Patents by Inventor Akihiro Fujikawa

Akihiro Fujikawa 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: 7874537
    Abstract: A swivel device includes a motor as a driving source, gears for transmitting a driving force of the motor, a ring member to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted, and a disk member made of a metal sheet to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted via the ring member. This disk member is integrally provided with eight boss portions that are arranged with equal spaces in the swivel direction. The ring member is integrally provided with a groove portion in a circular pattern into which the boss portions are inserted. In addition, the boss portions of the disk member are inserted in the groove portion of the ring member in a slidable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 7854422
    Abstract: A swivel device for a display apparatus includes: a swivel mechanism to which a lead wire is connected; a swivel member that is capable of being turned by the swivel mechanism; a swivel mechanism housing portion that houses the swivel mechanism that is disposed so as to overlap the swivel member; a fixing member that fixes the swivel mechanism housing portion; and an attachment member that is attached to the swivel mechanism housing portion, and the swivel mechanism housing portion is provided with a first engaging portion for positioning the attachment member, and the attachment member is provided with a second engaging portion that engages the first engaging portion and has a draw out portion for drawing out the lead wire from the swivel mechanism housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20100287626
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a remedy for dysfunction of central monoamine pathway, a method for screening a PTP? inhibitor or activator, which is useful as a remedy for gastric ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori or pleiotrophin which is a heparin-binding secretory protein, and a non-human model animal being hyposensitive to a stimulant drug, VacA which is a toxin of Helicobacter pylori, or pleiotrophin by utilizing the physiological function of PTP?. After administering a subject material to PTP? knockout mice and wild-type mice, PTP? activity in the PTP? knockout mice and the wild-type mice is compared and evaluated to screen a PTP? inhibitor or activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
    Inventors: Masaharu NODA, Akihiro FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20100072867
    Abstract: A stand attachment structure includes a front cabinet, a rear cabinet and a pair of screws. The front cabinet has a pair of right and left bosses and a holder support. The holder support is formed on an outer peripheral face of each of the bosses at a location spaced from a distal end face of each of the bosses by thickness of a tilting stand holder of a tilting stand. The rear cabinet has a pair of right and left retainers. The retainers are formed at locations opposite the bosses of the front cabinet. Each of the retainers has an end face and a screw insertion hole that is formed on the end face. The screws are disposed through the screw insertion holes of the retainers and threaded into the threaded holes of the bosses to fasten the rear cabinet to the front cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Shinichiro SAKAMOTO, Yuki OGAKI, Hideo YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20100066217
    Abstract: A cabinet for an electronic device includes a first cabinet member and a second cabinet member. The first cabinet member has a first wall section with an engagement hole. The second cabinet member is fixedly coupled to the first cabinet member. The second cabinet member has a second wall section, an engagement protrusion and a recess. The engagement protrusion is formed on the second wall section and is engaged with the engagement hole of the first wall section. The recess is formed on the second wall section along a base portion of the engagement protrusion. The recess has a rounded portion extending between the base portion of the engagement protrusion and a bottom portion of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Shinichiro SAKAMOTO, Yuki OGAKI, Hideo YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20100065695
    Abstract: A support stand includes a stand neck and a stand base. The stand neck includes a base part that is formed at a lower end portion of the stand neck and a plurality of hook tabs that is formed on a side face of the base part and extends downward relative to a top face of the base part. Each of the hook tabs has an engagement prong. The stand base includes a receiving portion that receives the base part of the stand neck within the receiving portion and a plurality of engagement tabs that is formed on a side face of the receiving portion and extends downward relative to a top face of the stand base. Each of the engagement prongs of the hook tabs of the stand neck is engaged from below with respective one of the engagement tabs of the stand base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro FUJIKAWA, Shinichiro SAKAMOTO, Yuki OGAKI, Hideo YONEZAWA
  • Publication number: 20080278039
