Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tada

Hiroyuki Tada 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: 7461528
    Abstract: The present invention receives list content providing location conditions in a list organized by location conditions in which a reference destination of location-dependent content, being content assigned correspondence to geographical location information, is compiled for each location condition, sent from a content communication server; receives the sent location information; generates area-specific list content comprising information on location-dependent content corresponding to location information, by extracting a list organized by location conditions, in which location conditions matching location information are provided, from the list content; and outputs the area-specific list content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Tada, Junichi Sato, Takao Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7448192
    Abstract: A fill detection device for a grass container includes: a detection switch; a pivot sensor that is fastened inside the grass container, that can actuate the detection switch as a result of contact with cut grass, and whose position can be changed between a raised non-detection position and a lowered detection position, the pivot sensor having: a first pressure-sensing surface that faces generally upwardly when the pivot sensor is in the non-detection position; and a second pressure-sensing surface that is linked to the first pressure-sensing surface, and that faces generally substantially rearwardly when the pivot sensor is in the non-detection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hideya Umemoto, Eriya Harada, Hiroki Nagai, Hiroyuki Tada, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Kazutomo Miyaguchi
  • Publication number: 20080193323
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to develop a shape memory and superelastic alloy that does not contain nickel, and has superelasticity and shape memory properties even if being subjected to heat treatment in spite of high biocompatibility, moreover having high cold workability. The Ti—Nb—Zr base alloy is comprising an alloy composition consisting of 40 to 60 wt % Ti, 18 to 30 wt % Nb, 18 to 30 wt % Zr, and 0.77 to 3.7 wt % at least one metal additional element selected from Al, Sn, In and Ga. The Ti—Nb—Zr base alloy is a practical alloy in which the principal components form a strong and dense oxidation film to exhibit high biocompatibility, and also the alloy has superelasticity and shape memory properties, high cold workability, and high low-temperature properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicants: JAPAN BASIC MATERIAL CO., LTD., TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xin Min Wang, Akihisa Inoue, Hiroyuki Tada, Tatsue Arakawa
  • Patent number: 7219489
    Abstract: A grass collector for a grass mower adapted to move grass cuttings from a mower unit through a duct into a grass container disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, comprises: a support frame configured to be attached to the rear portion of the vehicle body of the grass mower; a connecting portion supported by the support frame; an engaging member provided to the grass container and engageable with the connecting portion wherein the grass container is detachably attached to the support frame by the engagement of the engaging member with the connecting portion; an engagement lock member provided in the grass container for preventing disengagement of the engaging member from the connecting portion; and an engagement releasing tool for releasing the engagement lock member, the releasing tool being disposed adjacent a handle provided on a top face of the grass container so that the releasing tool may be gripped simultaneously with the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Nobuyuki Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20070038950
    Abstract: With regard to content assigned correspondence to location information, the present invention enables content to be searched efficiently by distributing a content list in which content metadata is organized hierarchically based on location information from a server to a terminal, and having information of content limited to a user's region of interest generated in the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Koji Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Tada, Junichi Sato, Takao Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7162853
    Abstract: A lawn mower has driving front wheels and driving rear wheels. The mower includes a mower unit mounted between the front wheels and the rear wheels to be vertically movable, an engine mounted to a front portion of a vehicle body, a transmission case disposed rearwardly of the engine, an HST coupled to a rear wall of the transmission case, the HST having a pump shaft and a motor shaft both projecting forwardly, a charge pump for the HST attached to a front wall of the transmission case, a transmission mechanism disposed inside the transmission case. The transmission mechanism includes an input shaft operably coupling a transmission shaft from the engine to the pump shaft, a first output shaft for transmitting power from the motor shaft to a transmission shaft for the front wheels, a PTO shaft for transmitting power from the input shaft to a transmission shaft for the mower unit, and a second output shaft for transmitting power from the input shaft to the charge pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Nagai, Hiroyuki Ogasawara, Kazuaki Kurohara, Katsuhiko Uemura, Hiroyuki Tada
  • Publication number: 20060201123
    Abstract: A fill detection device for a grass container includes: a detection switch; a pivot sensor that is fastened inside the grass container, that can actuate the detection switch as a result of contact with cut grass, and whose position can be changed between a raised non-detection position and a lowered detection position, the pivot sensor having: a first pressure-sensing surface that faces generally upwardly when the pivot sensor is in the non-detection position; and a second pressure-sensing surface that is linked to the first pressure-sensing surface, and that faces generally substantially rearwardly when the pivot sensor is in the non-detection position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hideya Umemoto, Eriya Harada, Hiroki Nagai, Hiroyuki Tada, Nobuyuki Yamashita, Kazutomo Miyaguchi
