Patents by Inventor Masafumi Yokota

Masafumi Yokota 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).

  • AGENT FOR PREVENTING OR AMELIORATING PRURITUS
    Publication number: 20240115546
    Abstract: A novel target molecule for pruritus was found, and a novel means for eliminating pruritus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro MATSUMOTO, Masafumi YOKOTA, Junko ISHIKAWA, Mitsutoshi TOMINAGA, Kenji TAKAMORI
  • Image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 11953853
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a drive source, an object configured to be driven by the drive source, and a drive transmission mechanism including a driving member, a driven member, an intermediate member, an urging member, and an actuating portion. The intermediate member is configured to move in an axial direction. The intermediate member includes a shaft portion extending in the axial direction, and a positioning portion configured to determine a position of the driven member in a direction orthogonal to the axis. The shaft portion includes a receiving portion configured to receive a force. The receiving portion is positioned inward of the positioning portion in a radial direction of rotation of the intermediate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Osamu Sasaoka, Akinori Yokota, Masafumi Maeda
  • Housing of fan motor
    Patent number: 10393127
    Abstract: A housing of a fan motor according to the invention includes: board members provided at an interval in a rotational axis direction of a fan; a coupling portion which couples the board members to each other; a protrusion portion which is protruded toward a space other than an air course from the coupling portion, the space being between the board members other than the air courses; and a fixing portion which fixes a terminal that is provided in the protrusion portion and is connected to a wiring from a power source that supplies electricity to a motor. Other member, which crosses in an extending direction of the terminal from the protrusion portion to an edge portion of the board member, is not provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Nishizawa, Haruka Sakai, Jiro Watanabe, Masafumi Yokota
  • HOUSING OF FAN MOTOR
    Publication number: 20150078939
    Abstract: A housing of a fan motor according to the invention includes: board members provided at an interval in a rotational axis direction of a fan; a coupling portion which couples the board members to each other; a protrusion portion which is protruded toward a space other than an air course from the coupling portion, the space being between the board members other than the air courses; and a fixing portion which fixes a terminal that is provided in the protrusion portion and is connected to a wiring from a power source that supplies electricity to a motor. Other member, which crosses in an extending direction of the terminal from the protrusion portion to an edge portion of the board member, is not provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Nishizawa, Haruka Sakai, Jiro Watanabe, Masafumi Yokota