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).
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Patent number: 11958994Abstract: Provided is a decorative sheet having extremely good bleed-out suppression and long-term weather resistance maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Goto, Mayuko Komurasaki, Takashi Endoh, Toshiyuki Sakai, Masanori Ueno, Satoshi Furuta
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Patent number: 7670294Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Ryoko Kisen, Osamu Furuta
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Publication number: 20090062657Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Osamu Furuta, Akimasa Asai, Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Hatakenaka
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Publication number: 20090005686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Koji Yanagihara, Kiyoshi Matsumura, Osamu Furuta
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Patent number: 7271516Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Minebea-Matsushita MotorInventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara, Toshiaki Tsuzaki, Chee Poh Chua
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Publication number: 20060267427Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara, Toshiaki Tsuzaki, Chee Chua
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Publication number: 20060049705Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2005Publication date: March 9, 2006Inventors: Masaaki Matsubara, Kazuaki Sato, Osamu Furuta, Mikio Umehara
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Publication number: 20050090741Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2004Publication date: April 28, 2005Inventors: Ryoko Kisen, Osamu Furuta
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Patent number: 6786867Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
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Patent number: 6665176Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20030018254Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2002Publication date: January 23, 2003Inventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20020181193Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2002Publication date: December 5, 2002Inventors: Shinichi Amemiya, Osamu Furuta, Yoshinori Sakamoto
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Patent number: 6433548Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 1, 2000Date of Patent: August 13, 2002Assignee: Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Osamu Furuta, Eiji Takeda, Yoshiro Udo
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Patent number: 6385481Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 1998Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, LimitedInventors: Katsumasa Nose, Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayakawa, Masaaki Sakuma, Yujiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 6321108Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 6, 2001Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, LimitedInventors: Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayaklawa
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Publication number: 20010029330Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 1998Publication date: October 11, 2001Inventors: KATSUMASA NOSE, OSAMU FURUTA, KAZUHIKO HAYAKAWA, MASAAKI SAKUMA, YUJIRO HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20010007054Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2001Publication date: July 5, 2001Applicant: GE YOKOGAWA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LIMITED.Inventors: Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayaklawa
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Patent number: 6241669Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: GE Yokogawa Medical Systems, LimitedInventors: Osamu Furuta, Kazuhiko Hayaklawa
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Patent number: D447803Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2001Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Koji Yanagihara, Osamu Furuta, Tadashi Tsukahara, Kiyoshi Matsumura
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Patent number: D457885Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2001Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLCInventors: Koji Yanagihara, Osamu Furuta, Tadashi Tsukahara, Kiyoshi Matsumura