Patents by Inventor Masato Ishihara

Masato Ishihara 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).

  • Disc player
    Patent number: 4796244
    Abstract: A disc player comprising a lift chassis 5 liftably supported on a main chassis 1 and having a signal reproduction unit 31 mounted thereon, and a drive slide 9 supported by the main chassis 1 and movable in a direction intersecting the direction of movement of the lift chassis 5. The drive slide 9 has a straight cam portion in engagement with a cam follower on the lift chassis 5 for reciprocatingly driving the lift chassis 5. An intermittent feed mechanism is provided between the drive slide 9 and a motor 23 for reciprocatingly moving the drive slide. The feed mechanism comprises a drive portion for receiving a torque directly from the motor, and a driven portion to be intermittently driven by the drive portion while the drive portion is in continuous rotation. The power given to the driven portion is delivered to the drive slide to thereby move the slide stepwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiyasu Tsuruta, Saburo Yorizane, Koichiro Kimura, Tetsuo Noda, Taizo Isshiki, Masanori Okada, Masato Ishihara