Patents by Inventor Akio Aoki

Akio Aoki 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: 20070220655
    Abstract: A glove according to the present invention comprises a main body wearable with respect to a hand, the main body comprising finger parts, a back-of-hand part connected to the finger parts, a wrist part connected to the back-of-hand part and serving to protect a wrist, and impact alleviating members for alleviating an impact provided in the finger parts and the back-of-hand part and on a back-of-hand side of the wrist part, wherein the impact alleviating members provided in the finger parts continuously extend from base parts of the fingers through fingertips and has such a flexibility that can follow a bending action of the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: 7168099
    Abstract: A basket web comprising a front web in which a plurality of slits are laterally formed in a substantially central part excluding a peripheral part thereof and stripes are formed between these slits; a back web in which a plurality of slits are formed from an upper side to a lower part in a substantially central part thereof and stripes are formed between these slits, and by passing these stripes through the slits of the front web to be woven, the back web is superposed on the front back and both are fixed; and a reinforcing member in which a plurality of slits are formed and by passing the stripes of the front web through these slits, the reinforcing member is superposed on the front web and the back web to be woven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20060090236
    Abstract: A basket web comprising a front web in which a plurality of slits are laterally formed in a substantially central part excluding a peripheral part thereof and stripes are formed between these slits; a back web in which a plurality of slits are formed from an upper side to a lower part in a substantially central part thereof and stripes are formed between these slits, and by passing these stripes through the slits of the front web to be woven, the back web is superposed on the front back and both are fixed; and a reinforcing member in which a plurality of slits are formed and by passing the stripes of the front web through these slits, the reinforcing member is superposed on the front web and the back web to be woven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: 7031020
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method in which a controller is capable of executing image processing of its own are disclosed. The controller has an RF unit for processing image information, a halftone image processor, a density corrector and a patch generator. The engine includes a modulator corresponding to the RF unit, a halftone image processor different from that of the controller, a density controller, modulator and patch generator corresponding to the halftone processor of the engine, a sensor for sensing the density of formed patches, and a control unit for controlling the density of an image on the basis of a signal from the sensor. The engine sends the controller a signal relating to density control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Aoki, Takao Aoki, Kaoru Seto, Seiji Sagara, Satoshi Shimizu, Katsuhiko Nishimura, Kazuro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060033764
    Abstract: This invention allows for a high-density image printing by using ink jet print heads capable of ejecting ink. For this purpose, a plurality of same color print heads capable of ejecting the same color ink are controlled according to the same print data. Drive timings for the same color print heads are so set that the image portions printed by these same color print heads overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Canon Finetech Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: 6952837
    Abstract: A ball-catching apparatus includes a main body; a first piece attached to the main body via a first inner leather piece near a thumb pocket of the main body; a second piece attached to the main body via a second inner leather piece for wrapping the little finger and the ring finger; a first band member attached at its one end to the first piece and being free at the other end; and a second band member attached at its one end to the second piece and being free at the other end. The first band member and the second band member are connectable and disconnectable to each other for fastening the thumb inserted into the thumb pocket and for exerting and releasing pressing force on the little and ring fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: 6637600
    Abstract: A waste plastics separator is provided which includes a charging device for charging waste plastics; a first alignment device for arranging the waste plastics in a row in the lengthwise direction of the waste plastics; a second alignment device for selecting and discharging waste plastics having not been arranged in the row; a detection device for detecting the waste plastics arranged in the row; a sorting device for sorting the waste plastics; and a sorting control device for controlling sorting work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Miyamoto, Nobuo Takasu, Akio Aoki, Keishi Akiu
  • Patent number: 6516470
    Abstract: A ball catching tool including a joint outer leather portion for blocking and jointing an outer leather portion on a hand inserting side and a main outer leather portion on a finger side, wherein the joint outer leather portion includes a plurality of strip-like outer leather pieces with longitudinal directions of the respective pieces being aligned to extend from the main outer leather portion on the finger side to the outer leather portion on the hand inserting inlet side to be entirely aligned in width directions of the hand and with respective outer leather pieces being fixed at both ends in longitudinal directions of the pieces without being tightly bonded in width directions of the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20030015461
    Abstract: A waste plastics separator includes charging means for charging waste plastics; first alignment means for arranging the waste plastics in a row in the lengthwise direction of waste plastics; second alignment means for selecting and discharging waste plastics having not been arranged in a row; detection means for detecting the waste plastics arranged in a row; sorting means for sorting the waste plastics; and sorting control means for controlling sorting work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Miyamoto, Nobuo Takasu, Akio Aoki, Keishi Akiu
  • Publication number: 20020191167
    Abstract: In a semiconductor exposure apparatus, when a trouble such as a wafer chuck error which requires operator's action in the chamber occurs, execution or interruption of the exposure sequence is determined on the basis of the situation of the exposure sequence, and unlock of the door of the chamber is controlled on the basis of the determination result. After the error is eliminated, lock of the door is controlled, and the exposure sequence is resumed. By eliminating human factors in operation and making the time required for restoration as short as possible, the interruption time of the semiconductor exposure apparatus is minimized to improve the operation efficiency of the manufacturing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: 6487724
    Abstract: A ball-catching piece comprises a main body of the above-mentioned ball-catching piece, a thumb-supporting piece provided in a thumb stall in the above-mentioned main body of the above-mentioned ball-catching piece to allow the position of a thumb to be fixed and to allow a fixed position of the above-mentioned thumb to be free, and a band provided in the above-mentioned main body of the above-mentioned ball-catching piece to allow a push to be exerted on a hand and to allow the push to be eliminated in the hand-width direction along which the backside of the above-mentioned hand is received and supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: 6466838
    Abstract: In a semiconductor exposure apparatus, when a trouble such as a wafer chuck error which requires operator's action in the chamber occurs, execution or interruption of the exposure sequence is determined on the basis of the situation of the exposure sequence, and unlock of the door of the chamber is controlled on the basis of the determination result. After the error is eliminated, lock of the door is controlled, and the exposure sequence is resumed. By eliminating human factors in operation and making the time required for restoration as short as possible, the interruption time of the semiconductor exposure apparatus is minimized to improve the operation efficiency of the manufacturing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: 6347402
    Abstract: A ball catching tool comprising a ball catching tool body provided with a band in a direction of a hand width for receiving and supporting a back of a hand, the band being capable-of being fastened and unfastened from the hand, wherein the band has such a structure that one of both ends opposite to a thumb bag portion side of the ball catching tool body is connected to an outer cover on a back face side of the ball catching tool body through flexible means and can prevent constriction force of the band from acting on the outer cover to be curved and deformed with a ball catching operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20020009292
    Abstract: A signal recording apparatus for recording a TV signal in which an audio signal such as a MUSE signal and a video signal are multiplexed in a time sharing manner in units of a given period of time is arranged to code these video and audio signals alike; to dispersively allocate a discretely separated audio signal within the video signal; to provide symbols other than the symbols of the audio and video signals within each of synchronizing blocks for the purpose of permitting the use of other video signal recording apparatuses. The arrangement permits simplification and high-quality of the apparatus for recording the signals of this kind and thus contributes to the popularization of the apparatus of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: KENICHI NAGAWASA, AKIO AOKI, MOTOKAZU KASHIDA, SHINICHI YAMASHITA, MAKOTO SHIMOKORIYAMA, TOSHIHIRO YAGISAWA
  • Patent number: D449714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: D525750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: D525751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: D462146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Trion Corporation
    Inventor: Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: D481174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis K. Whiteside, Akio Aoki
  • Patent number: D495094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis K. Whiteside, Akio Aoki