Patents by Inventor Akimasa Asai

Akimasa Asai 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: 8579818
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body, a support member provided in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body to support the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body on an installation surface, a movable body provided in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body in a movable state by a moving member while protruding from the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body in a direction away from the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body, and a tipping-preventing support member provided in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body and having a support portion able to support the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body on the installation surface on the protruding side of the movable body with respect to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20120182709
    Abstract: A support arm configured to support an image display unit on a device main body of an image display device is provided. The support arm includes a first arm portion including a first end portion coupled to the device main body, a second arm portion including a first end portion coupled to a second end portion of the first arm portion, and vertically rotatable with respect to the first arm portion, and a third arm portion including a first end portion coupled to a second end portion of the second arm portion, and including a second end portion coupled to the image display unit, wherein the first arm portion includes a rod-like engagement member including a hooked portion in a tip portion thereof, and the first end portion of the third arm portion includes an engagement hole configured to engage the hooked portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20110201927
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a housing and an arm extending in a direction of front and back of the apparatus above the housing. The arm configured to rotate upwardly and downwardly and attaching to an attachment provided above the housing. The apparatus further includes an operation panel provided at a distal end of the arm. The attachment is oriented at a certain position from an upper surface of the housing such that the arm is rotatable upward and downward from a horizontal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Akimasa Asai, Koji Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 7775485
    Abstract: A display support arm includes a first swing arm having a first end portion positioned vertically on top of a housing and further having a second end portion, the first swing arm causing the second end portion to rotate in a horizontal plane with the first end portion as a rotational center, a second swing arm having a third end portion joined vertically to the second end portion and further having a fourth end portion, the second swing arm causing the fourth end portion to rotate in a horizontal plane with the third end potion as a rotational center, a display joined vertically to the fourth end portion, a first lock device for locking a rotational motion of the first swing arm automatically when the housing and the first swing arm reach a predetermined relative position, a second lock device for locking a relative rotational motion of the first and second swing arms automatically when the first and second swing arms vertically reach a position where the two overlap each other, and a lock setting device for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Akimasa Asai, Koyoshi Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20100191122
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body, a support member provided in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body to support the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body on an installation surface, a movable body provided in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body in a movable state by a moving member while protruding from the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body in a direction away from the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body, and a tipping-preventing support member provided in the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body and having a support portion able to support the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus body on the installation surface on the protruding side of the movable body with respect to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20100152589
    Abstract: A probe cable accommodation apparatus includes a receptacle housing accommodating a plurality of probe cables. Each of the probe cables is connected at one end thereof to an ultrasound diagnostic system and has at an opposite end thereof an ultrasound probe. The interior of the receptacle housing is partitioned by a partition plate to form a plurality of receptacle chambers. The probe cables are accommodated in the receptacle chambers respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20090198136
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image display device that displays an ultrasonic image, and a processing device that controls to generate an ultrasonic image on the basis of an echo signal obtained through the transmission of an ultrasonic wave and to display the ultrasonic image on the image display device. The image display device is mounted separate from the processing device, and attached at a ceiling or a wall of a room, to which the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is installed, through an arm, and the arm has a movable portion for changing the position of the image display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Hatakenaka
  • Publication number: 20090062657
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an operating device for an operator to input an instruction, a probe for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, an image display device for displaying an ultrasonic image, and a processing device. The processing device controls driving the probe based on the instruction, generates the ultrasonic image based on a received signal, and displays the ultrasonic image on the image display device. The operating device is formed separately from the processing device and the image display device is supported by an arm extending from a column support along the processing device or by an arm extending from the processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Osamu Furuta, Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Hatakenaka
  • Publication number: 20080132786
    Abstract: A display support arm includes a first swing arm having a first end portion positioned vertically on top of a housing and further having a second end portion, the first swing arm causing the second end portion to rotate in a horizontal plane with the first end portion as a rotational center, a second swing arm having a third end portion joined vertically to the second end portion and further having a fourth end portion, the second swing arm causing the fourth end portion to rotate in a horizontal plane with the third end potion as a rotational center, a display joined vertically to the fourth end portion, a first lock device for locking a rotational motion of the first swing arm automatically when the housing and the first swing arm reach a predetermined relative position, a second lock device for locking a relative rotational motion of the first and second swing arms automatically when the first and second swing arms vertically reach a position where the two overlap each other, and a lock setting device for
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Akimasa Asai, Kiyoshi Matsumura