Patents by Inventor Hideshi Ikehara

Hideshi Ikehara 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: 6109908
    Abstract: In an auto-lock slide fastener slider composed of four members, i.e., a slider body, a pull tab, a locking and a cover, the slider body has front and rear resilient cover-attachment projections extending from an upper wing and terminating respectively in outwardly directed hooks while the cover is made of thermoplastic resin and has on respective inner edges of front and rear end walls corresponding inwardly directed hook portions resiliently engaged with the hooks of the cover-attachment projections. The cover can be attached to the slider body simply in a single snap action. Since all parts of the attaching mechanism are concealed by the cover, the resulting slider is neat in appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideshi Ikehara, Ryoji Kawamura
  • Patent number: 5848455
    Abstract: In an auto-lock slide fastener slider composed of four members, i.e., a slider body, a pull tab, a locking member and a cover, the slider body has front and rear resilient cover-attachment projections extending from an upper wing and terminating respectively in outwardly directed hooks while the cover is made of thermoplastic resin and has on respective inner edges of front and rear end walls corresponding inwardly directed hook portions resiliently engaged with the hooks of the cover-attachment projections. The cover can be attached to the slider body simply in a single snap action. Since all parts of the attaching mechanism are concealed by the cover, the resulting slider is neat in appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideshi Ikehara, Ryoji Kawamura