Patents by Inventor Akihiko Yamamoto

Akihiko Yamamoto 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: 7069960
    Abstract: A control technique is capable of adjusting a weight of a pile fabric by adjusting consumption of a pile warp at a proper range with a more simplified system. In a pile loom, a tolerance relative to a value associated with consumption of the pile warp is set, and the value associated with consumption of the pile warp is measured during a pile weaving period. If the value associated with consumption of the pile warp exceeds the tolerance, the weaving condition parameter associated with the weight of the pile is corrected in a direction to approach a target value of the weight of a pile fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakada, Akihiko Yamamoto, Masato Matsumoto, Tomokazu Ishita
  • Publication number: 20060021667
    Abstract: A cloth-shifting-type pile loom includes a first driving mechanism for driving a first terry motion member disposed at a feeding side of the pile loom, and a second driving mechanism for driving a second terry motion member disposed at a take-up side of the pile loom. Each of the driving mechanisms includes a rocking lever that is driven in a rocking motion in a displacement direction of the corresponding terry motion member by a corresponding one of driving means. The rocking lever of the first driving mechanism and the rocking lever of the second driving mechanism have a connection member disposed therebetween such that the connection member connects the two rocking levers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki Banba, Akihiko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kakuda
  • Patent number: 6968865
    Abstract: This reed for weaving is characterized in that a plurality of reed dents each having a hollow portion in a front edge section are arranged such that the hollow portions are communicated with each other so as to form guide grooves for the weft, the depths of the hollow portions of the reed dents located at least at one end portion are made larger than the depths of the hollow portions of the other reed dents, and that the nearer the central side in the weft insert direction, the smaller the depths of the hollow portions of the reed dents are made so as to become approximate to the depths of said hollow portions of the other reed dents, and further, areas including portions corresponding to the hollow portions in the rear edge section of the reed dents are projected backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20040242200
    Abstract: An approval request communication terminal carried by a child, etc. has a program processor for performing the execution processing of various kinds of function programs. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the approval request communication terminal makes an approval request message of the execution processing of a function program, and transmits this approval request message to an approval processing communication terminal carried by a parent, etc. When the approval processing terminal receives the approval request message, the approval processing terminal displays contents based on this message, and receives the input of a reply to this message, and makes an approval message based on the reply, and transmits this approval message to the approval request terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Maeoka, Motoaki Satoyama, Yoshiaki Morimoto, Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20040154679
    Abstract: To provide a yarn end suction device of a loom, which can suppress a fluid consumption amount and prevent occurrence of a cutting error when sucking a weft yarn via a suction mouth disposed near the outside of a weaving end and discharging an unnecessary yarn end portion cut by a cutter to the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20040113894
    Abstract: A display device for a loom comprising a display unit provided with a touch screen; a display command unit capable of making said display unit display at least one of operation control buttons on said touch screen; and a button condition command unit capable of making at least one of operation control buttons to be interlocked, either one of in the non-displaying state or in the ineffective state according to a stopping state of the loom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamamoto, Morikazu Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20040099325
    Abstract: There is provided a control technique capable of adjusting a weight of a pile fabric by adjusting consumption of a pile warp at a proper range with a more simplified system. In a pile loom, a tolerance relative to a value associated with consumption of the pile warp is set, and the value associated with consumption of the pile warp is measured during a pile weaving period, wherein if the value associated with consumption of the pile warp exceeds the tolerance, the weaving condition parameter associated with the weight of the pile is corrected in a direction to approach a target value of the weight of a pile fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakada, Akihiko Yamamoto, Masato Matsumoto, Tomokazu Ishita
  • Publication number: 20040020548
    Abstract: This reed for weaving is characterized in that a plurality of reed dents each having a hollow portion in a front edge section are arranged such that the hollow portions are communicated with each other so as to form guide grooves for the weft, the depths of the hollow portions of the reed dents located at least at one end portion are made larger than the depths of the hollow portions of the other reed dents, and that the nearer the central side in the weft insert direction, the smaller the depths of the hollow portions of the reed dents are made so as to become approximate to the depths of said hollow portions of the other reed dents, and further, areas including portions corresponding to the hollow portions in the rear edge section of the reed dents are projected backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030226610
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus capable of maintaining a pile warp tension at a desired value even under a high speed operation of a pile loom in a pile warp tension controller of the pile loom. The pile warp tension controller controls a biasing force relative to a tension roller in synchronization with a relative motion between a reed and a woven cloth which is performed in correspondence with a pile formation, and also controls the biasing force relative to the a tension roller so as to apply a tension in a prescribed period including at least a beating time for pile formation within a period where the relative motion is performed, which tension is lower than an applied tension in a period other than the period where the relative motion is performed, and the tension roller is elastically deformable in the range of a winding of the pile warp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Akihiko Nakada, Akihiko Yamamoto, Masato Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6634725
