Patents by Inventor Yuuichirou Kimura
Yuuichirou Kimura 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).
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Patent number: 9528239Abstract: A floating flap gate to prevent water from overflowing into underground spaces, with ease in raising or lowering the door body when water level changes. The floating flap gate comprises a door body with a forward end which swings upwards or downwards in a same direction following a rise or a drop in water level, wherein an opposite end serves as a fulcrum. A rod is attached to the forward end of the door body. One end of a wire rope is attached to the rod, and the other end is attached to a counterweight via fixed pulleys. The fixed pulleys are arranged so that the counterweight is at its lowest point when the angle of inclination of the door body with respect to a horizontal plane reaches within a range from 10° to 80° during raising or lowering of the door body.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Zosen CorporationInventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Yoshito Yamakawa, Toshiaki Morii, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
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Patent number: 9459003Abstract: Electronic equipment according to the present invention includes: an illumination unit that is mounted so as to form the surface of a housing and is capable of transmitting a light from inside the housing to outside; and a light-emitting unit that emits a light to the illumination unit from inside the housing and is mounted inside the housing. Then, the light-emitting unit includes a plurality of RGB LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) that can emit red, green and blue lights, and the respective RGB LEDs are arranged so that part of a light emitted to the illumination unit by a predetermined one of the RGB LEDs and part of a light emitted to the illumination unit by another of the RGB LEDs overlap each other before entering the illumination unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Yuuichirou Kimura
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Patent number: 9267322Abstract: The present invention utilizes a vertically upward force of a water when a tsunami smashes into a building to close openings that exist in an elevated location such as air supply and exhaust ducts, powerlessly and without a manual operation. The present invention serves as a disaster prevention panel which closes an opening 2a disposed in a wall of a building 2. A door bumper 3 is disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the opening 2a, and side door bumpers 4 are disposed on both sides of the door bumper 3. A door body 1, which closes the opening 2a and which has a specific gravity lower than a seawater, is attached between the side door bumpers 4 on both sides so as to freely swing upwards, with a lower portion of the door bumper 3 serving as a fulcrum.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura, Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Yoshito Yamakawa
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Patent number: 9091033Abstract: The present invention provides a floating flap gap which has a door body with a forward end which is able to swing upwards, in a direction in which the water flows into an opening or at an access way, around a base end thereof serving as a fulcrum. The door body is attached to one end of a wire rope, and an auxiliary force generating means is attached to the other end thereof. This structure makes it possible to prevent an overflow during the initial influx of water and to enhance the ability of the door body to follow the water level when the door body begins to lower. This structure additionally makes it possible to mitigate a shock which occurs when raising of the door body is completed and when lowering of the door body is completed.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATIONInventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Ryouta Yoshiki, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
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Publication number: 20140328628Abstract: The present invention provides a floating flap gap which has a door body with a forward end which is able to swing upwards, in a direction in which the water flows into an opening or at an access way, around a base end thereof serving as a fulcrum. The door body is attached to one end of a wire rope, and an auxiliary force generating means is attached to the other end thereof. This structure makes it possible to prevent an overflow during the initial influx of water and to enhance the ability of the door body to follow the water level when the door body begins to lower. This structure additionally makes it possible to mitigate a shock which occurs when raising of the door body is completed and when lowering of the door body is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATIONInventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Ryouta Yoshiki, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
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Publication number: 20140230328Abstract: The present invention utilizes a vertically upward force of a water when a tsunami smashes into a building to close openings that exist in an elevated location such as air supply and exhaust ducts, powerlessly and without a manual operation. The present invention serves as a disaster prevention panel which closes an opening 2a disposed in a wall of a building 2. A door bumper 3 is disposed on an outer peripheral wall of the opening 2a, and side door bumpers 4 are disposed on both sides of the door bumper 3. A door body 1, which closes the opening 2a and which has a specific gravity lower than a seawater, is attached between the side door bumpers 4 on both sides so as to freely swing upwards, with a lower portion of the door bumper 3 serving as a fulcrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATIONInventors: Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura, Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Yoshito Yamakawa
