Patents by Inventor Hideto Yonashiro

Hideto Yonashiro 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).

  • Fixing member and mounting structure of a proximity sensor
    Patent number: 9175712
    Abstract: A fixing member has a securing portion to be placed in a space formed between a first fixed area and a second fixed area, the second fixed area being placed facing opposite to and being apart from the first fixed area, having an opening, and not being allowed to displace relative to the first fixed area. The securing portion is formed in a shape rotatable with respect to the first fixed area around the rotational axis L that extends in a direction penetrating the opening, and has a first abutting portion abutting on the first fixed area and a plurality of second abutting portions at a plurality of positions on the circumference of the opening at the end. The plurality of the second abutting portions have inclined guide faces around the rotational axis L, the inclined guide faces inclining in circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON ALEPH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Kosuge, Hideto Yonashiro
  • FIXING MEMBER, PROXIMITY SENSOR, MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF THE PROXIMITY SENSOR, AND ROTATIONALLY-CONNECTED STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ROTATIONALLY-CONNECTED STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20120260751
    Abstract: A fixing member has a securing portion to be placed in a space formed between a first fixed area and a second fixed area, the second fixed area being placed facing opposite to and being apart from the first fixed area, having an opening, and not being allowed to displace relative to the first fixed area. The securing portion is formed in a shape rotatable with respect to the first fixed area around the rotational axis L that extends in a direction penetrating the opening, and has a first abutting portion abutting on the first fixed area and a plurality of second abutting portions at a plurality of positions on the circumference of the opening at the end. The plurality of the second abutting portions have inclined guide faces around the rotational axis L, the inclined guide faces inclining in circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Nippon Aleph Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi Kosuge, Hideto Yonashiro