Patents by Inventor Akinobu Kubota

Akinobu Kubota 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: 20170028968
    Abstract: Structural simplification and efficient injection state of high-pressure air from a nozzle are ensured. A foreign material removal device is provided with: a cylinder (18) into which air is caused to flow; a piston (22) which is movably supported in the cylinder and feeds the air introduced into the cylinder in a feeding direction as high-pressure air; and a nozzle (6) which injects the high-pressure air fed by the piston. Thus, the piston is moved relative to the cylinder, the high-pressure air is fed from the cylinder, and the high-pressure air is injected from the nozzle, whereby structural simplification and an efficient injection state of the high-pressure air from the nozzle can be ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinobu KUBOTA, Yasuhiro ICHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8262374
    Abstract: A motor pump for a headlamp cleaner includes a motor, a control circuit board for driving the motor, an impeller rotatable by the motor, a plurality of terminal pieces adapted to be coupled to an outside connector, and a casing. The casing includes a pump chamber having a washer fluid suction port and a discharge port and inside which the impeller is accommodated, a motor housing chamber disposed above the pump chamber and inside which the motor is accommodated, a board housing chamber inside which the control circuit board is accommodated, and a connector portion extending outwardly in a cylindrical shape and inside which the plurality of terminal pieces extends. The connector portion is provided such that one of the terminal pieces is directly coupled to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakazawa, Akinobu Kubota, Masaaki Sato, Takanori Haraki
  • Publication number: 20090010787
    Abstract: A motor pump for a headlamp cleaner includes a motor, a control circuit board for driving the motor, an impeller rotatable by the motor, a plurality of terminal pieces adapted to be coupled to an outside connector, and a casing. The casing includes a pump chamber having a washer fluid suction port and a discharge port and inside which the impeller is accommodated, a motor housing chamber disposed above the pump chamber and inside which the motor is accommodated, a board housing chamber inside which the control circuit board is accommodated, and a connector portion extending outwardly in a cylindrical shape and inside which the plurality of terminal pieces extends. The connector portion is provided such that one of the terminal pieces is directly coupled to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Nakazawa, Akinobu Kubota, Masaaki Sato, Takanori Haraki
  • Patent number: 5735013
    Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus and a method of cleaning an optical fiber, which comprise a cleaning area where an optical fiber is placed between a first tape-shaped cleaning member and a second tape-shaped cleaning member; a first passing line, which is arranged in the cleaning area through which the first tape-shaped cleaning member passes; and a second passing line, which is arranged in the cleaning area and faces the first passing line, through which the second tape-shaped cleaning member passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Tokki Corporation
    Inventors: Shonosuke Yaguchi, Mikio Yoshinuma, Akinobu Kubota, Yoshitake Tomomura