Patents by Inventor Yasuo Inukai

Yasuo Inukai 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).

  • Tape drive with cartridge thickness detecting sensors
    Patent number: 8045288
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D accommodates within it a loading frame 28 for receiving and supporting each tape cartridge 40A, 40B being different in case thicknesses and a holder 29 for holding the tape cartridge 40A, 40B by pressing the cartridge. The side wall 31 of the loading frame is provided with a pair of upper and lower sensors 34, 35 for identifying the thin-type and the thick-type loaded tape cartridges. The holder 29 is displaced to a height position matching with the loaded tape cartridge 40A, 40B based on the tape cartridge size detected by the sensors 34, 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ota, Keiji Ban, Kosuke Amano, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Yasuo Inukai, Akihiro Yasui
  • Band-Pass Delta-Sigma Ad Modulator For Ad-Converting High Frequency Narrow Signal With Higher Precision and Lower Consumption
    Publication number: 20070274001
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a tape drive capable of securely pressing and holding a thin-type or a thick-type loaded tape cartridge being different in case thicknesses, so as to be vertically immovable. The tape drive D accommodates within it a loading frame 28 for receiving and supporting each tape cartridge 40A, 40B being different in case thicknesses and a holder 29 for holding the tape cartridge 40A, 40B by pressing the cartridge. The side wall 31 of the loading frame is provided with a pair of upper and lower sensors 34, 35 for identifying the thin-type and the thick-type loaded tape cartridges. The holder 29 is displaced to a height position matching with the loaded tape cartridge 40A, 40B based on the tape cartridge size detected by the sensors 34, 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: Hitachi Maxell, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ota, Keiji Ban, Kosuke Amano, Toshiro Nishiwaki, Yasuo Inukai, Akihiro Yasui
  • Free access type floor
    Patent number: 4736555
    Abstract: A free access type floor comprising a plurality of floor boards arranged on one and the same plane in a closely connected manner to form a secondary floor, engaging members provided at at least each corner of each of said floor boards, and support members provided with floor board-engaging means, which are adjustable in height, for detachably engaging with said adjacent engaging members of adjacent floor boards on one and the same plane to support said floor boards in a closely connected manner, and a method for installing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Sekisui Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shouzi Nagare, Fuziaki Yamakawa, Akio Ishimoto, Yasuo Inukai, Tadahiro Sugamura, Soutarou Takino, Toshiaki Shirakawa