Patents by Inventor Takaharu Yoshioka
Takaharu Yoshioka 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).
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Patent number: 8015750Abstract: A structure for fixing a planting base 100 supporting a planted raising member 106 by a bottom plate 101 to a laying face 300, the structure being provided with a cylinder portion 105 which projects from the bottom plate 101 of the planting base 100 to a top side and top and bottom of which are opened in which an inner diameter is gradually contracted from a top end to a bottom side, a bolt 110 constituting a fixing member is inserted to the cylinder portion 105, the bolt 110 is screwed to and fixed by an anchor holder 120 of the laying face 300 until a position at which a bolt head portion 110a is brought into contact with and caught by an inner face of the cylinder portion 105, and a top face of the bolt head portion 110a is arranged at a height the same as that of a top end of the cylinder portion 105, or arranged at inside of the cylinder portion 105.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Kyodo Ky-Tee Corp.Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Kazuo Kumura, Takaharu Yoshioka, Yasuyuki Ueda
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Patent number: 7676987Abstract: A greening structure comprising a plant-cultivatable planting portion on a water-reserving portion and laid on a pavement for forming a greening area. The greening structure further comprises post-shaped members provided substantially consecutively from a portion where an external force loaded on the planting portion is directly received, to the bottom of the water-reserving portion or to the pavement, so that the external force loaded on the planting portion is received on the pavement through the post-shaped members. The greening structure is excellent in the supporting strength and the stability to provide a satisfactory treading feel. The substantially consecutive post-shaped members include: first post-shaped members disposed upward from the bottom of the planting portion; and second post-shaped members disposed downward from the bottom of the planting portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Kyodo Ky-Tee Corp.Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Shigeru Suzaki, Kazuo Kumura, Takaharu Yoshioka, Shinji Uchida, Yasuyuki Ueda
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Publication number: 20090158652Abstract: A structure of fixing a planting base 100 supporting a planted raising member 106 by a bottom plate 101 to a laying face 300, provided with a cylinder portion 105 which is projected from the bottom plate 101 of the planting base 100 to a top side and top and bottom of which are opened in which an inner diameter is gradually contracted from a top end to a bottom side, a bolt 110 constituting a fixing member is inserted to the cylinder portion 105, the bolt 110 is screwed to and fixed by an anchor holder 120 of the laying face 300 until a position at which a bolt head portion 110a is brought into contact with and caught by an inner face of the cylinder portion 105, and a top face of the bolt head portion 110a is arranged at a height the same as that of a top end of the cylinder portion 105, or arranged at inside of the cylinder portion 105. The planting base can be fixed with an excellent construction performance without deteriorating an outlook of a planting equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: KYODO KY-TEC CORP.Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Kazuo Kumura, Takaharu Yoshioka, Yasuyuki Ueda
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Publication number: 20060123704Abstract: A greening structure comprising a plant-cultivatable planting portion on a water-reserving portion and laid on a pavement for forming a greening area. The greening structure further comprises post-shaped members provided substantially consecutively from a portion where an external force loaded on the planting portion is directly received, to the bottom of the water-reserving portion or to the pavement, so that the external force loaded on the planting portion is received on the pavement through the post-shaped members. The greening structure is excellent in the supporting strength and the stability to provide a satisfactory treading feel. The substantially consecutive post-shaped members include: first post-shaped members disposed upward from the bottom of the planting portion; and second post-shaped members disposed downward from the bottom of the planting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2004Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicant: Kyodo Ky-Tec Corp.Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Shigeru Suzaki, Kazuo Kumura, Takaharu Yoshioka, Shinji Uchida, Yasuyuki Ueda
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Patent number: 6805147Abstract: An automatic water supply system capable of cultivating a plant in a state as proximate to be natural as possible and robustly and capable of eliminating waste of water, which is an automatic water supply system in which at least deficiency of water of an object of water supply is detected by a water content sensor, a first predetermined time period is measured by a first timer portion in accordance with the detection, when sufficiency of water is not detected by the water content sensor within the first predetermined time period, water is supplied by water supply means and when sufficiency of water is detected within the first predetermined time period, the first timer portion is initialized.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Kyodo Ky-Tec Corp.Inventors: Takaharu Yoshioka, Minoru Yoshida
