Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Tanabe
Yasuaki Tanabe 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).
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Patent number: 8690686Abstract: In the gaming machine, an effect producing unit is disposed behind the opened door which protrudes laterally outside the side face plane of the cabinet. The effect producing unit is disposed in the space between the cabinets of adjacent gaming machines so that the space can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the effects of the gaming machine can be enhanced since the effect producing unit produces the attractive effects to a game.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Masato Ishikawa, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Patent number: 8480086Abstract: A gaming machine including: a cabinet having a display portion which displays information relating to a game, and an operation portion for a player to carry out an operation of the game on a front surface thereof, a light emitting portion which is provided at a position further above the display portion provided on an upper portion of the cabinet, and a lens barrel which intercepts at least some of light heading toward a player who operates the operation portion from among light emerging from a light source provided on the light emitting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Jun Hirato, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Patent number: 7942423Abstract: A resin lip type seal (1) capable of increasing safety against rupture by reducing rigidity of a plate-like lip (4) bent around a tip point A of a approximately wedge-shaped recessed part (8) to reduce stress concentration at the point A, suppressing the lowering of sealability due to a reduction in creep of the lip, and increasing the follow-up capability of the lip to the eccentricity of its axis. Indentations are formed on the slidable contact surface (41) of the plate-like lip (4) or/and the anti-slidable contact surface (42) thereof. Indentations (7) are also formed on the sloped slidable contact surface (21) of the inner lip (2) of the seal. Then, the ratio of the portion of each of the slidable contact surfaces where the indentations (7) are formed is ½ or more of each of the surface areas of the slidable contact surfaces (21, 41, 42).Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kondo, Yasuaki Tanabe, Junichi Nakayama, Tamio Inamura, Koichi Mizunoya, Takeo Otani, Kokichi Hamamoto
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Publication number: 20100184511Abstract: To provide a gaming machine which achieves a reduction in a player's fatigue. A gaming machine 1 according to the invention includes a cabinet 3, having a display portion 4 which displays information relating to a game and operation buttons 11 for a player to carry out an operation of the game, a power lamp light emitting portion 300 which emits light, and a lens barrel 310 which intercepts at least some of light heading toward a player, from among light emerging from LED's 302 provided on the power lamp light emitting portion 300. In this kind of gaming machine 1, at least some of the light heading toward the player, from among the light emerging from the LED's 302 of the power lamp light emitting portion 300, is intercepted by the lens barrel 310. For this reason, light from the power lamp light emitting portion 300 entering the player's field of vision being reduced by the lens barrel 310, fatigue of a player continuing the game is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Jun HIRATO, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Patent number: 7753376Abstract: There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assembling man-hours can be reduced, and in which set sealing performance can be achieved when a U-shaped elastic member (33) for applying an energizing force in a diametrical direction is used in a groove (41) formed in the fuel seal member (12). The resin fuel seal member (12) and an oil seal member (13) are assembled to form one seal system. Further, when the U-shaped elastic member (33) is installed in the groove (41), an axial position (L1) of an end surface (44a) at the side opposite to the sealed object of a fixing collar (44) formed on an inner peripheral surface of the groove (41) is positioned at the side (B) opposite to the sealed object than the axial position (L2) of a leading end portion (15b) of a seal lip (15) of the fuel seal member (12).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Nok CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kondo, Yasuaki Tanabe, Katsutoshi Ishioka, Sosuke Ito, Shinji Nagasawa, Junichi Nakayama, Masatoshi Okada
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Patent number: 7717432Abstract: There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assembling man-hours can be reduced, and in which set sealing performance can be achieved when a U-shaped elastic member (33) for applying an energizing force in a diametrical direction is used in a groove (41) formed in the fuel seal member (12). The resin fuel seal member (12) and an oil seal member (13) are assembled to form one seal system. Further, when the U-shaped elastic member (33) is installed in the groove (41), an axial position (L1) of an end surface (44a) at the side opposite to the sealed object of a fixing collar (44) formed on an inner peripheral surface of the groove (41) is positioned at the side (B) opposite to the sealed object than the axial position (L2) of a leading end portion (15b) of a seal lip (15) of the fuel seal member (12).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: NOK CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kondo, Yasuaki Tanabe, Katsutoshi Ishioka, Sosuke Ito, Shinji Nagasawa, Junichi Nakayama, Masatoshi Okada
