Patents by Inventor Yoshiro Udo

Yoshiro Udo 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: 8606368
    Abstract: An electrode system which includes: an electrode unit capable of switching at least a part of its shape between a curved shape and a stretched shape, wherein in the curved shape the electrode unit is wound around a predetermined linear tissue, and wherein in the stretched shape the electrode unit is flat; and a treatment tool that switches the shape of the at least a part of the electrode unit between the curved shape and the stretched shape, wherein the electrode unit includes: an insulating member formed in a sheet shape out of an elastic material; and an electrode that is disposed on a first surface which is an inside surface of a curvature when the insulating member has a curved shape and which applies a predetermined voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiro Udo
  • Patent number: 8235420
    Abstract: An intermediate shaft is provided which connects a steering shaft and a steering gear mechanism together via a universal joint, a shoulder bolt is provided which fastens one of yokes of the universal joint and a shaft portion of the intermediate shaft and on which a small diameter portion and a large diameter portion which are adapted to be brought into engagement with an outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion are formed sequentially from a distal end portion side, and the intermediate shaft has a bolt engagement recess portion which is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion in such a manner as to extend in a direction which intersects an axial direction and which is adapted to be brought into engagement with the large diameter portion of the shoulder bolt and a dislocation preventive projecting portion which is formed on an outer circumferential surface of an end portion thereof, whereby a temporary fastening is implemented by bringing the small diameter portion of the sh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Moriyama, Hiromichi Komori, Tsuyoshi Itou, Masaharu Igarashi, Yoshiro Udo
  • Publication number: 20110184437
    Abstract: An electrode system which includes: an electrode unit capable of switching at least a part of its shape between a curved shape and a stretched shape, wherein in the curved shape the electrode unit is wound around a predetermined linear tissue, and wherein in the stretched shape the electrode unit is flat; and a treatment tool that switches the shape of the at least a part of the electrode unit between the curved shape and the stretched shape, wherein the electrode unit includes: an insulating member formed in a sheet shape out of an elastic material; and an electrode that is disposed on a first surface which is an inside surface of a curvature when the insulating member has a curved shape and which applies a predetermined voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiro UDO
  • Publication number: 20100109273
    Abstract: An intermediate shaft is provided which connects a steering shaft and a steering gear mechanism together via a universal joint, a shoulder bolt is provided which fastens one of yokes of the universal joint and a shaft portion of the intermediate shaft and on which a small diameter portion and a large diameter portion which are adapted to be brought into engagement with an outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion are formed sequentially from a distal end portion side, and the intermediate shaft has a bolt engagement recess portion which is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion in such a manner as to extend in a direction which intersects an axial direction and which is adapted to be brought into engagement with the large diameter portion of the shoulder bolt and a dislocation preventive projecting portion which is formed on an outer circumferential surface of an end portion thereof, whereby a temporary fastening is implemented by bringing the small diameter portion of the sh
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Moriyama, Hiromichi Komori, Tsuyoshi Itou, Masaharu Igarashi, Yoshiro Udo
  • Patent number: 6969990
    Abstract: A ceiling board free from trouble due to bending is to be provided. In the ceiling board to be supported horizontally by its peripheral parts as fixed parts, the part between the fixed parts, in a state wherein it is bent by its own weight, is formed in a dome shape in a direction reverse to the direction of bending by the part's own weight so that the board surface be horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Yoshiro Udo, Seiichi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 6693428
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an RF coil that prevents a troublesome force from arising when a hanging portion is lifted up, a pair of handhold members 308 is provided along a side that corresponds to an inner side of a cylinder 110, each member extending from one end to the other end of one of a pair of flexible substrates 304 so that an operator can lift the hanging portion up using such handhold member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Yoshiro Udo, Akira Izuhara
  • Publication number: 20030076102
    Abstract: For the purpose of providing an RF coil that prevents a troublesome force from arising when a hanging portion is lifted up, a pair of handhold members 308 is provided along a side that corresponds to an inner side of a cylinder 110, each member extending from one end to the other end of one of a pair of flexible substrates 304 so that an operator can lift the hanging portion up using such handhold member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshiro Udo, Akira Izuhara
  • Publication number: 20020188192
    Abstract: A ceiling board free from trouble due to bending is to be provided. In the ceiling board to be supported horizontally by its peripheral parts as fixed parts, the part between the fixed parts, in a state wherein it is bent by its own weight, is formed in a dome shape in a direction reverse to the direction of bending by the part's own weight so that the board surface be horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshiro Udo, Seiichi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 6433548
    Abstract: Coils surrounding the forehead of an imaging subject and coils wrapped around the nose elevation for the part from the nose down are provided to effectively obtain an image of a head, and by forming the front surface in a grid shape, openness, brightness and air circulation are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Osamu Furuta, Eiji Takeda, Yoshiro Udo