Patents by Inventor Keijiro Asakura

Keijiro Asakura 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: 6837596
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a reflector that has forward and rearward segments separated by a clearance for cooling, a gobo holder into which gobos of differing sizes can be inserted and held in position, and a lens holder which can be moved forwardly and rearwardly in the lighting device by rotation of a gear which is attached to the lens holder and engages a rack in a slide guide in the lighting device, the gear being moved by a knob located outside the lighting device and which is rotatable with the gear and movable along the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Marumo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunemichi Tanaka, Tsutomu Ishizone, Masaki Asaoku, Keijiro Asakura
  • Publication number: 20030076682
    Abstract: The lighting device 1 is constructed such that the lens holder 11 is held by the guide rails 12a, 12b in such a way that the lens holder can be slid in a forward or rearward direction, the rack 13 is formed along the sliding direction of the lens holder 11, wherein it stores the lens position adjusting mechanism 6 including the gear 14 slid in integral with the lens holder 11 in a forward or rearward direction while being engaged with the rack 13, the operating knob 15 arranged at the outer surface of the lighting device 2 and slid in a forward or rearward direction while being integrally rotated with the gear 14, and the cam type lever 21 for use in locking a rotation of the operating knob 15. Thus, when either the focus adjustment or the zoom adjustment or the like is to be carried out, a fine adjustment of the position of the lens 5b can be easily carried out and a fixing of position of the lens after adjustment is also easily performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Tsunemichi Tanaka, Tsutomu Ishizone, Masaki Asaoku, Keijiro Asakura