Patents by Inventor Masanori Yajima
Masanori Yajima 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).
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Patent number: 11567310Abstract: A switch unit includes: a tactile switch; a cable which transmits an operation signal generated when the tactile switch is operated; a formed part where a fitting engagement portion which is disposed on an operation section exterior member at a predetermined position, a recessed surface which is formed on a side of a first end portion with respect to the fitting engagement portion and where the tactile switch is mounted, a cable fixing portion which is disposed on a side of a second end portion which is a side opposite to the first end portion with the fitting engagement portion positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion and to which the cable is connected, and a circuit which electrically connects the recessed surface and the cable fixing portion to each other and transmits an operation signal generated by the tactile switch to the cable are formed.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Fujigasaki, Masanori Yajima
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Publication number: 20200268232Abstract: A switch unit includes: a tactile switch; a cable which transmits an operation signal generated when the tactile switch is operated; a formed part where a fitting engagement portion which is disposed on an operation section exterior member at a predetermined position, a recessed surface which is formed on a side of a first end portion with respect to the fitting engagement portion and where the tactile switch is mounted, a cable fixing portion which is disposed on a side of a second end portion which is a side opposite to the first end portion with the fitting engagement portion positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion and to which the cable is connected, and a circuit which electrically connects the recessed surface and the cable fixing portion to each other and transmits an operation signal generated by the tactile switch to the cable are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi FUJIGASAKI, Masanori YAJIMA
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Patent number: 9901243Abstract: A valve unit is switchable to an open position at which an outside of an exterior portion and an inner cavity communicate with each other and a closed position at which a communication between the outside of the exterior portion and the inner cavity is blocked in an endoscope. In the endoscope, an electric power is supplied to a drive force generation section only when a connection portion of an universal cord is connected to a peripheral device, and the drive force generation section generates a drive force to drive the valve unit by a supply of the electric power. The valve unit moves from the closed position to the open position by the drive force generated by the drive force generation section.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori Yajima, Toru Shinmura
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Publication number: 20160309990Abstract: A valve unit is switchable to an open position at which an outside of an exterior portion and an inner cavity communicate with each other and a closed position at which a communication between the outside of the exterior portion and the inner cavity is blocked in an endoscope. In the endoscope, an electric power is supplied to a drive force generation section only when a connection portion of an universal cord is connected to a peripheral device, and the drive force generation section generates a drive force to drive the valve unit by a supply of the electric power. The valve unit moves from the closed position to the open position by the drive force generated by the drive force generation section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori YAJIMA, Toru SHINMURA
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Patent number: 7374200Abstract: In a head protecting air bag device according to the present invention, a clip for attaching an attaching portion of an air bag to a fixing part on the side of a vehicle body includes a clip body and a locking part. The clip body has a shaft having a pair of securing legs protruded. The pair of securing legs are inserted in the fixing slot of the fixing part from an in-vehicle side via the attaching slot of the attaching portion and secured to the peripheral edge on an out-vehicle side of the fixing slot. The shaft is composed of a shell member of a metallic plate on the outer periphery and a core member of synthetic resin on the inner periphery. The core member is arranged on the opposite sides of a pair of securing lugs of the shell member. The core member has an inserting space in which a spacer of the locking part is inserted between the pair of securing lugs. The spacer limits the mutual approaching of the pair of securing legs.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Matsuo Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takanobu Ikeda, Tadashi Yamamoto, Yoji Hamamoto, Masanori Yajima
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Patent number: 7185915Abstract: A steering wheel incorporating an air bag device that facilitates the attachment and removal of an air bag module with respect to a steering wheel body while reducing manufacturing costs. The steering wheel body has a spoke core, which includes a hook. A horn plate, which forms part of the air bag module, includes a catch that is flexed to engage the hook.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Matsuo Industries Inc.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fujita, Keisuke Imai, Masanori Yajima, Toshihiro Kimura, Masao Okumura, Youji Hamamoto
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Publication number: 20060066080Abstract: In a head protecting air bag device according to the present invention, a clip for attaching an attaching portion of an air bag to a fixing part on the side of a vehicle body includes a clip body and a locking part. The clip body has a shaft having a pair of securing legs protruded. The pair of securing legs are inserted in the fixing slot of the fixing part from an in-vehicle side via the attaching slot of the attaching portion and secured to the peripheral edge on an out-vehicle side of the fixing slot. The shaft is composed of a shell member of a metallic plate on the outer periphery and a core member of synthetic resin on the inner periphery. The core member is arranged on the opposite sides of a pair of securing lugs of the shell member. The core member has an inserting space in which a spacer of the locking part is inserted between the pair of securing lugs. The spacer limits the mutual approaching of the pair of securing legs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicants: TOYODA GOSEI Co., Ltd., Matsuo Industries Inc.,Inventors: Takanobu Ikeda, Tadashi Yamamoto, Yoji Hamamoto, Masanori Yajima
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Publication number: 20040169358Abstract: A steering wheel incorporating an air bag device that facilitates the attachment and removal of an air bag module with respect to a steering wheel body while reducing manufacturing costs. The steering wheel body has a spoke core, which includes a hook. A horn plate, which forms part of the air bag module, includes a catch that is flexed to engage the hook.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2004Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Yoshiyuki Fujita, Keisuke Imai, Masanori Yajima, Toshihiro Kimura, Masao Okumura, Youji Hamamoto
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Patent number: 6693397Abstract: A light-source device includes a lamp unit having a light-source lamp and a device housing which is provided with a lamp-unit container for containing the lamp unit in a removable manner. The device housing includes a CPU for measuring the illumination time of the light-source lamp and an antenna for sending the illumination time measured by the CPU to the lamp unit. The lamp unit includes an RFID tag which is fixed thereto. The RFID tag is provided with an antenna for receiving the illumination time information sent from the antenna of the housing and a rewritable memory for storing the illumination time information received by the antenna of the tag.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Keiji Handa, Masanori Yajima, Keisuke Miura, Nobuyuki Furukawa, Shinya Masuda, Keiji Shioda, Takeaki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20030060682Abstract: A light-source device includes a lamp unit having a light-source lamp and a device housing which is provided with a lamp-unit container for containing the lamp unit in a removable manner. The device housing includes a CPU for measuring the illumination time of the light-source lamp and an antenna for sending the illumination time measured by the CPU to the lamp unit. The lamp unit includes an RFID tag which is fixed thereto. The RFID tag is provided with an antenna for receiving the illumination time information sent from the antenna of the housing and a rewritable memory for storing the illumination time information received by the antenna of the tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Applicant: OLYMPUS OPTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji Handa, Masanori Yajima, Keisuke Miura, Nobuyuki Furukawa, Shinya Masuda, Keiji Shioda, Takeaki Nakamura
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Patent number: D549332Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazutaka Matsumoto, Eijiro Sato, Kaoru Tsuruoka, Masanori Yajima
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Patent number: D575399Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Kazutaka Matsumoto, Eijiro Sato, Kaoru Tsuruoka, Masanori Yajima