Patents by Inventor Shigeru Usuda

Shigeru Usuda 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: 11491063
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bed system that is mechanically and electrically connectable to a main body of a medical image diagnosis apparatus includes a traveling unit and an interface. The traveling unit provided between the bed system and a floor surface. The interface configured to receive an operation of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit. The operation on the interface of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit is interlocked with electrical connection between the bed system and the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Takamura, Yoichi Hiyama, Shigeru Usuda, Yurina Otsuka
  • Patent number: 10485493
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnosis system includes a gantry, a rail, an absorbing member and a carrier unit. The rail is disposed on a floor. The rail cover covers the rail. The absorbing member is formed between the floor and the rail cover. The carrier unit is formed in a bottom of the gantry, and is moved along the rail through a space between the rail and the rail cover, and along with movement, attaches and detaches the rail cover with respect to the floor via the absorbing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Aoki, Shigeru Usuda, Yoshihito Abe
  • Patent number: 10441229
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes a gantry, a table on which an object is placed, a bed, and processing circuitry. The gantry is equipped with an X-ray source and an X-ray detector. The bed includes a moving mechanism which is configured to move the table in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction. The processing circuitry performs a main scan and a prescan. The prescan is performed prior to the main scan. The processing circuitry calculates displacement of the table in the vertical direction and also calculates an angle of the table from the horizontal direction using data acquired in the prescan, and controls a position of the table and an angle of the gantry based on the displacement of the table and the angle of the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Osaki, Takahito Watanabe, Shigeru Usuda
  • Publication number: 20190247253
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a bed system that is mechanically and electrically connectable to a main body of a medical image diagnosis apparatus includes a traveling unit and an interface. The traveling unit provided between the bed system and a floor surface. The interface configured to receive an operation of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit. The operation on the interface of locking or unlocking driving of the traveling unit is interlocked with electrical connection between the bed system and the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Takamura, Yoichi Hiyama, Shigeru Usuda, Yurina Otsuka
  • Publication number: 20180235552
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnosis system includes a gantry, a rail, an absorbing member and a carrier unit. The rail is disposed on a floor. The rail cover covers the rail. The absorbing member is formed between the floor and the rail cover. The carrier unit is formed in a bottom of the gantry, and is moved along the rail through a space between the rail and the rail cover, and along with movement, attaches and detaches the rail cover with respect to the floor via the absorbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Aoki, Shigeru Usuda, Yoshihito Abe
  • Publication number: 20180070894
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an X-ray CT apparatus includes a gantry, a table on which an object is placed, a bed, and processing circuitry. The gantry is equipped with an X-ray source and an X-ray detector. The bed includes a moving mechanism which is configured to move the table in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction. The processing circuitry performs a main scan and a prescan. The prescan is performed prior to the main scan. The processing circuitry calculates displacement of the table in the vertical direction and also calculates an angle of the table from the horizontal direction using data acquired in the prescan, and controls a position of the table and an angle of the gantry based on the displacement of the table and the angle of the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki OSAKI, Takahito WATANABE, Shigeru USUDA
  • Patent number: 6866944
    Abstract: An automobile fuel container material and container has good workability, corrosion resistance of internal and external surfaces and weldability. Excellent environmental adaptability arises from the material being free from the elution of harmful components such as lead and chromium(VI). The automobile fuel container material includes a steel sheet, 5 to 80 g/m2 zinc plating as a first layer on at least one side of the surface of the steel sheet, 10 g/m2 nickel plating as a second layer, and not more than 5 g/m2 of a post-treatment layer. The post-treatment layer forms by coating partially reduced chromic acid and a reducing organic compound or can be an electrolytic chromate film as a lower layer and a resin as an upper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nakazawa, Kenichiroh Matsumura, Ryoh Maruta, Yoshinobu Matsumura, Shigeru Usuda, Mitsuhiko Hirano
  • Publication number: 20040089666
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile fuel container material and an automobile fuel container which have good workability, corrosion resistance of internal and external surfaces, and weldability, have excellent environmental adaptability, that is, are free from the elution of harmful components such as lead and chromium(VI), can be mass produced at low cost. The automobile fuel container material comprises: a steel sheet; a zinc plating as a first layer provided at a coverage of 5 to 80 g/m2 on at least one side of the surface of the steel sheet; a nickel plating as a second layer provided at a coverage of not more than 10 g/m2 on the zinc plating as the first layer; and a post-treatment layer as a third layer provided at a coverage of not more than 5 g/m2 on the nickel plating as the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Makoto Nakazawa, Kenichiroh Matsumura, Ryoh Maruta, Yoshinobu Matsumura, Shigeru Usuda, Mitsuhiko Hirano
  • Patent number: 6235407
    Abstract: A highly corrosion resistant steel sheet for fuel tank comprising a lowermost layer of Zn or Zn-based plating layer deposited on each side of the steel sheet; a chemical conversion film deposited on each of the Zn or Zn-based plating layer; a metal powder-containing organic resin film deposited on one of the chemical conversion film, said metal powder-containing organic resin film containing Al and Ni metal powders and an amine modified epoxy resin; and a silica-containing organic resin film deposited on the other chemical conversion film, said silica-containing organic resin film containing at least one resin having at least one functional group selected from hydroxyl group, isocyanate group, carboxyl group, glycidyl group, and amino group; silica; and a lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignees: Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ogata, Sachiko Suzuki, Kazuo Mochizuki, Takashi Isogai, Shigeru Usuda, Toru Sano
  • Patent number: D523960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Kitayama, Shigeru Usuda
  • Patent number: D527105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Kitayama, Shigeru Usuda