Patents by Inventor Masahiro Endoh

Masahiro Endoh 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: 9126527
    Abstract: A vehicle instrument configured so that turning on and off the light sources without depending on inputted vehicle information enables the instrument to be illuminated in a visually effective manner. The instrument is provided with: input circuits into which vehicle information is inputted as electric signals and which are provided with resistors connected to light sources relating to the vehicle information; electric-potential adjustment circuits for adjusting the electric potentials of lines of wiring between the input circuits and the light sources on the basis of control signals from a controller and eliminating influence on the light sources from the vehicle information; and light source control circuits which, when influence on the light sources is eliminated by the electric-potential adjustment circuits, operate and visualize turning on and off of the light sources on basis of the control signals from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Endoh
  • Publication number: 20130307410
    Abstract: A vehicle instrument configured so that turning on and off the light sources without depending on inputted vehicle information enables the instrument to be illuminated in a visually effective manner. The instrument is provided with: input circuits into which vehicle information is inputted as electric signals and which are provided with resistors connected to light sources relating to the vehicle information; electric-potential adjustment circuits for adjusting the electric potentials of lines of wiring between the input circuits and the light sources on the basis of control signals from a controller and eliminating influence on the light sources from the vehicle information; and light source control circuits which, when influence on the light sources is eliminated by the electric-potential adjustment circuits, operate and visualize turning on and off of the light sources on basis of the control signals from the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Endoh
  • Patent number: 4593632
    Abstract: This invention relates to a transplanter of seedlings useful for supplying seedlings in a controlled state. Seedlings grown in paper tubes which are a mixture of superior and inferior seedlings are placed on a seedling supplying conveyor and separated into individuals at a certain interval by a seedling separating apparatus at the terminal of the conveyor. Behind the seedlings separating apparatus is a string-like belt to support roots and leaves, to which is supplied seedlings obtained by separation. Inferior seedlings free of leaves fall onto the string-like belt to transfer only superior seedlings. Behind the string-like belt is a seedling controlling conveyor rotating at a certain velocity, to which seedlings are transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: Circle Iron Work Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Mikawa, Masahiro Endoh, Masayuki Kaji, Yoshitaka Kishida, Nobuhiro Yamamoto