Patents by Inventor Shinsuke Kaneko

Shinsuke Kaneko 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: 11274923
    Abstract: A power supply unit mounting structure comprises two stepped lock pins provided at an opening of a power supply unit storage and a seal provided at the opening, wherein the power supply unit comprises a flange part and a lock module provided on the flange part, wherein the lock module comprises a lock knob which is rotatable, a lock plate provided at a tip of a rotation shaft of the lock knob, and a cam mechanism configured to displace the lock plate in an axial direction, wherein the power supply unit is inserted into the power supply unit storage, by rotating the lock knob, the lock plate is rotated, a rotation of the lock plate is restrained, by rotating the lock knob after restraining the rotation of the lock plate, the flange part is displaced to the opening side, the seal is pressed, and the opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON Corporation
    Inventor: Shinsuke Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11264671
    Abstract: In a battery holder for mounting a battery in a surveying instrument, the battery comprises contacts on a front end surface and attachment grooves formed on both side surfaces along a lower surface thereof, wherein the battery holder comprises a flange part and a battery case which extends from the flange part, wherein the battery case comprises locking pieces which are formed like a cantilever at positions corresponding to the attachment grooves on both side surfaces respectively, wherein, by fitting the battery in the battery case, the locking pieces engage with the attachment grooves through an elastic displacement, and the locking pieces hold the battery in the battery case, and wherein, by inserting the battery holder into a power supply unit storage of the surveying instrument, the locking pieces abut on a member on the power supply unit storage side, and the elastic displacement of the locking pieces is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOPCON Corporation
    Inventor: Shinsuke Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20200309522
    Abstract: A power supply unit mounting structure comprises two stepped lock pins provided at an opening of a power supply unit storage and a seal provided at the opening, wherein the power supply unit comprises a flange part and a lock module provided on the flange part, wherein the lock module comprises a lock knob which is rotatable and of which axis displacement is restrained, a lock plate provided at a tip of a rotation shaft of the lock knob, and a cam mechanism configured to displace the lock plate in an axial direction, wherein the power supply unit is inserted into the power supply unit storage, by rotating the lock knob, the lock plate is rotated, a rotation of the lock plate is restrained, by rotating the lock knob after restraining the rotation of the lock plate, the flange part is displaced to the opening side, the seal is pressed, and the opening is sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Shinsuke Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20200313124
    Abstract: In a battery holder for mounting a battery in a surveying instrument, the battery comprises contacts on a front end surface and attachment grooves formed on both side surfaces along a lower surface thereof, wherein the battery holder comprises a flange part and a battery case which extends from the flange part, wherein the battery case comprises locking pieces which are formed like a cantilever at positions corresponding to the attachment grooves on both side surfaces respectively, wherein, by fitting the battery in the battery case, the locking pieces engage with the attachment grooves through an elastic displacement, and the locking pieces hold the battery in the battery case, and wherein, by inserting the battery holder into a power supply unit storage of the surveying instrument, the locking pieces abut on a member on the power supply unit storage side, and the elastic displacement of the locking pieces is restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Shinsuke Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7796351
    Abstract: An optical axis tilting device for laser optical system is configured to include a lens barrel in which a laser optical system is disposed; a tilt frame provided with a tilt sensor, a tilt mechanism including a drive motor, a threaded shaft, a movable member, and a position detector; a leveling mechanism; a ball joint mechanism including a ball support portion in the lens barrel, a ball portion made of a magnetic material and supported between the ball support portion and the tilt frame, a conical recess formed in one of the ball support portion and the tilt frame, and a permanent magnet provided in the one of the ball support portion and the tilt frame; and a computing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Takayuki Fujioka, Shinsuke Kaneko, Junichi Kodaira
  • Publication number: 20090128930
    Abstract: An optical axis tilting device for laser optical system is configured to include a lens barrel in which a laser optical system is disposed; a tilt frame provided with a tilt sensor, a tilt mechanism including a drive motor, a threaded shaft, a movable member, and a position detector; a leveling mechanism; a ball joint mechanism including a ball support portion in the lens barrel, a ball portion made of a magnetic material and supported between the ball support portion and the tilt frame, a conical recess formed in one of the ball support portion and the tilt frame, and a permanent magnet provided in the one of the ball support portion and the tilt frame; and a computing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON
    Inventors: Takayuki Fujioka, Shinsuke Kaneko, Junichi Kodaira
  • Patent number: D561621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ishii, Shinsuke Kaneko, Kazufumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: D563246
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ishii, Shinsuke Kaneko
  • Patent number: D609124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ishii, Shinsuke Kaneko
  • Patent number: D612753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Topcon
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ishii, Shinsuke Kaneko