Patents by Inventor Shozo Nakayama

Shozo Nakayama 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: 20220361981
    Abstract: Provided is a dental handpiece capable of rotating a cutting tool at a high speed as compared with a conventional dental handpiece. A dental handpiece including coupling portion, a body, and a neck to be held by a used and a head connected to them, wherein the head includes a tool rotating mechanism that holds a cutting tool for treating a region to be treated, rotates based on rotation of a drive unit that is rotationally driven, and rotates the cutting tool, and the tool rotating mechanism has a rotation speed of at least 5.5 times or more a rotation speed of the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Tomoya MURATA, Shozo NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 10004571
    Abstract: A chuck mechanism for a dental handpiece holds a columnar rotary tool for dental care rotatably with an annular rotor of the dental handpiece. The columnar rotor tool is concentrically detachable to the annular rotor which is rotatably attached to a head part of the dental handpiece. The chuck mechanism has an annular chucking member with a cylindrical base part into which the annular rotor is integrally fitted and an elastic chucking piece having a chucking pawl for engaging with a locking groove formed at a base end of the rotary tool. The chuck mechanism enables the rotary tool to be easily removed from the annular rotor by elastically deforming the elastic chucking piece against elastic force of the elastic chucking piece to disengage the chucking pawl from the locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Ono, Shozo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9757208
    Abstract: A medical or dental handpiece has a grip. The grip includes first to third rotation shafts. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on one shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Shozo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20170035530
    Abstract: A medical or dental handpiece has a grip. The grip includes first to third rotation shafts. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on one shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Shozo NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9510917
    Abstract: A medical or dental handpiece has a grip 3. The grip 3 includes first to third rotation shafts 101, 201, and 301. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism 1000 and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism 2000 so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane 1001, 2001 extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka, Shozo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 9301692
    Abstract: An OCT measuring mechanism for acquiring the optical coherence tomography information and a surface shape measuring mechanism for acquiring the three-dimensional shape information share a display device, a control device, a light source, a scanning mirror, a light transmission/receiving path and an entering/exiting opening. The scanning mirror, the light transmission/receiving path, the entering/exiting opening are included in a handpiece operable to make a diagnosis on a diagnostic target site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kaji, Masayuki Sano, Naotaro Nakata, Mikinori Nishimura, Shozo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8721333
    Abstract: An air-driven rotary cutting tool including a grip part, a head part provided at a distal end of the grip portion, and a rotor of double-wheel type rotatably installed in a hollow portion formed in the head part. The rotor has a first turbine blade portion provided with a plurality of first turbine vanes surrounding the rotary axis and a second turbine blade portion integrally formed with the first turbine blade and having a plurality of second turbine vanes surrounding the rotary axis. The first turbine vane has, on its side when seen in a direction into the rotary axis, a concave shape concaved in a direction of rotation of the rotor, and the second turbine vane has, on its side, a concave shape concaving in a direction opposite from the first turbine vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Takashi, Shozo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8679369
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for prediction of a film material such as a raw material for organic EL. In the method, a film material having an evaporation rate (V(%)) represented by the formula below can be predicted based on the values of the constant (Ko) and the activation energy (Ea). V=(Ko/P)×e?Ea/kT wherein Ko represents a constant (%·Torr), P represents a pressure (Torr), Ea represents an activation energy (eV), k represents a Boltzmann constant, and T represents an absolute temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Tohoku University
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Shozo Nakayama, Hironori Ito
  • Publication number: 20130330686
    Abstract: An OCT measuring mechanism for acquiring the optical coherence tomography information and a surface shape measuring mechanism for acquiring the three-dimensional shape information share a display device, a control device, a light source, a scanning mirror, a light transmission/receiving path and an entering/exiting opening. The scanning mirror, the light transmission/receiving path, the entering/exiting opening are included in a handpiece operable to make a diagnosis on a diagnostic target site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Ryosuke Kaji, Masayuki Sano, Naotaro Nakata, Mikinori Nishimura, Shozo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20130189423
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for prediction of a film material such as a raw material for organic EL. In the method, a film material having an evaporation rate (V (%)) represented by the formula below can be predicted based on the values of the constant (Ko) and the activation energy (Ea). V=(Ko/P)×e?Ea/kT wherein Ko represents a constant (%·Torr), P represents a pressure (Torr), Ea represents an activation energy (eV), k represents a Boltzmann constant, and T represents an absolute temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Tadahiro OHMI, Shozo Nakayama, Hironori Ito
  • Patent number: 8383194
    Abstract: To provide a film forming apparatus capable of using an expensive organic EL raw material without waste and uniformly forming an organic EL film over a long period of time and a jig therefor. A plurality of ejection vessels are provided for a single raw material container section. A switcher is provided for carrying out switching from a piping system, which evaporates an organic EL raw material in the raw material container section and supplies it along with a carrier gas to one of the ejection vessels, to a piping system for another ejection vessel. In this manner, by supplying the organic EL raw material from the single raw material container section to the plurality of ejection vessels by switching, the use efficiency of the organic EL raw material can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Tohoku University, Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takaaki Matsuoka, Shozo Nakayama, Hironori Ito
