Patents by Inventor Manabu Yamanishi

Manabu Yamanishi 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: 20080035031
    Abstract: The present invention provides desks with which layout can be changed easily and accurately without disturbing the order of a work space and an entire office. The desk includes a base extending in a predetermined direction, a movable supporting member supported so as to be movable along the base, and a top board supported by the movable supporting member so as to be turnable in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMANISHI, Hiromi IWAMURO, Koji MORITA, Tsukasa FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20080035034
    Abstract: The present invention provides a desk with which flexibility of a change in the position of an optional member with respect to a base is increased, and by which the position of an optional member with respect to the base can be changed easily and accurately in accordance with the posture of a top board with respect to the base. A desk includes: a base extending in a predetermined direction; a top board capable of selecting a plurality of postures with respect to the base; an option supporting member supported so as to be movable along the base in accordance with the posture of the top board; and a panel system and a task light supported by the option supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji MORITA, Hiromi IWAMURO, Manabu YAMANISHI, Tsukasa FURUTA, Kazuo OKU
  • Patent number: 5560277
    Abstract: A variable displacement hydraulic motor having a swash plate angle adjusting structure. This hydraulic motor has a main case, a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the main case, a plurality of cylinder blocks rotatable with the rotary shaft and including axial plungers, a swash plate member for contacting distal ends of the plungers, pivot shafts for pivotally connecting the swash plate member to the main case such that the swash plate member has a pivoting angle adjustable relative to the main case, and a first and a second hydraulic cylinders arranged at opposite sides of the pivot shafts as seen in a direction parallel to the rotary shaft. The first and second hydraulic cylinders are secured in a region of the main case opposed to the cylinder blocks across the swash plate member. The hydraulic cylinders are operable to contact the swash plate member to adjust the pivoting angle thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nomura, Manabu Yamanishi, Syunryou Hayashida, Akira Tsuda, Tetsuo Ishioka, Hiroya Hanano