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Publication number: 20030000573Abstract: An automatic water supply system capable of cultivating a plant in a state as proximate to be natural as possible and robustly and capable of eliminating waste of water, which is an automatic water supply system in which at least deficiency of water of an object of water supply is detected by a water content sensor, a first predetermined time period is measured by a first timer portion in accordance with the detection, when sufficiency of water is not detected by the water content sensor within the first predetermined time period, water is supplied by water supply means and when sufficiency of water is detected within the first predetermined time period, the first timer portion is initialized.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Takaharu Yoshioka, Minoru Yoshida
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Patent number: 6253487Abstract: The present invention aims at providing the water-storing tray for the plant cultivation mat, with the concomittant objects of ameliorating the water irrigation function in the plant cultivation mat as well as of facilitating control of the water content in the soil. An additional object is to much more stabilize the plant cultivating arrangement as a whole on the mat laying surface. Disclosed is a water-storing tray for plant cultivation mat, which is characterized in that a linkage part having a substantially hook-shape in its cross-section and a large breadth on its upper surface is provided externally on the upper end part of at least one side wall of the water-storing tray, and a linkage part having a substantially hook-shape in its cross-section and a small breadth on its upper surface is provided externally on the upper end part of the other side wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1999Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: Kyodo Ky-Tec CORPInventors: Minoru Yoshida, Kazuo Kumura, Takaharu Yoshioka, Shinji Uchida
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Patent number: 6237285Abstract: A plant cultivation mat (or, grass growing mat) to be spread over artificial ground, which permit walkers to tread on the soil filled in the mat as well as the plant grown in it. The plant cultivation mat comprises a cell disposed in a recessed form with the top part thereof being open upward and with a water-passage port being perforated in the vicinity of the bottom part thereof; and pillar member erected within the cell to a height not exceeding the upper end part of the lateral wall of the cell. Also, this plant cultivation mat comprises a cell disposed in a recessed form with the top part thereof being open upward and with a water-passage port being perforated in the vicinity of the bottom part thereof; and one or a plurality of pillar members erected within the cell to a height not exceeding the upper end part of the lateral wall of the cell; and at least one connecting rib to join the cells together.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 1999Date of Patent: May 29, 2001Assignee: Kyodo KY-TEC Corp.Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Kazuo Kumura, Takaharu Yoshioka, Shinji Uchida
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Patent number: 6178690Abstract: This invention is to provide a plant cultivation mat which can be applied to those existing buildings, and which does not require large amount of time, labor and cost for its laying and removing works, and a method for laying such plant cultivation mat, as well. According to the invention, there is provided a plant cultivation mat, comprising one or a plurality of cells with water-passage ports being perforated in the vicinity of the bottom part thereof, said one or a plurality of cells constituting a mat frame disposed in a depressed form to permit the top part thereof to open, and an inwardly recessed part being formed at the lower required part of the side wall of said cell. When this plant cultivation mat is to be laid, arrangement is made as to forming a space having a required route at the inwardly recessed part of the cell so as to form a space having a required routein the inwardly recessed part of the cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 1999Date of Patent: January 30, 2001Assignee: Kyodo Ky-Tec Corp.Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Kazuo Kumura, Takaharu Yoshioka, Shinji Uchida
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Patent number: 4988246Abstract: Apparatus for indicating incomplete and complete fastening of a screw includes a washer and a ring of a generally flat synthetic resin sheet. The washer includes a pair of washer portions of a generally flat, round shape and a joint portion interconnecting the washer portions to face them in opposite directions to enable the washer portions to receive a shank of a screw in the openings thereof. The lengthwise section of the joint portion forms generally a U shape. The ring is made of a generally round, deformable material and is inserted between the pair of washer portions thus facing each other. The deformable material is expanded radially outward, when compressed by the washer portions receiving the shank of the screw when fastened. Upon the compressive force reaching a predetermined value, the ring will be broken due to the pair of washer portions overlaying one another.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1990Date of Patent: January 29, 1991Assignee: Kyodo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Teruo Arai, Toshiro Ishikawa, Masaji Shimada, Shigeru Susaki, Yukihiko Yamada, Hisao Ohta, Katsuyoshi Nagami, Kazutami Hayajiri, Takaharu Yoshioka, Shigo Hirai, Tosio Ichida, Nobuyuki Ishii