Patents by Inventor Osamu Furuta

Osamu Furuta 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: 11958994
    Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Goto, Mayuko Komurasaki, Takashi Endoh, Toshiyuki Sakai, Masanori Ueno, Satoshi Furuta
  • Patent number: 7670294
    Abstract: A needle guide includes a straight conduit having a linear passage of an inner diameter that allows passage of the needle and a funnel for increasing the diameter of an opening of the straight conduit at a second end wherein a distance from a center of an opening of the funnel to an ultrasonic probe body is larger than a distance from a center of an opening of the straight conduit at a first end to the ultrasonic probe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ryoko Kisen, Osamu Furuta
  • Publication number: 20090062657
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an operating device for an operator to input an instruction, a probe for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, an image display device for displaying an ultrasonic image, and a processing device. The processing device controls driving the probe based on the instruction, generates the ultrasonic image based on a received signal, and displays the ultrasonic image on the image display device. The operating device is formed separately from the processing device and the image display device is supported by an arm extending from a column support along the processing device or by an arm extending from the processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Osamu Furuta, Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Hatakenaka
  • Publication number: 20090005686
    Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: an operating device for an operator to input an instruction; a probe for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves; an image display device for displaying an ultrasonic image; and an processing device which drives the probe based on the instruction, produces the ultrasonic image, and displays the image on the image display device. The processing device is mounted on an installation platform or placed on a floor. A cable receiving space is provided inside the processing device or the installation platform for receiving a cable of probe. A probe connector is provided above an opening of the cable receiving space such that the cable is received into the cable receiving space in the shape of a U. A movable pulley is hung from a lower end of the U-shaped cable, and the movable pulley is supported on a rail in a vertically movable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Osamu Furuta
  • Patent number: 7271516
    Abstract: A stepping motor for generating vibration is provided and includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, a ring magnet and a rotor frame, and the rotor frame is formed into a substantial cup-shape including a disk portion having an opening at the center and also including a cylindrical portion continuously arranged at the periphery of the disk portion, and a weight portion is arranged in a portion of the rotor frame so that the gravity center of the rotor frame an be located at a position eccentric with respect to the center of the rotor frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Minebea-Matsushita Motor
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara, Toshiaki Tsuzaki, Chee Poh Chua
  • Publication number: 20060267427
    Abstract: A stepping motor for generating vibration is provided and includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, a ring magnet and a rotor frame, and the rotor frame is formed into a substantial cup-shape including a disk portion having an opening at the center and also including a cylindrical portion continuously arranged at the periphery of the disk portion, and a weight portion is arranged in a portion of the rotor frame so that the gravity center of the rotor frame an be located at a position eccentric with respect to the center of the rotor frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara, Toshiaki Tsuzaki, Chee Chua
  • Publication number: 20060049705
    Abstract: A vibrating motor including a stepping motor in which control is simple, large vibration is generated, and drive torque can be efficiently generated, and a portable terminal apparatus using the same are provided. The vibrating motor includes a single-phase annular stator coil, a stator yoke disposed to surround the periphery of the single-phase annular stator coil and having pole teeth, an interface board fixing the stator yoke and having a wiring connected to the annular stator coil, plural arc-shaped magnets disposed to be opposite to the pole teeth and to be capable of rotating around a rotating shaft, and an eccentric weight capable of rotating around the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara
  • Publication number: 20050090741
    Abstract: A needle guide includes a straight conduit having a linear passage of an inner diameter that allows passage of the needle and a funnel for increasing the diameter of an opening of the straight conduit at a second end wherein a distance from a center of an opening of the funnel to an ultrasonic probe body is larger than a distance from a center of an opening of the straight conduit at a first end to the ultrasonic probe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Ryoko Kisen, Osamu Furuta
  • Patent number: 6786867
    Abstract: In order to allow operation of key switches without awkwardly bending the elbow or wrist, and arranging key switches aesthetically in the appearance design while preventing confusion in operation and eliminating dead space within the area occupied by the key switches, key switches 1-1-1-6 are arranged horizontally in a row slantingly with respect to the horizontal and vertical directions of an operation panel 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6665176
    Abstract: In order to provide an electronic device permitting a reduction in size or an expansion of its internal space while maintaining its mechanical strength, a structure having mechanical strength is integrally formed with hinges for fitting a lid-shaped display unit to a box-shaped body and a carrying handle projecting outward from the box-shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20030018254
