Patents by Inventor Takafumi Oba

Takafumi Oba 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: 20220380032
    Abstract: To provide an aerial vehicle that can realize ease of operation during driving. An aerial vehicle according to the present technology includes: a vehicle body extending in a front-rear direction; a saddle section provided on an upper side of the vehicle body; a grip section provided on the front side of the saddle section in the vehicle body; and a rotary wing section which is provided in the vehicle body and which generates lift and/or thrust with respect to the vehicle body; wherein an operation section for performing operations pertaining to actions relating to ascent and/or propulsion of the vehicle body is provided in the grip section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ARAKAWA, Yutaka TAKAGI, Takafumi OBA, Takeru SHIROTA, Yuki TAKIZAWA, Hiroshi NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20220363374
    Abstract: To provide an aerial vehicle that can improve the driving feel and riding comfort of a rider. An aerial vehicle according to the present technology includes: a vehicle body extending in the front-rear direction; a saddle section provided on an upper side of the vehicle body; a motive power section provided on an underside of the vehicle body, at a position below the saddle section; and a rotary wing section which is provided at at least one of the front and rear of the motive power section, and which rotates by using the motive power section as a motive power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro ARAKAWA, Yutaka TAKAGI, Takafumi OBA, Takeru SHIROTA, Shuhei KOMATSU
  • Patent number: 7981060
    Abstract: An ultrasonic skin care device has an applicator head for applying the ultrasound vibrations to a user's skin. The applicator head has a vibrator element and a horn which are integrated into a combined vibration mass that resonates with an electric pulse to produce the ultrasound vibrations. The device is configured to limit the ultrasound upon detection that the applicator head is out of a normal contact with the skin. A load detecting circuit detects whether the applicator head is in a normally loaded condition or in an unloaded condition with reference to electrically equivalent impedance of the combined vibration mass. The combined vibration mass has a structure that restrains vibrations at a center portion of the vibration mass in order to reduce an undesired parasitic resonance, thereby enabling to discriminate the impedance given under the normally loaded condition from that given under the unloaded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahito Nunomura, Takafumi Oba
  • Patent number: 7757746
    Abstract: A pouring method and a device in a vacuum sealed process to produce a thin-wall cast by using a mold framing for the a vacuum sealed process, and a as-cast product using the pouring method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Makino, Taketoshi Tomita, Takafumi Oba, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kenji Mizuno, Toshiaki Ando, Yoshinobu Enomoto, Takao Inoue, Shizuo Takeda
  • Publication number: 20090114362
    Abstract: A pouring method and a device in a vacuum sealed process to produce a thin-wall cast by using a mold framing for the a vacuum sealed process, and a as-cast product using the pouring method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Makino, Taketoshi Tomita, Takafumi Oba, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kenji Mizuno, Toshiaki Ando, Yoshinobu Enomoto, Takao Inoue, Shizuo Takeda
  • Patent number: 7525282
    Abstract: A battery-operated equipment comprises a battery; a constant voltage power source that derives a constant voltage from a battery voltage across the battery; and a microcomputer that incorporates an A/D converter(s) and has terminals for the A/D converter and a power input terminal. The microcomputer is connected with the battery via the power input terminal to use the battery voltage as its power source voltage. The converter is connected with the constant voltage power source via a specific terminal of the terminals for the converter to use the constant voltage as a voltage for the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd
    Inventors: Takafumi Oba, Mikihiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 7500507
    Abstract: A pouring method and a device in a vacuum sealed process to produce a thin-wall cast by using a mold framing for the a vacuum sealed process, and a as-cast product using the pouring method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sintokogio, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Makino, Taketoshi Tomita, Takafumi Oba, Hiroaki Suzuki, Kenji Mizuno, Toshiaki Ando, Yoshinobu Enomoto, Takao Inoue, Shizuo Takeda
  • Patent number: 7235936
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor comprises: a stator provided with one of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet including a winding; a vibrator provided with the other of the permanent magnet and the electromagnet and supported to be able to vibrate; a movement detection unit for detecting movement of the vibrator; a control output unit for supplying electric power to the winding of the electromagnet based on an output of the movement detection unit so as to generate vibration of the vibrator; a rechargeable battery for supplying electric power to the control output unit; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the control output unit and to the rechargeable battery, wherein the power supply unit supplies electric power in an intermittent mode with synchronized timing such that the timing of the intermittent power supply is synchronized with the timing of the power supply to the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Oba, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20060192532