  • Publication number: 20120189979
    Abstract: A chuck mechanism for a dental handpiece and a dental handpiece with the chuck mechanism are disclosed. The chuck mechanism holds the columnar rotary tool for dental care rotatably with an annular rotor of the dental handpiece and the columnar rotor tool is concentrically detachable to the annular rotor which is rotatably attached to a head part of the dental handpiece. The chuck mechanism is characterized by an annular chucking member which comprises a cylindrical base part into which the annular rotor is integrally fitted and an elastic chucking piece having a chucking pawl for engaging with a locking groove formed at a base end of the rotary tool. The chuck mechanism enables the rotary tool to be easily removed from the annular rotor by elastically deforming the elastic chucking piece against elastic force of the elastic chucking piece to disengage the chucking pawl from the locking groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: J. MORITA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Hiroyuki ONO, Shozo NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110268870
    Abstract: In an apparatus for film formation, constituted so that an organic EL molecular gas is ejected into an ejection vessel, a plurality of organic EL material vessels are provided together with a piping system for connecting the plurality of organic EL material vessels to the ejection vessel. The plurality of organic EL material vessels are selectively put into a supply state of organic EL molecules. The piping system is constructed so that the carrier gas is fed into each organic EL material vessel in such a manner that the pressure during film formation and the pressure during non-film formation are equal to each other. During non-film formation, the carrier gas is allowed to flow from one of the organic EL material vessels to other material vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Tadahiro OHMI, Takaaki Matsuoka, Shozo Nakayama, Hironori Ito
  • Publication number: 20110250562
    Abstract: A medical or dental handpiece has a grip 3. The grip 3 includes first to third rotation shafts 101, 201, and 301. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism 1000 and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism 2000 so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane 1001, 2001 extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi TANAKA, Shozo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20110104636
    Abstract: The air-driven rotary cutting tool comprising a grip part, a head part provided at a distal end of the grip portion; and a rotor of double-wheel type rotatably supported to a hollow portion formed in the head part around its rotary axis with a bearing, in which the rotor has a first turbine blade portion provided with a plurality of first turbine vanes surrounding the rotary axis and a second turbine blade portion integrally formed with the first turbine blade and having a plurality of second turbine vanes surrounding the rotary axis; the cutting tool is characterized by the first turbine vane having such a concave shape on its side seen in a direction into the rotary axis as to fall from upstream into downstream of its rotational direction of the rotor, and the second turbine vane having such a concave shape on its side as to fall into its opposite direction of the first turbine vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Tetsuya Takashi, Shozo Nakayama
  • Patent number: 7927101
    Abstract: A handpiece and a method for driving the handpiece are provided in which a sucking-back problem can be prevented with a simple structure. The handpiece 10 has a gripping portion 11 to be gripped by an operator, a head 15 mounted at a distal end of the gripping portion; and a wheel 55 rotatably mounted in an interior of the head. The head has an inlet 25 from which air is supplied to the wheel and an outlet 28 from which the air is discharged, the inlet and outlet being defined in the head, at least one buffer chamber 47 defined in the head, where the air is forced in due to a centrifugal force applied thereto by rotations thereof with the wheel and then accumulated under positive pressure, passages 66, 67, 68, and 34 for guiding the accumulated air from a neighborhood of the rotating wheel to an atmosphere, and a circumferential wall 44 mounted between the outlet and the wheel for providing a resistance to the air moving from the wheel toward the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: J. Morita Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Takashi, Shozo Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20090226604
    Abstract: To provide a film forming apparatus capable of using an expensive organic EL raw material without waste and uniformly forming an organic EL film over a long period of time and a jig therefor. A plurality of ejection vessels are provided for a single raw material container section. A switcher is provided for carrying out switching from a piping system, which evaporates an organic EL raw material in the raw material container section and supplies it along with a carrier gas to one of the ejection vessels, to a piping system for another ejection vessel. In this manner, by supplying the organic EL raw material from the single raw material container section to the plurality of ejection vessels by switching, the use efficiency of the organic EL raw material can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takaaki Matsuoka, Shozo Nakayama, Hironori Ito
  • Publication number: 20090110823
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for prediction of a film material such as a raw material for organic EL. In the method, a film material having an evaporation rate (V(%)) represented by the formula below can be predicted based on the values of the constant (Ko) and the activation energy (Ea). V=(Ko/P)×e?Ea/kT wherein Ko represents a constant (%·Torr), P represents a pressure (Torr), Ea represents an activation energy (eV), k represents a Boltzmann constant, and T represents an absolute temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Shozo Nakayama, Hironori Ito
  • Publication number: 20090087545
    Abstract: Provided are an evaporating jig by which a thin film, especially an organic EL film, can be uniformly formed over a long time, and a film forming apparatus including the evaporating jig. The evaporating jig is provided with an evaporating pan, having a bottom plane and side planes arranged to stand from the bottom plane, for defining a material containing space opened inside the side planes; and partitioning plates for partitioning the material containing space into a plurality of partial spaces. The partitioning plates are provided with locking pieces having a height which permits the partial spaces to be continuous on a bottom plane side of the evaporating pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Takaaki Matsuoka, Shozo Nakayama, Hironori Ito
  • Patent number: D669180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Morita Seisakusho
    Inventors: Tetsuya Takashi, Shozo Nakayama