Patents by Inventor Yoshinao Kato

Yoshinao Kato 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: 20240023530
    Abstract: A reel seat comprises a seat main body that comprises a reel leg placing portion to which a reel leg is placed and fixed and a tubular portion provided with an opening hole into which a rear end portion of a rod is fitted and fixed, and a grip is disposed on a rear side of the reel leg placing portion. The opening hole is formed so the rod to be fitted and fixed is offset downward relative to an axial center X of the grip, is formed further on a lower side than the reel leg placing portion, and is formed so that a rear end edge of the rod is located further on a rear side than a front end of a reel leg in a state where the reel leg of a fishing reel is placed and fixed to the reel leg placing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kyoichi KANEKO, Yoshinao KATO, Masaru AKIBA
  • Publication number: 20230263146
    Abstract: In a reel seat of the present disclosure, a position of a reel leg placement portion on which a reel leg of a fishing reel is placed is offset in a descending direction with respect to a position of an axial center of a rod. An inclined surface connecting an upper end position of a hood portion defining an opening of a fixed hood to a grip upper surface gripped on the rear side of the fishing reel is provided on the rear side of the fishing reel attached to and fixed to the reel leg placement portion, and the inclined surface is formed such that an inclination angle ? of rising toward the grip upper surface from the upper end position of the hood portion does not exceed 45° and an inclination angle ? of descending from the grip upper surface does not exceed 35° in side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Kyoichi KANEKO, Yoshinao KATO, Masaru AKIBA
  • Patent number: 10433049
    Abstract: A sound-reproducing device has a DSP and a ?Com performing a predetermined calculation to an input signal, and an AMP amplifying the calculated signal and outputting the signal to a speaker unit. The DSP and the ?Com cuts a part of a reverse characteristic of a frequency characteristic of the speaker unit in a low frequency, and superimposes the reverse characteristic on the input signal. The sound-reproducing device can overcome a shortage of low sound during reproduction of low to medium volume in the speaker unit having a relatively small diameter, and can keep reproduction sound quality without loss of the reproduction sound quality during reproduction of large volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kato, Toshihiro Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20170374450
    Abstract: A sound-reproducing device has a DSP and a ?Com performing a predetermined calculation to an input signal, and an AMP amplifying the calculated signal and outputting the signal to a speaker unit. The DSP and the ?Com cuts a part of a reverse characteristic of a frequency characteristic of the speaker unit in a low frequency, and superimposes the reverse characteristic on the input signal. The sound-reproducing device can overcome a shortage of low sound during reproduction of low to medium volume in the speaker unit having a relatively small diameter, and can keep reproduction sound quality without loss of the reproduction sound quality during reproduction of large volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinao KATO, Toshihiro KURODA
  • Patent number: 7305792
    Abstract: Where a super-elastic alloy is used as a core material, boundary separation can be prevented on substantial deflection. The super-elastic alloy is used as the core material, an outside layer made with fiber-reinforced resin is provided outside except the tip part region of the core material, and a resin-rich layer greater in resin ratio than the outside layer is provided between the outside layer and the core material so as to be adjacent to the core material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kato, Takenori Ohtsu, Hideyuki Naito, Tetsuo Akutsu, Katsuhiro Oikawa, Hidenori Kosai
  • Publication number: 20050178040
    Abstract: Where a super-elastic alloy is used as a core material, boundary separation can be prevented on substantial deflection. The super-elastic alloy is used as the core material, an outside layer made with fiber-reinforced resin is provided outside except the tip part region of said core material, and a resin-rich layer greater in resin ratio than said outside layer is provided between said outside layer and the core material so as to be adjacent to the core material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshinao Kato, Takenori Ohtsu, Hideyuki Naito, Tetsuo Akutsu, Katsuhiro Oikawa, Hidenori Kosai
  • Patent number: 6646417
    Abstract: A battery holding portion holds the plurality of secondary batteries in series connection to a charging power source. The power supply to the secondary batteries in series connection is turned on or off by a switching circuit. A control terminal of the switching circuit is connected to a chassis exposure part of one secondary battery, the chassis exposure parts of other secondary batteries being connected to the reference voltage of the charging power source. When the primary battery is mounted, the switching circuit is turned off, because no current path from the charging power source through the plurality of secondary batteries to the reference voltage is established, whereby the batteries are not charged. Hence, it is possible to prevent the charging for the primary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Yoshinao Kato
  • Publication number: 20030102843
    Abstract: A battery holding portion holds the plurality of secondary batteries in series connection to a charging power source. The power supply to the secondary batteries in series connection is turned on or off by a switching circuit. A control terminal of the switching circuit is connected to a chassis exposure part of one secondary battery, the chassis exposure parts of other secondary batteries being connected to the reference voltage of the charging power source. When the primary battery is mounted, the switching circuit is turned off, because no current path from the charging power source through the plurality of secondary batteries to the reference voltage is established, whereby the batteries are not charged. Hence, it is possible to prevent the charging for the primary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Sato, Yoshinao Kato