Patents by Inventor Shinobu Shiohara

Shinobu Shiohara 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: 7894132
    Abstract: A screen onto which an image light may be projected includes a flexible screen body, a first and a second storage member, and a retention member. The first storage member includes a screen wind-up section that winds up the screen body and supports either one of opposing end portions of the screen body and a base body that supports the screen wind-up section. The retention member includes a substantially orthogonal column that extends along the screen body and a pair of arm members that couple the column and the first and second storage members together. One end of each of the arm members is respectively rotatably coupled to the first and second storage members and another end of each of the arm members is rotatably coupled to the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Yoshino, Shinobu Shiohara, Masato Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20090065665
    Abstract: A screen includes an image projection section onto which an image light is projected, and a support leg that supports the image projection section. The support leg includes, a support leg body shaped substantially like a pillar, a plurality of leg sections that support upright the support leg body by abutting, at each one end, a placement surface, and a connection member that is attached to the support leg body and connects together the other end of each of the leg sections and the support leg body. The connection member pivotally supports the other end of at least any of the leg sections about a shaft substantially parallel to a vertical shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Yoshino, Shinobu Shiohara, Masato Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20090067045
    Abstract: A screen onto which an image light may be projected includes a flexible screen body, a first and a second storage member, and a retention member. The first storage member includes a screen wind-up section that winds up the screen body and supports either one of opposing end portions of the screen body and a base body that supports the screen wind-up section. The retention member includes a substantially orthogonal column that extends along the screen body and a pair of arm members that couple the column and the first and second storage members together. One end of each of the arm members is respectively rotatably coupled to the first and second storage members and another end of each of the arm members is rotatably coupled to the column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Yoshino, Shinobu Shiohara, Masato Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20090050279
    Abstract: A screen includes: a screen body having flexibility, and onto which an image light is projected; a first support member including a screen wind-up section that supports either one of end portions orthogonal to the vertical direction of the screen body and winds up the screen body, and a base body that supports the screen wind-up section; a second support member that supports the other end portion; a column provided upright to the base body; and a retention hook that is attached to the column, and holds the second support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Yoshino, Shinobu Shiohara