Patents by Inventor Shoji KITAMA

Shoji KITAMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240158075
    Abstract: A flight vehicle according to an aspect includes: a cabin in an airframe; and a plurality of seats arranged in the cabin one-by-one in a row along a front-back direction of the airframe. The seats are each arranged in a position shifted from the center of the airframe widthwise and are oriented in a width direction of the airframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Shoji KITAMA
  • Publication number: 20240002057
    Abstract: A seat determination system according to an embodiment is a seat determination system for determining seat assignment of each of a plurality of passengers in an aircraft including a plurality of seats for passengers, including: a weight measuring unit for measuring an on-board weight of each of passengers to board the aircraft, the on-board weight being a weight to be carried by the aircraft; a calculation unit for calculating a center-of-gravity position of the aircraft when the on-board weights of the passengers are assigned to respective seat positions in each of a plurality of estimated seat assignments; and a selection unit for selecting a seat assignment with the center-of-gravity position being within a predetermined range from among the estimated seat assignments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Seiji SATSUKAWA, Shoji KITAMA
  • Publication number: 20230249816
    Abstract: A flight vehicle includes a front rotor on a front part of an airframe, a rear rotor on a rear part of the airframe, a front deflection mechanism that changes an angle of the front rotor with respect to the airframe within a first range, a rear deflection mechanism that changes an angle of the rear rotor with respect to the airframe within a second range, and a main module, which is in the airframe, for containing objects to be transported. The first range is set to a range in which a plane containing the rotation surface of the front rotor does not pass across the main module. The second range is set to a range in which a plane containing the rotation surface of the rear rotor does not pass across the main module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Shoji KITAMA