Patents by Inventor Yoshikatsu Ota

Yoshikatsu Ota 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).

  • Publication number: 20230312022
    Abstract: A vehicle body upper structure includes: roof side rails provided at end portions in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body upper portion; side outer panels covering vehicle outer side surfaces of the roof side rails; and a roof panel made of a material different from a martial of the roof side rails and provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body upper portion, and the roof panel and the paired side outer panels are fixed to one another by braze joining. Outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are joined to outer end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails. Inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the side outer panels are not joined to inner end portions in the vehicle width direction of the roof side rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kosaku TOMOZAWA, Yoshikatsu OTA, Masaaki FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230312001
    Abstract: A vehicle body upper structure includes: roof side rails; side outer panels; and a roof panel made of a material different from a martial of the roof side rails. The roof panel and the paired left and right side outer panels are fixed to one another by braze joining. An end portion of the roof panel in a vehicle front-rear direction includes a first coupling portion in which one of the roof side rails, the roof panel, and one of the side outer panels are coupled to one another, a notch portion that is provided on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the first coupling portion, and a fragile portion that extends from a tip end portion of the notch portion toward a braze joining portion of the side outer panel and the roof panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Kosaku TOMOZAWA, Yusuke TAKAYAMA, Masaaki FUJIMOTO, Yoshikatsu OTA, Hitomi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 8955295
    Abstract: The stacking unit is provided with a stacking space, which accepts coins transported by the transport unit from above and stacks the coins. In the stacking space, stack support portions which support coins to be stacked are provided movably up and down. Coins to be stacked are supported in an inclined state by the stack support portions. At a height in which the stack of coins supported by the stack support portions are stacked, an inclination maintaining portion in which the higher side of the inclination of a coin comes into contact with is provided. The inclinations of coins higher than a space portion are forcibly maintained by the inclination maintaining portion, the space portion being formed on the higher side of the inclination of the coin at a height in the stack of the coins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Maetaka, Yusuke Inuki, Kazuma Sugahara, Yoshikatsu Ota
  • Publication number: 20110154786
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coin wrapping machine which can reliably lean coins C accepted in a stacking unit 21 from a transport unit 20 and stack the coins C without disorder, and can neatly wrap the stacked coins C. The stacking unit 21 is provided with a stacking space 41 which accepts coins C transported by the transport unit 20 from above and stacks the coins. In the stacking space 41, stack support portions 47 which support coins C to be stacked are provided movably up and down. On the upper surfaces of the stack support portions 47, stack support surfaces 48 are provided, and coins C to be stacked in the stacking space 41 are supported in an inclined state by the stack support surfaces 48. The stack support portions 47 lower each time a coin C is stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Takeshi Maetaka, Yusuke Inuki, Kazuma Sugahara, Yoshikatsu Ota