Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Maeda

Tetsuo Maeda 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: 7353816
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve shooting precision by causing a bullet to be fired before retreating of the slide commences, which is a problem in related art 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20080017180
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to improve shooting precision by causing a bullet to be fired before retreating of the slide commences, which is a problem in related art 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 7315829
    Abstract: In a data conversion apparatus of a copyright protecting system, a data format judging portion judges whether or not the data is of a super distribution format, attribute information obtaining unit identifies the audio contents of the data and obtains the attribute information corresponding to the identified audio contents from the external equipment via the data transmission/receiving portion; and a data format conversion portion converts the audio contents together with the obtained attribute information to the super distribution data format to be supplied to an external recording apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tagawa, Masayuki Kozuka, Masataka Minami, Tetsuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 7290539
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a high-pressure gas cartridge of this invention comprises: a high-pressure gas cartridge attachment and detachment apparatus for an air gun comprising: a high-pressure gas cartridge housing provided in a clip of an air gun; a back grip panel for a grip formed as a clamp lever; a lever rotation axis constituting a rotation fulcrum for a back grip panel; and a pressing curved surface capable of pressing a bottom part of the high-pressure gas cartridge, wherein a side grip panel of the grip is provided in an attachable and detachable manner so as to open and close the high-pressure gas cartridge housing, the high-pressure gas cartridge may be attached and detached with the back grip panel of the grip rotated about the lever rotation fulcrum so as to be in an open state, and the back grip panel presses against the bottom of the high-pressure gas cartridge due to rotation centered about the lever rotation axis so as to be closed and so as to push up and install the high-pressure gas car
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 7267119
    Abstract: An air gun including a slide, a barrel, a cylinder portion, a hit pin, a hollow valve pin chamber, a valve body, a gas supply port, a valve pin, a pressing section, a bullet feed nozzle link connected to a trigger; and a bullet feed nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 7159584
    Abstract: The airgun firing mechanism of the present invention has a rotary magazine 1 with a plurality of bores 11 made from a material through which magnetic force can pass, and a magnet 10 is provided in the center of the magazine 1. Also, the airgun firing mechanism of the present invention has inner diameters of respective bores 11 of the rotary magazine 1 having a plurality of bores 11 formed to inner diameters capable of having pellets 91 inserted into them, with the magazine 1 being formed from a material that can pass magnetic force, and with a magnet 10 being provided in the center of the magazine 1. In this way, it is possible to repeatedly fire two different types of bullets, namely BB bullets 90 and pellets 91, using one magazine 1 of one airgun G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060260596
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a high-pressure gas cartridge of this invention comprises: a high-pressure gas cartridge attachment and detachment apparatus for an air gun comprising: a high-pressure gas cartridge housing provided in a clip of an air gun; a back grip panel for a grip formed as a clamp lever; a lever rotation axis constituting a rotation fulcrum for a back grip panel; and a pressing curved surface capable of pressing a bottom part of the high-pressure gas cartridge, wherein a side grip panel of the grip is provided in an attachable and detachable manner so as to open and close the high-pressure gas cartridge housing, the high-pressure gas cartridge may be attached and detached with the back grip panel of the grip rotated about the lever rotation fulcrum so as to be in an open state, and the back grip panel presses against the bottom of the high-pressure gas cartridge due to rotation centered about the lever rotation axis so as to be closed and so as to push up and install the high-pressure gas car
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 7120920
    Abstract: An easily manufacturable optical disc drive that provides for accurate writing and reading of information signals to and from a disc loaded therein by maintaining the horizontal balance of its base during operation, and that provides for smooth loading and unloading of a disc. The optical disc drive includes a base formed of a single metal plate of 1.4–1.8 mm thickness. Major components of the base (i.e., a disc rotation driving mechanism, an optical pickup and a pickup feeding mechanism) are disposed on the base in such a way that the total weight of these components is nearly evenly distributed on the base. The optical pickup is adapted to move across an optical disc between its inner and outer circumferences, while the optical disc is rotated by the disc rotation driving mechanism. The base is supported by a plurality (i.e., at least three) of supporting members, each with an elastic support piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 7100922
