Patents by Inventor Koji Yaginuma

Koji Yaginuma 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: 8678123
    Abstract: An electric vehicle wherein a seat post is provided as one of the components of a body frame for housing a battery. The body frame includes a main frame, a seat frame, a roof frame, and a shield support part. The main frame includes a battery case which is continuously integral with a rear portion of a head pipe wherein the battery is housed. The seat post is continuously integral with a rear portion of the battery case. The seat frame is configured to be connected to the upper end of the seat post for positioning a seat. The roof frame rises from the rear end of the seat frame and supports the rear end of a roof. The shield support part is provided on to project from a head pipe and, together with the windshield, supports a head lamp disposed on the front surface side of the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Koji Yaginuma
  • Publication number: 20130075177
    Abstract: An electric vehicle wherein a seat post is provided as one of the components of a body frame for housing a battery. The body frame includes a main frame, a seat frame, a roof frame, and a shield support part. The main frame includes a battery case which is continuously integral with a rear portion of a head pipe wherein the battery is housed. The seat post is continuously integral with a rear portion of the battery case. The seat frame is configured to be connected to the upper end of the seat post for positioning a seat. The roof frame rises from the rear end of the seat frame and supports the rear end of a roof. The shield support part is provided on to project from a head pipe and, together with the windshield, supports a head lamp disposed on the front surface side of the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Koji Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 7202901
    Abstract: A video camera has a video camera body having a storage region in a side surface thereof, an imaging unit housed in the video camera body for imaging an object and generating a video signal, and an electronic viewfinder for monitoring the video signal generated by the imaging unit. An angularly movable support supports a side edge of the electronic viewfinder for angular movement about a first axis to move an opposite side edge of the electronic viewfinder away from the storage region. An auxiliary angularly moving mechanism angularly moves the electronic viewfinder about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, so that one of face and back sides of the electronic viewfinder can be selected for storage into the storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hattori, Tomohiro Harata, Koji Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 5739859
    Abstract: A video camera has a video camera body having a storage region in a side surface thereof, an imaging unit housed in the video camera body for imaging an object and generating a video signal, and an electronic viewfinder for monitoring the video signal generated by the imaging unit. An angularly movable support supports a side edge of the electronic viewfinder for angular movement about a first axis to move an opposite side edge of the electronic viewfinder away from the storage region. An auxiliary angularly moving mechanism angularly moves the electronic viewfinder about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, so that one of face and back sides of the electronic viewfinder can be selected for storage into the storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuo Hattori, Tomohiro Harata, Koji Yaginuma
  • Patent number: 5626979
    Abstract: A battery pack housing four tubular cells in juxtaposition to each other in vertical and transverse directions. The battery pack has a cell housing unit, a plurality of cells housed within said cell housing unit, first and second grooves formed on both lateral surfaces of the cell housing unit extending parallel to the direction of insertion of the housing unit into an electronic device, at a mid height along the height of the cell housing unit, and a third groove formed at a mid position along the width of the housing unit extending from the forward end face as far as a mid portion of the housing unit. The first and second grooves are opened in a forward end face of the housing unit in the direction of insertion. The battery device also has a hole formed in a portion of the forward end face of the housing unit not faced by the end faces of the cells housed within the housing unit. An electronic device in which the battery device is loaded has a battery loading section dimensioned to hold the battery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hidero Mitsui, Toshitaka Takei, Hisashi Aoki, Masahito Kishi, Koji Yaginuma
  • Patent number: D670617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Koji Yaginuma