Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Inoue

Yoshihiro Inoue 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: 9579061
    Abstract: This holder set is provided with: an optical bioinstrumentation holder which has at least two probe mounting units into which are inserted light-transmitting probes which irradiate light from the tip, or light-receiving probes which receive light from the tip, and which is mounted on the subject's head; and a electroencephalograph holder which has at least one electrode mounting unit into which an EEG electrode is inserted which detects the potential difference with a reference electrode. This optical bioinstrumentation holder is provided with a linear trunk unit extending in a first direction, and at least two linear branches extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and the electroencephalograph holder is provided with a linear trunk unit extending in a first direction, and at least one linear branch extending in the direction opposite to said second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruhide Udagawa, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9517509
    Abstract: In a cutting tool, at least one of an upper contact part of an upper surface of a cutting insert and an upper jaw of a holder and a lower contact part of a lower surface of the cutting insert and a lower jaw of the holder includes a first concave-convex surface and a second concave-convex surface. A distance d1 between tops of first convex parts adjacent to each other among a plurality of first convex parts of the first concave-convex surface is smaller than a distance d2 between bottoms of second concave parts adjacent to each other among a plurality of second concave parts of the second concave-convex surface in a sectional view perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20160271703
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention has a body section and a cutting section located closer to a front end side than the body section. The cutting section has an end cutting edge located along an intersection of an upper surface and a side surface, a recess located from the end cutting edge toward the body section, and a pair of protrusions opposed to each other with the recess interposed therebetween. The pair of protrusions has a first protrusion and a second protrusion located on the first protrusion. The first protrusion has a first inclined surface that is inclined upward and approaches another one of the pair of protrusions as going from the front end side toward the rear end side. A periphery of the second protrusion which is close to the front end side has a convex curvilinear shape in a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventor: Yoshihiro INOUE
  • Patent number: 9381966
    Abstract: A vehicle having a rear fender disposed above a rear wheel and formed of a plate member having an upward projecting shape, includes a cover member which covers a portion of a lower open part of the rear fender on a lateral side of the rear wheel. The rear fender and the cover member are provided as separate bodies to keep the moldability of the rear fender favorable. The mud-guard performance can be enhanced by covering part of the lower open part of the rear fender by the cover member. Such configuration provides a vehicle in which the mud-guard performance can be enhanced while keeping the moldability of a rear fender favorable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokumura, Akira Omae, Shigeki Sakaguchi, Yoshihiro Inoue, Yukari Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9375812
    Abstract: A welding carriage traveling with a welding torch mounted thereon includes: a carriage body; and a torch supporting part disposed between the front and rear ends of carriage body and supporting a tip of the welding torch in a state of positioning on a side surface side of the carriage body and facing diagonally downward. The torch supporting part includes a torch swinging unit and a weaving unit. The torch swinging unit includes a torch swinging mechanism which swings the tip of the welding torch in a forward and rearward direction of the carriage body, and thereby moves tip close to the welding line. The weaving unit includes a weaving mechanism which operates so as to integrally rotate a unit case and a torch mounting bar of the torch swinging unit about a screw, thereby to cause the welding torch to perform a weaving operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Kokuho Company Limited
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9346104
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an upper surface, a side surface having a front clearance surface, and an end cutting edge along an intersection of the upper and the front clearance surfaces. The upper surface includes an end rake surface inclined downward as departing from the end cutting edge, a pair of front protrusions that is located apart from the end cutting edge and are less apart from each other as departing from the end cutting edge, a rear protrusion further apart from the end cutting edge than the pair of front protrusions, and a pair of intermediate protrusions located between the front protrusions and the rear protrusion. Top portions of the pair of intermediate protrusions are respectively located between the front protrusions and the rear protrusion, and are higher than top portions of the front protrusions and a top portion of the rear protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9327351
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an end cutting edge located along an intersection of an upper surface and a front clearance surface, and a pair of side cutting edges respectively located along intersections of the upper surface and a pair of side clearance surfaces. The upper surface includes an end rake surface that is continuous with and inclined downward as departing from the end cutting edge, a pair of major protrusions that are less apart from each other as departing from the end cutting edge in a top view, and a pair of minor protrusions that are respectively located close to their adjacent side clearance surface of the pair of side clearance surfaces with respect to the pair of major protrusions. The pair of minor protrusions are located further apart from the end cutting edge than an end portion of each of the pair of major protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9284004
