Patents by Inventor Toshio Yoshimura

Toshio Yoshimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20080271063
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a disc player without risk of damaging a disc and which has the ability to achieve the miniaturization and simplification of the construction. A disc is fed by transferring the loading motor power to a roller through a operation means and a clutch means. Further, a guidance rack plate is engaged with the operation means gear by the disc moving power, and a slider is engaged with the operation means gear by movement of the guidance rack plate which receives the power of the loading motor. Furthermore, the clutch means is removed from the power transfer path by the slider movement causing the roller to separate from the disc and move the clamper to the disc clamping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Takashi Yamanaka, Rei Shukuya, Toshio Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 7162725
    Abstract: The invention seeks to provide a disc centering device of simple arrangement in a disc player for laying large and small size discs. One of paired, i.e., left and right, leading members and a trigger member also serve as a pair of small size disc stoppers, and the other leading member is provided with the sole function of correcting the deviation of the small size discs. Thus, the problem of the difficulty of positioning by providing the paired leading members with stopper function, is solved with a simple arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshimura, Akeshi Shitamichi
  • Publication number: 20060242658
    Abstract: The invention seeks to provide a disc centering device of simple arrangement in a disc player for laying large and small size discs. One of paired, i.e., left and right, leading members and a trigger member also serve as a pair of small size disc stoppers, and the other leading member is provided with the sole function of correcting the deviation of the small size discs. Thus, the problem of the difficulty of positioning by providing the paired leading members with stopper function, is solved with a simple arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Yoshimura, Akeshi Shitamichi
  • Publication number: 20060200838
    Abstract: The invention is a proposal of a pick-up drive apparatus for a disc player, which permits reducing the rotation resistance offered by a feed screw for driving a pick-up. A guide shaft and a feed screw are disposed side by side. an engagement part of a coupling member is held in radial and elastically forced contact with the feed screw. With rotation of the feed screw, the coupling member is thus advanced and retreated in the axial directions of the feed screw. A pick-up seat carrying a pick-up is caused to follow the coupling member for advancement and retreat along the guide shaft. The coupling member is mounted on the guide shaft for rocking movement and axial advancement and retreat. The coupling member has a pair of clamping pieces clamping the feed screw from the opposite sides in the direction of rocking movement. The engagement part is formed on one of the clamping members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Applicant: Tanshin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamanaka, Toshio Yoshimura, Akeshi Shitamichi
  • Publication number: 20060143630
    Abstract: The present invention seeks to provide a disc transfer apparatus, which permits increasing the disc kick-off extent while holding a constant distance between a transfer roller and a turntable. A disc transfer apparatus is disclosed, which can choose either one of a play-back base fixing mode, in which a transfer roller is held at a disc transfer position while restricting motion of the play-back base relative to a housing, thereby permitting loading/unloading of disc, and a play-back base release mode, in which the transfer roller is held at a non-disc transfer position while holding the play-back base in a floating state relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamanaka, Toshio Yoshimura, Akeshi Shitamichi, Eiji Shinohara
  • Patent number: 7013471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to restrict a disk playing base plate against movement in back-and-forth directions, lateral directions and vertical directions relative to a housing by making use of the movement of a roller holder supporting a disk carrier roller. A pair of (i.e., left and right) side plates 11 of the roller holder has roller holder contact parts for restricting movement in the back-and-forth, lateral and vertical directions, and the top and bottom plates of the housing have housing contact parts corresponding to the roller holder contact parts. When a disk carrier roller is in a disk carrying position, the front part of the disk playing base plate is restricted against movement in the back-and-forth, lateral and vertical directions relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6993776
    Abstract: It is sought to simplify a disc centering device. Stopper portions for centering a small-size disc are provided on disc sensors, and guide portions are provided, which, when the disc sensors are moved with insertion of a large-size disc, engage with the disc sensors to move the stopper portions to the outside of a disc transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamanaka, Toshio Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20050050565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to restrict a disk playing base plate against movement in back-and-forth directions, lateral directions and vertical directions relative to a housing by making use of the movement of a roller holder supporting a disk carrier roller. A pair of (i.e., left and right) side plates 11 of the roller holder has roller holder contact parts for restricting movement in the back-and-forth, lateral and vertical directions, and the top and bottom plates of the housing have housing contact parts corresponding to the roller holder contact parts. When a disk carrier roller is in a disk carrying position, the front part of the disk playing base plate is restricted against movement in the back-and-forth, lateral and vertical directions relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventor: Toshio Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 6783828
    Abstract: A resin composition has a phase separation structure having at least two phases and inorganic particles having a mean primary particle size of 0.1 &mgr;m or less. The phase separation structure includes a matrix phase and a disperse phase. The inorganic particles are mainly present in any one of the matrix phase, the disperse phase, and the interface between the matrix phase and the disperse phase. The resin composition has a high thermal expansion coefficient and elastic modulus, and thus provides an adhesive for semiconductor devices which has excellent reflow resistance and adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Toray Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Fujimaru, Toshio Yoshimura, Nobuo Matsumura
  • Patent number: 6751180
    Abstract: When a roller holder attached to a floating chassis of the disk player rotates to raise a carrier roller from a disk non-carrying position to a disk carrying position, a convex portion of the roller holder is engaged with concave portions of the main chassis from above so as to fix the floating chassis to the main chassis in the back and forth directions as well as the right and left directions. The roller holder further rotates about a fulcrum to raise the floating chassis. As a result, the floating chassis is made to abut against another part of the main chassis from below to fix the floating chassis to the main chassis in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Tanaka, Takashi Yamanaka, Toshio Yoshimura, Shigeru Akatani, Takashi Kouso
