Patents by Inventor Masakazu Imafuku

Masakazu Imafuku 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: 7191459
    Abstract: An adapter A1 made of a synthetic resin includes an annular frame 1 having an outside diameter of 12 cm, a disk receiving section 2 provided continuously on a lower portion of an inner edge of the frame 1, and a pair of disk pressing sections 3 and 3 provided continuously on an upper portion of the inner edge of the frame 1. The disk receiving section 2 is provided with a circular opening 4 for causing an information recording area of a disk to face an optical reader of a disk player. A disk press-contact projection 7 formed so that a projection height is gradually increased in a disk rotation direction Y is provided on a lower surface of each disk pressing section 3. This adapter A1 can securely install a non-circular optical disk even if the optical disk has a slightly different size, and an installation operation of the non-circular optical disk can be easily performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Orient Instrument Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Masato Murata, Masakazu Imafuku
  • Publication number: 20050125818
    Abstract: An adapter A1 made of a synthetic resin includes an annular frame 1 having an outside diameter of 12 cm, a disk receiving section 2 provided continuously on a lower portion of an inner edge of the frame 1, and a pair of disk pressing sections 3 and 3 provided continuously on an upper portion of the inner edge of the frame 1. The disk receiving section 2 is provided with a circular opening 4 for causing an information recording area of a disk to face an optical reader of a disk player. A disk press-contact projection 7 formed so that a projection height is gradually increased in a disk rotation direction Y is provided on a lower surface of each disk pressing section 3. This adapter A1 can securely install a non-circular optical disk even if the optical disk has a slightly different size, and an installation operation of the non-circular optical disk can be easily performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Masato Murata, Masakazu Imafuku