Patents by Inventor Shinji Katayama

Shinji Katayama 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: 4909155
    Abstract: An auto body side sill holding apparatus for an auto body conveyor apparatus wherein spaced pairs of hanger arms are pivotally mounted on a frame on opposite sides of the line along which the conveyor apparatus is conveying the auto bodies for pivoting movement about the upper ends of the hanger arms for moving the lower ends of the hanger arms away from and toward an auto body. The auto body side sill holding apparatus includes a first side sill holding support on the lower ends of the hanger arms on one side of the line for holding one side sill of an auto body in a fixed position laterally of the direction of movement of the conveyor apparatus and a second side sill holding support on the lower ends of the hanger arms on the other side of the line for supporting the other side sill of an auto body and for permitting movement thereof laterally of the direction of movement of the conveyor apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1990
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Manufacturing (U.S.A.) Corporation
    Inventor: Shinji Katayama
  • Patent number: 4622113
    Abstract: Process or producing caustic alkalis or alkali hydroxides by electrolysis, employing a double electrode-type electrolysis tank in which a cation exchange membrane is provided to divide the inside of the tank into cathode and anode compartments, supplying to the anode compartment an alkali chloride, supplying water or a dilute solution of an alkali hydroxide into the cathode compartment, and taking away the alkali hydroxide and the hydrogen gas produced by electrolysis, in a mixed state of gas and liquid from the cathode compartment. The electrolysis tank comprises a number of finger-anodes extending from one of the walls of the tank and a number of finger-like hollow cathodes extending from the other wall of the tank, into which the finger-anodes project to form a gap therebetween, and a cation exchange membrane extending through the gap to divide the inside of the tank into cathode and anode compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignees: Toyo Soda Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Satoh, Masaki Murakami, Nobuhiro Kawasaki, Teruo Ichisaka, Shinji Katayama
  • Patent number: 4189969
    Abstract: In a construction of a transducer or pickup unit for musical instruments having strings, a piezo-electric element is fully embedded within a synthetic resin shield block having top crest for supporting strings while projecting electrode terminals outside of the shield block for direct connection to a printed electric circuit, thereby avoiding drawbacks caused by use of electric lead wires in the conventional pickup unit and damage by atmospheric moisture. The pickup assembly has unitary means for collectively carrying the pickup units at precisely uniform intervals, thereby simplifying registration of the pickup units at correct positions relative to the strings and printed electric circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1980
    Assignee: Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Katayama, Kazuo Murakami