    Abstract: A seat support structure for a saddle-riding vehicle having a rider's seat and a pillion seat separate from and disposed posterior to the rider's seat includes a bracket disposed on the rider's seat which is fixed to a vehicle body, the bracket providing a coupling between the rider's seat and the pillion seat, wherein the bracket is detachably inserted in a front portion of the pillion seat when the pillion seat is mounted to the vehicle body, and the pillion seat has a rear portion removably secured to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Mitsuya Kawamura, Mizuki Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9278615
    Abstract: A fuel tank structure of straddle type vehicle in which a wide space below the fuel tank can be secured and a clearance portion for avoiding the fuel tank interfering with the vehicle body side can be downsized. The fuel tank is supported on and disposed above a main frame with a fuel pump being installed to a bottom plate of the rear portion of the fuel tank. A maintenance space formed below the fuel pump when the rear portion of the fuel tank is lifted in a state wherein an installation portion of a front bracket installed to the front lower portion of the fuel tank is rotatably supported on the main frame. The fuel tank is configured such that the installation portion of the lower end of the front bracket is disposed below the bottom plate, simultaneously, and is installed to the main frame with a bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Nishida, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9272336
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface, a side surface, and a first cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface. The upper surface includes a pair of raised parts located opposite to each other with a perpendicular bisector of the first cutting edge interposed therebetween. A top of each of the pair of raised parts includes at least two protrusions oriented toward a direction along the perpendicular bisector in a top view. Each of the at least two protrusions includes a first protrusion located on a side closest to the perpendicular bisector, and a second protrusion which is located on a side further away from the perpendicular bisector than the first protrusion, and is located at a higher position than the first protrusion. A cutting tool including the cutting insert, and a method of manufacturing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9226703
    Abstract: Provided is a holder which comprises at least two probe mount portions into which a light-transmitting probe for emitting light from the tip thereof or a light-receiving probe for receiving light through the tip thereof is inserted from above and is to be put on the head of a subject, the holder being characterized by further comprising: a linear backbone portion that extends in a first direction that is perpendicular to the above-described direction from above; and at least two linear branch portions that extend in a second direction that is perpendicular to the above-described direction from above and is different from the first direction, wherein the lower end portions of the probe mount portions protrude from the lower surface of the backbone portion or a branch portion and are tapered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Takashi Amita, Satoru Kohno, Akihiro Ishikawa, Yoshinori Masuda, Haruhide Udagawa
  • Patent number: 9205495
    Abstract: In a cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention, an upper surface includes: a first concave groove which is continuous with a first cutting edge and extends along a longitudinal direction; a pair of second concave grooves which are respectively continuous with a pair of second cutting edges and extend along the longitudinal direction; and a pair of protruded parts respectively located between the first concave groove and the pair of second concave grooves. The pair of protruded parts are respectively continuous with an end surface cutting edge and are separated from each other by a larger distance therebetween as separating from the end surface cutting edge. A cutting tool with the cutting insert, and a method of manufacturing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Kanenori Fujii, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9156453
    Abstract: In a motorcycle including a vehicle body frame, an engine supported by the vehicle body frame, an air cleaner box arranged above of the engine, and an ABS module capable of decompressing brake pressures of front and rear wheels, the ABS module is arranged at a position above the engine, rearward of the air cleaner box, in proximity to the left inlet port and a right inlet port of the air cleaner box for sucking outside air, and in suction routes of the left inlet port and the right inlet port. Therefore, a cooling effect with respect to an ABS module to suppress a thermal influence on the ABS module can be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takatsuka, Yoshihiro Inoue, Kazuya Sawasaki, Mitsuya Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9150270
    Abstract: A fuel tank from which fuel is supplied to an engine includes: overhang portions that project outward from left and right main frames in the vehicle width direction; and fuel pipes that pass the inside of the fuel tank from an area in the vicinity of a fuel filler port, and extend downward from the overhang portions arranged outside the pair of main frames in the vehicle width direction. The fuel pipes are constituted of a drain pipe through which spilled filling fuel or rain water collected around the fuel filler port is discharged to the outside of the fuel tank, and a breather pipe which makes the inside of the fuel tank and atmosphere communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Nishida, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150201841
