Patents by Inventor Shinya Obata

Shinya Obata 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: 8978214
    Abstract: A seat belt buckle device in which the jumping or roll-over height of a counterweight is decreased allowing the seat belt buckle device to be reduced in size. The seat belt buckle device includes an outer case into which a tongue plate is inserted, a latch member that latches the tongue plate, a slideable release button, and a counterweight that resists sliding of the release button. The counterweight includes a shaft that engages a bearing groove formed in the release button and receives the force that rotates the counterweight due to the sliding of the release button. The rotating shaft has a recessed portion in its outer circumferential surface with this portion being configured to come into contact with the bearing groove of the release button when the release button slides into the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Goshu Kataoka, Shinya Obata, Toru Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20120324685
    Abstract: A seat belt buckle device in which the jumping or roll-over height of a counterweight is decreased allowing the seat belt buckle device to be reduced in size. The seat belt buckle device includes an outer case into which a tongue plate is inserted, a latch member that latches the tongue plate, a slideable release button, and a counterweight that resists sliding of the release button. The counterweight includes a shaft that engages a bearing groove formed in the release button and receives the force that rotates the counterweight due to the sliding of the release button. The rotating shaft has a recessed portion in its outer circumferential surface with this portion being configured to come into contact with the bearing groove of the release button when the release button slides into the outer case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Goshu Kataoka, Shinya Obata, Toru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8215983
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a casing. The casing has a groove formed along the periphery of the casing and designed to receive a connection cable having a flat cross-section therein, in such a manner that no part of the received connection cable protrudes beyond the brims of the groove; and a retainer adapted to retain a first connector attached to one end of the connection cable while the connection cable is being received in the groove. The design affords improved external appearance and ease of handling in relation to the connection cable of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Buffalo Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Obata, Hiromitsu Itono, Yoshio Ejiri
  • Publication number: 20110170255
    Abstract: The cartridge-type HDD 200 to which the operation member 250 is attached is inserted into the slot 150. On this occasion, if in the first placement mode in which the head member 252 is situated on the rear side in the insertion direction of the cartridge-type HDD 200, the operation member 250 does not contact the switch 154. Accordingly, the cartridge-type HDD 200 is in the writable state. On the other hand, if in the second placement mode in which the head member 252 is situated on the front side in the insertion direction of the cartridge-type HDD 200, the operation member 250 presses the switch 154. Accordingly, the cartridge-type HDD 200 is in the write inhibit state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Buffalo Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Kouyama, Takayuki Kakuta, Satoru Goto, Shinya Obata, Takashi Ishidoshiro
  • Publication number: 20110008980
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a casing. The casing has a groove formed along the periphery of the casing and designed to receive a connection cable having a flat cross-section therein, in such a manner that no part of the received connection cable protrudes beyond the brims of the groove; and a retainer adapted to retain a first connector attached to one end of the connection cable while the connection cable is being received in the groove. The design affords improved external appearance and ease of handling in relation to the connection cable of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: BUFFALO INC.
    Inventors: Shinya OBATA, Hiromitsu ITONO, Yoshio EJIRI
  • Patent number: D641753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Buffalo Inc.
    Inventor: Shinya Obata