Patents by Inventor Yuji Shishido

Yuji Shishido 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: 7885065
    Abstract: Provided is a fan motor apparatus. The fan motor apparatus includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a blade. The stator includes a rotor supporting mechanism, a supporting member, and a vibration insulation member. The rotor supporting mechanism rotatably supports the rotor. The supporting member supports the rotor supporting mechanism. The vibration insulation member is provided between the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member. The stator is capable of regulating relative movement of the rotor supporting mechanism and the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Kaneko, Yuji Shishido, Takashi Mochida, Hideo Niikura, Atsushi Kikuchi, Makoto Chiyoda
  • Patent number: 7882512
    Abstract: An automatic balancing apparatus is disclosed. The automatic balancing apparatus includes a housing, magnetic fluid, and a plurality of balancers. The housing is rotatable. The magnetic fluid is contained in the housing. Each of the plurality of balancers is movable in the housing and has a magnet and a yoke which is mounted thereto and which has a raised portion or a depressed portion formed on an inner circumferential side of a rotation of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Rikuhiro Hanai, Takashi Mochida, Yuji Shishido
  • Publication number: 20110021514
    Abstract: Compounds are disclosed that have a formula represented by the following: The compounds may be prepared as pharmaceutical compositions, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, pain, inflammation, traumatic injury, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: RENOVIS, INC., PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Matthew Cox, Donogh John Roger O'Mahony, Maria De Los Angeles Estiarte-Martinez, Tadashi Kawashima, Satoshi Nagayama, Yuji Shishido, Hirotaka Tanaka, Matthew Alexander James Duncton, Andrew Antony Calabrese
  • Patent number: 7775719
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7753590
    Abstract: A bearing unit includes: a radial bearing for bearing in a circumferential direction of a shaft; a thrust bearing for bearing one end in a thrust direction of the shaft; a housing provided on the outside of the radial bearing and the thrust bearing and filled with a viscous fluid; a seal member united with the housing so as to contain the radial bearing and the thrust bearing in a sealed state, the seal member having a shaft passing hole through which the shaft is passed; and a passage for discharging air present inside the housing, the passage formed between the housing and the radial bearing, and the passage providing communication between the one end side and the other end side in the thrust direction of the shaft projecting from the radial bearing, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the passage is a shape including at least one acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Makoto Chiyoda
  • Patent number: 7696655
    Abstract: An automatic balancing apparatus is disclosed. The automatic balancing apparatus includes a plurality of magnets, magnetic fluid, and a rotatable housing. The magnets function as balancers. The rotatable housing has a moving path disposed along a peripheral direction of the rotation. Each of the magnets is moved through the moving path. The rotatable housing accommodates the magnets and the magnetic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Takashi Mochida, Rikuhiro Hanai
  • Publication number: 20100084123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cooling apparatus including a heat sink, a blower mechanism, an opening member, and a movement mechanism. The blower mechanism has a blower opening that has a predetermined area and is opposed to the heat sink. The opening member has a first opening that has an area smaller than the area of the blower opening. The movement mechanism moves the opening member so that switching between a first state and a second state is performed. The first state is a state in which the first opening is disposed between the blower opening and the heat sink, and the second state is a state in which the first opening is removed from between the blower opening and the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Takashi Mochida, Toru Kimura, Tadaomi Fujieda
  • Publication number: 20100035880
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): wherein A and B are independently CR12 or N; D and E are each independently CR9 or N; R1 represents (C1-C6)alkyl; R2 represents hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, (C1-C6) alkyl, halo(C1-C6) alkyl, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy or (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkyl; R3, R4, R5, R6, R10 and R11 each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, (C1-C6)alkyl, halo(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkyl or (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkyl; or R3 and R4 are taken together with the carbon atom to which they are attached to form a 3- to 7-membered carbocyclic ring or heterocyclic ring in which one or two non-adjacent carbon atoms are optionally replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or NH; R7 and R9 each independently represent hydrogen, halogen, (C1-C6)alkyl, halo(C1-C6)alkyl, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkoxy, (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkoxy, (C1-C6)alkylthio, (C1-C6)alkylsulfinyl, (C1-C6)alkylsulfonyl, NH2, [(C1-C6)
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: TAKESHI HANAZAWA, MISATO HIRANO, TADASHI INOUE, SATOSHI NAGAYAMA, KAZUNARI NAKAO, YUJI SHISHIDO, HIROTAKA TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20090320593
    Abstract: A vibration type gyro sensor according to the present invention includes vibrating elements 1X and 1Y which detect angular velocities, a support substrate 2 which is electrically connected to the vibrating elements 1X and 1Y and which supports the vibrating elements 1X and 1Y, a relay substrate 4 which is electrically connected to the support substrate 2 and which includes external connection terminals 3, and buffer members 5 which are disposed between the support substrate 2 and the relay substrate 4 and which suppress transmission of strain and vibration between the support substrate 2 and the relay substrate 4. The vibration type gyro sensor is capable of stabilizing vibration characteristics without being influenced by strain and vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Nakashio, Shigeto Watanabe, Shin Sasaki, Teruo Inaguma, Junichi Honda, Kazuo Kurihara, Yuji Shishido, Tomoyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090318497
