Patents by Inventor Kenji Urushihara

Kenji Urushihara 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).

  • Publication number: 20200377346
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a manipulation unit; a winch device that operates with an actuation mode of either a high speed mode or a low speed mode, and winds in or reels out a wire rope; a selection unit for an operator to select either the high speed mode or the low speed mode; a load calculation unit calculating a suspended load; a tension calculation unit calculating the tension of the wire rope; and a control unit controlling the actuation of the winch device. If the mode selected by the selection unit is the high speed mode, the manipulation unit is manipulated from a neutral state to a non-neutral state, and the suspended load is smaller than a load threshold and the tension is smaller than a tension threshold, the control unit controls the winch device so as to operate in the high speed mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naotaka MASUDA, Kenji URUSHIHARA, Takashi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 10836612
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a manipulation unit; a winch device that operates with an actuation mode of either a high speed mode or a low speed mode, and winds in or reels out a wire rope; a selection unit for an operator to select either the high speed mode or the low speed mode; a load calculation unit calculating a suspended load; a tension calculation unit calculating the tension of the wire rope; and a control unit controlling the actuation of the winch device. If the mode selected by the selection unit is the high speed mode, the manipulation unit is manipulated from a neutral state to a non-neutral state, and the suspended load is smaller than a load threshold and the tension is smaller than a tension threshold, the control unit controls the winch device so as to operate in the high speed mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naotaka Masuda, Kenji Urushihara, Takashi Kawano
  • Patent number: 8321882
    Abstract: A disk device configured in such a manner that, in addition to tilt adjustment, the adjustment of the distance between a disk and an optical pickup can be easily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Honda, Tetsuya Okubo, Kenji Urushihara, Yoshikazu Ohmura, Tomomi Nishikata
  • Publication number: 20110265107
    Abstract: A disk device configured in such a manner that, in addition to tilt adjustment, the adjustment of the distance between a disk and an optical pickup can be easily performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Honda, Tetsuya Okubo, Kenji Urushihara, Yoshikazu Ohmura, Tomomi Nishikata
  • Patent number: 8041405
    Abstract: A stack type mobile terminal for enabling the user to easily add only a necessary option cabinet from among different types of option cabinets eliminating the need for electric connection of the user is provided. A stack type mobile terminal 100 includes a main body cabinet 110 functioning as a telephone, a plurality of option cabinets 120 stacked on the rear of the main body cabinet 110, a rotation supporting point shaft in the stack direction, provided in the option cabinet 120 for the main body cabinet 110 and the option cabinet 120 to relatively rotate, rotation supporting point holes into which the rotation supporting point shaft is inserted, and a contact mechanism for electrically connecting the cabinets when the main body cabinet 110 and the option cabinet 120 or the option cabinets 120 are positioned at a predetermined relative angle, wherein the main body cabinet 110 and the option cabinet 120 relatively rotate, whereby the function section of the option cabinet 120 can be exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Takayuki Murai, Takeshi Tambo, Hiroshi Ohmura, Ryou Wakasa, Ryuuichi Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20110145845
    Abstract: A disk device, wherein a disk clamp unit is further thinned. The disk device is provided with a spindle motor (300) for positioning and rotating a disk, an alignment ring (301) fixed to the rotating shaft of the spindle motor, and a clamp section (400) for mounting the disk on the spindle motor (300). The alignment ring (301) is provided with a projection section (301C) formed around the rotating shaft of the spindle motor (300), and a magnet (302) provided around the rotating shaft with a space provided between the magnet (302) and the projection section (301C). The clamp section (400) is provided with a center member (401) having formed therein a recessed space (401G) in which the projection section (301C) is fitted, and also with a member (402) to be attracted which is attracted by the magnet (302).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Okubo, Kazuyuki Honda, Yoshikazu Ohmura, Kenji Urushihara, Tomomi Nishikata
  • Patent number: 7911893
    Abstract: A disc device capable of achieving a slimming down of a tilt adjusting portion is provided. A tilt adjusting member 404 of a tilt adjusting portion 400 moves an optical pickup driving portion 307 along a guide face 401a to adjust a light beam 303b emitted from an optical pickup 303 such that an optical axis 303c is set perpendicularly to a disc 200. Since the tilt adjusting member 404 is moved in a direction oblique to the guide face 401a and a direction perpendicular to the optical pickup driving portion 307, an amount of movement of the tilt adjusting member 404 can be reduced smaller than a necessary amount of tilt adjustment of the optical pickup driving portion 307 and also a slimming down of the tilt adjusting portion 400 can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Yoshikazu Ohmura, Tetsuya Okubo, Hiroshi Saito
  • Patent number: 7900219
