Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shimatani

Hiroshi Shimatani 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: 8671949
    Abstract: A headgear-earwear assembly and a method of assembling the same. The headgear-earwear assembly can include an earwear and a headgear adapted to be coupled together. The earwear can include an elongated member, such as a cord, having a length, and an earpiece coupled to the elongated member. The headgear can include a major surface and a channel oriented substantially along the major surface of the headgear. The channel can be configured to removably house at least a portion of the length of the elongated member. The method can include positioning at least a portion of the elongated member in the channel, such that at least a portion of the length of the elongated member is removably housed in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Glenn D. Oshima, Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroshi Shimatani
  • Patent number: 7941295
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing apparatus for appropriately managing information about parts of the manufacturing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimatani, Noriaki Shioyama
  • Publication number: 20100319714
    Abstract: A headgear-earwear assembly and a method of assembling the same. The headgear-earwear assembly can include an earwear and a headgear adapted to be coupled together. The earwear can include an elongated member, such as a cord, having a length, and an earpiece coupled to the elongated member. The headgear can include a major surface and a channel oriented substantially along the major surface of the headgear. The channel can be configured to removably house at least a portion of the length of the elongated member. The method can include positioning at least a portion of the elongated member in the channel, such that at least a portion of the length of the elongated member is removably housed in the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Glenn D. Oshima, Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroshi Shimatani
  • Publication number: 20090198368
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing apparatus for appropriately managing information about parts of the manufacturing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHIMATANI, Noriaki SHIOYAMA
  • Patent number: 6122556
    Abstract: By dividing a range within which a control device can be operated into a plurality of hierarchical operating levels corresponding to levels of different users of that control device, and inputting information such as the name and password of each of these users, the present invention makes it possible to set an operating level corresponding to each of these users. Once an operating level is set, an operating portion is configured to disable the operation of the control device in an operating range that exceeds this operating level. The configuration is such that switch portions of the operating panel are allocated to a certain operating level, but switch portions relating to operating levels other than the currently set operating level are disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Satoshi Tochiori, Iwao Kumasaka, Hiroshi Shimatani, Toshihiro Takashima