Patents by Inventor Satoru Manabe

Satoru Manabe 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: 6053061
    Abstract: An improved sliding feed mechanism having a worm gear is disclosed can prevent a locking state from occurring between the worm and the worm wheel. The sliding feed mechanism includes a motor having a rotational shaft with an output end, a worm fixedly mounted to the rotational shaft and formed with a left-hand thread, a worm wheel which meshes with the worm, a driven member which is adapted to slidably move according to the rotation of the worm wheel. In this connection, the lead angle of the worm wheel is set so as to be larger than the lead angle of the worm, and the motor is mounted so that the output end of the rotational shaft is upwardly tilted so as to provide a proper engagement between the worm and the worm wheel having said lead angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventors: Ken'ichi Furukawa, Kouji Teranishi, Satoru Manabe
  • Patent number: 5917795
    Abstract: A disk device includes a drive mechanism having at least a disk motor and an optical head, the disk motor rotating a recording disk, and the optical head accessing the disk to reproduce information from the disk and/or record information in the disk. A first printed circuit board controls the disk motor and the optical head of the drive mechanism, the first printed circuit board receiving signals from the optical head and/or sending signals to the optical head to perform the reproducing of information and/or the recording of information. The disk device further comprises a second printed circuit board electrically coupling the drive mechanism to the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board including a connector coupled to wire patterns of the signals received and/or sent by the first printed circuit board, and the connector being coupled to the first printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken'Ichi Furukawa, Atsushi Kirii, Kouji Teranishi, Satoru Manabe, Ken'Ichi Hori, Kazutomo Imi
  • Patent number: 5560147
    Abstract: A movable louver window has a frame body and a plurality of double-vane assemblies each having first and second louver vanes and a pair of left and right coupling members. Each pair of left and right coupling members couples said first and second louver vanes. A plurality of double-vane assemblies are mounted within the frame body. Air-tight and water-tight sealing between the frame body and the double-vane assemblies is established by seal members which are provided over the entire circumference of the frame body and continuously connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: YKK Architectural Products Inc.
    Inventors: Masaki Ashida, Satoru Manabe, Shoji Takahashi