Patents by Inventor Naoki Asakura

Naoki Asakura 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: 11685560
    Abstract: A packaging device for packaging material includes: a carry-in conveyor configured to carry in a food container along a conveyance direction; a carry-out conveyor configured to carry out the food container along the conveyance direction; a conveyor moving mechanism configured to move at least one of the carry-in conveyor or the carry-out conveyor; a packaging material pressing mechanism configured to press a band-shaped packaging material against the food container conveyed between the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor and to attach the band-shaped packaging material to the food container; and a control device configured to cause the conveyor moving mechanism to move at least one of the carry-in conveyor or the carry-out conveyor to thereby form an attachment space between the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor where the packaging material pressing mechanism attaches the band-shaped packaging material to the food container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: OSAKA SEALING PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shibao, Akinori Ishizuka, Naoki Asakura
  • Publication number: 20230118777
    Abstract: A packaging device for packaging material includes: a carry-in conveyor configured to carry in a food container along a conveyance direction; a carry-out conveyor configured to carry out the food container along the conveyance direction; a conveyor moving mechanism configured to move at least one of the carry-in conveyor or the carry-out conveyor; a packaging material pressing mechanism configured to press a band-shaped packaging material against the food container conveyed between the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor and to attach the band-shaped packaging material to the food container; and a control device configured to cause the conveyor moving mechanism to move at least one of the carry-in conveyor or the carry-out conveyor to thereby form an attachment space between the carry-in conveyor and the carry-out conveyor where the packaging material pressing mechanism attaches the band-shaped packaging material to the food container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: OSAKA SEALING PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIBAO, Akinori ISHIZUKA, Naoki ASAKURA
  • Patent number: 8827227
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electric display device turning base capable of stabilizing and turning a direction of a thin-screen display device. This display device turning base is provided with a first base portion; a mounting and fixing portion; a pair of arc guide rails installed in the mounting and fixing portion in such a manner that a center point of an arc thereof is arranged on a horizontal line passing through a gravity center of the thin-screen display device mounted and fixed to the mounting and fixing portion and extending in a left and right direction; a support roller for supporting the arc guide rails turnably around the horizontal line in a state that the center point of the arc guide rails is arranged on the horizontal line, the support roller being rotatably installed in the first base portion in a standing manner; and an electric drive mechanism for turning the arc guide rails around the horizontal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Nagaoka, Katsutoshi Okada, Naoki Asakura, Norio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 8052101
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotating table for a display device which can rotate around the horizontal shaft by a manual operation in addition to a small motor drive. A rotating table for a display device includes a rotating member arranged so as to be rotatable around a horizontal shaft, and in which the display device is arranged, a balancing device balancing with a gravity moment around the horizontal shaft in the display device, and a first motor-driven rotating mechanism rotating the rotating member around the horizontal shaft, and the first motor-driven rotating mechanism includes gear trains converting a rotation of an electric motor into a rotation of the rotating member, and a rotation allowing device allowing a rotation of the gear trains only in a case of a rotation having a torque not less than a predetermined torque with respect to the rotation from the rotating member side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Asakura, Katsutoshi Okada, Yoshiki Nagaoka, Norio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090272870
    Abstract: The invention provides a rotating table for a display device which can rotate around the horizontal shaft by a manual operation in addition to a small motor drive. A rotating table for a display device includes a rotating member arranged so as to be rotatable around a horizontal shaft, and in which the display device is arranged, a balancing device balancing with a gravity moment around the horizontal shaft in the display device, and a first motor-driven rotating mechanism rotating the rotating member around the horizontal shaft, and the first motor-driven rotating mechanism includes gear trains converting a rotation of an electric motor into a rotation of the rotating member, and a rotation allowing device allowing a rotation of the gear trains only in a case of a rotation having a torque not less than a predetermined torque with respect to the rotation from the rotating member side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Naoki ASAKURA, Katsutoshi Okada, Yoshiki Nagaoka, Norio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20090261223
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electric display device turning base capable of stabilizing and turning a direction of a thin-screen display device. This display device turning base is provided with a first base portion; a mounting and fixing portion; a pair of arc guide rails installed in the mounting and fixing portion in such a manner that a center point of an arc thereof is arranged on a horizontal line passing through a gravity center of the thin-screen display device mounted and fixed to the mounting and fixing portion and extending in a left and right direction; a support roller for supporting the arc guide rails turnably around the horizontal line in a state that the center point of the arc guide rails is arranged on the horizontal line, the support roller being rotatably installed in the first base portion in a standing manner; and an electric drive mechanism for turning the arc guide rails around the horizontal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshiki NAGAOKA, Katsutoshi OKADA, Naoki ASAKURA, Norio YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 5828517
    Abstract: A cassette loading device includes a door opening/closing mechanism that includes a single element arm or the like for selectively opening and closing a cassette loading door, in accordance with the movement of a cassette receiving housing between a ejected position and a loaded position. The single element is selectively locked into place so as to not cause the cassette loading door to open, such as when a tape cassette is not inserted into the cassette receiving housing. Therefore, the cassette loading door remains closed until a tape cassette is moved into or out of the cassette receiving housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Asakura
  • Patent number: 5754363
    Abstract: In a cassette loading device according to the invention, a member for transmitting the drive force supplied from a loading motor is formed of a spur gear for facilitating assembly, a stopper is associated to teeth of a spur gear, which is provided for moving a cassette housing, so as to stop the rotation of the spur gear through an angle smaller than 360 degrees without a fail, a plurality of apertures through which light beams are passed to a photosensor are formed at positions in a gear sense corresponding to moving patterns for the purpose of detecting a trailing end of the tape in accordance with various moving patterns of the tape cassette, and a door moving member of an integral type is employed to eliminate a connection to a door for reducing the number of parts for opening and closing a door and thus facilitating the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Asakura
  • Patent number: 5524806
    Abstract: A tape loading mechanism having a guide member provided on a pinch roller unit to prevent a cam follower provided on the pinch roller unit from coming off a cam groove, and capable of smoothly moving the pinch roller unit. A sliding face provided on the pinch roller unit moves sliding along the rim of a cam to impart rotating force to the pinch roller unit so that the pinch roller moves away from a capstan shaft, and therefore the pinch roller can be moved completely away from the capstan shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Asakura, Tomoaki Ide