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Publication number: 20140140770Abstract: The object of the present invention is to prevent an overflow of water into living spaces and underground spaces, to prevent difficulties in lower the door body when the water level has dropped, and to prevent the door body from suddenly falling. This is achieved by a floating flap gate 11 which is disposed at an opening or at an access way, so as to block the opening or the access way when water w flows in, and comprises a door body 12 with a forward end which is able to swing upwards, within in a plane in a height direction in a direction in which the water flows in around a base end thereof serving as a fulcrum. A rod 13 is attached to the forward end of the door body 12. One end of a wire rope 14 is attached to the rod 13, and the other end is attached to a counterweight 20 via fixed pulleys 16, 17.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATIONInventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Yoshito Yamakawa, Toshiaki Morii, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
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Publication number: 20130279163Abstract: Electronic equipment according to the present invention includes: an illumination unit that is mounted so as to form the surface of a housing and is capable of transmitting a light from inside the housing to outside; and a light-emitting unit that emits a light to the illumination unit from inside the housing and is mounted inside the housing. Then, the light-emitting unit includes a plurality of RGB LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) that can emit red, green and blue lights, and the respective RGB LEDs are arranged so that part of a light emitted to the illumination unit by a predetermined one of the RGB LEDs and part of a light emitted to the illumination unit by another of the RGB LEDs overlap each other before entering the illumination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.Inventor: Yuuichirou Kimura
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Patent number: 8107995Abstract: A conventional horizontal axis portion is divided into two to have a triaxial structure including a vertical axis portion. Fixing these portions by a hinge main body enables stress and moment applied to each part to be reduced, resulting in realizing down-sizing of a biaxial hinge as a whole.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignees: NEC Corporation, Techno Associe Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Terada, Yuuichirou Kimura, Yoshihito Ishiguro, Akira Yamada
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Patent number: 7792319Abstract: A structure and method for mounting a flat panel speaker are provided which are capable of reliably and accurately positioning a diaphragm in a cabinet and of improving an acoustic characteristic of the flat panel speaker. At least one first protruding portion formed in rectangular portions strikes a first side wall face of a corresponding corner portion of two side walls making up a front case and at least one second protruding portion formed in rectangular portions strikes a second side wall face of a corresponding corner portion of another side wall face of the front case, thus making it possible to properly position the diaphragm relative to the front case and, with the diaphragm being properly positioned, the diaphragm is attached to the front case with the gasket member bonded to the putting-face interposed between the diaphragm and the front case. The diaphragm comes into close contact with the front case in a manner to form a line-like boundary in a contacted portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2005Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Yuuichirou Kimura, Atsushi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20070197268Abstract: A conventional horizontal axis portion is divided into two to have a triaxial structure including a vertical axis portion. Fixing these portions by a hinge main body enables stress and moment applied to each part to be reduced, resulting in realizing down-sizing of a biaxial hinge as a whole.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2005Publication date: August 23, 2007Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, TOYO BUSSAN CO., LTD., YAMAMOTO PRECISION CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehiro Terada, Yuuichirou Kimura, Yoshihito Ishiguro, Akira Yamada
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Publication number: 20060140438Abstract: A structure and method for mounting a flat panel speaker are provided which are capable of reliably and accurately positioning a diaphragm in a cabinet and of improving an acoustic characteristic of the flat panel speaker. At least one first protruding portion formed in rectangular portions strikes a first side wall face of a corresponding corner portion of two side walls making up a front case and at least one second protruding portion formed in rectangular portions strikes a second side wall face of a corresponding corner portion of another side wall face of the front case, thus making it possible to properly position the diaphragm relative to the front case and, with the diaphragm being properly positioned, the diaphragm is attached to the front case with the gasket member bonded to the putting-face interposed between the diaphragm and the front case. The diaphragm comes into close contact with the front case in a manner to form a line-like boundary in a contacted portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2005Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Yuuichirou Kimura, Atsushi Yamamoto