Patents by Inventor Shigeru Takahashi

Shigeru Takahashi 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: 9596776
    Abstract: In order to provide the electrical apparatus capable of improving the handleability, the electrical apparatus of the present invention includes the fan main body portion converting electrical power into wind to output the converted wind from a front face side to an outside of the fan main body portion, the pair of side frames supporting the fan main body portion, the pair of bottom frames extending from lower ends of the side frames to a rear side, the connecting frame connecting the pair of bottom frames, and the battery retaining portion having a rechargeable battery for supplying electrical power to the fan main body portion detachably attached thereto, where the battery retaining portion is provided in the connecting frame and disposed with a space from an air inlet port at a rear face of the tan main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masanori Watanabe, Takafumi Itoh, Jyunichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9579653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid channel device capable of easily opening the liquid channel from the closed mode, including a base plate in which a liquid channel, through which a liquid containing at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and a metering chamber for holding the liquid, are formed to at least one side thereof, the metering chamber has a liquid transport section for transporting the liquid inside the chamber downstream, and this liquid transport section is operated by means of external pressing on a cover plate in the area opposite the metering chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masaaki Sakurai, Jiro Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 9522461
    Abstract: An impact tool (1) includes a motor (3); a hammer (42) having a rotational axis extending in a first direction, the hammer (42) being rotatable in a rotational direction including a forward direction and a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction by the motor (3) and being movable in the first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction; an anvil (52) disposed at the first direction side of the hammer (42) and strikable by the hammer (42) in the forward direction, the hammer (42) that has been struck the anvil (52) being moved in the second direction to come free from the anvil (52); and a fixing member (45A, 46A) that selectively allows the hammer (42) to move in the second direction or prevents the hammer (42) from moving in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Oomori, Mizuho Nakamura, Yutaka Ito, Nobuhiro Takano, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Hironori Mashiko, Shigeru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9315959
    Abstract: Provided is a foreign matter removing apparatus at a track branch, and a nozzle used in this apparatus that are capable of sufficiently securing foreign matter removing performance as well as significantly reducing generation of noises. In the nozzle for the foreign matter removing apparatus at a track branch, compressed air supplied from piping is injected from each nozzle element. Slits are formed in each nozzle element, a sloped portion is formed at a front end of the nozzle element, and this sloped portion opposes a tongue rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Sekihara, Masafumi Sato, Junichi Chiba, Shigeru Takahashi, Jun Sato, Shogo Kigami, Takuya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9283561
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid channel device capable of easily opening the liquid channel from the closed mode, including a base plate in which a liquid channel, through which a liquid containing at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and a metering chamber for holding the liquid, are formed to at least one side thereof, the metering chamber has a liquid transport section for transporting the liquid inside the chamber downstream, and this liquid transport section is operated by means of external pressing on a cover plate in the area opposite the metering chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masaaki Sakurai, Jiro Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 9283562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid channel device capable of easily opening the liquid channel from the closed mode, including a base plate in which a liquid channel, through which a liquid containing at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and a metering chamber for holding the liquid, are formed to at least one side thereof, the metering chamber has a liquid transport section for transporting the liquid inside the chamber downstream, and this liquid transport section is operated by means of external pressing on a cover plate in the area opposite the metering chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masaaki Sakurai, Jiro Wakamatsu
  • Publication number: 20150282356
    Abstract: In order to provide the electrical apparatus capable of improving the handleability, the electrical apparatus of the present invention includes the fan main body portion converting electrical power into wind to output the converted wind from a front face side to an outside of the fan main body portion, the pair of side frames supporting the fan main body portion, the pair of bottom frames extending from lower ends of the side frames to a rear side, the connecting frame connecting the pair of bottom frames, and the battery retaining portion having a rechargeable battery for supplying electrical power to the fan main body portion detachably attached thereto, where the battery retaining portion is provided in the connecting frame and disposed with a space from an air inlet port at a rear face of the tan main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeru TAKAHASHI, Masanori WATANABE, Takafumi ITOH, Jyunichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140298613
    Abstract: Provided is a foreign matter removing apparatus at a track branch, and a nozzle used in this apparatus that are capable of sufficiently securing foreign matter removing performance as well as significantly reducing generation of noises. In the nozzle for the foreign matter removing apparatus at a track branch, compressed air supplied from piping is injected from each nozzle element. Slits are formed in each nozzle element, a sloped portion is formed at a front end of the nozzle element, and this sloped portion opposes a tongue rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Takanori Sekihara, Masafumi Sato, Junichi Chiba, Shigeru Takahashi, Jun Sato, Shogo Kigami, Takuya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140124229
    Abstract: An impact tool has a hammer (5) to be driven by a motor for revolution and an anvil (6) impacted with the revolution by the hammer (5) and transmitting an impact force to a tip tool. Between the motor and the hammer (5), first and second ring gears (41A, 42A) are provided, and first and second planetary gear mechanisms (41) and (42) are arranged to transmit the rotary force of the motor to the hammer (5). The motor, the hammer (5), the anvil (6), and the first and second ring gears (41A, 42A) are accommodated in a housing (2). The second ring gear (42A) is movable between a holding position where the second ring gear (42A) is held as being engaged with the housing (2) and a non-holding position where the second ring gear (42A) is not engaged with the housing (2) and is revolvable with respect to the housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Katsuhiro Oomori
  • Publication number: 20130294982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid channel device capable of easily opening the liquid channel from the closed mode, including a base plate in which a liquid channel, through which a liquid containing at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and a metering chamber for holding the liquid, are formed to at least one side thereof, the metering chamber has a liquid transport section for transporting the liquid inside the chamber downstream, and this liquid transport section is operated by means of external pressing on a cover plate in the area opposite the metering chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masaaki Sakurai, Jiro Wakamatsu