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Patent number: 7699315Abstract: To provide a gaming machine which achieves a reduction in a player's fatigue. A gaming machine 1 according to the invention includes a cabinet 3, having a display portion 4 which displays information relating to a game and operation buttons 11 for a player to carry out an operation of the game, a power lamp light emitting portion 300 which emits light, and a lens barrel 310 which intercepts at least some of light heading toward a player, from among light emerging from LED's 302 provided on the power lamp light emitting portion 300. In this kind of gaming machine 1, at least some of the light heading toward the player, from among the light emerging from the LED's 302 of the power lamp light emitting portion 300, is intercepted by the lens barrel 310. For this reason, light from the power lamp light emitting portion 300 entering the player's field of vision being reduced by the lens barrel 310, fatigue of a player continuing the game is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Jun Hirato, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Publication number: 20090302549Abstract: A resin lip type seal (1) capable of increasing safety against rupture by reducing the rigidity of a plate-like lip (4) bent about the tip point A of a roughly wedge-shaped recessed part (8) to reduce stress concentration at the point A, suppressing the lowering of sealability due to a reduction in the creep of the lip, and increasing the follow-up capability of the lip to the eccentricity of its axis. Slits are formed in the slidable contact surface (41) of the plate-like lip (4) or/and the anti-slidable contact surface (42) thereof. Slits (7) are also formed in the sloped slidable contact surface (21) of the inner lip (2) of the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Kondo, Yasuaki Tanabe, Junichi Nakayama, Tamio Inamura, Koichi Mizunoya, Takeo Otani, Kokichi Hamamoto
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Publication number: 20090166981Abstract: There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assembling man-hours can be reduced, and in which set sealing performance can be achieved when a U-shaped elastic member (33) for applying an energizing force in a diametrical direction is used in a groove (41) formed in the fuel seal member (12). The resin fuel seal member (12) and an oil seal member (13) are assembled to form one seal system. Further, when the U-shaped elastic member (33) is installed in the groove (41), an axial position (L1) of an end surface (44a) at the side opposite to the sealed object of a fixing collar (44) formed on an inner peripheral surface of the groove (41) is positioned at the side (B) opposite to the sealed object than the axial position (L2) of a leading end portion (15b) of a seal lip (15) of the fuel seal member (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Kondo, Yasuaki Tanabe, Katsutoshi Ishioka, Sosuke Ito, Shinji Nagasawa, Junichi Nakayama, Masatoshi Okada
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Publication number: 20090166982Abstract: There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assembling man-hours can be reduced, and in which set sealing performance can be achieved when a U-shaped elastic member (33) for applying an energizing force in a diametrical direction is used in a groove (41) formed in the fuel seal member (12). The resin fuel seal member (12) and an oil seal member (13) are assembled to form one seal system. Further, when the U-shaped elastic member (33) is installed in the groove (41), an axial position (L1) of an end surface (44a) at the side opposite to the sealed object of a fixing collar (44) formed on an inner peripheral surface of the groove (41) is positioned at the side (B) opposite to the sealed object than the axial position (L2) of a leading end portion (15b) of a seal lip (15) of the fuel seal member (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Yosuke Kondo, Yasuaki Tanabe, Katsutoshi Ishioka, Sosuke Ito, Shinji Nagasawa, Junichi Nakayama, Masatoshi Okada
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Patent number: 7513506Abstract: There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assembling man-hours can be reduced, and in which set sealing performance can be achieved when a U-shaped elastic member (33) for applying an energizing force in a diametrical direction is used in a groove (41) formed in the fuel seal member (12). The resin fuel seal member (12) and an oil seal member (13) are assembled to form one seal system. Further, when the U-shaped elastic member (33) is installed in the groove (41), an axial position (L1) of an end surface (44a) at the side opposite to the sealed object of a fixing collar (44) formed on an inner peripheral surface of the groove (41) is positioned at the side (B) opposite to the sealed object than the axial position (L2) of a leading end portion (15b) of a seal lip (15) of the fuel seal member (12).Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2005Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Nok CorporationInventors: Yosuke Kondo, Yasuaki Tanabe, Katsutoshi Ishioka, Sosuke Ito, Shinji Nagasawa, Junichi Nakayama, Masatoshi Okada
