Patents by Inventor Makoto Shibano

Makoto Shibano 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: 9457842
    Abstract: A parking mode selection apparatus selects one parking mode among from plural parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking or a parallel parking. The parking mode selection apparatus includes a steer angle detector that detects a steer angle of a steering wheel, an operation detector that detects, based on the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left, and a parking mode selector. The parking mode selector selects, when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detector, a parking mode that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector and is associated with said steer angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Masahiko Kikuchi, Hajime Kasai, Yoshiro Takamatsu, Kouki Minegishi, Makoto Shibano
  • Publication number: 20130144492
    Abstract: A parking mode selection apparatus selects one parking mode among from plural parking modes including at least a perpendicular parking or a parallel parking. The parking mode selection apparatus includes a steer angle detector that detects a steer angle of a steering wheel, an operation detector that detects, based on the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector, a predetermined operation in which the steering wheel is returned to a neutral position after rotated to a right or a left, and a parking mode selector. The parking mode selector selects, when the predetermined operation is detected by the operation detector, a parking mode that coincides with a steered direction to the right or the left of the steer angle detected by the steer angle detector and is associated with said steer angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Teruhisa Takano, Masahiko Kikuchi, Hajime Kasai, Yoshiro Takamatsu, Kouki Minegishi, Makoto Shibano
  • Patent number: 8075113
    Abstract: When a second cylindrical unit 38 of a second connection unit 11 is pushed into a first cylindrical unit 16 of a first connection unit 15, a sliding member 23 moves along an axis member. With the timing, the position of a moving aperture 22 formed on the sliding member 23 moves from the first position not opposite a first aperture 19 and a second aperture 51 to the second position opposite the first aperture 19 and the second aperture 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignees: Ortek Corporation, Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Shibano
  • Patent number: 7802673
    Abstract: A conveying mechanism includes: a first belt roller; a second belt roller provided substantially parallel to the first belt roller downstream in the conveying direction of the recording medium; a conveying belt looped over at least the first belt roller and the second belt roller; a belt drive unit conveying the conveying belt; a resist roller pair configured by a first resist roller and a second resist roller contacting the first resist roller; and a resist roller drive unit driving the rotation of the first resist roller or the second resist roller. The first belt roller and the first resist roller are coaxially arranged, and the first belt roller rotates independent of the first resist roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Yasuda, Makoto Shibano
  • Publication number: 20100002061
    Abstract: When a second cylindrical unit 38 of a second connection unit 11 is pushed into a first cylindrical unit 16 of a first connection unit 15, a sliding member 23 moves along an axis member. With the timing, the position of a moving aperture 22 formed on the sliding member 23 moves from the first position not opposite a first aperture 19 and a second aperture 51 to the second position opposite the first aperture 19 and the second aperture 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Makoto Shibano
  • Publication number: 20080053793
    Abstract: A conveying mechanism includes: a first belt roller; a second belt roller provided substantially parallel to the first belt roller downstream in the conveying direction of the recording medium; a conveying belt looped over at least the first belt roller and the second belt roller; a belt drive unit conveying the conveying belt; a resist roller pair configured by a first resist roller and a second resist roller contacting the first resist roller; and a resist roller drive unit driving the rotation of the first resist roller or the second resist roller. The first belt roller and the first resist roller are coaxially arranged, and the first belt roller rotates independent of the first resist roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Yasuda, Makoto Shibano
  • Patent number: 6454394
    Abstract: An inkjet head is provided with a flexible printed circuit cable where a head body for ejecting ink and a connector are mounted at places different from each other, and the flexible printed circuit cable is bent between the head body and the connector so as to absorb tensile and pushing forces applied to the connector. The inkjet head is also provided with an ink ejecting portion for ejecting ink, a head-side connector and a supporting body or a cover for supporting or storing an electric connection portion or a flexible printed circuit cable interposed between the ink ejecting portion and the connector, and the head-side connector is supported by the supporting body or the cover so that the connector is movable in three-dimensional directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignees: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Shibano, Satoshi Sakurai, Katsuaki Komatsu, Takuo Nishikawa
  • Publication number: 20010026303
    Abstract: An inkjet head is provided with a flexible printed circuit cable where a head body for ejecting ink and a connector are mounted at places different from each other, and the flexible printed circuit cable is bent between the head body and the connector so as to absorb tensile and pushing forces applied to the connector. The inkjet head is also provided with an ink ejecting portion for ejecting ink, a head-side connector and a supporting body or a cover for supporting or storing an electric connection portion or a flexible printed circuit cable interposed between the ink ejecting portion and the connector, and the head-side connector is supported by the supporting body or the cover so that the connector is movable in the three-dimensional directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Shibano, Satoshi Sakurai, Katsuaki Komatsu, Takuo Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 4403511
    Abstract: A hydraulic vibration tester comprises an actuator comprising a piston reciprocable in a cylinder connected with a vibration testing table and a direct drive type servo valve for supplying pressure fluid alternately to opposite ends of the cylinder. The servo valve comprises a spool valve member reciprocable in the bore of a valve body by a magnetic coil supplied with alternating current and located in a direct current magnetic field. At opposite ends of the spool valve member there are coned disc springs acting to bias the spool valve member to a median position and acting to allow only an axial reciprocating movement of the spool valve member at a frequency in the range of 650 Hz to 2000 Hz. The passages connecting the servo valve with the activator have a resonant frequency in the same range so as to achieve an effective vibration test in the high frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Akashi Seisakusho
    Inventors: Makoto Shibano, Hideaki Kakuma, Hisatake Yasuyama