    Abstract: Hardened surface layers (12) and (14) of a nitride or other compound, which is higher in hardness than dirt or soil, are formed on the inner peripheral surface (11B) of each metal bush (11) and on the outer peripheral surface (13A) of each connecting pin (13) which constitute a crawler belt (7), respectively. In addition, resinous sliding bearings (15) are fitted in transversely spaced positions on the inner periphery of each metal bush (11) of the crawler belt. Bearing (15) is provided with recessed grooves (16). Accordingly, part of soil or dirt which intrudes into a gap space between an outer link portion (9) of a track link and a metal bush (11) through an annular seal member (17) is trapped on an inner peripheral surface (15A) of the bearing (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genroku Sugiyama, Wataru Idetsu, Akihiko Yamamoto, Yuji Yoshitomi, Akiomi Kono
  • Publication number: 20030164352
    Abstract: A scroll type compressor comprises a stationary scroll and a rotary scroll which is assembled with the stationary scroll so as to define a closed space, the outer surface of the rotary scroll 22 is formed thereon with a tin compound film containing a tin compound and having a thickness of 50 &mgr;m. Such a coating film is never peeled off from a member even after long time operation, and is excellent in sealability and conformability, in the displacement type compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshishige Endo, Eiichi Satoh, Akihiko Yamamoto, Yuji Yoshitomi, Koichi Inaba, Koichi Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20030056848
    Abstract: A filling-tautening device has a filling-tautening member provided with openings, such as round, through holes, vertical slots or meshed holes. Part of a picking fluid passes through the openings and hence the reflection of the picking fluid by the filling-tautening member is reduced accordingly to prevent a picked filling thread from twining round the filling-tautening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Tobe, Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20030000747
    Abstract: Hardened surface layers (12) and (14) of a nitride or other compound, which is higher in hardness than dirt or soil, are formed on the inner peripheral surface (11B) of each metal bush (11) and on the outer peripheral surface (13A) of each connecting pin (13) which constitute a crawler belt (7), respectively. In addition, resinous sliding bearings (15) which are each formed of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene-base resin are fitted in transversely spaced positions on the inner periphery of each metal bush (11) of the crawler belt. The resinous sliding bearing (15) is provided with a plural number of recessed grooves (16) on and around its inner periphery as axially extended grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Genroku Sugiyama, Wataru Idetsu, Akihiko Yamamoto, Yuji Yoshitomi, Akiomi Kono
  • Patent number: 6470917
    Abstract: A tack-in apparatus is provided wherein injection ports are arranged at upper and lower sides of a weft yarn path, respectively. The injection ports inject currents for folding back an end portion of a cut weft yarn into a warp yarn opening on the weft yarn path which the weft yarn passes by a beating operation. Air guides projecting toward the warp yarn opening are formed at circumferential portions of the injection ports between the weft yarn path and the injection ports. The surfaces of the air guides which are on the sides of the injection ports are inclined toward the weft yarn path at front end portions of the air guides. In order to tack in the weft yarn end, the injection air currents are directed to the central portion of the warp yarn opening. This enables the weft yarn end to be transferred reliably, the tack-in operation to be carried out reliably, and the turbulence of the warp yarn to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6448357
    Abstract: A polyolefin resin composition comprising (A) an ethylene-based polyolefin having a density of 0.865 to 0.980 g/cm3 and MFR of 0.01 to 50 g/10 min, (B) a phosphorous compound, and (C) at least one heat stabilizer selected from the group consisting of a phenol-based heat stabilizer and a tocopherol-based heat stabilizer. The polyolefin resin composition has excellent heat resistance, moisture resistance and discoloration resistance, and also when used as a packaging material, does not impair the taste of contents to be packaged, such as flavor or odor, and therefore does not impair the taste of the contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Naoshi Hamada, Sadamu Hirakawa, Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20020020457
    Abstract: At least one of the injection ports for injection air currents for folding back an end portion of weft yarn, which is cut after a weft insertion operation is carried out, into a warp yarn opening is opened in at least one of upper and lower sides of a weft yarn path which the weft yarn passes by a beating operation. Air guides projecting toward the warp yarn opening are provided between the parts of the weft yarn path which are in the vicinity of circumferential portions of the injection ports and the same injection ports. The surfaces of the air guides which are on the sides of the injection ports are inclined toward the weft yarn path as the surfaces extend closer to front ends of the air guides. In order to tack in the weft yarn end, the injection air currents are directed to the central portion of the warp yarn opening. This enables the weft yarn end to be transferred reliably, a tack-in operation to be carried out reliably, and the turbulence of the warp yarn to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Applicant: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D500451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D506685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D455971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiko Yamamoto, Rumi Tanaka
  • Patent number: D490718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akihiko Yamamoto