Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Nohara

Tsuyoshi Nohara 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: 10036447
    Abstract: A stabilizer (10) includes a base (20) fixed on a motion reduction target (1); a gimbal (40) supported by the base to be rotatable around a first axis (RA); a damper mechanism (30) disposed to damp a relative rotary motion of the gimbal (40) to the base (20); a flywheel (50) disposed to be rotatable around a second axis (RB) orthogonal to the first axis (RA). The damper mechanism (30) is a passive-type damper mechanism. A first value (D1) of a damping coefficient (D) of the damper mechanism (30) when an angular velocity of the gimbal (40) is a first angular velocity is larger than a second value (D2) of the damping coefficient (D) of the damper mechanism (30) when the angular velocity of the gimbal (40) is a second angular velocity smaller than the first angular velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: TOHMEI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nohara, Takashi Miura, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Katsuya Umemura
  • Publication number: 20170370443
    Abstract: A stabilizer (10) includes a base (20) fixed on a motion reduction target (1); a gimbal (40) supported by the base to be rotatable around a first axis (RA); a damper mechanism (30) disposed to damp a relative rotary motion of the gimbal (40) to the base (20); a flywheel (50) disposed to be rotatable around a second axis (RB) orthogonal to the first axis (RA). The damper mechanism (30) is a passive-type damper mechanism. A first value (D1) of a damping coefficient (D) of the damper mechanism (30) when an angular velocity of the gimbal (40) is a first angular velocity is larger than a second value (D2) of the damping coefficient (D) of the damper mechanism (30) when the angular velocity of the gimbal (40) is a second angular velocity smaller than the first angular velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi NOHARA, Takashi MIURA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Katsuya UMEMURA
  • Patent number: 9452810
    Abstract: A rolling motion reducing apparatus includes a flywheel, a gimbal, a gimbal supporting section, a damper and a lock mechanism. The gimbal rotatably supports the flywheel. The gimbal supporting section supports the gimbal 11 through a gimbal shaft such that the gimbal can rotate. The damper 13 brakes a rotational motion of the gimbal. The lock mechanism locks a rotational motion of the gimbal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: TOHMEI INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nohara, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Katsuya Umemura
  • Publication number: 20150219830
    Abstract: To realize a window structure that can ensure that scenery can be viewed from an indoor space during the daytime and prevent peeping from outdoors regardless of whether it is daytime or nighttime. A window structure including a translucent planar light emitter in which a half mirror layer is provided on the inside thereof, and glass panels provided on an inside and an outside of the planar light emitter. The planar light emitter includes a translucent resin panel, a light-emitting element provided on an end surface of the resin panel, and a light diffusing layer provided on a surface of the translucent resin panel. A surface of the planar light emitter emits light when light of the light-emitting element enters from the end surface of the resin panel, is reflected by the half mirror layer, and is diffused by the light diffusing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nohara, Shunji Ariga
  • Publication number: 20140245939
    Abstract: A swinging motion reducing apparatus includes a flywheel 20, a gimbal 11, a gimbal supporting section 12, a damper 13 and a lock mechanism 14. The gimbal 11 rotatably supports the flywheel 20. The gimbal supporting section 12 supports the gimbal 11 through a gimbal shaft 15 such that the gimbal 11 can swing. The damper 13 brakes a swinging motion of the gimbal 11. The lock mechanism 14 locks a swinging motion of the gimbal 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nohara, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Katsuya Umemura