  • Patent number: 6665256
    Abstract: A simplified device is provided for fixing a floating chassis to a main chassis. The floating chassis fixing device has a control member movably mounted on one side of the floating chassis, a push-in member for transferring a disc to a playing position and a disc guide for guiding the disc to the playing position, which are coupled to the control member such that they are interlocked. When no disc is loaded, the control member, the push-in member and the disc guide are engaged with the main chassis to fix the floating chassis to the main chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Tanaka, Toshio Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030170431
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-resistant resin film with a metal layer strongly bonded to the heat-resistant resin film without deteriorating the physical properties possessed by the heat-resistant resin film, and a wiring board using the heat-resistant resin film with the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Masahiro Oguni, Miyoshi Yokura, Toshio Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030161244
    Abstract: It is sought to simplify a disc centering device. Stopper portions for centering a small-size disc are provided on disc sensors, and guide portions are provided, which, when the disc sensors are moved with insertion of a large-size disc, engage with the disc sensors to move the stopper portions to the outside of a disc transport path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: TANASHIN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamanaka, Toshio Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030039194
    Abstract: A simplified device is provided for fixing a floating chassis to a main chassis. The floating chassis fixing device has a control member movably mounted on one side of the floating chassis, a push-in member for transferring a disc to a playing position and a disc guide for guiding the disc to the playing position, which are coupled to the control member such that they are interlocked. When no disc is loaded, the control member, the push-in member and the disc guide are engaged with the main chassis to fix the floating chassis to the main chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Tanaka, Toshio Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20030035948
    Abstract: A resin composition has a phase separation structure having at least two phases and inorganic particles having a mean primary particle size of 0.1 &mgr;m or less. The phase separation structure includes a matrix phase and a disperse phase. The inorganic particles are mainly present in any one of the matrix phase, the disperse phase, and the interface between the matrix phase and the disperse phase. The resin composition has a high thermal expansion coefficient and elastic modulus, and thus provides an adhesive for semiconductor devices which has excellent reflow resistance and adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Koichi Fujimaru, Toshio Yoshimura, Nobuo Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20020100337
    Abstract: When a roller holder attached to a floating chassis of the disk player rotates to raise a carrier roller from a disk non-carrying position to a disk carrying position, a convex portion of the roller holder is engaged with concave portions of the main chassis from above so as to fix the floating chassis to the main chassis in the back and forth directions as well as the right and left directions. The roller holder further rotates about a fulcrum to raise the floating chassis. As a result, the floating chassis is made to abut against another part of the main chassis from below to fix the floating chassis to the main chassis in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Tanaka, Takashi Yamanaka, Toshio Yoshimura, Shigeru Akatani, Takashi Kouso
  • Patent number: 5883773
    Abstract: To simplify the construction of a manual operating device for an auto-reverse cassette tape recorder, in which the feed direction of the tape is reversed by depressing an FF operating member and a REW operating member at a time. A FF/REW locking mechanism is rocked to a greater extent when a REW operating member is depressed alone than when an FF operating member is depressed alone. An auto-reverse mechanism is operated with the greater extent rocking movement of the FF/REW locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Tanaka, Toshio Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 5805383
    Abstract: In an operation switching apparatus for a tape recorder installed on a car etc., the present invention intends to improve a construction of a control cam plate for controlling various operation modes, to simplify mechanisms installed in the apparatus, to stabilize a control operation and to easily design a reduced size of the apparatus. A reversible rotary drive motor (16) drives a control cam plate (80) forward and backward. On the control cam plate (80) are provided a head moving cam (90) and a mode selection cam (92). A tape direction switching mechanism (100) and a FF/REW switching mechanism (120) are controlled by a common mode selection cam (90). By the control cam plate (80), various operation modes are selectively carried out. The control cam plate (80) is operatively connected to a cassette loading cam plate (60). The control cam plate (80) and the cassette loading cam plate (60) are driven by a single drive motor (16). After a cassette loading, both cam plates are disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 5377061
    Abstract: A tape cassette loading apparatus wherein various components can operate smoothly at suitable timings with a simple construction. A pivotal lever is pivoted at an initial stage when a tape cassette is inserted into a cassette holder, and a controlling member is moved a little forwardly by the pivotal lever. The movement of the controlling member is detected by a position detector, and a loading motor is controlled in response to a detection signal from the position detector. The controlling member is driven to move forwardly and backwardly by power of the loading motor, and a changing-over operation between loading and unloading of a tape cassette and a mode position changing-over operation of a head mounting plate are performed by the forward and backward movement of the controlling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Yoshimura
  • Patent number: RE36570
    Abstract: A tape recorder which includes an automatic reversing mechanism and wherein fast feeding or rewinding of a tape started manually is ended by releasing an operating member therefor from an actuated arrested position when the tape comes to its end is improved in operability with a simplified construction at a reduced cost. The tape recorder comprises a trigger member for mechanically detecting stopping of a reel receiving member to activate a tape feeding direction change-over mechansim, a pair of operating members manually operable for initiating a fast feeding or a rewinding operation, an arresting mechanism operable for arresting an actuated operating member to its actuated position, a transmission member operable in response to the actuated operating member for operating the trigger member, and a tape feeding direction change-over member mounted for engagement by the operating members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Tanashin Denki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsaku Tanaka, Toshio Yoshimura