Patents by Inventor Takayuki Yokota
Takayuki Yokota 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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Publication number: 20180040443Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a protection device capable of sufficiently suppressing the occurrence of arc at the time of activation with large rated voltage and rated current, as well as capable of fully opening the circuit. The present invention provides a protection device comprising: (i) a protection component comprising a first thermal fuse and a resistive body, the resistive body being supplied with a current in an abnormal state to generate heat, the heat activating the first thermal fuse to cut off the current; (ii) a PTC component; and (iii) a second thermal fuse, the second thermal fuse being electrically connected in series to the PTC component, the first thermal fuse of the protection component being electrically connected in parallel to the PTC component and to the second thermal fuse, and the protection component being activated in the abnormal state so that the PTC component trips to generate heat, the heat blowing the second thermal fuse.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2014Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicants: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Uchihashi Estec Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Yokota, Masaaki Iwai, Hirotsugu Takegawa, Naotaka Ikawa
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Publication number: 20170076900Abstract: The present invention proposes a protection device which has a large rated voltage and a large rated current, which is capable of sufficiently suppressing arc generation during activation, and which is also capable of providing suitable protection against overcurrent due to short circuiting or the like of a main circuit. The protection device of the present invention includes (i) a protection element which includes a first thermal fuse and a resistor, and in which the resistor generates heat as a result of current passing through the resistor when there are abnormalities, and the first thermal fuse is activated due to this heat and interrupts the current, (ii) a PTC element and a second thermal fuse which are electrically connected in parallel to the first thermal fuse and which are electrically connected in series to each other, and (iii) a current fuse which is electrically connected in series to the first thermal fuse.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: c/o Littelfuse Japan G.K.Inventors: Masaaki IWAI, Takayuki YOKOTA
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Patent number: 9381310Abstract: An injection needle assembly is an assembly used by being attached to an injector including an injection barrel filled with medicine and a needle tube, and is provided with a sticking needle tube having a needle tip to be stuck into a skin, a needle holding portion, an engagement portion and a connection portion. The needle holding portion holds the sticking needle tube and a fit tube of the engagement portion is engaged with a needle hub of the injection barrel. The connection portion includes a luminal portion in which there are arranged a proximal end on the opposite side of the needle tip of the sticking needle tube and a needle tip (ejection port) at the needle tube of the injector, and the sticking needle tube and the needle tube communicate with each other in a liquid tight manner.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichiro Iwase, Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Patent number: 9302051Abstract: A needle does not come off even if a high back pressure occurs at the skin upper section. Thus, the drug leakage from the skin can be prevented. A drug administration device 1 includes a tubular section 2 having a fluid chamber 7 capable of accommodating a drug and a discharge section 22, a pusher member 3 moving within the tubular section 2, a grip section 4, and a connection section 5. The pusher member 3 includes a rod-shape plunger 31 and a gasket 32. The grip section 4 is disposed along the outer periphery of the tubular section 2 and kept away from the tubular section 2, and the connection section 5 is formed between the tubular section 2 and the grip section 4.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoichiro Iwase, Naoki Sakaguchi, Kazunori Koiwai, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Patent number: 9283330Abstract: An injection needle assembly includes a needle tube having a needle tip to be stuck into a skin, a first member, a second member, an adjustment portion, and a pressing force restricting member. The first member holds the needle tube and the second member holds the first member movably toward the axial direction of the needle tube. A discharge portion of the syringe is fitted into this second member. The adjustment portion is provided at the periphery of the needle tube and includes a needle protrusion surface which abuts the skin in a case in which the needle tube is stuck to the living body. The pressing force restricting member is arranged between the first member and the second member, and restricts the pressing force added from the first member to the skin.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichiro Iwase, Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Publication number: 20160022924Abstract: An injection needle assembly includes an injection needle, a fitting portion, and a hub. The fitting portion is formed into a cylindrical shape and has one end serving as a fitting opening. The fitting portion includes a female taper shape in which an inner diameter of a cylindrical hole of the fitting portion becomes smaller toward an inner side. The hub includes the fitting portion for holding the injection needle. The injection needle assembly is used such that the female taper shape of the fitting portion is fitted to a drug discharge tube, which has a male taper shape in which an outer diameter of a cylinder becomes smaller toward a tip. When the male taper shape of the drug discharge tube has a taper ratio of N/100, the female taper shape of the fitting portion 12 is formed to have a taper ratio of M/100, where M>N.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoichiro IWASE, Takayuki YOKOTA, Hisao YABE