    Abstract: A battery-operated equipment comprises a battery; a constant voltage power source that derives a constant voltage from a battery voltage across the battery; and a microcomputer that incorporates an A/D converter(s) and has terminals for the A/D converter and a power input terminal. The microcomputer is connected with the battery via the power input terminal to use the battery voltage as its power source voltage. The converter is connected with the constant voltage power source via a specific terminal of the terminals for the converter to use the constant voltage as a voltage for the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Oba, Mikihiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20060149169
    Abstract: An ultrasonic skin care device has an applicator head for applying the ultrasound vibrations to a user's skin. The applicator head has a vibrator element and a horn which are integrated into a combined vibration mass that resonates with an electric pulse to produce the ultrasound vibrations. The device is configured to limit the ultrasound upon detection that the applicator head is out of a normal contact with the skin. A load detecting circuit detects whether the applicator head is in a normally loaded condition or in an unloaded condition with reference to electrically equivalent impedance of the combined vibration mass. The combined vibration mass has a structure that restrains vibrations at a center portion of the vibration mass in order to reduce an undesired parasitic resonance, thereby enabling to discriminate the impedance given under the normally loaded condition from that given under the unloaded condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Mahito Nunomura, Takafumi Oba
  • Patent number: 7001355
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for penetrating a skin active agent to the human body via the skin by the use of an ultrasound applying apparatus which applies ultrasound to the human body via the skin, comprising: (1) composition comprising: (a) safe and effective amount of the skin active agent; (b) a viscosifying agent that provides the composition a viscosity of from about 1,000 mPas to about 1,000,000 mPas; (c) from about 0.1% to about 30% of a water-soluble humectant; and (d) an aqueous carrier; wherein the composition is substantially free of surfactants; and (2) the ultrasound applying apparatus comprising: (e) an application element for applying to the skin ultrasound at a frequency of from about 3 MHz to about 10 MHz and an intensity of from about 0.1 W/cm2 to about 2 W/cm2; and (f) a control element for controlling application conditions of the application element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mahito Nunomura, Takafumi Oba, Yuko Matsumura, Gen Nonaka, Hidekazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20050231045
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor comprises: a stator provided with one of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet including a winding; a vibrator provided with the other of the permanent magnet and the electromagnet and supported to be able to vibrate; a movement detection unit for detecting movement of the vibrator; a control output unit for supplying electric power to the winding of the electromagnet based on an output of the movement detection unit so as to generate vibration of the vibrator; a rechargeable battery for supplying electric power to the control output unit; and a power supply unit for supplying electric power to the control output unit and to the rechargeable battery, wherein the power supply unit supplies electric power in an intermittent mode with synchronized timing such that the timing of the intermittent power supply is synchronized with the timing of the power supply to the winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Oba, Atsushi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20040010222
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for penetrating a skin active agent to the human body via the skin by the use of an ultrasound applying apparatus which applies ultrasound to the human body via the skin, comprising: (1) composition comprising: (a) safe and effective amount of the skin active agent; (b) a viscosifying agent that provides the composition a viscosity of from about 1,000 mPas to about 1,000,000 mPas; (c) from about 0.1% to about 30% of a water-soluble humectant; and (d) an aqueous carrier; wherein the composition is substantially free of surfactants; and (2) the ultrasound applying apparatus comprising: (e) an application element for applying to the skin ultrasound at a frequency of from about 3 MHz to about 10 MHz and an intensity of from about 0.1 W/cm2 to about 2 W/cm2; and (f) a control element for controlling application conditions of the application element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company and Matsushlta Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahito Nunomura, Takafumi Oba, Yuko Matsumura, Gen Nonaka, Hidekazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20020120218
    Abstract: An ultrasonic cosmetic treatment device that uses a simple electrical circuit structure to provide an effective method of controlling a thermal emission from a vibrating part when the vibrating part is not in contact with a predetermined surface, such as, for example, the skin of a person. The invention uses a probe comprised of a contact part on whose rear surface is attached an ultrasonic oscillator, and an oscillation circuit that drives the ultrasonic oscillator. An electrical load is applied to the vibrating part when the vibrating part is brought into contact with the skin, and released when the vibrating part is separated from the skin. The ultrasonic oscillator is controlled through a changeable oscillating frequency that is based on a larger impedance value for the vibrating part's non-load applied condition as compared to a smaller impedance value for a load applied condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Oba, Masayuki Hayashi