Patents by Inventor Hironori SHIGETA

Hironori SHIGETA 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: 11661015
    Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Watabe, Hironori Shigeta, Hirofumi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11299105
    Abstract: A holding device for holding a held object is downsized to reduce an occupied space in an installation space. The holding device in which a holding mechanism for holding the held object is supported on a device main body so as to slidably project and retract includes a lock mounted on the holding mechanism and configured to lock the holding mechanism at an arbitrary projected position, the lock part including a first rotary body pivotally supported on the holding mechanism and configured to rotate upon application of certain operation, a second rotary body that rotates by a force directly or indirectly applied from the first rotary body by the rotation of the first rotary body, and an engagement part that moves between an engaged position at which the engagement part is engaged to the device main body and a disengaged position by the rotation of the second rotary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Watabe, Hironori Shigeta, Hirofumi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20210339684
    Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi WATABE, Hironori SHIGETA, Hirofumi MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 11097665
    Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Watabe, Hironori Shigeta, Hirofumi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20200172018
    Abstract: A holding mechanism prevents a device at a back side of a held object from being hidden by the object. Even if a large smartphone is held, clamping with a fixed clamping part and a movable clamping part prevents the fixed part from being moved, wherein a device located back of the smartphone and at the side of the fixed clamping part cannot be hidden by the smartphone. Due to the movable clamping part being movable farther from a rotation axis than the fixed clamping part, a middle portion of the smartphone in the clamping direction substantially coincides with the rotation axis when holding a smartphone with a specified width, wherein the smartphone cannot be easily moved in a Y- and Z-direction when rotating a holding part to change orientation, and also at the back side, a device located at the side of the clamp cannot be easily hidden.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi WATABE, Hironori SHIGETA, Hirofumi MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20200114831
    Abstract: A holding device for holding a held object is downsized to reduce an occupied space in an installation space. The holding device in which a holding mechanism for holding the held object is supported on a device main body so as to slidably project and retract includes a lock mounted on the holding mechanism and configured to lock the holding mechanism at an arbitrary projected position, the lock part including a first rotary body pivotally supported on the holding mechanism and configured to rotate upon application of certain operation, a second rotary body that rotates by a force directly or indirectly applied from the first rotary body by the rotation of the first rotary body, and an engagement part that moves between an engaged position at which the engagement part is engaged to the device main body and a disengaged position by the rotation of the second rotary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Takashi WATABE, Hironori SHIGETA, Hirofumi MATSUMURA