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Publication number: 20150333497Abstract: The present invention provides a protection device which comprises: a laminar element 16 which is formed of an insulation resin and has at least one throughhole; electrically conductive metal thin layers 22 and 28 which are positioned on each of main surfaces of the laminar element, and a fuse layer 40 which is positioned on a side surface defining said at least one throughhole and electrically connects the electrically conductive metal thin layers wherein the fuse layer comprises a first metal layer 41 consisting of a metal having a higher melting point and a second metal layer 42 consisting of a metal having a lower melting point. The protection device of the present invention allows a larger amount of a current to flow therethrough and can provide a protection from an excessive current.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Keiichiro Nomura, Nobuyuki Shibahara, Takayuki Yokota
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Patent number: 8961460Abstract: To prevent a coating agent applied to the surface of a needle tube from being infiltrated into the clearance between the needle tube and a needle hub, a device comprises a needle tube that has a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body and that is coated with a coating agent on the surface of a tip-end portion on the side of the needle tip; and a needle hub adapted to hold the needle tube in a state where the needle tip of the needle tube is protruded. The needle hub has a through-hole through which the needle tube is inserted, and a discharge hole extending from the through-hole to the outer surface of the needle hub and adapted to discharge the coating agent infiltrated into the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoichiro Iwase, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Patent number: 8734390Abstract: An injection aid is a tool used by being attached to an injection device having an injection needle and a syringe, and includes an aid main body and a tapered guide. The aid main body includes; an engagement part to be engaged with the syringe; a hollow part through which the injection needle penetrates; and a needle-protruding surface from which a needle tip part of the injection needle protrudes and which is brought into contact with skin when sticking the injection needle into a living body. The tapered guide is arranged in the hollow part of the aid main body and includes an inner surface that becomes continuously reduced in diameter toward the needle-protruding surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoichiro Iwase, Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Patent number: 8636705Abstract: An injection needle assembly includes a needle having a needle point to puncture skin, a needle hub including a first member which holds the needle, and a second member in which a discharge part of a syringe is to be fitted, and an elastic member disposed inside the second member to make liquid-tight close contact with the inner surface of the second member, with the elastic member having an insertion hole in which the needle tube is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaihsaInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoichiro Iwase, Yoshinori Hishikawa, Tsukasa Takahashi
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Patent number: 8628250Abstract: A support device of a propeller shaft comprises an annular bracket fixed to a floor member of a vehicle body; an annular elastic member disposed in the annular bracket; an annular supporting structure disposed in the annular elastic member and rotatably supporting a cylindrical given portion of the propeller shaft through a ball bearing unit; and an annular seal member intimately disposed in an annular space defined between the annular supporting structure and the cylindrical given portion of the propeller shaft. One of outer and inner cylindrical surfaces of the annular seal member is in slidable contact with either one of an inner cylindrical surface of the annular supporting structure and an outer cylindrical surface of the cylindrical given portion of the propeller shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2008Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Hitchi, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Oinuma, Hidekazu Aoki, Takahiro Kuroha, Takayuki Yokota, Hiromichi Komai, Yoshimichi Takano
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Publication number: 20130079729Abstract: A needle does not come off even if a high back pressure occurs at the skin upper section. Thus, the drug leakage from the skin can be prevented. A drug administration device 1 includes a tubular section 2 having a fluid chamber 7 capable of accommodating a drug and a discharge section 22, a pusher member 3 moving within the tubular section 2, a grip section 4, and a connection section 5. The pusher member 3 includes a rod-shape plunger 31 and a gasket 32. The grip section 4 is disposed along the outer periphery of the tubular section 2 and kept away from the tubular section 2, and the connection section 5 is formed between the tubular section 2 and the grip section 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2011Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoichiro Iwase, Naoki Sakaguchi, Kazunori Koiwai, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Publication number: 20130006179Abstract: An injection needle assembly includes a needle tube having a needle tip to be stuck into a skin, a first member, a second member, an adjustment portion, and a pressing force restricting member. The first member holds the needle tube and the second member holds the first member movably toward the axial direction of the needle tube. A discharge portion of the syringe is fitted into this second member The adjustment portion is provided at the periphery of the needle tube and includes a needle protrusion surface which abuts the skin in a case in which the needle tube is stuck to the living body. The pressing force restricting member is arranged between the first member and the