Patents by Inventor Yo Shishihara

Yo Shishihara 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: 6389907
    Abstract: The present device, generates external force tending to open the O-ring formed by the thumb and another finger of the examiner and composed of a pair of artificial finger sections including two artificial fingers 8A and 8B. The artificial fingers 8A and 8B include two slender tubes 12 and 14 having corrugated wall faces, core members 16 for maintaining the parallel arrangement of the tubes 12 and 14, and thin bag-like covering members 18 consisting of a high polymer for covering the outer periphery of the tubes 12 and 14. Pump sections 10 for controlling movement of low viscosity hydraulic oil serving as a fluid sealed in fluid chambers 12a and 14a are integrally connected to base ends of the artificial fingers 8A and 8B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yo Shishihara, Kunihiko Takagi, Takeshi Seto, Satoshi Kinoshita, Yoshinori Awanohara
  • Publication number: 20020002867
    Abstract: In the present device, means for generating external force tending to open the O-ring formed by the thumb and another finger of the examinee is composed of a pair of artificial finger sections including two artificial fingers 8A and 8B. The artificial fingers 8A and 8B include two slender tubes 12 and 14 having corrugated wall faces, core members 16 for maintaining the parallel arrangement of the tubes 12 and 14, and thin bag-like covering members 18 consisting of a high polymer for covering the outer periphery of the tubes 12 and 14. Pump sections 10 for controlling movement of low viscosity hydraulic oil serving as a fluid sealed in fluid chambers 12a and 14a are integrally connected to base ends of the artificial fingers 8A and 8B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Yo Shishihara, Kunihiko Takagi, Takeshi Seto, Satoshi Kinoshita, Yoshinori Awanohara