Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Yoneyama

Kiyoshi Yoneyama 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).

  • Tape guide roll with an inner cylinder recessed from an outer cylinder at the ends
    Patent number: 6357693
    Abstract: A roll for a tape guide 8 and a method for manufacturing the tape guide roll. The tape guide roll 8 is molded by injecting a molding material into a pre-set cavity 22. The tape guide roll 8 is made up unitarily of an inner cylindrical portion 9, an outer cylindrical portion 10, and plural connecting portions 11, 11, . . . unitarily interconnecting the inner cylindrical portion 9 and the outer cylindrical portion 10. The length of the inner cylindrical portion along the axial direction is longer than the tape width, and the length along the axial length of the outer cylindrical portion is longer than the length along the axial length of the inner cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Abe, Kiyoshi Yoneyama
  • System for transmitting figure data within a retrievable range according to the date and time of update
    Patent number: 5794258
    Abstract: A system for transmitting map data between a parent station and a child station. The child station extracts figure data from an optical disk, specifies the retrieval range and transmits it as data for extraction to the parent station. Upon receipt, the parent station extracts the figure data including the retrieval range from the database. Then the date and/or time of update of the figure data and also of the data for extraction are checked. When the date and/or time of the update of the data for extraction is earlier, the figure data is transmitted to the child station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Ishikawa, Hiroto Sato, Kiyoshi Yoneyama