Patents by Inventor Kazuo Toba

Kazuo Toba 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).

  • Cable, control information transmission method for cable, connection apparatus, electronic equipment, and output data controlling method for electronic equipment
    Patent number: 11949959
    Abstract: It is made possible to perform data transmission through a cable satisfactorily. A cable is connected between first electronic equipment and second electronic equipment. The cable includes a current consumption unit that receives supply of current from the first electronic equipment through a power supply line, a current monitor unit that observes a current amount the first electronic equipment is capable of supplying to the power supply line, and an information transmission unit that transmits control information according to the observed current amount to the first electronic equipment. The first electronic equipment controls the state of data to be supplied to the cable, on the basis of the control information transmitted thereto from the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Morita, Kazuaki Toba, Kazuo Yamamoto, Masanari Yamamoto
  • Transverse car body conveying system
    Publication number: 20070245922
    Abstract: A skid-type car body carrier carries a transversely oriented car body along a conveying path. The carrier is driven by a drive roller which is biased upwardly and frictionally engages the bottom of a centrally located friction bar mounted underneath the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventors: Ichiro Ueno, Manabu Osawa, Toshihiro Matsushita, Nobuhiko Yoshimura, Kazuo Toba
  • Transverse car body conveying system
    Publication number: 20050188892
    Abstract: A skid-type car body carrier carries a transversely oriented car body along a conveying path. The carrier is driven by a drive roller which frictionally engages a centrally located friction bar mounted underneath the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventors: Ichiro Ueno, Manabu Osawa, Toshihiro Matsushita, Nobuhiko Yoshimura, Kazuo Toba