Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Morishita

Yasuhiro Morishita 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: 8996253
    Abstract: A movable carriage having front wheels and rear wheels includes, a detection unit detecting a direction caused by the operator pushing or pulling a grip unit, a rear-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the rear wheel to be the same as or opposite to the phase of the front wheel according to whether an angle between the detected direction and a center axis of the movable carriage is a predetermined angle or smaller, and a front-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the front wheel to be the same as or opposite to the detected direction according to whether the detected direction is a direction in which the movable carriage is pushed or pulled, when the angle between the detected direction and the center axis of the carriage exceeds the predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Naofumi Sekine, Yasuhiro Morishita, Yoshiki Kuno, Takeshi Nakata, Wataru Kaku
  • Publication number: 20140046543
    Abstract: A movable carriage having front wheels and rear wheels includes, a detection unit detecting a direction caused by the operator pushing or pulling a grip unit, a rear-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the rear wheel to be the same as or opposite to the phase of the front wheel according to whether an angle between the detected direction and a center axis of the movable carriage is a predetermined angle or smaller, and a front-wheel steering angle changing unit changing a steering angle to cause a phase of the front wheel to be the same as or opposite to the detected direction according to whether the detected direction is a direction in which the movable carriage is pushed or pulled, when the angle between the detected direction and the center axis of the carriage exceeds the predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Naofumi Sekine, Yasuhiro Morishita, Yoshiki Kuno, Takeshi Nakata, Wataru Kaku
  • Patent number: D529949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuya Murakami, Kyoichi Ando, Yasuhiro Morishita
  • Patent number: D470879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Morishita, Noboru Tanaka, Shintaro Oshima
  • Patent number: D473578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Kondoh, Yasuhiro Morishita
  • Patent number: D561247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Morishita
  • Patent number: D407731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Morishita, Minoru Tanabe, Ryoji Okuno
  • Patent number: D425094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Morishita, Yoshimasa Hyodo
  • Patent number: D674436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takada, Koichi Kubo, Takeho Miyashita, Hiroki Hayashi, Yasuhiro Morishita, Hitomi Ogasawara