    Abstract: An optical biological measuring device includes a light transmission/reception element 30 having a plurality of light transmission probes 12, light reception probes 13 and reference probes 14; a second observation signal acquiring element 25 for acquiring a second observation signal indicating a time-course variation relating to a cerebral activity; a first observation signal acquiring element 24 for acquiring a first observation signal indicating a time-course variation relating to the blood flow in the skin; and an analysis control element 40 for generating a removal target component removal observation signal based on the first and second observation signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9060701
    Abstract: Provided is a medical image diagnosis apparatus which requires a small area for installation, has a short length in an axial direction of the apparatus, can reduce a problem of the strength of a top plate, and can simultaneously carry out dynamic PET-imaging of the entire body. A top plate (61) on which an examinee lies is moved through a tunnel of a CT gantry (2) and a PET gantry (3) to execute CT imaging and PET imaging. A PET unit consisting of a plurality (e.g. seven) of PET units (32) has a length of 2 m in the axis direction, the visual field thereof covers the whole body and the whole body can be simultaneously subjected to dynamic PET-imaging. For the maintenance of the PET gantry (3), the diagnosis apparatus is separated at an arbitrary PET unit (32) to be maintained, the apparatus slides on a rail (31) in the axis direction and is separated for maintenance operation. Accordingly, a large space for maintenance is not required and the area for installation is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Inoue, Masaharu Amano, Kazumi Tanaka, Tetsuro Mizuta, Atsushi Ohtani
  • Publication number: 20150158088
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an upper surface, a side surface having a front clearance surface, and an end cutting edge along an intersection of the upper and the front clearance surfaces. The upper surface includes an end rake surface inclined downward as departing from the end cutting edge, a pair of front protrusions that is located apart from the end cutting edge and are less apart from each other as departing from the end cutting edge, a rear protrusion further apart from the end cutting edge than the pair of front protrusions, and a pair of intermediate protrusions located between the front protrusions and the rear protrusion. Top portions of the pair of intermediate protrusions are respectively located between the front protrusions and the rear protrusion, and are higher than top portions of the front protrusions and a top portion of the rear protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150158089
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an end cutting edge located along an intersection of an upper surface and a front clearance surface, and a pair of side cutting edges respectively located along intersections of the upper surface and a pair of side clearance surfaces. The upper surface includes an end rake surface that is continuous with and inclined downward as departing from the end cutting edge, a pair of major protrusions that are less apart from each other as departing from the end cutting edge in a top view, and a pair of minor protrusions that are respectively located close to their adjacent side clearance surface of the pair of side clearance surfaces with respect to the pair of major protrusions. The pair of minor protrusions are located further apart from the end cutting edge than an end portion of each of the pair of major protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150105672
    Abstract: A photobiological measurement apparatus 1 may include a second received light quantity information calculation unit 33 for calculating measurement data relating to cerebral activity, a data display controller for displaying the measurement data for a specified area of a subject's brain, is characterized: is being provided with a reference light-receiving probe 14, which is disposed at a position separated by a first setting distance r1 from the light-transmitting prober 12 that is shorter than a second setting distance r2, and a first received light quantity information calculating unit 32, which calculates skin blood flow data relating to the skin blood flow using first received light quantity information ?A1 from the light transmitting probe 12 to the reference light-receiving probe 14, and in displaying the skin blood flow data at a specified position of the subject's scalp by indicating the measurement position on the subject's scalp and displaying the skin blood data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiro Ishikawa, Yoshihiro Inoue, Takashi Amita, Satoru Kohno, Yoshinori Masuda, Haruhide Udagawa
  • Publication number: 20150087996
    Abstract: A holder configured to allow light transmission probes for emitting light and light reception probes for receiving light to be arranged alternately and be spaced apart from each other by a second set distance r2. The holder has a plurality of first through holes each provided at a position spaced apart by a first set distance r1 shorter than the second set distance r2 from a position of the retained light transmission probe or a position of the retained light reception probe. Each of the through holes of the plurality of first through holes allow reference probes for emitting or receiving light to be inserted thereto. One of the first through holes provided therein with none of the reference probes has a non-light transmissive attachment member in a detachable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Haruhide Udagawa, Yoshihiro Inoue, Takashi Amita, Yoshinori Masuda, Akihiro Ishikawa