Patents by Inventor Tamiki Umemura

Tamiki Umemura 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: 6467974
    Abstract: A tiltable device for carrying an object thereon includes a base, first and second rails arranged on the base and inclined such that they are located close to each other at one end and remote from each other at the other end, a first lateral link having opposite ends movably arranged on the first and second rails, respectively, a second lateral link parallel to the first lateral link and serving as a tiltable base for carrying an object thereon, and first and second vertical links parallel to each other and each rotatably connected to the first and second lateral links for holding the first and second lateral links together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Shotoku Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Ebimoto, Tamiki Umemura, Tetsuaki Imanishi
  • Patent number: 4821106
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading a television camera or the like having a tilt mechanism for tilting a tilt stand supporting the camera, a pan mechanism for turning the turning stand supporting this tilt mechanism in the horizontal plane, a cam mechanism for adjusting the weight balance of the camera on the tilt stand by the cam and the cam roller. A stop mechanism for holding the tilt stand of the tilt mechanism by a stop pin so that it may not be tilted is provided which has an eccentric shaft portion at the tip portion of the stop pin so that when the pin is inserted into the receiving hole of the side plate and turned, its eccentric action may cause the cam to be lifted from the cam roller along with the tilt stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Shotoku Ltd.
    Inventors: Iwao Fujita, Masahiro Maesuna, Tamiki Umemura