Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Yokochi

Yoshiaki Yokochi 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).

  • Loading mechanism and disc player using the loading mechanism
    Patent number: 7823171
    Abstract: A loading mechanism (11) has first and second arm members (30, 30) rotated about first and second supporting points (31, 31), a cam mechanism (60) for rotating, by driving force from a drive source (71), at least either of the first and second arm members (30, 30) to hold and feed a disc (12), and a third arm member (80) independently rotated about a third supporting point (81), applying urging force to the disc (12) by an urging means (86) to hold the outer circumferential edge of the disc (12). In the holding and feeding of the disc, the center part of the disc (12) is present inside a figure obtained by connecting adjacent points out of three or more points of contact between the disc (12) and the first to third arm members (30, 30, 80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yokochi, Hiroyuki Shishido, Katsutoshi Kobayashi
  • Loading mechanism and disc player using the loading mechanism
    Publication number: 20090083771
    Abstract: A loading mechanism (11) has first and second arm members (30, 30) rotated about first and second supporting points (31, 31), a cam mechanism (60) for rotating, by driving force from a drive source (71), at least either of the first and second arm members (30, 30) to hold and feed a disc (12), and a third arm member (80) independently rotated about a third supporting point (81), applying urging force to the disc (12) by an urging means (86) to hold the outer circumferential edge of the disc (12). In the holding and feeding of the disc, the center part of the disc (12) is present inside a figure obtained by connecting adjacent points out of three or more points of contact between the disc (12) and the first to third arm members (30, 30, 80).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kenwood
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Yokochi, Hiroyuki Shishido, Katsutoshi Kobayashi