Patents by Inventor Yoko AKAHANE

Yoko AKAHANE 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).

  • Ophthalmic apparatus
    Patent number: 8545024
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus comprises: a main unit including a photographing device for photographing an examinee's eye; a monitor provided in the main unit, the monitor including a displaying device for displaying an image of the eye photographed by the photographing device and a setting device for setting a predetermined function; a rotation mechanism for rotating the monitor from an almost vertical position to an almost horizontal position with respect to the main unit; a first lock mechanism for locking the monitor at each predetermined tilt angle, the first lock mechanism being arranged to allow upward rotation of the monitor but restrict downward rotation of the monitor in the course of rotating the monitor from the almost vertical position to the almost horizontal position; and a first unlock mechanism arranged to release the restriction of the downward rotation of the monitor by the first lock mechanism based on further upward rotation of the monitor after the monitor is locked in a first maximum tilt loc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nidek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoko Akahane, Tatefumi Oda
  • OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110211160
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus comprises: a main unit including a photographing device for photographing an examinee's eye; a monitor provided in the main unit, the monitor including a displaying device for displaying an image of the eye photographed by the photographing device and a setting device for setting a predetermined function; a rotation mechanism for rotating the monitor from an almost vertical position to an almost horizontal position with respect to the main unit; a first lock mechanism for locking the monitor at each predetermined tilt angle, the first lock mechanism being arranged to allow upward rotation of the monitor but restrict downward rotation of the monitor in the course of rotating the monitor from the almost vertical position to the almost horizontal position; and a first unlock mechanism arranged to release the restriction of the downward rotation of the monitor by the first lock mechanism based on further upward rotation of the monitor after the monitor is locked in a first maximum tilt loc
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: NIDEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko AKAHANE, Tatefumi ODA