Patents by Inventor Youhei ONODERA

Youhei ONODERA 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: 9891033
    Abstract: A tilt angle adjuster includes a base plate attached to a Z slider; a hanging plate attached to a measuring device main body; a thin coupling plate supporting the hanging plate such that the hanging plate is suspended on a first surface side of the base plate; biasers biasing the hanging plate so as to impart a rotational force in a first direction to the hanging plate; and a micrometer head provided so as to push the hanging plate one of directly and indirectly toward a second direction opposite the direction of the rotational force imparted by the biasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youhei Onodera, Nobuyuki Hama
  • Publication number: 20160290778
    Abstract: A tilt angle adjuster includes a base plate attached to a Z slider; a hanging plate attached to a measuring device main body; a thin coupling plate supporting the hanging plate such that the hanging plate is suspended on a first surface side of the base plate; biasers biasing the hanging plate so as to impart a rotational force in a first direction to the hanging plate; and a micrometer head provided so as to push the hanging plate one of directly and indirectly toward a second direction opposite the direction of the rotational force imparted by the biasers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youhei ONODERA, Nobuyuki HAMA
  • Patent number: 9441715
    Abstract: A traction nut has twist rollers pivotally supported so as to be rotatable in a state of defining an inclination angle with respect to an axis of a drive shaft, the inclination angle being equivalent to a lead angle; an open/close lever provided to switch between a friction-contact state and a disengaged state of the traction nut relative to the drive shaft; and a spring generating a biasing force such that the traction nut is brought into friction-contact with the drive shaft. In response to user operation, the open/close lever puts the traction nut in the disengaged state against the biasing force of the spring. When the user releases the open/close lever, the traction nut returns to the friction-contact state due to the biasing force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MITUTOYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youhei Onodera, Hideki Shindo, Naoki Izumi
  • Publication number: 20150082926
    Abstract: A traction nut has twist rollers pivotally supported so as to be rotatable in a state of defining an inclination angle with respect to an axis of a drive shaft, the inclination angle being equivalent to a lead angle; an open/close lever provided to switch between a friction-contact state and a disengaged state of the traction nut relative to the drive shaft; and a spring generating a biasing force such that the traction nut is brought into friction-contact with the drive shaft. In response to user operation, the open/close lever puts the traction nut in the disengaged state against the biasing force of the spring. When the user releases the open/close lever, the traction nut returns to the friction-contact state due to the biasing force of the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Youhei ONODERA, Hideki SHINDO, Naoki IZUMI