Patents by Inventor Kenta ASANO

Kenta ASANO 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: 11533998
    Abstract: A chair includes a leg 1, a seat 5 including a pressure receiving surface PS, a backrest 6, and a support mechanism SM. The seat 5 can move in the front-rear or left-right direction along a predetermined trajectory and to downwardly incline a tip side of the seat 5 in a movement direction in accordance with a movement of the seat 5 from a predetermined reference position (S). The support mechanism SM includes a return-force generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction in which the seat 5 moved from the reference position (S) in the front-rear or left-right direction is returned to the reference position (S), and movably supports the backrest 6 in the left-right direction together with a movement of the seat 5 in the left-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi, Takao Sugano, Kenta Asano, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Kazuki Tsukadaira, Naoya Niimura
  • Publication number: 20220239131
    Abstract: Provided is a scheme of providing a plurality of users other than a main user such as an owner with a discharge capacity which a secondary battery system potentially has. A user interface providing device includes an acquisition part, a receiving part, a determination part, and a generation part. The acquisition part acquires a discharge capacity capable of providing to a whole plurality of users other than a main user in a discharge capacity of a secondary battery system. The receiving part receives a logon of a user included in the plurality of users. The determination part determines a usable discharge capacity for a logged-on user from the discharge capacity capable of providing to the whole plurality of users. The generation part generates information indicating contents of a user interface screen including a screen element indicating the usable discharge capacity for the logged-on user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Motohiro FUKUHARA, Kenta ASANO, Fumiya KOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20220031073
    Abstract: A chair includes a leg 1, a seat 5 including a pressure receiving surface PS, a backrest 6, and a support mechanism SM. The seat 5 can move in the front-rear or left-right direction along a predetermined trajectory and to downwardly incline a tip side of the seat 5 in a movement direction in accordance with a movement of the seat 5 from a predetermined reference position (S). The support mechanism SM includes a return-force generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction in which the seat 5 moved from the reference position (S) in the front-rear or left-right direction is returned to the reference position (S), and movably supports the backrest 6 in the left-right direction together with a movement of the seat 5 in the left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi, Takao Sugano, Kenta Asano, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Kazuki Tsukadaira, Naoya Niimura
  • Patent number: 10734619
    Abstract: A battery device may include a battery frame, and a battery module disposed on the battery frame. The battery frame may include a base member, a slide base being disposed on an upper surface of the base member and being formed in a rectangular shape defined by a pair of first sides extending in a first direction and a pair of second sides extending in a second direction in a plan view, a plurality of metal springs being mounted on an upper surface of the slide base at intervals along the first direction of the slide base, and being extensible in a vertical direction, and a support plate being connected to upper sides of the plurality of springs and supporting the battery module on an upper surface of the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakano, Kenta Asano
  • Publication number: 20180358590
    Abstract: A battery device may include a battery frame, and a battery module disposed on the battery frame. The battery frame may include a base member, a slide base being disposed on an upper surface of the base member and being formed in a rectangular shape defined by a pair of first sides extending in a first direction and a pair of second sides extending in a second direction in a plan view, a plurality of metal springs being mounted on an upper surface of the slide base at intervals along the first direction of the slide base, and being extensible in a vertical direction, and a support plate being connected to upper sides of the plurality of springs and supporting the battery module on an upper surface of the support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NAKANO, Kenta ASANO
  • Patent number: D856057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D857435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D857437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D865423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D865424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D882977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D882979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D883688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara
  • Patent number: D884377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Kazuo Oku, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Asano, Hideshi Hamaguchi, Ippei Iwahara