Patents by Inventor Yutaro Ohtomo

Yutaro Ohtomo 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).

  • Tension balancer
    Patent number: 8267356
    Abstract: A tension balancer which includes an axis body including a latch part, a column shaped main body including a bottom part which has at least two first through holes arranged at equal intervals in a concentric circle from the center, and an open upper part, a spring base housed within the main body and having an aperture for joining an end of the axis body to the center, and at least two second holes arranged at equal intervals in a concentric circle from the center, an upper lid having an aperture for pushing through the main body of the axis body to the center, and at last two second through holes arranged at equal intervals in a concentric circle from the center, the upper lid being screwed to the main body by a bold and nut which passes through the first, second and third through holes, and at least two or more spring unit groups sandwiched between the spring base which is housed within the main body and the upper lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi Ohta, Masanobu Takahashi, Shinichi Kobayashi, Mikio Ito, Mitsuru Murakami, Yutaro Ohtomo, Keitaro Kawamura, Masahashi Nakagome
  • TENSION BALANCER
    Publication number: 20100243825
    Abstract: A tension balancer which includes an axis body including a latch part, a column shaped main body including a bottom part which has at least two first through holes arranged at equal intervals in a concentric circle from the center, and an open upper part, a spring base housed within the Main body and having an aperture for joining an end of the axis body to the center, and at least two second holes arranged at equal intervals in a concentric circle from the center, an upper lid having an aperture for pushing through the main body of the axis body to the center, and at last two second through holes arranged at equal intervals in a concentric circle from the center, the upper lid being screwed to the main body by a bold and nut which passes through the first, second and third through holes, and at least two or more spring unit groups sandwiched between the spring base which is housed within the main body and the upper lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ohta, Masanobu Takahashi, Shinichi Kobayashi, Mikio Ito, Mitsuru Murakami, Yutaro Ohtomo, Keitaro Kawamura, Masahashi Nakagome