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Patent number: 7476154Abstract: A illumination device comprises a transparent member in which a lenticular lens of a cylindrical shape is disposed in a longitudinal direction; and light emitting members disposed in a vertical direction at prescribed intervals inside the transparent member; in which a visual illusion of existence of light emitting rings, respectively arrayed in a horizontal direction and respectively disposed in a vertical direction inside the transparent member, is created by light emitted from the various light emitting members.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2006Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: Aruze Corp.Inventors: Junichi Kogo, Jun Hirato, Masato Ishikawa, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Publication number: 20080153569Abstract: To provide a gaming machine which can both improve an advertising element to a spectator and reduce a player's fatigue. A gaming machine including a cabinet 3 having under lamps 25, and an operation table 10 which, as well as being disposed on a front surface 3a of the cabinet 3, protrudes on a side of a player P positioned in front of the cabinet 3, the under lamps 25, as well as being below the operation table 10, are disposed in such a way that at least some of light emitted on the player P side is intercepted by the operation table 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Aruze Corp.Inventor: Yasuaki TANABE
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Publication number: 20070287527Abstract: A gaming machine includes: a cabinet; a display portion that is provided on the cabinet and displays information related to a game; an operation unit that is provided on the cabinet and allows a player to input operations for playing the game; and a plurality of light emitting units that are disposed in the cabinet, each of the light emitting units being arranged to emit light in a way that a quantity of light to be emitted toward the player is smaller than a quantity of light to be emitted toward other directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Aruze Corp.Inventors: Yasuaki Tanabe, Aya Tsuruta
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Publication number: 20070287528Abstract: A gaming machine includes: a cabinet; a reflecting portion that is provided on the cabinet to reflect light; and a plurality of light emitting units that are disposed in the cabinet, each of the light emitting units being arranged to emit light toward the reflecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Aruze Corp.Inventors: Jun HIRATO, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Publication number: 20070287538Abstract: In the gaming machine, an effect producing unit is disposed behind the opened door which protrudes laterally outside the side face plane of the cabinet. The effect producing unit is disposed in the space between the cabinets of adjacent gaming machines so that the space can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the effects of the gaming machine can be enhanced since the effect producing unit produces the attractive effects to a game.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: ARUZE CORP.Inventors: Masato Ishikawa, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Publication number: 20070284814Abstract: To provide a gaming machine which achieves a reduction in a player's fatigue. A gaming machine 1 according to the invention includes a cabinet 3, having a display portion 4 which displays information relating to a game and operation buttons 11 for a player to carry out an operation of the game, a power lamp light emitting portion 300 which emits light, and a lens barrel 310 which intercepts at least some of light heading toward a player, from among light emerging from LED's 302 provided on the power lamp light emitting portion 300. In this kind of gaming machine 1, at least some of the light heading toward the player, from among the light emerging from the LED's 302 of the power lamp light emitting portion 300, is intercepted by the lens barrel 310. For this reason, light from the power lamp light emitting portion 300 entering the player's field of vision being reduced by the lens barrel 310, fatigue of a player continuing the game is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Aruze Corp.Inventors: Jun HIRATO, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Publication number: 20070287543Abstract: In the gaming machine, an effect producing unit is disposed behind the opened door which protrudes laterally outside the side face plane of the cabinet. The effect producing unit is disposed in the space between the cabinets of adjacent gaming machines so that the space can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the effects of the gaming machine can be enhanced since the effect producing unit produces the attractive effects to a game.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Aruze Corp.Inventor: Yasuaki Tanabe
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Patent number: RE46934Abstract: In the gaming machine, an effect producing unit is disposed behind the opened door which protrudes laterally outside the side face plane of the cabinet. The effect producing unit is disposed in the space between the cabinets of adjacent gaming machines so that the space can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the effects of the gaming machine can be enhanced since the effect producing unit produces the attractive effects to a game.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Masato Ishikawa, Yasuaki Tanabe
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Patent number: RE46948Abstract: In the gaming machine, an effect producing unit is disposed behind the opened door which protrudes laterally outside the side face plane of the cabinet. The effect producing unit is disposed in the space between the cabinets of adjacent gaming machines so that the space can be efficiently utilized. In addition, the effects of the gaming machine can be enhanced since the effect producing unit produces the attractive effects to a game.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventors: Masato Ishikawa, Yasuaki Tanabe