Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Ichiyama

Hiroshi Ichiyama 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).

  • Automatic supply apparatus and automatic supply method
    Patent number: 8083096
    Abstract: An automatic supply apparatus for an elongate supply target member having elasticity and including both end portions includes a stock mechanism wherein a plurality of supply target members are stocked such that the plurality of supply target members are suspended in an inverted U shape and top portions of the plurality of supply target members are arranged side by side in a row direction, and an extraction mechanism to operate the top portions of the supply target members to extract one supply target member from the plurality of supply target members stocked in the stock mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichiyama, Kiminobu Numata, Hiroshi Kimura
  • AUTOMATIC SUPPLY APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC SUPPLY METHOD
    Publication number: 20090057327
    Abstract: An automatic supply apparatus for an elongate supply target member having elasticity and including both end portions includes a stock mechanism wherein a plurality of supply target members are stocked such that the plurality of supply target members are suspended in an inverted U shape and top portions of the plurality of supply target members are arranged side by side in a row direction, and an extraction mechanism to operate the top portions of the supply target members to extract one supply target member from the plurality of supply target members stocked in the stock mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichiyama, Kiminobu Numata, Hiroshi Kimura