Patents Assigned to Takano Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12279890
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive sensor includes a plurality of first-electrode cloths arranged at a first-interval on a first-surface of a conductive cloth and a plurality of second-electrode cloths arranged at a second-interval on a second-surface of the conductive cloth in a direction intersecting that of the first-electrode cloths. Areas of intersection between the first-electrode cloths and the second-electrode cloths are formed to have a matrix structure, first-conductive particles are applied to coat the conductive cloth, and second-conductive particles having greater electrical conductivity than the first-conductive particles are applied to coat the first-electrode cloths and the second-electrode cloths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Koga, Takamichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11994435
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive sensor is capable of measuring pressure distribution over a wide range, measuring pressure consistently in a state of surface contact, and enhancing pressure measurement accuracy in each area of intersection. A pressure-sensitive sensor includes a conductive cloth having a mixture of conductive carbon black and a binder resin applied thereto, a first-electrode cloth disposed on a first-surface of the conductive cloth, and a second-electrode cloth disposed on a second-surface of the conductive cloth, wherein areas of intersection between the first-electrode cloth and second-electrode cloth are formed so as to have a matrix structure, courses or wales of the first-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to courses or wales of the conductive cloth, and courses or wales of the second-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to the courses or wales of the conductive cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiro Koga
  • Publication number: 20240039366
    Abstract: A rotation drive device includes a movable body portion having a rotor yoke formed in a ring shape and a ring-shaped rotor magnet in which a plurality of magnetic poles are arranged along a circumferential direction of an outer peripheral portion of the rotor yoke; a fixed body portion in which a plurality of stator core portions, each of which faces an outer peripheral portion of the movable body portion, are arranged in an inner peripheral portion of a stator formed in a ring shape at predetermined intervals along the circumferential direction; and a movable body support portion formed of a plurality of support rollers rotatably supporting the movable body portion by being fixed in position with respect to the stator and bringing a roller peripheral surface into contact with the outer peripheral portion or an inner peripheral portion of the movable body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TAKANO CO.,LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiro KOGA
  • Patent number: 11533998
    Abstract: A chair includes a leg 1, a seat 5 including a pressure receiving surface PS, a backrest 6, and a support mechanism SM. The seat 5 can move in the front-rear or left-right direction along a predetermined trajectory and to downwardly incline a tip side of the seat 5 in a movement direction in accordance with a movement of the seat 5 from a predetermined reference position (S). The support mechanism SM includes a return-force generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction in which the seat 5 moved from the reference position (S) in the front-rear or left-right direction is returned to the reference position (S), and movably supports the backrest 6 in the left-right direction together with a movement of the seat 5 in the left-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi, Takao Sugano, Kenta Asano, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Kazuki Tsukadaira, Naoya Niimura
  • Patent number: 11297951
    Abstract: A chair is realized which takes specific measures to suppress movement of a seat in a front-rear direction when the seat swings in the front-rear and the left-right directions with respect to a support base. For the purpose, the chair wherein a seat 5 swings in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to a support base 2, the chair is configured such that swinging of the seat 5 in front-rear direction with respect to the support base 2 is capable of being suppressed at one or a plurality of predetermined positions, or arbitrary position via operation of operation member 152.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yajima, Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenta Shiozawa, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220074800
    Abstract: There is provided a pressure-sensitive sensor capable measuring pressure distribution over a wide range, measuring pressure consistently in a state of surface contact, and enhancing pressure measurement accuracy in each area of intersection. A pressure-sensitive sensor comprising a conductive cloth having a mixture of conductive carbon black and a binder resin applied thereto, a first-electrode cloth disposed on a first-surface of the conductive cloth, and a second-electrode cloth disposed on a second-surface of the conductive cloth, wherein areas of intersection between the first-electrode cloth and second-electrode cloth are formed so as to have a matrix structure, courses or wales of the first-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to courses or wales of the conductive cloth, and courses or wales of the second-electrode cloth are arranged so as to be parallel or orthogonal to the courses or wales of the conductive cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiro KOGA
