Patents by Inventor Shoji Okumura

Shoji Okumura 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: 20140343459
    Abstract: A spasticity measurement apparatus includes: a leg mounting fixture including a lower leg mounting portion mounted on a lower leg of a subject for fixation, and a foot receiving portion coupled to a lower end portion of the lower leg mounting portion and having a heel receiving portion and a toe receiving portion for respectively receiving a heel and a toe of a foot leading to the lower leg, the toe receiving portion being disposed relatively rotatably around the heel receiving portion in an approaching rotation direction bringing the toe receiving portion closer to the lower leg mounting portion; a rotation inhibition apparatus inhibiting relative rotation when the foot receiving portion rotates relative to the lower leg mounting portion in the approaching direction; and a muscular contraction force measurement apparatus measuring a muscular contraction force acting in a rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: TOMEI BRACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoichi Chino, Yoshihiro Muraoka, Hiroki Ishihama, Shoji Okumura
  • Patent number: 4971171
    Abstract: A four-wheel all-terrain vehicle including an engine cooling system for cooling an engine mounted centrally on a frame. The engine cooling system is mounted to the frame and has a cooling fan positioned contiguously and forwardly of the engine and an oil cooler positioned contiguously and forwardly of the lower half section of the cooling fan. The frame has a head pipe inclined rearwardly, and an axis about which the cooling fan is rotated extends at right angles to the axis of the head pipe. The upper half section of the cooling fan is located to face a cylinder head of the engine to cool the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kozo Yamada, Shoji Okumura