    Abstract: A disc device is capable of suppressing movement of discs remaining on standby. Discs are moved upward and downward, thereby providing an operation space S at a lower side of the desired disc, and a pivotal arm is located in a predetermined position, and thereafter the desired disc is set on the pivotal arm, and recording/reproduction is effected. At this time, the standby discs disposed at the lower side of the desired disc are disposed below the operation space (S), and are fixed by pressing pressing members of disc fixing portions against outer peripheral surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Hasegawa, Tsukasa Nakayama, Hiroto Nishida, Isamu Nakade, Kenji Urushihara
  • Patent number: 7844980
    Abstract: To provide an optical disc device in which the number of parts is small, and quietness can be secured with a simple mechanism. The optical disc device includes a main body having a disc insertion/removal port, and a conveying roller for conveying a disc between the disc insertion/removal port and a disc receiving position in the main body, and also includes a swinging lever which is pivotally supported at its proximal end on a supporting shaft within the main body, and has a disc arrival switch fixed thereto, and a detection lever which is pivotally supported at its proximal end on the supporting shaft, and contacts an outer periphery of the disc (which is to be received in the disc receiving position) at its distal end to operate the disc arrival switch, and when the disc is to be inserted into the disc receiving position, the detection lever is projected into the disc receiving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Hasegawa, Tsukasa Nakayama, Hiroto Nishida, Isamu Nakade, Kenji Urushihara
  • Publication number: 20100296373
    Abstract: A disc device capable of achieving a slimming down of a tilt adjusting portion is provided. A tilt adjusting member 404 of a tilt adjusting portion 400 moves an optical pickup driving portion 307 along a guide face 401a to adjust a light beam 303b emitted from an optical pickup 303 such that an optical axis 303c is set perpendicularly to a disc 200. Since the tilt adjusting member 404 is moved in a direction oblique to the guide face 401a and a direction perpendicular to the optical pickup driving portion 307, an amount of movement of the tilt adjusting member 404 can be reduced smaller than a necessary amount of tilt adjustment of the optical pickup driving portion 307 and also a slimming down of the tilt adjusting portion 400 can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Yoshikazu Ohmura, Tetsuya Okubo, Hiroshi Saito
  • Publication number: 20100299685
    Abstract: A disc device capable of achieving a slimming down of a tilt adjusting portion is provided. A tilt adjusting portion 400, 500, or 600 is provided to adjust a light beam 303b emitted from an optical pickup 303 such that an optical axis 303c is set perpendicularly to a disc 200 loaded on a disc turning portion 302. As the tilt adjusting portion 400, 500, or 600, a turntable adjusting portion 600 for adjusting a tilt of the disc loading face of the disc turning portion 302, and an optical pickup adjusting portion 400 or 500 for adjusting a position of a frame 307 that holds an optical pickup driving portion 305 are provided. Therefore, a margin of adjustment in the adjusting portion can be reduced, the tilt adjusting portion 400, 500, 600 can be reduced in size, and a slimming down of a disc device 100 can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Yoshikazu Ohmura, Tetsuya Okubo, Hiroshi Saito
  • Patent number: 7840973
    Abstract: An optical disc device capable of sensing exactly whether or not a disc is present is provided. In an optical disc device includes a main body having a disc slot, and a carrying roller for carrying a disc between the disc slot and a disc loading position of the main body, a swinging lever whose base end is supported turnably in an inside of the main body by a supporting shaft and to which a disc arriving switch is fixed, and a sensing lever whose base end is supported turnably by the supporting shaft and whose top end contacts the outer periphery of the disc, which is loaded in the disc loading position, to operate the disc arriving switch are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Hasegawa, Tsukasa Nakayama, Hiroto Nishida, Isamu Nakade, Kenji Urushihara, Masataka Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7840974
    Abstract: A disc device is for electrically identifying and determining the number of discs inserted into the disc device. Roller members for coming in contact with a disc inserted into the device, transporting the disc, and inserting and ejecting the disc are provided in the vicinity of a disc insertion slot of a cabinet. A lever member for engaging a lever engagement part of a roller member and capable of rotating with a stem member as a supporting point and a push switch for detecting displacement of the lever member are provided. If the disc is inserted into the device, the roller member displaces in the up direction of the disc (A direction in a figure), the lever member displaces in an H direction in the figure, and the displacement of the lever member is detected by the push switch, whereby the thickness of the disc inserted into the device is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Kazunori Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7836462
    Abstract: An optical disk device is capable of reducing a thickness of a loading portion equipped with plural sheets of trays. Trays installed in a main body are energized to put an optical disk between them in the thickness direction. Therefore, a thickness of plural sheets of trays can be reduced by cutting down a clearance between the tray and the optical disk. Also, plural sheets of trays are energized by spring members to be put elastically between them in the thickness direction. Therefore, an excessive pushing force is not applied to the optical disk loaded on the tray. Also, a hollow portion of the tray is formed such that projection portions protruded in excess of a standard thickness dimension of the optical disk do not interfere with the tray. Therefore, even when the projection portions are protruded from an adapter, such adapter can be loaded on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Tsukasa Nakayama, Kazunori Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 7793313