  • Publication number: 20130294981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid channel device capable of easily opening the liquid channel from the closed mode, including a base plate in which a liquid channel, through which a liquid containing at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and a metering chamber for holding the liquid, are formed to at least one side thereof, the metering chamber has a liquid transport section for transporting the liquid inside the chamber downstream, and this liquid transport section is operated by means of external pressing on a cover plate in the area opposite the metering chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masaaki Sakurai, Jiro Wakamatsu
  • Publication number: 20130294980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid channel device capable of easily opening the liquid channel from the closed mode, including a base plate in which a liquid channel, through which a liquid containing at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and a metering chamber for holding the liquid, are formed to at least one side thereof, the metering chamber has a liquid transport section for transporting the liquid inside the chamber downstream, and this liquid transport section is operated by means of external pressing on a cover plate in the area opposite the metering chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masaaki Sakurai, Jiro Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 8567308
    Abstract: In a food transfer heat treatment apparatus using a spiral transfer belt, heat treatment gas blowing means and a heat treatment gas circulating method for enhancing the heat transfer efficiency between a heat treatment gas and food and for improving the heat treatment effect are realized to expand the degree of freedom for the layout of the apparatus and to simplify the assembly. Provided is a spiral transfer heat treatment apparatus comprising endless conveyer belts (2) for circulating the food (f) in a store room (1), and a spiral moving unit (3) for causing a heat treatment gas (c) to act on the food (f) while transferring the food (f) on the conveyer belts (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masayuki Onozato, Hideki Miyanishi, Norio Ishiwata, Shigeru Takahashi, Akira Taniyama, Takahiro Arai, Akira Sekino
  • Publication number: 20130255982
    Abstract: A power tool, in which a case that is connected to a housing and the case houses a reducer mechanism that decelerates an output of an electric motor and an impact mechanism that transmits an output of the reducer mechanism to a tip tool, is provided. The power tool further includes an inner cover that covers an opening of the case, a ring gear included in the reducer mechanism, a spindle that is rotatably supported by a bearing, and a space portion that is placed between the inner cover and the ring gear and in a periphery of the bearing, and capable of stocking grease. A through hole, which communicates with the inside and outside of the case through the space portion, is formed in the inner cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Katsuhiro Oomori, Tomomasa Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 8499794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid channel device capable of easily opening the liquid channel from the closed mode, including a base plate in which a liquid channel, through which a liquid containing at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and a metering chamber for holding the liquid, are formed to at least one side thereof, the metering chamber has a liquid transport section for transporting the liquid inside the chamber downstream, and this liquid transport section is operated by means of external pressing on a cover plate in the area opposite the metering chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Masaaki Sakurai, Jiro Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 8444100
    Abstract: A retainer structure having excellent workability of attaching to and removing from a panel is obtained. In an approximately cylindrical retainer main body (22), a cap holding portion (26) for attaching a cap (18) which is an attached member, and a panel clamping piece (32) contacting a body panel (14) from a side opposite to a seal packing (20) so as to clamp the body panel (14) between the panel clamping piece and a flange portion (24), are formed. The cap holding portion (26) and the panel clamping piece (32) are formed at positions different in a circumferential direction of the retainer main body (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Yoshiki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20130087355
    Abstract: An impact tool (1) includes a motor (3); a hammer (42) having a rotational axis extending in a first direction, the hammer (42) being rotatable in a rotational direction including a forward direction and a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction by the motor (3) and being movable in the first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction; an anvil (52) disposed at the first direction side of the hammer (42) and strikable by the hammer (42) in the forward direction, the hammer (42) that has been struck the anvil (52) being moved in the second direction to come free from the anvil (52); and a fixing member (45A, 46A) that selectively allows the hammer (42) to move in the second direction or prevents the hammer (42) from moving in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Oomori, Mizuho Nakamura, Yutaka Ito, Nobuhiro Takano, Tomomasa Nishikawa, Hironori Mashiko, Shigeru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20120131774
    Abstract: A retainer structure having excellent workability of attaching to and removing from a panel is obtained. In an approximately cylindrical retainer main body (22), a cap holding portion (26) for attaching a cap (18) which is an attached member, and a panel clamping piece (32) contacting a body panel (14) from a side opposite to a seal packing (20) so as to clamp the body panel (14) between the panel clamping piece and a flange portion (24), are formed. The cap holding portion (26) and the panel clamping piece (32) are formed at positions different in a circumferential direction of the retainer main body (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Shigeru Takahashi, Yoshiki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 8093859
    Abstract: A charging system has a battery pack and a charging device. The battery pack has a battery cell and a plurality of identifiers that identify a configuration of the battery cell. The charging device has a charging unit, a signal transmission unit, a reading unit, and a control unit. The charging unit charges the battery pack. The signal transmission unit transmits a first signal and a second signal to the battery pack separately to read the plurality of identifiers when the battery pack is attached to the charging unit. The reading unit reads the plurality of identifiers according to the first and second signals to determine the configuration of the battery cell. The control unit controls the charging unit according to the configuration of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Aradachi, Kazuhiko Funabashi, Shigeru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8052868
    Abstract: A fuel filter device includes a bag-shaped filter member and is adapted to be attached to communicate an inner space of the filter member with a fuel suction opening in a fuel tank. The filter member is configured in a multilayer structure. At least one layer of the filter member is configured to serve as an inhibition layer having a structure to prevent water in a fuel tank form coming into the inner space of the filter member by a pressure applied to the filter member when the water is frozen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroji Sato, Yasushi Ueki, Shigeru Takahashi, Takaya Ogawa