    Abstract: In order to allow operation of key switches without awkwardly bending the elbow or wrist, and arranging key switches aesthetically in the appearance design while preventing confusion in operation and eliminating dead space within the area occupied by the key switches, key switches 1-1-1-6 are arranged horizontally in a row slantingly with respect to the horizontal and vertical directions of an operation panel 101.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20020181193
    Abstract: In order to provide an electronic device permitting a reduction in size or an expansion of its internal space while maintaining its mechanical strength, a structure having mechanical strength is integrally formed with hinges for fitting a lid-shaped display unit to a box-shaped body and a carrying handle projecting outward from the box-shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 6433548
    Abstract: Coils surrounding the forehead of an imaging subject and coils wrapped around the nose elevation for the part from the nose down are provided to effectively obtain an image of a head, and by forming the front surface in a grid shape, openness, brightness and air circulation are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Osamu Furuta, Eiji Takeda, Yoshiro Udo
  • Patent number: 6385481
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to joint motion imaging and provides a vertical magnet type MRI system comprising a vertical magnet unit (10) having a pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), a movable table (20) provided with wheels (22) for traveling and a cradle (21) to carry a specimen laid down thereon, and capable of being moved into and moved out of a space between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), table locking devices (13) for locking the movable table (20) with the cradle (21) being in place between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), a movable chair (30) provided with wheels (32) for traveling and capable of being moved into and moved out of the space between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), and a chair locking device (14) for locking the movable chair (30) in place between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Katsumasa Nose, Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Masaaki Sakuma, Yujiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 6321108
    Abstract: In order to mitigate the feeling of confinement experienced by a subject (patient) and improve the S/N ratio of an MRI coil when used as a head coil, there is provided an MRI coil 10 comprising a pair of opposing coils 1 and 2 whose coil surfaces face each other with an imaging space interposed, and a quadrature coil 3 which has a coil surface orthogonal to the coil surfaces of the opposing coils 1 and 2 and surrounds the imaging space. When the MRI coil 10 is used as a head coil, the quadrature coil 3 is fitted over the eyes of a subject H, and the opposing coils 1 and 2 are positioned near the ears of the subject H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayaklawa
  • Publication number: 20010029330
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to joint motion imaging and provides a vertical magnet type MRI system comprising a vertical magnet unit (10) having a pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), a movable table (20) provided with wheels (22) for traveling and a cradle (21) to carry a specimen laid down thereon, and capable of being moved into and moved out of a space between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), table locking devices (13) for locking the movable table (20) with the cradle (21) being in place between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), a movable chair (30) provided with wheels (32) for traveling and capable of being moved into and moved out of the space between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11), and a chair locking device (14) for locking the movable chair (30) in place between the pair of opposite vertical magnets (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: KATSUMASA NOSE, OSAMU FURUTA, KAZUHIKO HAYAKAWA, MASAAKI SAKUMA, YUJIRO HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20010007054
    Abstract: In order to mitigate the feeling of confinement experienced by a subject (patient) and improve the SIN ratio of an MRI coil when used as a head coil, there is provided an MRI coil 10 comprising a pair of opposing coils 1 and 2 whose coil surfaces face each other with an imaging space interposed, and a quadrature coil 3 which has a coil surface orthogonal to the coil surfaces of the opposing coils 1 and 2 and surrounds the imaging space. When the MRI coil 10 is used as a head coil, the quadrature coil 3 is fitted over the eyes of a subject H, and the opposing coils 1 and 2 are positioned near the ears of the subject H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Applicant: GE YOKOGAWA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LIMITED.
    Inventors: Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayaklawa
  • Patent number: 6241669
    Abstract: In order to mitigate the feeling of confinement experienced by a subject (patient) and improve the S/N ratio of an MRI coil when used as a head coil, there is provided an MRI coil 10 comprising a pair of opposing coils 1 and 2 whose coil surfaces face each other with an imaging space interposed, and a quadrature coil 3 which has a coil surface orthogonal to the coil surfaces of the opposing coils 1 and 2 and surrounds the imaging space. When the MRI coil 10 is used as a head coil, the quadrature coil 3 is fitted over the eyes of a subject H, and the opposing coils 1 and 2 are positioned near the ears of the subject H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
    Inventors: Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayaklawa
  • Patent number: D447803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Osamu Furuta, Tadashi Tsukahara, Kiyoshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: D457885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Osamu Furuta, Tadashi Tsukahara, Kiyoshi Matsumura