Patents by Inventor Takaaki Yoshikawa

Takaaki Yoshikawa 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: 20110130248
    Abstract: An exercising device comprises an operation module, a step module, and a seat module. The operation module has an operation unit. The step module has steps for bearing feet of the user, respectively. The step module is configured to move the step. The seat module has a seat and a driving unit configured to swing the seat. The step module and the seat module are detachably attached to the operation module. The exercising device has any one of a first condition, a second condition, and a third condition. The operation module is configured to hold the step module when the exercising device has the first condition. The operation module is configured to hold the seat module when the exercising device has the second condition. The operation module is configured to hold both the step module and the seat module when the exercising device has the third condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Takaaki Yoshikawa, Toshio Nakano, Akihiro Michimori
  • Publication number: 20110010188
    Abstract: Operation time interval measurement means 28 of a passive exercise machine 1 measures the operation time interval and stores the measurement result of the operation time interval in association with the user identifiers in a machine operation table TB2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Yoshikawa, Youichi Shinomiya, Hitoshi Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 6436062
    Abstract: A massager disposes a roller unit having a plurality of roller rows substantially parallel with each other at an outer periphery to which a vibration of a massage head is provided, the roller unit being swingable about an axial line substantially parallel with axial direction of the roller rows, whereby the plurality of substantially parallel roller rows can be stably engaged with the user's treating body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Iwamoto, Ryuji Yamada, Takaaki Yoshikawa, Keiji Hata, Yoshiyuki Miyake, Mikio Ito