Patents by Inventor Tatsuro Mizutani

Tatsuro Mizutani 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).

  • Motion assist apparatus
    Patent number: 8425438
    Abstract: A motion assist apparatus is provided with an attaching member that has a glove shape with finger portions and a middle hand portion that is attachable to one of hands of a user, a back-side actuator that is freely expanded and contracted, and bridged between a tip of each of the finger portions and the middle hand portion on the back side of the attaching member, and a palm-side actuator that is freely expanded and contracted, and bridged between the tip of each of the finger portions and the middle hand portion on the palm side of the attaching member, and in this structure, the palm-side actuator is provided with a wire unit formed of two wires that are disposed on each of the finger portions on the palm side from the tip of each of the finger portions on the back side to the middle hand portion along the finger portion, passing through two side portions of the finger portion, so that intervals therebetween are made different at respective positions corresponding to joints of the finger portion, and rubber
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Activelink Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Fujimoto, Go Shirogauchi, Keisuke Ueda, Motoshi Hori, Tatsuro Mizutani
  • MOTION ASSIST APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100249675
    Abstract: A motion assist apparatus is provided with an attaching member that has a glove shape with finger portions and a middle hand portion that is attachable to one of hands of a user, a back-side actuator that is freely expanded and contracted, and bridged between a tip of each of the finger portions and the middle hand portion on the back side of the attaching member, and a palm-side actuator that is freely expanded and contracted, and bridged between the tip of each of the finger portions and the middle hand portion on the palm side of the attaching member, and in this structure, the palm-side actuator is provided with a wire unit formed of two wires that are disposed on each of the finger portions on the palm side from the tip of each of the finger portions on the back side to the middle hand portion along the finger portion, passing through two side portions of the finger portion, so that intervals therebetween are made different at respective positions corresponding to joints of the finger portion, and rubber
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: ACTIVELINK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Fujimoto, Go Shirogauchi, Keisuke Ueda, Motoshi Hori, Tatsuro Mizutani