Patents by Inventor Yuichi Niiyama

Yuichi Niiyama 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: 8540282
    Abstract: [PROBLEMS] The present invention provides a protecting structure for a power source apparatus capable of suppressing the action of an external force on the power source apparatus when a vehicle is subjected to a shock. [SOLVING MEANS] A protecting structure for a power source apparatus, has a frame unit in which a plurality of frames (21a to 21h) are connected to each other and surround the power source apparatus (30) mounted on a vehicle; and an abutting member (22) connected to the frame unit and extending in a direction in which the abutting member abuts on a vehicle body. The abutting member is arranged so as to extend in a direction in which an external force in a predetermined direction acts on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takehito Yoda, Yuichi Niiyama
  • Publication number: 20100289295
    Abstract: [Problems] The present invention provides a protecting structure for a power source apparatus capable of suppressing the action of an external force on the power source apparatus when a vehicle is subjected to a shock. [Solving Means] A protecting structure for a power source apparatus, has a frame unit in which a plurality of frames (21a to 21h) are connected to each other and surround the power source apparatus (30) mounted on a vehicle; and an abutting member (22) connected to the frame unit and extending in a direction in which the abutting member abuts on a vehicle body. The abutting member is arranged so as to extend in a direction in which an external force in a predetermined direction acts on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehito Yoda, Yuichi Niiyama
  • Patent number: 6702275
    Abstract: In a paper-leaves separating/supplying apparatus comprising a rotary separating/supplying belt, a vacuum suction device and a separating/supplying device, the vacuum suction device takes up one by one a plurality of paper leaves set together and conveyed as far as a position at which they come into contact with a belt surface of the separating/supplying belt so that the paper leaf is attached onto the belt surface and is fed toward the downstream side in accordance with the rotary motion of the separating/supplying belt. The belt surface of the separating/supplying belt is placed in a state perpendicular to a traveling plane of the paper leaves or in a state inclined toward the paper leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Niiyama, Akira Shimasaki, Akihiko Nakamoto, Nobuo Shibata
  • Patent number: 6629691
    Abstract: In a paper-leaves conveying means for conveying a plurality of paper leaves, set together in a bundle in a depositing section, toward a paper-leaves feeding position where a separating/supplying belt exists, an arm is provided which is designed to be moved toward the paper-leaves feeding position in a protruding condition into the interior of the depositing section for supporting side surfaces of the paper leaves, and further to be retreated instantaneously from the interior of the depositing section immediately before the last paper leaf existing between the arm and the separating/supplying belt is handed over to the separating/supplying belt side. Thus, the arm can support the paper leaves until immediately before they are handed over to the separating/supplying belt, which eliminates the occurrence of the falling-down of the paper leaves at the paper-leaves feeding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Niiyama, Akira Shimasaki, Akihiko Nakamoto, Nobuo Shibata
  • Publication number: 20020153652
    Abstract: In a paper-leaves conveying means for conveying a plurality of paper leaves, set together in a bundle in a depositing section, toward a paper-leaves feeding position where a separating/supplying belt exists, an arm is provided which is designed to be moved toward the paper-leaves feeding position in a protruding condition into the interior of the depositing section for supporting side surfaces of the paper leaves, and further to be retreated instantaneously from the interior of the depositing section immediately before the last paper leaf existing between the arm and the separating/supplying belt is handed over to the separating/supplying belt side. Thus, the arm can support the paper leaves until immediately before they are handed over to the separating/supplying belt, which eliminates the occurrence of the falling-down of the paper leaves at the paper-leaves feeding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Niiyama, Akira Shimasaki, Akihiko Nakamoto, Nobuo Shibata
  • Publication number: 20010028142
    Abstract: In a paper-leaves separating/supplying apparatus comprising a rotary separating/supplying belt, a vacuum suction device and a separating/supplying device, the vacuum suction device takes up one by one a plurality of paper leaves set together and conveyed as far as a position at which they come into contact with a belt surface of the separating/supplying belt so that the paper leaf is attached onto the belt surface and is fed toward the downstream side in accordance with the rotary motion of the separating/supplying belt. The belt surface of the separating/supplying belt is placed in a state perpendicular to a traveling plane of the paper leaves or in a state inclined toward the paper leaves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Niiyama, Akira Shimasaki, Akihiko Nakamoto, Nobuo Shibata