Patents by Inventor Takashi Ikenaga

Takashi Ikenaga 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).

  • Patent number: 7028341
    Abstract: An article of clothing such as a vest incorporating buoyant material is configured to reduce pocket bulging when carried items that are placed in pockets and to allow the wearer to move freely. The article of clothing includes a main clothing unit having one or more pockets and one or more buoyant material sections coupled to the main clothing unit. One or more of the buoyant material sections has at least one concavity formed at a position on the outside and/or inside surfaces of the buoyant material sections at positions that correspond to one the pockets such and at least part of each the carrying spaces of the pockets are formed in one of the concavities. Preferably, buoyant material sections are generally plate-shaped. Preferably, the pockets are made of cloth and located at prescribed positions on the outside and/or the inside of the buoyant material sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikenaga, Shougo Ohara, Mariko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20050177922
    Abstract: An article of clothing such as a vest incorporating buoyant material is configured to reduce pocket bulging when carried items that are placed in pockets and to allow the wearer to move freely. The article of clothing includes a main clothing unit having one or more pockets and one or more buoyant material sections coupled to the main clothing unit. One or more of the buoyant material sections has at least one concavity formed at a position on the outside and/or inside surfaces of the buoyant material sections at positions that correspond to one the pockets such and at least part of each the carrying spaces of the pockets are formed in one of the concavities. Preferably, buoyant material sections are generally plate-shaped. Preferably, the pockets are made of cloth and located at prescribed positions on the outside and/or the inside of the buoyant material sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikenaga, Shougo Ohara, Mariko Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 6925254
    Abstract: The camera apparatus comprises a camera-body portion 1; a display pane 2 attached to the camera-body 1 as an outwardly fixing type with freely rotary operation; and a lens block 5 provided at the upper portion of the camera-body 1 and having a pop-up portion rotatable between a stored position within the camera-body 1 and a pop-up position by making a support-axis 14 as a support, wherein the lens block 5 is housed within the camera-body 1 when the camera is not in a taking-picture condition such that the lens surface protected by the outer body and lens block 5 is made up be a pop-up condition with an angle of a predetermined elevation-angle relative to the camera-body 1 when the camera is in a taking-picture condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Kato, Takashi Ikenaga, Keikaku Fukuoka, Yoshitake Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6910224
    Abstract: An article of clothing such as a vest incorporating buoyant material is configured to reduce pocket bulging when carried items that are placed in pockets and to allow the wearer to move freely. The article of clothing includes a main clothing unit having one or more pockets and one or more buoyant material sections coupled to the main clothing unit. One or more of the buoyant material sections has at least one concavity formed at a position on the outside and/or inside surfaces of the buoyant material sections at positions that correspond to one the pockets such and at least part of each the carrying spaces of the pockets are formed in one of the concavities. Preferably, buoyant material sections are generally plate-shaped. Preferably, the pockets are made of cloth and located at prescribed positions on the outside and/or the inside of the buoyant material sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikenaga, Shougo Ohara, Mariko Shiraishi
  • Publication number: 20040096205
    Abstract: A camera apparatus comprises a camera-body portion 1; a display panel 2 attached to the camera-body 1 as an outwardly fixing type with freely rotary operation; and a lens block 5 provided at the upper portion of the camera-body 1 and having a pop-up portion rotatable between a stored position within the camera-body 1 and a pop-up position by making a support-axis 14 as a support, wherein the lens block 5 is housed within the camera-body 1 when the camera is not in a taking-picture condition such that the lens surface is protected by the outer body and lens block 5 is made to be a pop-up condition with an angle of a predetermined elevation-angle relative to the camera-body 1 when the camera is in a taking-picture condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Seiichi Kato, Takashi Ikenaga, Keikaku Fukuoka, Yoshitake Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20030033659
    Abstract: An article of clothing such as a vest incorporating buoyant material is configured to reduce pocket bulging when carried items that are placed in pockets and to allow the wearer to move freely. The article of clothing includes a main clothing unit having one or more pockets and one or more buoyant material sections coupled to the main clothing unit. One or more of the buoyant material sections has at least one concavity formed at a position on the outside and/or inside surfaces of the buoyant material sections at positions that correspond to one the pockets such and at least part of each the carrying spaces of the pockets are formed in one of the concavities. Preferably, buoyant material sections are generally plate-shaped. Preferably, the pockets are made of cloth and located at prescribed positions on the outside and/or the inside of the buoyant material sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikenaga, Shougo Ohara, Mariko Shiraishi
  • Patent number: D505686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D442987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D508066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D448763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D453354
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignees: Sony Kabushki Kaisha, Pilot Precision Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Ikenaga, Kazuhiko Ono
  • Patent number: D524841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D460961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ikenaga, Toshiaki Sato
  • Patent number: D534195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D477009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D558244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D558245
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D565625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Ikenaga, Koichi Sadatsuki, Shin Miyashita, Minoru Shimizu, Hiroshi Yasutomi
  • Patent number: D491970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Ikenaga
  • Patent number: D598481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Sadatsuki, Takashi Ikenaga, Tomonari Murakami