Patents by Inventor Akihisa Honda

Akihisa Honda 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).

  • Publication number: 20240019291
    Abstract: A scale is provided with: a case base; and a case cover arranged on the case base, the case cover being configured such that a load is applied to the case cover. The scale is provided with: a plurality of strain generating bodies configured to support the case cover on the case base, the strain generating bodies each having a strain generating part, the strain generating part being configured to be elastically deformed by receiving the load applied to the case cover; and a strain sensor provided on the strain generating part of each of the strain generating bodies, the strain sensor being configured to give a resistance value varied in accordance with tension and compression due to deformation of the strain generating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihisa HONDA
  • Publication number: 20220178736
    Abstract: A weight measurement device comprises: a housing cover to receive weight of a measurement target; a plurality of load cells to support the housing cover and detect the weight; a housing base comprising, for each of the plurality of load cells, a recessed and projected shape part comprising: a recessed part open upward to at least partially contain each load cell and fix the load cell; and a projected part projected downward corresponding to the recessed part; and an adjustment leg which at least partially contains the recessed and projected shape part, and comprises an adjustment mechanism part for height position adjustment at a position opposed to a side part of the recessed and projected shape part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Tanita Corporation
    Inventor: Akihisa Honda
  • Publication number: 20160097509
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus comprises a housing having a light transmitting member provided on a side surface thereof, and at least one light emitting unit housed in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: Tanita Corporation
    Inventor: Akihisa HONDA
  • Patent number: 8648267
    Abstract: A weight measurement device has a housing that includes a base, a platform located above the base and on which a subject is placed or stands, and a chamber defined by the base and the platform. At least one load cell is contained in the chamber and is supported by the base. A load transmission member is located between the platform and the load cell. A bracket is fixed to the base. An elastic deformation part is located around the load transmission member and connected to the bracket and to the load transmission member. The elastic deformation part has an elasticity that is greater than that of the load transmission member, and allows the load transmission member to change in position with respect to the bracket when force is transmitted from the platform via the load transmission member to the load cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Tanita Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Honda, Minoru Hatakeyama
  • Publication number: 20110209927
    Abstract: A weight measurement device has a housing that includes a base, a platform located above the base and on which a subject is placed or stands, and a chamber defined by the base and the platform. At least one load cell is contained in the chamber and is supported by the base. A load transmission member is located between the platform and the load cell. A bracket is fixed to the base. An elastic deformation part is located around the load transmission member and connected to the bracket and to the load transmission member. The elastic deformation part has an elasticity that is greater than that of the load transmission member, and allows the load transmission member to change in position with respect to the bracket when force is transmitted from the platform via the load transmission member to the load cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: TANITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihisa HONDA, Minoru Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 7244896
    Abstract: In a multipoint scale for weighing a load applied to a placement section by a plurality of weight sensor units, the weight sensor unit includes a weight sensor having a strain-sensitive part; a first flexible elastic member for receiving the load applied to the placement section; a load transmission part for transmitting the load from the first flexible elastic member to a power point of the weight sensor; a load support part for supporting a fulcrum of the weight sensor; and a second flexible elastic member for receiving the load applied to the load support part and for maintaining a direction of the load applied to the strain-sensitive part of the weight sensor to be vertical in accordance with a deflection of the first flexible elastic member. Torsion of the weight sensor is avoided by reducing the effect of deflection of the placement section on transmission of the load to the weight sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Tanita Corporation
    Inventors: Akihisa Honda, Mikio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20050103535
    Abstract: In a multipoint scale for weighing a load applied to a placement section by a plurality of weight sensor units, the weight sensor unit includes a weight sensor having a strain-sensitive part; a first flexible elastic member for receiving the load applied to the placement section; a load transmission part for transmitting the load from the first flexible elastic member to a power point of the weight sensor; a load support part for supporting a fulcrum of the weight sensor; and a second flexible elastic member for receiving the load applied to the load support part and for maintaining a direction of the load applied to the strain-sensitive part of the weight sensor to be vertical in accordance with a deflection of the first flexible elastic member. Torsion of the weight sensor is avoided by reducing the effect of deflection of the placement section on transmission of the load to the weight sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Akihisa Honda, Mikio Yamashita