Patents by Inventor Etsuo Shirai

Etsuo Shirai 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: 5349289
    Abstract: A clamp-on multimeter includes a body section, and a clamp section having a pair of clamp cores for clamping a conductor to be measured. The front ends of the clamp cores are capable of closing and opening. An input section receives signals introduced from a conductor. A display section simultaneously displays a first parameter corresponding to an induction voltage induced in the clamp section, and a second parameter corresponding to the measured signals input via the input section. A control section controls the simultaneously display of the first parameter and the second parameter on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Assignee: Kaise Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Etsuo Shirai
  • Patent number: 4862760
    Abstract: A shift lever assembly for an automotive transmission including a lower shift lever for engaging and operating an automotive transmission to select a desired gear stage. An upper shift lever is detachably coupled to the lower lever and serves for manual actuation to effect movement of the lower shift lever. One of the upper and lower shift levers terminates at one end in a shaft. The other of the upper and lower shift levers terminates at one end in a bore into which is received the shaft. The coupling is effected by a fastener that cams and secures the shaft in the bore. The coupling may be easily detached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Kuwahara, Etsuo Shirai, Hiroaki Nagamatsu, Kazuhiko Moriyama
  • Patent number: 4784009
    Abstract: A gear type transmission apparatus comprises a transmission case containing a plurality of gear trains and an output shaft to which an output of an engine is transmitted through the gear trains and provided with an opening at an upper portion thereof, a cover member mounted on the upper portion of the transmission case to cover the opening, a holder member formed separately from the cover member and fixed on an under surface of the cover member to be positioned at the inside of a contacting face of the cover member provided for coming into contact with an upper end face of the transmission case, and a shift rod supported by the holder member to be movable in a direction along its axis at a position above the output shaft for causing the gear trains to be in operation to transmit the output of the engine selectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Sakamoto, Etsuo Shirai, Kazuhiko Moriyama, Hiroaki Nagamatsu
  • Patent number: D345704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Kaise Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Etsuo Shirai
  • Patent number: D419467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Kaise Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Kaise, Etsuo Shirai