Patents by Inventor Hiroya HOSHI

Hiroya HOSHI 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: 11559196
    Abstract: A flexible endoscope of the present invention includes a catheter portion and a connection plug. The catheter portion includes an image guide, a light guide, and a catheter tube that surrounds the image guide and the light guide in a longitudinal direction, and the connection plug includes a hollow cover that accommodates the proximal end of the catheter tube, a flexible tube that protrudes from the hollow cover and through which the catheter tube is passed, a first connection terminal that is connected to the light guide extending from the proximal end of the catheter tube, and a second connection terminal that is connected to the image guide extending from the proximal end of the catheter tube. The image guide and the light guide are slidable inside the catheter tube, and at least one of the image guide and the light guide is arranged curved inside the hollow cover of the connection plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, SUMITA OPTICAL GLASS, INC.
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Shinsuke Nanto, Hiroya Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20200015671
    Abstract: A flexible endoscope of the present invention includes a catheter portion and a connection plug. The catheter portion includes an image guide, a light guide, and a catheter tube that surrounds the image guide and the light guide in a longitudinal direction, and the connection plug includes a hollow cover that accommodates the proximal end of the catheter tube, a flexible tube that protrudes from the hollow cover and through which the catheter tube is passed, a first connection terminal that is connected to the light guide extending from the proximal end of the catheter tube, and a second connection terminal that is connected to the image guide extending from the proximal end of the catheter tube. The image guide and the light guide are slidable inside the catheter tube, and at least one of the image guide and the light guide is arranged curved inside the hollow cover of the connection plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Keita Okayama, Shinuke Nanto, Hiroya Hoshi
  • Patent number: 10184610
    Abstract: A rotation range-limiting device 10 is provided with a rotation body 20 provided with a first surface and a carrying surface, and a stationary body 30 supporting the rotation body such that the rotation body is rotatable about a center point thereof. The stationary body has a second surface opposed to the first surface. One 212 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with an arc-shaped slide-guiding portion 24 whose center corresponds to the center point of the rotation body, and a slider 26 movable along the slide-guiding portion. The other 301 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with a locking portion 36, which projects toward the slide-guiding portion at a location on a circle having the same diameter as the slide-guiding portion such that it can abut against the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya Hoshi, Shinichi Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20180003369
    Abstract: A fixing structure for an electrical device of the present invention includes: a first operating unit that has a power receiving unit, which receives power feeding from a power feeding unit of a wiring duct, and that engages and disengages the power receiving unit with and from the power feeding unit; a second operating unit that has a second engagement portion, which is supported by a support unit of the wiring duct, and that engages and disengages the second engagement portion with and from the support unit; and a first lock portion that is provided in the first operating unit and locks the second operating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Shinichi FUJISAWA, Hiroya HOSHI
  • Publication number: 20170248270
    Abstract: A rotation range-limiting device 10 is provided with a rotation body 20 provided with a first surface and a carrying surface, and a stationary body 30 supporting the rotation body such that the rotation body is rotatable about a center point thereof. The stationary body has a second surface opposed to the first surface. One 212 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with an arc-shaped slide-guiding portion 24 whose center corresponds to the center point of the rotation body, and a slider 26 movable along the slide-guiding portion. The other 301 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with a locking portion 36, which projects toward the slide-guiding portion at a location on a circle having the same diameter as the slide-guiding portion such that it can abut against the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya HOSHI, Shinichi FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 9657886
    Abstract: A rotation range-limiting device 10 is provided with a rotation body 20 provided with a first surface and a carrying surface, and a stationary body 30 supporting the rotation body such that the rotation body is rotatable about a center point thereof. The stationary body has a second surface opposed to the first surface. One 212 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with an arc-shaped slide-guiding portion 24 whose center corresponds to the center point of the rotation body, and a slider 26 movable along the slide-guiding portion. The other 301 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with a locking portion 36, which projects toward the slide-guiding portion at a location on a circle having the same diameter as the slide-guiding portion such that it can abut against the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya Hoshi, Shinichi Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20150316200
    Abstract: A rotation range-limiting device 10 is provided with a rotation body 20 provided with a first surface and a carrying surface, and a stationary body 30 supporting the rotation body such that the rotation body is rotatable about a center point thereof. The stationary body has a second surface opposed to the first surface. One 212 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with an arc-shaped slide-guiding portion 24 whose center corresponds to the center point of the rotation body, and a slider 26 movable along the slide-guiding portion. The other 301 of the first surface and the second surface is provided with a locking portion 36, which projects toward the slide-guiding portion at a location on a circle having the same diameter as the slide-guiding portion such that it can abut against the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroya HOSHI, Shinichi FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20140104842
    Abstract: There is provided a reflecting plate for a Fresnel lens arranged between the Fresnel lens and a light source, the reflecting plate including: a concave reflecting surface to reflect light emitted from the light source toward the Fresnel lens; a unit to position the light source, the unit being provided at a bottom of the concave reflecting surface; and a unit to position the Fresnel lens, the unit being provided at an open end on a side opposite to the bottom of the concave reflecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroya HOSHI, Takashi EDAMITSU