Patents by Inventor Munekiyo Ikebe

Munekiyo Ikebe 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: 20120179074
    Abstract: A massage machine includes a seat and a backrest, and a massage mechanism including a massaging element is provided within the backrest. The massaging element is connected to an arm of the massage mechanism and includes a heat transfer unit in which a heat source is contained and which is able to transfer to the user the heat transferred from the heat source. A rubbing roller is supported by the heat transfer unit on the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Munekiyo Ikebe, Takashi Yukawa, Masaki Nagano
  • Publication number: 20120172768
    Abstract: A massage machine includes a seat and a backrest, and a massage mechanism including a massaging element is provided within the backrest. The massaging element is provided on an arm of the massage mechanism and includes a first heat transfer unit in which a heat source is contained, a second heat transfer unit which is connected to the first heat transfer unit, and a rubbing roller which is supported by at least one of the first heat transfer unit and the second heat transfer unit. The configuration enables the first heat transfer unit to transfer to the user the heat transferred from the heat source and also enables the second heat transfer unit to transfer to the user the heat transferred from the first heat transfer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munekiyo Ikebe, Takashi Yukawa, Masaki Nagano
  • Patent number: 7947002
    Abstract: A pressure-sensing massage machine that resolves the problems of difficult assembly and adjustment and the occurrence of operational errors common to a sensing mechanism that uses many components and devices. The massage machine of the present invention is able to monitor the pressure applied to the massage recipient by a motor-driven movably extending massaging member. A flexible member is provided in the transmission located between the massage member and the motor that drives the massage member, and a pressure sensing mechanism monitors the pressure applied to the massage recipient through the flexible displacement of the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Souichirou Mizoguchi, Junji Nakamura, Masatoshi Dairin, Munekiyo Ikebe, Masahiro Kirigaya
  • Patent number: 7892192
    Abstract: A massaging device having an applicator driven by a plurality of driving unit to move along two or more different axes to generate a combined massaging action to be applied to the user's body. A controller holds individual speed data each defining a speed at which each of the driving units reciprocates the applicator along each of the different axes, and to control the driving units to reciprocate the applicator in accordance with the associated speed data. The controller controls the speed of the applicator along one of the axes independently from the speed of the applicator moving along another of the axes. Accordingly, the applicator's movements along the different axes can be free from being interfered with each other even being subject to a load, thereby assuring to continue the combined massaging action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsukada, Motoharu Muto, Takayoshi Tanizawa, Satoshi Kajiyama, Masamichi Miyaguchi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Masatoshi Dairin, Munekiyo Ikebe, Yoshiharu Hayashi, Masaki Nagano, Takashi Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20110009781
    Abstract: A chair-type massage machine has a seat, a backrest part, and a treatment mechanism that is provided in the backrest part so as to able to move up and down, and the treatment mechanism comprises: a treatment arm having a treatment element at substantially a tip end thereof; a massage power selection mechanism for adjusting massage strength by displacing the treatment arm between a weak state in which the treatment arm is substantially parallel to a backrest face of the backrest part and a strong state in which the treatment arm is erected substantially perpendicular to the backrest face; and a push-out member that is provided closer to a base end side than the treatment element of the treatment arm and is positioned below the treatment element when the treatment arm is in the strong state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Nakamura, Munekiyo Ikebe, Masatoshi Dairin, Yousuke Kurata
  • Publication number: 20090124940
    Abstract: A massage machine comprises a drive shaft rotatably driven in forward and reverse directions; a pair of inclined shafts mounted on both ends of the drive shaft so as to have an arbitrary inclination relative to an axial direction of the drive shaft; a pair of left and right massage ball units including massage balls and rotatably connected to outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of inclined shafts, respectively; and switching means for switching an axial rotation position of one inclined shaft of the pair of inclined shafts. The massage ball units each comprise a swing arm having one end rotatably connected to the outer peripheral surface of the inclined shaft; and a support arm connected to the other end of the swing arm and having mounted thereon multiple massage balls at a vertical distance from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Nishio, Takayoshi Tanizawa, Masamichi Miyaguchi, Yuichi Nishibori, Daisuke Tsukada, Satoshi Kajiyama, Yousuke Kurata, Masatoshi Dairin, Munekiyo Ikebe
  • Publication number: 20070167887
    Abstract: A massaging device has an applicator driven by a plurality of driving unit to move along two or more different axes to generate a combined massaging action to be applied to the user's body. A controller holds individual speed data each defining a speed at which each of the driving units reciprocates the applicator along each of the different axes, and to control the driving units to reciprocate the applicator in accordance with the associated speed data. The controller controls the speed of the applicator along one of the axes independently from the speed of the applicator moving along another of the axes. Accordingly, the applicator's movements along the different axes can be free from being interfered with each other even being subject to a load, thereby assuring to continue the combined massaging action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tsukada, Motoharu Muto, Takayoshi Tanizawa, Satoshi Kajiyama, Masamichi Miyaguchi, Hiroyuki Inoue, Masatoshi Dairin, Munekiyo Ikebe, Yoshiharu Hayashi, Masaki Nagano, Takashi Yukawa
  • Publication number: 20070149906
    Abstract: A pressure-sensing massage machine that resolves the problems of difficult assembly and adjustment and the occurrence of operational errors common to a sensing mechanism that uses many components and devices. The massage machine of the present invention is able to monitor the pressure applied to the massage recipient by a motor-driven movably extending massaging member. A flexible member is provided in the transmission located between the massage member and the motor that drives the massage member, and a pressure sensing mechanism monitors the pressure applied to the massage recipient through the flexible displacement of the flexible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Souichirou MIZOGUCHI, Junji NAKAMURA, Masatoshi DAIRIN, Munekiyo IKEBE, Masahiro KIRIGAYA
  • Patent number: 7207956
    Abstract: A pressure-sensing massage machine that resolves the problems of difficult assembly and adjustment and the occurrence of operational errors common to a sensing mechanism that uses many components and devices. The massage machine of the present invention is able to monitor the pressure applied to the massage recipient by a motor-driven movably extending massaging member. A flexible member is provided in the transmission located between the massage member and the motor that drives the massage member, and a pressure sensing mechanism monitors the pressure applied to the massage recipient through the flexible displacement of the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Souichirou Mizoguchi, Junji Nakamura, Masatoshi Dairin, Munekiyo Ikebe, Masahiro Kirigaya
  • Publication number: 20050101890
    Abstract: A pressure-sensing massage machine that resolves the problems of difficult assembly and adjustment and the occurrence of operational errors common to a sensing mechanism that uses many components and devices. The massage machine of the present invention is able to monitor the pressure applied to the massage recipient by a motor-driven movably extending massaging member. A flexible member is provided in the transmission located between the massage member and the motor that drives the massage member, and a pressure sensing mechanism monitors the pressure applied to the massage recipient through the flexible displacement of the flexible member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Souichirou Mizoguchi, Junji Nakamura, Masatoshi Dairin, Munekiyo Ikebe, Masahiro Kirigaya