Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Era

Masayoshi Era 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: 5765065
    Abstract: A single-use camera which includes: a film winding knob, capable of rotating in the winding direction, for winding a film so as to feed the film frame by frame; a reversion-preventing member, having an engagement with the film winding knob, for preventing the film winding knob from rotating in the opposite direction to the winding direction; a releasing member for releasing the engagement of the reversion-preventing member with the film winding knob when the film is wound by the film winding knob so that the noise, generated from the reversion-preventing member, is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Koujiro Yoshida, Shuri Mizoguchi, Yaichi Iijima, Masayoshi Era, Ken Ishida, Hiroshi Kibayashi
  • Patent number: 5357300
    Abstract: In a lens holding device, a plurality of protrusions of equal height are provided oppositely at the front and rear of the periphery of a plastic photographic lens. The plurality of protrusions are substantially equidistant. Three sets of stairs, each having a plurality of steps with a predetermined difference in height between adjacent steps, are provided at positions corresponding to the protrusions in a lens receiving member and a lens pressing member, between which the lens is sandwiched. The position of the lens can be adjusted from a most advanced position to a most retreated position along the optical axis by selecting a preferred step of each of the stairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Yanagi, Kiyoaki Hazama, Masayoshi Era
  • Patent number: D476352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Takimura, Masayoshi Era, Koujiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: D476672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Takimura, Masayoshi Era, Koujiro Yoshida