    Abstract: A bull's eye target device with a target surface section provided with a central section and a plurality of ring sections, and a circuit substrate provided so as to be spaced from the rear surface of the target surface section. The front surface side of the target surface section is formed in such a manner that the central section is raised to the greatest extent, with the plurality of ring sections becoming relatively lower as the periphery is approached, and a central pressing part and plurality of ring-shaped pressing parts are formed so as to project at the rear surface side at positions corresponding to the central section and the plurality of ring sections. The circuit substrate is provided with circular independent terminals at positions corresponding to the central pressing part and plurality of ring-shaped pressing parts of the target surface section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: MARUZEN Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060162711
    Abstract: An air gun including a slide, a barrel, a cylinder portion, a hit pin, a hollow valve pin chamber, a valve body, a gas supply port, a valve pin, a pressing section, a bullet feed nozzle link connected to a trigger; and a bullet feed nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060006597
    Abstract: An advantage of the invention is in providing a device a device capable of accurately determining a position to which a pellet has been fired and instantaneously sending points to a display unit. Namely, because the target surface is such that inside and outside of boundary lines are at different heights, in the event of an impact making contact with a boundary line, a pellet will always impact with and apply pressure to the inside part of the target for which the points are higher. A terminal of a circuit substrate corresponding to this higher points side then makes contact so as to provide excitation, and the points can be accurately displayed. The bull's eye target device of this invention is such that a target section is provided with a target surface section provided with a central section and a plurality of ring sections, and a circuit substrate provided so as to be spaced from the rear surface of the target surface section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20040237952
    Abstract: The airgun firing mechanism of the present invention has a rotary magazine 1 with a plurality of bores 11 made from a material through which magnetic force can pass, and a magnet 10 is provided in the center of the magazine 1. Also, the airgun firing mechanism of the present invention has inner diameters of respective bores 11 of the rotary magazine 1 having a plurality of bores 11 formed to inner diameters capable of having pellets 91 inserted into them, with the magazine 1 being formed from a material that can pass magnetic force, and with a magnet 10 being provided in the center of the magazine 1. In this way, it is possible to repeatedly fire two different types of bullets, namely BB bullets 90 and pellets 91, using one magazine 1 of one airgun G.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 6688298
    Abstract: A magazine for an air gun of this invention can be freely attached to and detached from an air gun body using a magazine body, and has a plurality of pellet holders capable of being loaded with one pellet at a time. The plurality of pellet holders move orbitally about a pellet holder path and the pellets can be fed one at a time from the pellet holders towards a rotary sub chamber positioned below. With the air gun of this invention, the direction of the rotary sub chamber can be changed by shifting a rotary sub chamber positioned below the magazine, a trans link and a bolt forwards and backwards, so that the direction of single pellets dropping from the magazine can be changed by ninety degrees for feeding into the barrel. The magazine conveyor link is also interlocked so as to move to the front and rear in unison with movement to the front and rear of the trans link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 6666203
    Abstract: A magazine for an air gun of this invention can be freely attached to and detached from an air gun body using a magazine body, and has a plurality of pellet holders capable of being loaded with one pellet at a time. The plurality of pellet holders move orbitally about a pellet holder path and the pellets can be fed one at a time from the pellet holders towards a rotary sub chamber positioned below. With the air gun of this invention, the direction of the rotary sub chamber can be changed by shifting a rotary sub chamber positioned below the magazine, a trans link and a bolt forwards and backwards, so that the direction of single pellets dropping from the magazine can be changed by ninety degrees for feeding into the barrel. The magazine conveyor link is also interlocked so as to move to the front and rear in unison with movement to the front and rear of the trans link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20030188729
