Patents by Inventor Shigeki Asano

Shigeki Asano 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: 8920278
    Abstract: A gear transmission comprises a crankshaft that eccentrically rotates one of an internal gear and an external gear. A first gear is attached to one end of the crankshaft. A ring gear having internal teeth meshes with the first gear. An intermediate gear meshes with external teeth of the ring gear. A second gear is attached to one end of an output shaft of a motor and meshes with the intermediate gear. The motor and the crankshaft are positioned, relative to the intermediate gear, on the same side in the axial direction of the gear transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Shigeki Asano
  • Patent number: 8858383
    Abstract: A gear transmission includes an eccentric-oscillating-type first reduction gear unit having a first internal gear, a first crankshaft with at least one first eccentric body defined thereon, a first input gear fixed to the first crankshaft and a first output member, as well as an eccentric-oscillating-type second reduction gear unit disposed coaxially with the first reduction gear unit and surrounding the first reduction gear unit. The second reduction gear unit has a second internal gear, a second crankshaft with at least one second eccentric body defined thereon, a second input gear fixed to the second crankshaft and a second output member. The first output member is engaged with the second input gear. Further, the first internal gear is disposed, in the axial direction of the gear transmission, between the second input gear and the at least one second eccentric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Nishioka, Yusuke Kataoka, Satoshi Tanaka, Shigeki Asano
  • Publication number: 20130102433
    Abstract: A gear transmission includes an eccentric-oscillating-type first reduction gear unit having a first internal gear, a first crankshaft with at least one first eccentric body defined thereon, a first input gear fixed to the first crankshaft and a first output member, as well as an eccentric-oscillating-type second reduction gear unit disposed coaxially with the first reduction gear unit and surrounding the first reduction gear unit. The second reduction gear unit has a second internal gear, a second crankshaft with at least one second eccentric body defined thereon, a second input gear fixed to the second crankshaft and a second output member. The first output member is engaged with the second input gear. Further, the first internal gear is disposed, in the axial direction of the gear transmission, between the second input gear and the at least one second eccentric body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Nishioka, Yusuke Kataoka, Satoshi Tanaka, Shigeki Asano
  • Patent number: 8100807
    Abstract: A first reduction gear unit has a first input shaft that rotates in accordance with the rotation of an output shaft of a motor, a first external gear that revolves orbitally around an axis line of the first input shaft, and a first internal gear that has a number of teeth differing from the number of teeth of the first external gear. A second reduction gear unit comprises a crankshaft that rotates in accordance with the rotation of a first output shaft, a second external gear having a through hole formed at a center itself, a cylindrical member passing through the through hole of the second external gear, a second internal gear that has a number of teeth differing from the number of teeth of the second external gear, and a second output shaft that rotates around an axis line of the second internal gear. The first reduction gear unit is disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the second reduction gear unit and an inner surface of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Hongyou Wang, Shigeki Asano
  • Publication number: 20110132433
    Abstract: A gear transmission comprises a crankshaft that eccentrically rotates one of an internal gear and an external gear. A first gear is attached to one end of the crankshaft. A ring gear having internal teeth meshes with the first gear. An intermediate gear meshes with external teeth of the ring gear. A second gear is attached to one end of an output shaft of a motor and meshes with the intermediate gear. The motor and the crankshaft are positioned, relative to the intermediate gear, on the same side in the axial direction of the gear transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Shigeki Asano
  • Publication number: 20100004086
    Abstract: A first reduction gear unit has a first input shaft that rotates in accordance with the rotation of an output shaft of a motor, a first external gear that revolves orbitally around an axis line of the first input shaft, and a first internal gear that has a number of teeth differing from the number of teeth of the first external gear. A second reduction gear unit comprises a crankshaft that rotates in accordance with the rotation of a first output shaft, a second external gear having a through hole formed at a center itself, a cylindrical member passing through the through hole of the second external gear, a second internal gear that has a number of teeth differing from the number of teeth of the second external gear, and a second output shaft that rotates around an axis line of the second internal gear. The first reduction gear unit is disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the second reduction gear unit and an inner surface of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyoshi, Hongyou Wang, Shigeki Asano
  • Patent number: 6420129
    Abstract: There is provided a reagent composition for the enzymatic determination of electrolytes, which has high solution stability enabling it to stand up to its distribution in the market as a liquid reagent, and which further has excellent quantitative reliability and accuracy. This is a reagent composition for the determination of electrolytes such as calcium or chloride ions, which contains: (a) inactive &agr;-amylase; (b) a chelating agent; (c) a substrate for &agr;-amylase; and (d) a cyclodextrin derivative, and which may optionally further contain an SH group containing compound or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinsuke Kimata, Shigeki Asano, Yoshihisa Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6350585
    Abstract: A reagent for amylase isozyme activity assay, which contains 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl 4-O-&bgr;-D-galactopyranosylmaltoside, an antibody inhibiting S-type amylase activity or P-type amylase activity, and an amylase activator, and methods for assaying amylase isozyme activity using the regent is provided. According to the present invention, amylase isozyme activity can be accurately and easily assayed using a low concentration activator and an antibody having S-type amylase or P-type amylase activity inhibitory action without using an adjuvant enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Majima, Shigeki Asano, Yoshihisa Kawamura
  • Patent number: 5250420
    Abstract: A method for determining dehydrogenase or its substrate in dehydrogenase reaction, which comprises subjecting a dehydrogenase and its substrate to dehydrogenase reaction in the presence of an electron carrier or a combination of a coenzyme and an electron carrier, allowing to form H.sub.2 O.sub.2 through transfer of electrons derived from the substrate by the dehydrogenase reaction to O.sub.2 via the electron carrier or via the coenzyme and electron carrier, stopping the dehydrogenase reaction, reacting said H.sub.2 O.sub.2 with a peroxidase and a chromogen, and measuring a formed dye, and a reagent for determining dehydrogenase or its substrate. By the method and the reagent, dehydrogenase or its substrate can be accurately determined in a short time regardless of the concentration of the dehydrogenase and/or the substrate and without staining tubes or cells of a determination device with a dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1993
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Asano, Haruo Watanabe, Yuzo Hayashi