  • Publication number: 20220031073
    Abstract: A chair includes a leg 1, a seat 5 including a pressure receiving surface PS, a backrest 6, and a support mechanism SM. The seat 5 can move in the front-rear or left-right direction along a predetermined trajectory and to downwardly incline a tip side of the seat 5 in a movement direction in accordance with a movement of the seat 5 from a predetermined reference position (S). The support mechanism SM includes a return-force generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction in which the seat 5 moved from the reference position (S) in the front-rear or left-right direction is returned to the reference position (S), and movably supports the backrest 6 in the left-right direction together with a movement of the seat 5 in the left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi, Takao Sugano, Kenta Asano, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Kazuki Tsukadaira, Naoya Niimura
  • Patent number: 11202509
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a chair capable of changing an operation of a movable part between allowed and suppressed states, without causing an up-down movement of a seat or without requiring a complicated structure relying on a back. [Solution] For that purpose, a weight-receiving part 50, the height position of which changes due to a person sitting on a seat surface, is provided on a seat 5, the change of the height position is mechanically transmitted to a control mechanism 8X configured to control an operation of a front-rear swing part 3 being the movable part, and the control mechanism 8X changes an operation of the front-rear swing part-3 being the movable part between allowed and suppressed states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yajima, Takao Sugano, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11114231
    Abstract: A rotary solenoid includes: a fixed body portion having a casing in which a pair of bearing portions and positioned on front and rear sides are provided; and a movable body portion having a rotation shaft rotatably supported by the pair of bearing portions. The fixed body portion includes: the casing formed of a magnetic material; and an air-cored coil of which the surface orthogonal to an axial direction of the rotation shaft is fixed to an inner surface of the casing. The movable body portion includes: a rotor yoke having one end fixed to the rotation shaft; and a magnet portion having a pair of magnets and fixed to an opposing surface positioned on the other end side of the rotor yoke serving as a surface opposing the air-cored coil and disposed along a rotation direction of the opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiro Koga
  • Patent number: 11103069
    Abstract: In view of various movement of a seated person, when giving the left-right swinging operation to the seat in the non-conventional aspect, a chair configured such that the back can perform a new movement suitable for the left-right movement of the seat and return to the predetermined position when the seated person leaves a seat, is realized. For the purpose, a back 6 is arranged behind a seat 5, and the back 6 has an operation mechanism 6M turning-movably supporting the load received from a seated person in a left-right direction in a front view, and when the load is applied, at least a part of guide part 65a, 66a of the operation mechanism 6M is separated and the back moves freely, and when the applied load is removed, the back automatically returns to the neutral position along the guide part 65a, 66a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibamoto, Takao Sugano, Kensuke Nakamura, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kenta Shiozawa
  • Patent number: 11096495
    Abstract: A flange part 31b is provided on a vertical surface 31a on the plate member PM of the front-rear swing part 3, the flange part 31b has a guide surface 31b1 extending to lateral direction and moving the rolling body 45 in the longitudinal direction, a lateral direction dimension of the guide surface 31b1 is greater than a thickness of the plate member PM, the flange part 31b and the portion of the plate member PM forming the vertical surface 31a around the flange part 31b are integrally formed of metal; and the flange part 31b has a shape that goes around the circumference of the guide hole 34 opened in the vertical surface 31a, and then, the rolling body 45 are provided independently to the left and right, to be able to a roll along the guide surface 31b1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yajima, Takao Sugano, Yasuhiro Shibamoto, Fei Xu, Kenta Shiozawa, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20210244333
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive sensor includes a plurality of first-electrode cloths arranged at a first-interval on a first-surface of a conductive cloth and a plurality of second-electrode cloths arranged at a second-interval on a second-surface of the conductive cloth in a direction intersecting that of the first-electrode cloths. Areas of intersection between the first-electrode cloths and the second-electrode cloths are formed to have a matrix structure, first-conductive particles are applied to coat the conductive cloth, and second-conductive particles having greater electrical conductivity than the first-conductive particles are applied to coat the first-electrode cloths and the second-electrode cloths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiro KOGA, Takamichi ITO
  • Patent number: 10856660
