the units,is constituted by (a) a core,composed of a laminate of fiber-reinforced prepregs and integrally having a web,for constituting a vane,and flanges,integrally connected to both ends of the web,for constituting outer and inner platform pieces,and (b) a skin layer,integrally molded around the core,. The core,is at least partially exposed through windows of the skin layer,on both of an outside surface of the outer platform piece,and an inside surface of the inner platform piece,and fused to the fiber-reinforced prepreg tapes

Gas turbine stator vane structure and unit for constituting same

A leading edge structure for an aircraft has an outer wall, an inner wall disposed within the outer wall and including a partition with, the outer wall, the inner wall and the partition jointly defining a hot-air chamber, and a plurality of flow-rectifying fins or disposed in the hot-air chamber and compartmentalizing the hot-air chamber into a plurality of hot-air passages. The outer wall and the flow-rectifying fins are made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic resin and joined to each other by curing. The inner wall and the partition comprise a single component which is made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic resin, and being bonded to the outer wall. Alternatively, the inner wall and the partition are separate from each other and are joined to each other.

Method of maufacturing a leading edge structure for aircraft

An integrally formed article of thermoplastic composite members having a first member which is a preformed laminate of a plurality of thermoplastic composite fabrics comprising reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, and a second member which is a partially bonded laminate of a plurality of thermoplastic composite fabrics comprising reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, a not-bonded portion of the second member being bent, brought into contact with the first member, and heated at a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin under pressure so that the not-bonded portion of the second member is integrally bonded to the first member.

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Keizo Matsumoto