    Abstract: A magazine for an air gun of this invention can be freely attached to and detached from an air gun body using a magazine body, and has a plurality of pellet holders capable of being loaded with one pellet at a time. The plurality of pellet holders move orbitally about a pellet holder path and the pellets can be fed one at a time from the pellet holders towards a rotary sub chamber positioned below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20030188730
    Abstract: A magazine for an air gun of this invention can be freely attached to and detached from an air gun body using a magazine body, and has a plurality of pellet holders capable of being loaded with one pellet at a time. The plurality of pellet holders move orbitally about a pellet holder path and the pellets can be fed one at a time from the pellet holders towards a rotary sub chamber positioned below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 6570828
    Abstract: A skew of an optical pickup device can be adjusted by a movable-side member itself which holds thereon an objective lens. A holder which holds an objective lens is supported by four spring wires such that it can be moved in the focusing direction and the tracking direction of an optical disk. A center of a magnetic circuit which drives the holder is shifted in the outer peripheral side relative to the optical disk. Elastic force of the spring wires of the inner peripheral side is suppressed by increasing the amount of a gel material bonded to the spring wires located on the inner peripheral side of the optical disk as a damping material as compared with the amount of the gel material bonded to the spring wires located on the outer peripheral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyasu Kikuchi, Akio Yamakawa, Yusaku Seki, Tetsuo Maeda, Yutaka Sugawara
  • Patent number: 6530368
    Abstract: A magazine for an air gun of this invention can be freely attached to and detached from an air gun body using a magazine body, and has a plurality of pellet holders capable of being loaded with one pellet at a time. The plurality of pellet holders move orbitally about a pellet holder path and the pellets can be fed one at a time from the pellet holders towards a rotary sub chamber positioned below. With the air gun of this invention, the direction of the rotary sub chamber can be changed by shifting a rotary sub chamber positioned below the magazine, a trans link and a bolt forwards and backwards, so that the direction of single pellets dropping from the magazine can be changed by ninety degrees for feeding into the barrel. The magazine conveyor link is also interlocked so as to move to the front and rear in unison with movement to the front and rear of the trans link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 6497229
    Abstract: It is possible, in an automatic air gun, to reduce a piston block's size and effectively use a compressed gas' pressure. A change valve and a open-close valve are positioned below a cylinder block. A change valve closing portion is exposed in a change valve gas chamber. The change valve is located so only a rod portion is positioned in the change valve gas chamber. When the compressed gas is supplied to a bullet discharge ventilating opening side, through the change valve gas chamber, the closing portion opens a bullet discharge air-supply opening thereby allowing the compressed gas to flow to the bullet discharge air-supply opening. When the compressed gas is supplied to a blow-back ventilating opening, the closing portion makes a blow-back air-supply opening change to the opening state; the change valve rod prevents supply of the compressed gas to the change valve gas chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventor: Tetsuo Maeda
  • Patent number: RE39805
    Abstract: This invention can make a valve compact in function and improve using efficiency of a compressed gas and make an air gun compact. To achieve this object, an air gun is constructed by a hit pin arranged in a cylinder portion, a valve body arranged within a hollow portion of the cylinder portion and having a bullet supplying nozzle chamber and a valve pin chamber, a gas inlet port opened to a sleeve-shaped circumferential face of the valve pin chamber, a bullet supplying nozzle arranged within the bullet supplying nozzle chamber, and a valve pin arranged within the valve pin chamber. The hit pin is pressed on a muzzle side and the valve pin is slid to the muzzle side so that an airtight state between a valve pin flange portion and a side face of the valve pin chamber on its gun rear end side is released. A compressed gas is supplied to a nozzle chamber side opening and a valve pin chamber side opening from a clearance between the valve pin flange portion and the gun rear end side face of the valve pin chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Maruzen Company Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuo Maeda, Yoshiyuki Maeda, Yuichi Toyoda