  • Patent number: 7072670
    Abstract: In the present invention, with respect to content that is predicted to be referred to after moving based on a current position, moving direction and/or moving speed of a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus inquires of a communication information area managing section whether a position associated with the content is in a communication area, and when the position is outside the communication area, selects at least one communication section with communication-capable channel quality, and acquires and stores the content predicted to be referred to using the selected communication section. It is thereby possible to refer to the content when a position in response to the content predicted to be referred to is outside a communication-capable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Sato, Takao Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tada, Koji Taniguchi, Ichiro Takei
  • Patent number: 7058457
    Abstract: A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters. A system controller is provided in every specific number of water heaters for centralizing controls thereof. A host system controller is further provided in every specific number of the system controllers for centralizing controls thereof, and finally the controls are centralized in one highest system controller. In this configuration, therefore, the highest system controller controls the operation of individual water heaters by way of the lower system controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Noritz Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kuwahara, Hiroyuki Tada, Hidekazu Fukui, Takehiro Kurihara, Masayoshi Murakami, Yoshikazu Hamatani, Shigemasa Matsugu, Masatsugu Yano, Tadahiko Ooshio
  • Publication number: 20060041556
    Abstract: The present invention receives list content providing location conditions in a list organized by location conditions in which a reference destination of location-dependent content, being content assigned correspondence to geographical location information, is compiled for each location condition, sent from a content communication server; receives the sent location information; generates area-specific list content comprising information on location-dependent content corresponding to location information, by extracting a list organized by location conditions, in which location conditions matching location information are provided, from the list content; and outputs the area-specific list content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Koji Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Tada, Junichi Sato, Takao Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050284120
    Abstract: A grass collector for a grass mower adapted to move grass cuttings from a mower unit through a duct into a grass container disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, comprises: a support frame configured to be attached to the rear portion of the vehicle body of the grass mower; a connecting portion supported by the support frame; an engaging member provided to the grass container and engageable with the connecting portion wherein the grass container is detachably attached to the support frame by the engagement of the engaging member with the connecting portion; an engagement lock member provided in the grass container for preventing disengagement of the engaging member from the connecting portion; and an engagement releasing tool for releasing the engagement lock member, the releasing tool being disposed adjacent a handle provided on a top face of the grass container so that the releasing tool may be gripped simultaneously with the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Nobuyuki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6971469
    Abstract: A self-propelled working vehicle comprises a front wheel unit, a rear wheel unit including a left rear wheel and a right rear wheel, and a drive transmission apparatus for transmitting drive from an engine to the rear wheel unit. The drive transmission apparatus includes a first drive transmission mechanism for transmitting the drive to the left rear wheel and a second drive transmission mechanism for transmitting the drive to the right rear wheel. The first transmission mechanism is arranged at the left side of the vehicle body, while the second transmission mechanism is arranged at the right side of the vehicle body. A brake assembly is arranged between the first drive transmission mechanism and the second drive transmission mechanism for acting on an output shaft of a first transmission unit and an output shaft of a second transmission unit. The first and second transmission units act as first and second change speed devices, respectively, which are operable independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hideya Umemoto, Takeshi Komorida, Shoso Ishimori, Takashi Fujii, Koji Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D521905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Tada, Kenichi Hirai, Keisuke Sakamoto
  • Patent number: D522937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D523159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D531935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kengo Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Tada, Tomoyasu Nishi
  • Patent number: D562188
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kengo Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Tada, Tomoyasu Nisi, Hiroshi Okamoto, Toshiyuki Nagafuchi
  • Patent number: D563834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Kengo Matsumoto, Shinichi Hiranaka, Takanori Ito, Kuniaki Toyooka, Hiroyuki Kawagishi, Shinya Fukuda
  • Patent number: D563839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Kengo Matsumoto, Shinichi Hiranaka, Kuniaki Toyooka, Hiroyuki Kawagishi, Shinya Fukuda
  • Patent number: D563848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Kengo Matsumoto, Shinichi Hiranaka, Kuniaki Toyooka, Hiroyuki Kawagishi