Patents by Inventor Yasuo Maekawa

Yasuo Maekawa 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: 7321337
    Abstract: An electronic device an antenna, an information processing apparatus for the purpose of processing information captured by the antenna, and a metal exterior parts capable of housing therewithin the antenna and the information processing apparatus, wherein the metal exterior parts is configured so that the antenna can receive magnetic flux from outside the metal exterior parts that has passed through the metal exterior parts and can resonate, and wherein at least a part of the metal exterior parts has an electrical resistance value that is different from another part of the metal exterior parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ienobu Ikeda, Takashi Ihara, Minoru Kobayashi, Yasuo Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20060109188
    Abstract: An electronic device an antenna, an information processing apparatus for the purpose of processing information captured by the antenna, and a metal exterior parts capable of housing therewithin the antenna and the information processing apparatus, wherein the metal exterior parts is configured so that the antenna can receive magnetic flux from outside the metal exterior parts that has passed through the metal exterior parts and can resonate, and wherein at least a part of the metal exterior parts has an electrical resistance value that is different from another part of the metal exterior parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Ienobu Ikeda, Takashi Ihara, Minoru Kobayashi, Yasuo Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20040029530
    Abstract: To provide a waterproof electroacoustic transducer having a high waterproof performance and a portable electronic device provided with the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Koichi Noguchi, Yasuo Maekawa
  • Patent number: 5215235
    Abstract: A watch band the effective length of which is elongated so that the watch can be worn on a ski glove is disclosed. An end of the band is folded back at a spring loaded pin attached to a case of a watch at one side thereof and connected to the pin. A middle portion of the band is folded back at a connecting link having a slit. The other end of the band is secured to an adjusting link and fixed to a middle portion of the band by a grasping portion provided on the adjusting link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Maekawa, Takashi Masuda, Tomomi Murakami, Masahiko Waki, Takayuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4313187
    Abstract: A water resisting crown structure for electronic wristwatches comprises a guide pipe secured to a watch case, a crown stem slidably engaged in the guide pipe, and a crown locked to the guide pipe by a thread engagement. The guide pipe has an outwardly extending large diameter portion having a thread thereon. The crown stem is connected to a correcting means such as hands and calendar correcting means of the electronic wristwatch and has a non-circular flange on an outer end portion. The crown has an inner cylindrical portion and an outer cylindrical portion which are coaxial with the guide pipe and crown stem. The inner cylindrical portion has a non-circular inner wall engaged with the non-circular flange of the crown stem. The outer cylindrical portion has an inner thread adapted to be engaged with the thread of the guide pipe for locking the crown. A packing is provided in the annular space between the outer cylindrical portion and the inner cylindrical portion of the crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Waki, Yasuo Maekawa
  • Patent number: 4234948
    Abstract: A structure for fixing a watchglass of a watch case, which comprises a watchglass fixing member having a ring-shaped recess and a flange formed at an upper portion of said recess, a watchglass having an outer diametric surface formed with an inclined guiding surface below said outer diametric surface, and a synthetic resin ring disposed in said recess of said watchglass fixing member and sandwiched between said recess and said watchglass and having a protrusion formed when said watchglass is press fitted into said synthetic resin ring, said protrusion serving as means for retaining said watchglass in a fixed place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Maekawa, Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi, Masahiko Waki, Hiroshi Koide, Kisuke Watanabe, Osamu Matsumura, Hisao Yamagata
  • Patent number: 4206591
    Abstract: A watchglass fixing structure in which a watchglass fixing member is provided with an annular groove having a groove width approximately equal to the combined thicknesses of the outer diametric portion of a watchglass and the outer circumferential portion of a backing ring, a flange at the upper portion of said annular groove, the inner diameter of the flange being smaller than the outer diameter of said watchglass, and with an inner circumferential surface at the lower portion of said annular groove, the diameter of the inner circumferential surface being larger than the outer diameter of said watchglass. The watchglass is fitted into an upper half of said annular groove of said watchglass fixing member through a waterproof packing, while the outer circumferential portion of said backing ring is inserted into a lower half of said annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuo Maekawa
  • Patent number: 4206590
    Abstract: An electronic wristwatch case construction in which a sound-emitting cover has a battery replacement hole and a plurality of sound-emitting holes. A fixing ring is disposed in concentric relationship with respect to the battery replacement hole of the sound-emitting cover, and a vibrating plate cooperating with a piezoelectric vibrating element for an alarm is spaced from the sound-emitting cover. A battery hatch is detachably fastened to the fixing ring, and a sealing ring is disposed between the battery hatch and the fixing ring to provide a water-tight sealing therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Fukutome, Yasuo Maekawa