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).

  • Patent number: 9528239
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Yoshito Yamakawa, Toshiaki Morii, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
  • Patent number: 9459003
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuuichirou Kimura
  • Patent number: 9267322
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura, Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Yoshito Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 9091033
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Ryouta Yoshiki, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140328628
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Ryouta Yoshiki, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140230328
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura, Kyouichi Nakayasu, Toshiaki Morii, Yoshito Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20140140770
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyouichi Nakayasu, Yoshito Yamakawa, Toshiaki Morii, Masaki Inui, Yuuichirou Kimura
  • Publication number: 20130279163
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuuichirou Kimura
  • Patent number: 8107995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: NEC Corporation, Techno Associe Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Terada, Yuuichirou Kimura, Yoshihito Ishiguro, Akira Yamada
  • Patent number: 7792319
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Kimura, Atsushi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070197268
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, TOYO BUSSAN CO., LTD., YAMAMOTO PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Terada, Yuuichirou Kimura, Yoshihito Ishiguro, Akira Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060140438
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Kimura, Atsushi Yamamoto