    Abstract: To provide an optical disc device in which an identification and a disc ejection control processing for an optical disc with a high transmitting property and an 8-cm optical disc attached to an adapter can be effected easily and positively. There are provided a body capable of receiving an optical disc therein, an insertion/ejection port capable of insertion and ejection of the optical disc relative to the interior of the body, and rollers which are provided within the body, and rotate, while holding the optical disc therebetween, so as to convey the optical disc into the interior of the body. A mechanical detector, having a contact element for contact with at least one of obverse and reverse surfaces of the optical disc to detect the optical disc, is provided within the body so that an identification and a disc ejection control processing for optical discs can be effected easily and positively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Hasegawa, Tsukasa Nakayama, Hiroto Nishida, Isamu Nakade, Kenji Urushihara
  • Patent number: 7752640
    Abstract: An optical disc device and a disc changer drive capable of achieving a reduction in cost and number of articles and a reduction in size of the disc drive with a simple configuration rather than the prior art and also carrying out a stable playing/writing operation are provided. An optical disc device includes a playing chassis which is supported turnably on a main body of the disc drive and on which a turntable is installed, a substantially Y-shaped cam groove formed on the playing chassis, a driving lever on which a substantially T-shaped cam groove is formed and which transmits a power to a holding portion of the disc, and a turning lever supported turnably on the main body and engaged with the playing chassis and the cam groove of the driving lever via a driving shaft, wherein a turning of the turning lever is followed by a turning of the playing chassis and a movement of the driving lever that follows the turning of the playing chassis to hold a disc as a series of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corp.
    Inventors: Isamu Nakade, Tsukasa Nakayama, Kazunori Hasegawa, Kenji Urushihara, Hiroto Nishida
  • Publication number: 20100016036
    Abstract: A stack type mobile terminal for enabling the user to easily add only a necessary option cabinet from among different types of option cabinets eliminating the need for electric connection of the user is provided. A stack type mobile terminal 100 includes a main body cabinet 110 functioning as a telephone, a plurality of option cabinets 120 stacked on the rear of the main body cabinet 110, a rotation supporting point shaft in the stack direction, provided in the option cabinet 120 for the main body cabinet 110 and the option cabinet 120 to relatively rotate, rotation supporting point holes into which the rotation supporting point shaft is inserted, and a contact mechanism for electrically connecting the cabinets when the main body cabinet 110 and the option cabinet 120 or the option cabinets 120 are positioned at a predetermined relative angle, wherein the main body cabinet 110 and the option cabinet 120 relatively rotate, whereby the function section of the option cabinet 120 can be exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Takayuki Murai, Takeshi Tambo, Hiroshi Ohmura, Ryou Wakasa, Ryuuichi Toyoda
  • Patent number: 7609593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a disc drive apparatus capable of identifying a disc (12 cm) having a small data area (8 cm) in central as same as an ordinary 12 cm disc. The apparatus having a light receiving unit 105b and a push switch 106b. The unit 105b is arranged in a position where the unit 105b detects the disc having the small data area in central when the switch 106b detects the same, and where the unit 105b does not detect a disc (12 cm) having a hole (8 cm) in central when the 106b detects the same. The apparatus also has an disc identifier for identifying type of the disc based on the detected results of the light receiving units and/or the push switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Urushihara, Yuji Yamaguchi, Yoshihiko Maeda, Hiroto Nishida
  • Publication number: 20090204982
    Abstract: To provide an optical disc device in which an identification and a disc ejection control processing for an optical disc with a high transmitting property and an 8-cm optical disc attached to an adapter can be effected easily and positively. There are provided a body capable of receiving an optical disc therein, an insertion/ejection port capable of insertion and ejection of the optical disc relative to the interior of the body, and rollers which are provided within the body, and rotate, while holding the optical disc therebetween, so as to convey the optical disc into the interior of the body. A mechanical detector, having a contact element for contact with at least one of obverse and reverse surfaces of the optical disc to detect the optical disc, is provided within the body so that an identification and a disc ejection control processing for optical discs can be effected easily and positively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Hasegawa, Tsukasa Nakayama, Hiroto Nishida, Isamu Nakade, Kenji Urushihara
  • Publication number: 20090055847
    Abstract: A disc device is capable of suppressing movement of discs remaining on standby. Discs are moved upward and downward, thereby providing an operation space S at a lower side of the desired disc, and a pivotal arm is located in a predetermined position, and thereafter the desired disc is set on the pivotal arm, and recording/reproduction is effected. At this time, the standby discs disposed at the lower side of the desired disc are disposed below the operation space (S), and are fixed by pressing pressing members of disc fixing portions against outer peripheral surfaces thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Hasegawa, Tsukasa Nakayama, Hiroto Nishida, Isamu Nakade, Kenji Urushihara