Patents by Inventor Arata SHIMIZU

Arata SHIMIZU 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: 11828336
    Abstract: Provided is a spring lock mechanism including: a lock drum (11) provided on either one of a first member (20) and a second member (20); a coil spring (12) secured to the other member, abutting on the lock drum (11), and locking turning of the second member (30) in one direction relative to the first member (20) due to a frictional force; and a switching mechanism causing the second member (30) to turn relative to the first member (20) to switch a state in which the locking has been established and a state in which the locking has been released and held, in which the coil spring (12) abuts on an inner circumferential surface of the lock drum (11), the diameter of the coil spring (12) increases through compression of a spring wire material of the coil spring (12) in a longitudinal direction caused by the turning of the second member (20), the coil spring thus further presses the inner circumferential surface of the lock drum (11) and locks the turning due to the frictional force, and the switching mechanism acc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BIZEN HATSUJO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Taniguchi, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Kengo Tamura, Arata Shimizu, Yasushi Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20210372493
    Abstract: Provided is a spring lock mechanism including: a lock drum (11) provided on either one of a first member (20) and a second member (20); a coil spring (12) secured to the other member, abutting on the lock drum (11), and locking turning of the second member (30) in one direction relative to the first member (20) due to a frictional force; and a switching mechanism causing the second member (30) to turn relative to the first member (20) to switch a state in which the locking has been established and a state in which the locking has been released and held, in which the coil spring (12) abuts on an inner circumferential surface of the lock drum (11), the diameter of the coil spring (12) increases through compression of a spring wire material of the coil spring (12) in a longitudinal direction caused by the turning of the second member (20), the coil spring thus further presses the inner circumferential surface of the lock drum (11) and locks the turning due to the frictional force, and the switching mechanism acc
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshinori TANIGUCHI, Tokuzo KOBAYASHI, Kengo TAMURA, Arata SHIMIZU, Yasushi TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10296360
    Abstract: A display control method includes: based on information acquired from an information processing terminal that accesses content provided by an information processing device, computing a degree of interest and a degree of perplexity, with respect to the content, of a user using the information processing terminal; and, based on the computed degree of interest and the computed degree of perplexity, displaying a symbol corresponding to the information processing terminal at a corresponding position in a region that has degree of interest and degree of perplexity as axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichiro Niinuma, Teruyuki Sato, Arata Shimizu, Masahiro Hirata, Masao Hirocho, Kazutoshi Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180107494
    Abstract: A display control method includes: based on information acquired from an information processing terminal that accesses content provided by an information processing device, computing a degree of interest and a degree of perplexity, with respect to the content, of a user using the information processing terminal; and, based on the computed degree of interest and the computed degree of perplexity, displaying a symbol corresponding to the information processing terminal at a corresponding position in a region that has degree of interest and degree of perplexity as axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichiro NIINUMA, Teruyuki SATO, Arata SHIMIZU, Masahiro HIRATA, Masao HIROCHO, Kazutoshi SAKAGUCHI