Patents by Inventor Sumio NISHIMURA

Sumio NISHIMURA 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: 20190298055
    Abstract: Top panel height adjustable furniture (1) includes a top panel (2) that has an upper surface (3) and a lower surface (4); a support body (5) that is connected to the top panel (2) and is capable of extending or contracting in a panel thickness direction of the top panel (2); a sensor (11) that detects contact of a user on the upper surface (3) side of the top panel (2) and contact of the user on the lower surface (4) side of the top panel (2); and a control unit that controls, based on a detection result of the sensor (11), an extending/contracting operation of the support body (5) such that the support body (5) contracts when it is detected that the user has made contact with the top panel (2) on the upper surface (3) side of the top panel (2) and that the support body (5) extends when it is detected that the user has made contact with the top panel (2) on the lower surface (4) side of the top panel (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Takayuki YAMAMOTO, Makoto TAKAHASHI, Masaharu SUGA, Sumio NISHIMURA, Noriya MIKAMI