Patents by Inventor Izumi Sunazuka

Izumi Sunazuka 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: 9789021
    Abstract: Realized is a pedal mechanism that does not lock and does not provide an operation feeling unless operated in a determined order. The pedal mechanism has first and second pedals 105 and 106, first and second plates 108 and 109, and a locking bar 115. The radius of the second plate 109 is smaller than that of the first plate 108, and the second plate does not come into contact with the locking bar in a state where a circular-arc region of the first plate supports the locking bar 115. Therefore, the second pedal does not give an operation feeling even when stepped on, and the second plate cannot be locked. In a locked state where the locking bar is located in a cutout region of the first plate, the locking bar contacts the second plate, the second pedal provides an operation feeling, and the second plate can be locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Izumi Sunazuka, Satoshi Iizuka
  • Patent number: 9592024
    Abstract: Provided is a medical imaging apparatus that, while preventing damage of connector pins, can simultaneously connect electric connectors when a bed is mechanically docked with an apparatus main body. One coupling mechanism either on an apparatus main body side or on a bed side includes a coupling plate, and the other coupling mechanism includes a holding member that holds a coupling plate that, during coupling, respectively contacts both side surfaces of the coupling plate at two or more points, and sandwiches and holds the coupling plate from both sides. A first electric connector is mounted on the coupling plate, a second electric connector is mounted on the holding member, and an electric connector coupling mechanism that couples the first and second electric connectors is mounted on at least one of the coupling plate and the holding member in a state where the coupling plate is held by the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Iizuka, Izumi Sunazuka
  • Patent number: 9248067
    Abstract: Provided is a narrow docking mechanism that enables a bed and an apparatus main body to be coupled together with sufficient holding force during docking and that does not hinder access by an examiner to an object. A coupling mechanism on a bed 3 side includes a coupling plate 7 having one end fixed to the bed 3, and a coupling mechanism 50 on the main apparatus side includes a plurality of rollers 12 arranged side by side along the shape of both sides of the coupling plate 7. As the plurality of rollers 12 sandwiches and holds the coupling plate 7 from both sides, the coupling plate 7 can attach to and detach from the bed 3 by coupling the bed to the apparatus main body so as to be inserted between the arranged rollers 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Sunazuka, Satoshi Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20140303477
    Abstract: Realized is a pedal mechanism that does not lock and does not provide an operation feeling unless operated in a determined order. The pedal mechanism has first and second pedals 105 and 106, first and second plates 108 and 109, and a locking bar 115. The radius of the second plate 109 is smaller than that of the first plate 108, and the second plate does not come into contact with the locking bar in a state where a circular-arc region of the first plate supports the locking bar 115. Therefore, the second pedal does not give an operation feeling even when stepped on, and the second plate cannot be locked. In a locked state where the locking bar is located in a cutout region of the first plate, the locking bar contacts the second plate, the second pedal provides an operation feeling, and the second plate can be locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Sunazuka, Satoshi Iizuka
  • Publication number: 20140296692
    Abstract: Provided is a medical imaging apparatus that, while preventing damage of connector pins, can simultaneously connect electric connectors when a bed is mechanically docked with an apparatus main body. One coupling mechanism either on an apparatus main body side or on a bed side includes a coupling plate, and the other coupling mechanism includes a holding member that holds a coupling plate that, during coupling, respectively contacts both side surfaces of the coupling plate at two or more points, and sandwiches and holds the coupling plate from both sides. A first electric connector is mounted on the coupling plate, a second electric connector is mounted on the holding member, and an electric connector coupling mechanism that couples the first and second electric connectors is mounted on at least one of the coupling plate and the holding member in a state where the coupling plate is held by the holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Iizuka, Izumi Sunazuka
  • Publication number: 20140259411
    Abstract: Provided is a narrow docking mechanism chat enables a bed and an apparatus main body to be coupled together with sufficient holding force during docking and that does not hinder access by an examiner to an object. A coupling mechanism on a bed 3 side includes a coupling plate 7 having one end fixed to the bed 3, and a coupling mechanism 50 on the main apparatus side includes a plurality of rollers 12 arranged side by side along the shape of both sides of the coupling plate 7. As the plurality of rollers 12 sandwiches and holds the coupling plate 7 from both sides, the coupling plate 7 can attach to and detach from the bed 3 by coupling the bed to the apparatus main body so as to be inserted between the arranged rollers 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Izumi Sunazuka, Satoshi Iizuka