Patents by Inventor Makoto Numakawa

Makoto Numakawa 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: 8439677
    Abstract: The present invention provides a maintenance apparatus for increasing the service life of a medical handpiece. The maintenance apparatus is provided with a first fluid supply which feeds a maintenance fluid to the bearings of a handpiece, capable of rotatably supporting a rotary tool, and a second fluid supply which feeds the maintenance fluid to the chucking structure of the handpiece, capable of detachably holding the rotary tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Numakawa, Shigehiko Inoue, Makoto Kawakami, Hirofumi Jikuhara
  • Publication number: 20110151395
    Abstract: A light emitting device is provided in a dental handpiece device for illuminating an area in the vicinity of a dental care tool at a tip of the dental handpiece device. The light emitting device includes a light emitting section including a light emitting diode element and an electrode, and an electric power control section for controlling electric power to be supplied to the light emitting diode element via the electrode. The electric power control section includes an electric current restriction element for restricting an amount of electric current to be supplied to the light emitting diode element, and a reverse voltage prevention element for preventing a reverse voltage from being applied to the light emitting diode element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: J. MORITA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Ishihara, Makoto Numakawa, Hirofumi Jikuhara
  • Publication number: 20060196728
    Abstract: The present invention provides a maintenance apparatus for increasing the service life of a medical handpiece. The maintenance apparatus is provided with a first fluid supply which feeds a maintenance fluid to the bearings of a handpiece, capable of rotatably supporting a rotary tool, and a second fluid supply which feeds the maintenance fluid to the chucking structure of the handpiece, capable of detachably holding the rotary tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Makoto Numakawa, Shigehiko Inoue, Makoto Kawakami, Hirofumi Jikuhara
  • Patent number: 5902108
    Abstract: An air turbine handpiece comprises a grip portion and a head portion disposed at a tip of the grip portion. In the handpiece, a rotor is disposed in a chamber in the head portion, and a cutting tool is detachably attached to a rotation shaft which is rotated integrally with the rotor. A nozzle opening for injecting air toward a turbine blade portion and an exhaust opening for exhausting the injected air to the outside are opened to the chamber of the head portion. An arc width of the nozzle opening in a circumferential direction is two or more times a height in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotor. The nozzle opening is formed so as to extend in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Nakayama, Haruo Ogawa, Makoto Numakawa, Hirofumi Jikuhara, Hajime Yokota
  • Patent number: 5591028
    Abstract: A dental cutting tool holder which prevents the occurrence of sliding between the cutting tool and collet chuck at high-speed rotation, and prevents dislocation of the cutting tool securely, comprising a collet chuck into which a dental cutting tool is inserted detachably, and which comprises a right cylindrical section and a plurality of arc-section segments which are contiguous to the cylindrical section and divided in a circumferential direction; a rotor into which the collet chuck is inserted, and which is driven for rotation around the axis of rotation together with the collet chuck; and a clamping member which intervenes between the collet chuck and the rotor to press the respective segments inward in a radial direction by its displacement toward one end of the axis relative to the collet chuck while releasing the inward, radially pressed condition by its displacement toward the other end of the axis. The respective segments are formed with recess sections and an axially extending protrusion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Setsuo Fujiki, Shozo Nakayama, Haruo Ogawa, Makoto Numakawa, Minoru Hayashida, Suezo Inoue, Yasuhiro Higashida