Patents by Inventor Naomi Yoshimura

Naomi Yoshimura 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: 7341152
    Abstract: A package made of pulp material for absorbing an external force applied to a solid object accommodated in a box is provided which may include a first pad having at least a point of contact with a top surface of the solid object and a second pad having at least a point of contact with a bottom surface of the solid object. Each of the first pad and second pads may have a vertical force-absorbing section and a lateral force-absorbing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Naomi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20060291149
    Abstract: There is provided an audio/display apparatus that provides a large display and high-power output of an audio signal and is acceptable as one of the room furnishings, which is installed in a most noticeable position in the room. It includes an upper foreign body detecting mechanism provided along the entire top portion of an audio unit, opposite to at least a display unit, to detect a foreign body lodged in a clearance defined between the audio unit and display unit, and a lower foreign body detecting mechanism provided along the entire bottom portion of the audio unit to detect a foreign object caught at the bottom portion of the audio unit having moved to a first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Satoru Aizawa, Yuji Nishinosono, Naomi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20050173293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packing cushion material located between a packing article and a packing box to buffer shocks applied from the outside to protect an article when electronic appliances such as audio apparatus and speaker apparatus and other articles are housed and packed in a packing box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventor: Naomi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6915905
    Abstract: A packing cushion material located between a packing article and a packing box to buffer shocks applied from the outside to protect electronic appliances such as audio apparatus and speaker apparatus and other articles housed and packed in the packing box is formed by pulp mold. The packing cushion material is characterized by upper and lower cushion portions contacting with the packed article from the lower direction or the upper direction and side cushion portions contacting with the packed article from the lateral direction to receive force acting from the lateral direction, wherein the side cushion portions include protrusion portions protruding in the upper and lower directions and including contact surfaces expanded in the upper and lower directions to surface-contact the packed article and reinforcement portions formed at the rear sides of the protrusion portions and having concave and convex portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Naomi Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030165659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packing cushion material located between a packing article and a packing box to buffer shocks applied from the outside to protect an article when electronic appliances such as audio apparatus and speaker apparatus and other articles are housed and packed in a packing box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Naomi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6186330
    Abstract: A shock absorber which is put in a storage box, including: a main body portion having an accommodation portion on which a product to be accommodated in the storage box is put; at least one shock absorption portion which is provided to the main body portion and supports the product put on the accommodation portion; and a shock absorption guide portion which is provided to the main body portion and guides the shock absorption portion when the shock absorption portion is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Naomi Yoshimura