Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Kusaba

Ryuichi Kusaba 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).

  • Transfer and locomotion apparatus
    Patent number: 8955871
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer and locomotion apparatus with excellent functionality, stability, versatility, and user-friendliness such that a person requiring nursing care can transfer between the transfer and locomotion apparatus to a bed and a toilet seat, etc., keeping the orientation of the body. The apparatus comprises a base part having a driving part, a seat part provided on the base part and which a user can sit from a back portion or a side portion, and a breast pad part standing in a front end side of the seat part and contacting a breast of the user. At least one of the seat part and the breast pad part is held to be able to move forward and backward, and upward and downward with respect to the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: TMSUK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Takamoto, Yuji Kawakubo, Kenichi Miyamoto, Katsuyuki Baba, Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Ryuichi Kusaba, Yukihide Iwamoto
  • TRANSFER AND LOCOMOTION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120133113
    Abstract: Disclosed is a transfer and locomotion apparatus with excellent functionality, stability, versatility, and user-friendliness such that a person requiring nursing care can transfer between the transfer and locomotion apparatus to a bed and a toilet seat, etc., keeping the orientation of the body. The apparatus has a simple structure, is operable by a single person, imposes no strain on the person's back and lumbar part, etc., and can comfortably be used even if the person has injured-spine and so forth. The apparatus comprises a base part having a driving part, a seat part provided on the base part and which a user can sit from a back portion or a side portion, and a breast pad part standing in a front end side of the seat part and contacting a breast of the user. At least one of the seat part and the breast pad part is held to be able to move forward and backward, and upward and downward with respect to the base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: TMSUK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Takamoto, Yuji Kawakubo, Kenichi Miyamoto, Katsuyuki Bba, Shin-ichiro Takasugi, Ryuichi Kusaba, Yukihide Iwamoto
  • Determination of the total time required for reproducing a desired range of signals recorded on a recording disk in a signal recording and reproduction system
    Patent number: 4916685
    Abstract: A signal recording and reproduction system is used in recording and reproducing signals on and from a recording medium such as a compact disk, laser disk, video disk or digital audio tape. Index data for the recorded contents such as Table of Contents data (TOC) or the like, are stored in the recording medium. The signal recording and reproduction system confirms the time necessary for playing or reproducing a desired reproduction range of record sections in the recording medium, using a small number of steps of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Endoh, Syoichi Henmi, Ryuichi Kusaba, Katsunori Koukata, Noriyuki Sakamoto