second member, and restricts the pressing force added from the first member to the skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoichiro Iwase, Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Publication number: 20120323187Abstract: An injection needle assembly is an assembly used by being attached to an injector including an injection barrel filled with medicine and a needle tube, and is provided with a sticking needle tube having a needle tip to be stuck into a skin, a needle holding portion, an engagement portion and a connection portion. The needle holding portion holds the sticking needle tube and a fit tube of the engagement portion is engaged with a needle hub of the injection barrel. The connection portion includes a luminal portion in which there are arranged a proximal end on the opposite side of the needle tip of the sticking needle tube and a needle tip (ejection port) at the needle tube of the injector, and the sticking needle tube and the needle tube communicate with each other in a liquid tight manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Inventors: Yoichiro Iwase, Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Publication number: 20120191042Abstract: An injection aid is a tool used by being attached to an injection device having an injection needle and a syringe, and includes an aid main body and a tapered guide. The aid main body includes; an engagement part to be engaged with the syringe; a hollow part through which the injection needle penetrates; and a needle-protruding surface from which a needle tip part of the injection needle protrudes and which is brought into contact with skin when sticking the injection needle into a living body. The tapered guide is arranged in the hollow part of the aid main body and includes an inner surface that becomes continuously reduced in diameter toward the needle-protruding surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoichiro Iwase, Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Publication number: 20120179114Abstract: To prevent a coating agent applied to the surface of a needle tube from being infiltrated into the clearance between the needle tube and a needle hub, a device comprises a needle tube that has a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body and that is coated with a coating agent on the surface of a tip-end portion on the side of the needle tip; and a needle hub adapted to hold the needle tube in a state where the needle tip of the needle tube is protruded. The needle hub has a through-hole through which the needle tube is inserted, and a discharge hole extending from the through-hole to the outer surface of the needle hub and adapted to discharge the coating agent infiltrated into the through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoichiro Iwase, Yoshinori Hishinori
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Publication number: 20120179113Abstract: To make it possible to integrally form a needle tube and a needle hub by reliably holding and fixing the needle tube with a chuck member and then performing insert molding, a device has a needle tube having a needle tip capable of puncturing a living body; and a needle hub that is adapted to hold the needle tube in a state where the needle tip of the needle tube is protruded and that is formed with a retention hole into which a chuck member is inserted, the chuck member being adapted to hold and fix the circumferential surface of the needle tube when performing insert molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoichiro Iwase, Yoshinori Hishikawa, Eiji Yagishita
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Patent number: 8197466Abstract: A connector includes a male connector section having a cavity, a female connector section having a cavity to which another male connector section the same as the male connector section can be connected, a male lock section or a female lock section, disposed adjacent to the male connector section so that the connection direction thereof is parallel to that of the male connector section, a female lock section disposed adjacent to the female connector section so that the connection direction thereof is parallel to that of the female connector section, and to which another male lock section the same as the male lock section can be coupled, or a male lock section disposed adjacent to the female connector section so that the connection direction thereof is parallel to that of the female connector section, and to which another female lock section the same as the female lock section can be coupled, and a seal member formed from an elastic material, for maintaining liquid-tightness of the connection between the otherType: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Patent number: 8182468Abstract: A connector includes a male connector section having a male-side cavity, a female connector section having a female-side cavity to which another male connector section the same as the male connector section can be connected, a seal member formed from an elastic material for maintaining liquid tightness between the connector sections when the other male connector section and the female connector section are connected to each other, and lock mechanisms disposed respectively on the male connector section side and the female connector section side for maintaining the connected condition of the connector sections when the other male connector section and the female connector section are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoshinori Hishikawa
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Publication number: 20110077602Abstract: An injection needle assembly includes a needle having a needle point to puncture skin, a needle hub including a first member which holds the needle, and a second member in which a discharge part of a syringe is to be fitted, and an elastic member disposed inside the second member to make liquid-tight close contact with the inner surface of the second member, with the elastic member having an insertion hole in which the needle tube is inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: Terumo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yokota, Yoichiro Iwase, Yoshinori Hishikawa, Tsukasa Takahashi