    Abstract: A display device includes a display screen, a front cabinet, a rear cabinet and a switch member. The front cabinet has a pair of front supporting portions. Each of the front supporting portions has a threaded hole. The rear cabinet has a pair of rear supporting portions. Each of the rear supporting portions has a first through hole. The switch member is fixedly coupled between the front cabinet and the rear cabinet with screws and has a pair of brackets. Each of the brackets has a second through hole, and is sandwiched between each pair of the front supporting portion and the rear supporting portion. The screws are inserted through the first through holes of the rear supporting portions and the second through holes of the brackets and threaded into the threaded holes of the front supporting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080236888
    Abstract: As well as forming a notch in a rear extreme of a rib wall protruding integrated with a rail which supports a main substrate, in which is locked a power cord pulled in a right direction across the rail, a rib which presses into a groove of a bush from a left-right direction is provided on a left wall surface of a support portion of a concave portion which houses the bush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Akihiro FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20080035821
    Abstract: A swivel device includes a motor as a driving source, gears for transmitting a driving force of the motor, a ring member to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted, and a disk member made of a metal sheet to which the driving force of the motor is transmitted via the ring member. This disk member is integrally provided with eight boss portions that are arranged with equal spaces in the swivel direction. The ring member is integrally provided with a groove portion in a circular pattern into which the boss portions are inserted. In addition, the boss portions of the disk member are inserted in the groove portion of the ring member in a slidable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20070252064
    Abstract: A swivel device for a display apparatus includes: a swivel mechanism to which a lead wire is connected; a swivel member that is capable of being turned by the swivel mechanism; a swivel mechanism housing portion that houses the swivel mechanism that is disposed so as to overlap the swivel member; a fixing member that fixes the swivel mechanism housing portion; and an attachment member that is attached to the swivel mechanism housing portion, and the swivel mechanism housing portion is provided with a first engaging portion for positioning the attachment member, and the attachment member is provided with a second engaging portion that engages the first engaging portion and has a draw out portion for drawing out the lead wire from the swivel mechanism housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi Kameoka, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20070079389
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a remedy for dysfunction of central monoamine pathway, a method for screening a PTP? inhibitor or activator, which is useful as a remedy for gastric ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori or pleiotrophin which is a heparin-binding secretory protein, and a non-human model animal being hyposensitive to a stimulant drug, VacA which is a toxin of Helicobacter pylori, or pleiotrophin by utilizing the physiological function of PTP?. After administering a subject material to PTP? knockout mice and wild-type mice, PTP? activity in the PTP? knockout mice and the wild-type mice is compared and evaluated to screen a PTP? inhibitor or activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Masaharu Noda, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 7166761
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a remedy for dysfunction of central monoamine pathway, a method for screening a PTP? inhibitor or activator, and a non-human model animal being hyposensitive to a stimulant drug, After administering a subject material to PTP? knockout mice and wild-type mice, PTP? activity in the PTP? knockout mice and the wild-type mice is compared and evaluated to screen a PTP? inhibitor or activator. Examples of the comparison and the evaluation of the PTP? activity include the comparison and the evaluation of the function of central monoamine pathway such as changes in the level of central monoamine metabolism, sensitivity to a stimulant drug, the presence of dysfunction of mesolimbic dopamine pathway, level of acclimation to new circumstances, or stress-responsiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Masaharu Noda, Akihiro Fujikawa
  • Publication number: 20030186284
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a remedy for dysfunction of central monoamine pathway, a method for screening a PTP&zgr; inhibitor or activator, which is useful as a remedy for gastric ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori or pleiotrophin which is a heparin-binding secretory protein, and a non-human model animal being hyposensitive to a stimulant drug, VacA which is a toxin of Helicobacter pylori, or pleiotrophin by utilizing the physiological function of PTP&zgr;. After administering a subject material to PTP&zgr; knockout mice and wild-type mice, PTP&zgr; activity in the PTP&zgr; knockout mice and the wild-type mice is compared and evaluated to screen a PTP&zgr; inhibitor or activator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Masaharu Noda, Akihiro Fujikawa