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): wherein A1 is N and A2 is CR7, or A1 is CR7 and A2 is N; Y1, Y2 and Y3 are each independently CH or N, Y4 and Y5 are each independently CR8 or N, with the proviso that when one of Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4 and Y5 is N, the others are not N; R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, (C1-C6)alkyl, halo(C1-C6)alkyl or hydroxy(C1-C6)alkyl; R3 and R8 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, (C1-C6)alkyl, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkoxy, (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkoxy, halo(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkylthio, (C1-C6)alkylsulfinyl or (C1-C6)alkylsulfonyl; R4 is halogen, (C1-C6)alkyl, (C3-C6)cycloalkyl, halo(C1-C6)alkyl, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkyl, halo(C1-C6)alkoxy, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkoxy, (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkyl, (C1-C6)alkoxy-(C1-C6)alkoxy, halo(C1-C6)alkylsulfonyl, halo(C1-C6)alkylsulfinyl, halo(C1-C6)alkylthio, [(C1-C6)alkyl]NH— or [(C1-C6)alkyl]2N—; and R5, R6 and R7 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, (C1-C6)alkyl, hydroxy(C1-C6)alkyl, or
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagayama, Yuji Shishido, Hirotaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7622589
    Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the formula (I): wherein, variables A, B, D, E, and R1 to R11 are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hanazawa, Misato Hirano, Tadashi Inoue, Satoshi Nagayama, Kazunari Nakao, Yuji Shishido, Hirotaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7614791
    Abstract: A bearing unit wherein a radial bearing for bearing a shaft in the circumferential direction of the shaft and a metallic housing provided with an attaching section are integrated with each other by molding, a resin molded body formed by the molding is so formed as to sealingly contain the radial bearing therein and is provided on one end side in the axial direction thereof with a shaft passing hole through which to pass the shaft, and the inside of the resin molded body is filled with a viscous fluid, whereby the viscous fluid such as a lubricating oil can be prevented from leaking, and the bearing unit can be attached to an object easily and assuredly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Makoto Chiyoda, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7566739
    Abstract: This invention provides compounds of the formula (I) useful for the treatment of disease conditions caused by over activation of Vr1 receptors such as pain or the like in mammals as well as compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hanazawa, Misato Hirano, Tadashi Inoue, Satoshi Nagayama, Kazunari Nakao, Yuji Shishido, Hirotaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7564155
    Abstract: Herein disclosed a bearing unit including: a dynamic pressure fluid bearing adapted to receive a rotary shaft inserted thereinto; a unit main body surrounding the outside of the fluid bearing; a lid member covering an upper opening of the unit main body with the rotary shaft inserted into the dynamic fluid bearing; lubricating oil poured into the unit main body; and an oil thrower ring rotating together with the rotary shaft in a space defined between an upper end of the fluid bearing and the lid member; wherein a gap defined between the lid member and the oil thrower ring is tapered in cross-section so as to be progressively reduced in the distance therebetween as the gap is spaced apart from the center of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Chiyoda, Yuji Shishido
  • Patent number: 7514457
    Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I): pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of general formula (I); and methods of treating disease conditions caused by overactivation of the VR1 receptor by administering a compound of general formula (I) to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventors: Tadashi Inoue, Satoshi Nagayama, Yuji Shishido
  • Patent number: 7510329
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7492549
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automatic balancing device including a balancer made of a magnetic fluid, a rotatable enclosure having an outer circumferential wall and accommodating the balancer, a magnet provided near at least the center of rotation of the enclosure so as to be rotatable integrally with the enclosure, and a platelike projection projecting from the outer circumferential wall toward the center of rotation of the enclosure, at least a part of the platelike projection extending in a direction different from a radial direction of the enclosure at the juncture between the platelike projection and the outer circumferential wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Takashi Mochida
  • Publication number: 20090011962
    Abstract: To provide a friction material with an excellent balance for both service brake and parking brake usage that satisfies the required performance for the service brake and improves the static coefficient of friction for the parking brake. The friction material comprising a fibrous base material, a friction modifier, and a binder, wherein said friction modifier comprises 2-20 volume % of cashew dust, 10-25 volume % of a rubber composition, and 2-5 volume % of a solid lubricant, a total volume of the cashew dust and the rubber composition is 30 volume % or less, and said friction modifier does not use graphite because it can cause the reduction of the coefficient of friction during the parking brake operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Norio Chinda, Yuji Shishido, Tatsuji Kuroda
  • Patent number: 7455456
    Abstract: A bearing unit (90) for rotatably supporting a shaft (100) comprises a seamless holding member (120) with a gap allowing a shaft to run through and extend to the outside, a bearing (130) arranged in the inside of the holding member to rotatably support the shaft so as to make it radially revolvable, an anti-shaft-release member (115) fitted to the shaft so as to abut the bearing in order to prevent the shaft from slipping away in the thrusting direction and a space-forming member (113) arranged in the inside of the holding member so as to secure a space around the anti-shaft-release member. A bearing unit may further comprise an lubricating oil seal member and the space-forming member may be used to form a passage way for lubricating oil to prevent lubricating oil from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Shishido, Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Hiroshi Sato, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Ichiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7438475
    Abstract: A bearing unit comprises a shaft, a radial bearing for supporting the shaft in a peripheral rotation direction of the shaft, a thrust bearing supporting an end of the shaft in a thrust direction of the shaft, a housing made of a molded body of a synthetic resin, inside of which housing the radial bearing and the thrust bearing are arranged, the housing having a sealed configuration except for a shaft insertion hole, through which the shaft is inserted, a slip-out preventing member provided on an end side of the radial bearing at which the thrust bearing is provided, the slip-out preventing member preventing the shaft from slipping out from the radial bearing, and a viscous fluid filled in the housing. The slip-out preventing member is made of a material having a thermal deformation temperature higher than a temperature applied to the slip-out preventing member upon molding of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Yazawa, Takeshi Kaneko, Kiyoyuki Takada, Yoshiaki Kakinuma, Hiroshi Sato, Yuji Shishido