    Abstract: A chair according to the present invention is a chair comprising a leg 1 arranged on a floor surface, a leg support pole 13 erected from the leg 1, a support base 4 fixed at an upper end of the leg support pole 13, a seat 2 arranged above the support base 4 and a support mechanism 5 interposed between the support base 4 and the seat 2 and configured to support the seat 2 movably in a front-rear direction and a left-right direction. Additionally, in the support mechanism 5, a left-right support part 51 is attached to the support base 4 movably in a left-right direction, a front-rear part 52 is attached to the left-right support part 51 movably in a front-rear direction, the seat 2 is attached to the front-rear support part 51, and the support base 4 has an arm attachment part 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Toshiki Yajima, Kenta Shiozawa, Tomoaki Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20200205573
    Abstract: A chair is realized which takes specific measures to suppress movement of a seat in a front-rear direction when the seat swings in the front-rear and the left-right directions with respect to a support base. For the purpose, the chair wherein a seat 5 swings in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to a support base 2, the chair is configured such that swinging of the seat 5 in front-rear direction with respect to the support base 2 is capable of being suppressed at one or a plurality of predetermined positions, or arbitrary position via operation of operation member 152.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yajima, Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenta Shiozawa, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200196763
    Abstract: A flange part 31b is provided on a vertical surface 31a on the plate member PM of the front-rear swing part 3, the flange part 31b has a guide surface 31b1 extending to lateral direction and moving the rolling body 45 in the longitudinal direction, a lateral direction dimension of the guide surface 31b1 is greater than a thickness of the plate member PM, the flange part 31b and the portion of the plate member PM forming the vertical surface 31a around the flange part 31b are integrally formed of metal; and the flange part 31b has a shape that goes around the circumference of the guide hole 34 opened in the vertical surface 31a, and then, the rolling body 45 are provided independently to the left and right, to be able to a roll along the guide surface 31b1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yajima, Takao Sugano, Yasuhiro Shibamoto, Fei Xu, Kenta Shiozawa, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200196764
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a chair capable of changing an operation of a movable part between allowed and suppressed states, without causing an up-down movement of a seat or without requiring a complicated structure relying on a back. [Solution] For that purpose, a weight-receiving part 50, the height position of which changes due to a person sitting on a seat surface, is provided on a seat 5, the change of the height position is mechanically transmitted to a control mechanism 8X configured to control an operation of a front-rear swing part 3 being the movable part, and the control mechanism 8X changes an operation of the front-rear swing part-3 being the movable part between allowed and suppressed states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yajima, Takao Sugano, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200085195
    Abstract: In view of various movement of a seated person, when giving the left-right swinging operation to the seat in the non-conventional aspect, a chair configured such that the back can perform a new movement suitable for the left-right movement of the seat and return to the predetermined position when the seated person leaves a seat, is realized. For the purpose, a back 6 is arranged behind a seat 5, and the back 6 has an operation mechanism 6M turning-movably supporting the load received from a seated person in a left-right direction in a front view, and when the load is applied, at least a part of guide part 65a, 66a of the operation mechanism 6M is separated and the back moves freely, and when the applied load is removed, the back automatically returns to the neutral position along the guide part 65a, 66a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicants: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibamoto, Takao Sugano, Kensuke Nakamura, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kenta Shiozawa
  • Patent number: 10469008
    Abstract: A movable body portion Sm is configured to reciprocate in a rotation angle range Zm between a first position Xa and a second position Xb according to energization control of a driving coil 6 and to be stopped at the first position Xa and the second position Xb by a pair of self-holding mechanisms 11a and 11b by restriction of a pair of restricting stopper mechanisms 10a and 10b and attraction of magnets 8a and 8b. when controlling switching from the second position Xb (or the first position Xa) to the first position Xa (or the second position Xb), after a driving voltage based on a driving pulse Ps is applied to the driving coil 6, if the movable body portion Sm has reached a predetermined intermediate position Xp in 10 to 50[%] of the rotation angle range Zm, control is performed so that application of the driving voltage is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiro Koga
  • Patent number: D891141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Shibata
  • Patent number: D891142
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Shibata