Patents by Inventor Nobushige Kobayashi

Nobushige Kobayashi 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: 5664244
    Abstract: A viewfinder device has an objective lens element (2) disposed on a viewfinder light path and an eyepiece lens element (3, 28) disposed behind the objective lens element. An image (10) of an object (7) is observable at an eye point (EP). At least one indicia portion (4, 12, 13, 20, 25, 35, 36, 40a, 40b) is disposed in front of the eyepiece lens element, for indicating information related to a taking field. At least one micro lens (5, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 9a, 9b, 14, 17, 22, 30, 32a, 32b) has positive power, is disposed behind the indicia portion, renders an image of the indicia portion observable, and meets0.5.ltoreq.2e.multidot.tan .theta..ltoreq.2.5where e is a distance from the micro lens to the eye point, and .theta. is a half of an angle defined by a convex surface of the micro lens as viewed from the eye point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., TOA Rikagaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Yamamura, Takashi Mizuguchi, Nobushige Kobayashi, Kazumi Koike
  • Patent number: 5364063
    Abstract: An ice cube tray consisting of an inner tray divided lengthwise and breadthwise into a plurality of pockets with open tops, and an outer tray divided into a configuration that fits the shape of the inner tray forming a space between the outer bottom of the inner tray and the inner bottom of the outer tray, with openings provided on the bottom of the inner tray so as to make transparent ice in the pockets, and additionally providing slightly curved protruding points on the bottom of the outer tray to allow for expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: MK Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eichi Nishimura, Shoichi Takeda, Tohru Fujiwara, Nobushige Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4502515
    Abstract: A useful dry battery driven liquid pump for pumping liquid such as kerosene or the like into a tank for an oil heater or the like very conveniently includes a combination of a motor and a liquid pump disposed at the lower end part of a suction tube, a plurality of dry cells contained in a dry battery casing, a liquid surface level detector disposed at the lower end part of a delivery tube and a control circuit which controls operation of the liquid pump properly in response to an output from the liquid surface level detector. The liquid surface level detector includes a prism formed at the lower end of a cylindrical detector body, a light beam generating element and a light beam receiving element. The liquid pump is driven as long as the prism does not get wet with liquid and thus light is reflected from the inner optical surface of the prism toward the light beam receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: Maruyama Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobushige Kobayashi, Satoshi Kazama