Patents by Inventor Shoichi Shibata

Shoichi Shibata 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: 5982429
    Abstract: A video camera is provided with both a liquid crystal display as well as a smaller conventional eyepiece type viewfinder. Switching means responsive to an opening movement of the liquid crystal display from a closed position are used to automatically and smoothly switch off the viewfinder, switch on the liquid crystal display and to enable a speaker. The liquid crystal display is also used as a cover for relatively infrequently used setting switches and controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Kamamoto, Masahiro Sunayama, Masayasu Kaneko, Tsutomu Mikami, Shoichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 4695065
    Abstract: A keyless chuck for a rotary tool comprises a chuck body which is adapted to be coupled at its one end to a drive spindle of a drive source and coupled at the other end to a tool bit for establishing a driving connection from the drive source to the tool bit. Relatively rotatable to the chuck body is a handle ring which is operatively connected to a set of gripping jaws for tightening the gripping jaws on the tool bit upon being rotated in one direction and loosening the same upon being rotated in the opposite direction. The handle ring is disposed on the chuck body in such a manner as to coincide the rotating direction of the handle ring for tightening the gripping jaws with the reverse rotating direction of the chuck body for removing the tool bit from a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruaki Komatsu, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kunihiko Tatsu, Shoichi Shibata