Patents by Inventor Seiji Usami

Seiji Usami 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: 8139466
    Abstract: A recording/reproducing device (A) includes: a first device (31) for performing recording and/or reproduction of data with respect to a first detachable storage medium; a second device (35) for performing recording and/or reproduction of data with respect to a second detachable storage medium; a first display section (41) for notifying a working state of the first device (31); and a second display section (47) for notifying a working state of the second device (35). A relative positions of the first device (31) to the second device (35) is the same as a relative position of the first display section (41) to the second display section (47).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Hashimoto, Hiroshi Minematsu, Akihisa Matsumoto, Shohji Takada, Kimiyoshi Itoh, Harumi Sakamoto, Noriaki Itai, Seiji Usami, Yutaka Itoh, Shuhki Ohtani, Hiroshi Mikuni
  • Patent number: 7900535
    Abstract: A transmission includes: a casing of the transmission; a shaft rotatably supported by the casing and having an oil passage; plural gears mounted on the shaft. The lubricant is partly lifted and stirred in response to a shift operation implemented by selectively engaging and rotating the gears. The transmission further includes a lubricating mechanism placed at a position higher than the shaft and having an upper end opening in an upward direction so as to collect and store the lifted lubricant. The lubricating mechanism is provided with an oil supply port through which the lubricant is guided to the oil passage of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignees: Aisin AI Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Takafumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Nitta, Akihiko Ikeda, Shinji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7513172
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a casing provided with shafts therein, a rotational member positioned in the casing at an end portion in an axial direction of the shafts, the rotational member being configured to lift up a lubricating oil so as to supply the lubricating oil to a part that is different from the end portion inside the casing, and an oil passage provided along the axis line direction of the shafts, the oil passage configured to receive the lubricating oil lifted up by the rotational member at a first end portion in a longitudinal direction of the oil passage and to supply the lubricating oil through a second end portion in the longitudinal direction of the oil passage to a part inside the casing placed far away from the rotational member, the oil passage being integrally formed with the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignees: Aisin AI Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yohei Takahashi, Takafumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Nitta, Seiji Usami, Akihiko Ikeda, Daisuke Ido
  • Publication number: 20080075415
    Abstract: A recording/reproducing device (A) includes: a first device (31) for performing recording and/or reproduction of data with respect to a first detachable storage medium; a second device (35) for performing recording and/or reproduction of data with respect to a second detachable storage medium; a first display section (41) for notifying a working state of the first device (31); and a second display section (47) for notifying a working state of the second device (35). A relative positions of the first device (31) to the second device (35) is the same as a relative position of the first display section (41) to the second display section (47).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2005
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Hashimoto, Hiroshi Minematsu, Akihisa Matsumoto, Shohji Takada, Kimiyoshi Itoh, Karumi Sakamoto, Noriaki Itai, Seiji Usami, Yutaka Itoh, Shuhki Ohtani, Hiroshi Mikuni, Hiroshi Mikuni
  • Publication number: 20060278475
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a casing provided with shafts therein, a rotational member positioned in the casing at an end portion in an axial direction of the shafts, the rotational member being configured to lift up a lubricating oil so as to supply the lubricating oil to a part that is different from the end portion inside the casing, and an oil passage provided along the axis line direction of the shafts, the oil passage configured to receive the lubricating oil lifted up by the rotational member at a first end portion in a longitudinal direction of the oil passage and to supply the lubricating oil through a second end portion in the longitudinal direction of the oil passage to a part inside the casing placed far away from the rotational member, the oil passage being integrally formed with the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicants: AISIN AI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yohei Takahashi, Takafumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Nitta, Seiji Usami, Akihiko Ikeda, Daisuke Ido
  • Publication number: 20060189434
    Abstract: A transmission includes: a casing of the transmission; a shaft rotatably supported by the casing and having an oil passage; plural gears mounted on the shaft. The lubricant is partly lifted and stirred in response to a shift operation implemented by selectively engaging and rotating the gears. The transmission further includes a lubricating mechanism placed at a position higher than the shaft and having an upper end opening in an upward direction so as to collect and store the lifted lubricant. The lubricating mechanism is provided with an oil supply port through which the lubricant is guided to the oil passage of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicants: AISIN AI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Takafumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Nitta, Akihiko Ikeda, Shinji Ogawa
  • Patent number: D509811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Motoko Shimizu
  • Patent number: D447738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Tazuo Orihara, Noriaki Itai
  • Patent number: D456373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Tazuo Orihara, Noriaki Itai
  • Patent number: D524271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Sharp Corporation
    Inventors: Noriaki Itai, Harumi Sakamoto, Seiji Usami
  • Patent number: D466876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Tazuo Orihara, Noriaki Itai
  • Patent number: D499707
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Noriaki Itai, Tazuo Orihara, Makoto Shinba
  • Patent number: D352717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Tomitaro Saito, Yoshito Fujii, Masaki Iinuma
  • Patent number: D353596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Tomitaro Saito, Hisae Kasakura
  • Patent number: D357244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Yoshito Fujii, Masaki Iinuma
  • Patent number: D357245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Yoshito Fujii, Keiichi Koyama
  • Patent number: D357472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Yoshito Fujii, Kazumi Osaka, Lee C. Heong
  • Patent number: D633527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriaki Itai, Seiji Usami, Hiroshi Yamamizu
  • Patent number: D639824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Noriaki Itai, Akihiko Hotta
  • Patent number: D418131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Usami, Masashi Miyata, Noriaki Itai