Patents by Inventor Minoru Hiyama

Minoru Hiyama 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: 20240366457
    Abstract: A rehabilitation apparatus includes: a right movable unit (Ka) to be coordinated with a right hand (Ha); a left movable unit (Kb) to be coordinated with a left hand (Hb); a right motor (Ma) configured to turn the right movable unit (Ka); a left motor (Mb) configured to turn the left movable unit (Kb); and a control unit including motor controlling device for controlling the right motor (Ma) and the left motor (Mb). The motor controlling device is configured to cause bilateral control to be performed, in which, when the right motor (Ma) is rotated by an external force of the right hand (Ha) or when the left motor (Mb) is rotated by an external force of the left hand (Kb), similarly to one motor rotated by this external force, another motor is electrically rotated so as to follow the one motor, in a direction reverse to a rotation direction of the one motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ozeki, Eisuke Takebe, Minoru Hiyama, Tasuku Miyoshi, Shinichi Izumi