Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kuriyama

Hiroaki Kuriyama 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: 7165737
    Abstract: A spool braking device for a dual-bearing reel that applies a braking force to a spool during casting includes a spool brake unit, a switch element, a casting state detecting device and a spool control device. The spool brake unit is configured to brake the spool and includes a rotor having a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils. The magnets are arranged along a rotational direction with alternating polarities. The coils are arranged to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction. The coils have end faces that are arranged to face a side face of the rotor. Each of the coils has a winding diameter that is larger than a full length of the coil. The casting state detecting device is configured to detect a casting state. The spool control device is configured to control an on/off status of the switch element based on the casting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Shouji Nakagawa, Takeshi Ikuta, Ken'ichi Kawasaki, Hiroaki Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 7161872
    Abstract: A fish depth monitor is a device that can display first water depth data that indicates the location of terminal tackle that is engaged on fishing line reeled out from a spool, and second water depth data that indicates the location of the bottom of a fishing location transmitted from a fish finder, and includes a case, first and second reception portions, a display unit, and a control unit. The first and second reception portions receive the first water depth data from an electric driven reel and the second water depth data from the fish finder. The control unit graphically displays the received first and second water depth data in positions that correspond to the water depth on the display unit. It is possible to intuitively determine the positional relationship between the location of the terminal tackle and the location of the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuriyama, Yuzo Kawabe, Hirokazu Hirayama, Kazuhito Yamamoto, Masakazu Nomura, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Hamato, Koichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060266860
    Abstract: An electric reel is furnished with an information communication unit is adapted for transmitting first information concerning the reel to an external fishing information display device. The information communication unit is adapted for receiving second information concerning fishing from a fish finder or a GPS through a fishing information display device and an information coordinating unit. A second display unit of the fishing information display device can display the first information concerning the reel obtained from the reel and the second information concerning fishing with one of the first and second information being superimposed on the other. In this fishing reel, a large amount of information can be displayed while the size of the reel is kept small. Also, information concerning fishing can be obtained quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hitomi, Noboru Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Furomoto, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7108213
    Abstract: An electric reel is furnished with an information communication unit is adapted for transmitting first information concerning the reel to an external fishing information display device. The information communication unit is adapted for receiving second information concerning fishing from a fish finder or a GPS through a fishing information display device and an information coordinating unit. A second display unit of the fishing information display device can display the first information concerning the reel obtained from the reel and the second information concerning fishing with one of the first and second information being superimposed on the other. In this fishing reel, a large amount of information can be displayed while the size of the reel is kept small. Also, information concerning fishing can be obtained quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hitomi, Noboru Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Furomoto, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20060169813
    Abstract: A spool braking device for a dual-bearing reel that applies a braking force to a spool during casting includes a spool brake unit, a switch element, a casting state detecting device and a spool control device. The spool brake unit is configured to brake the spool and includes a rotor having a plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils. The magnets are arranged along a rotational direction with alternating polarities. The coils are arranged to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction. The coils have end faces that are arranged to face a side face of the rotor. Each of the coils has a winding diameter that is larger than a full length of the coil. The casting state detecting device is configured to detect a casting state. The spool control device is configured to control an on/off status of the switch element based on the casting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Shouji Nakagawa, Takeshi Ikuta, Ken'ichi Kawasaki, Hiroaki Kuriyama
  • Publication number: 20050211812
    Abstract: A fishing reel has a reel unit that is mounted on the fishing rod, a spool that is rotatably attached to the reel unit, a tension detector that detects tension applied to the said fishing line, and a communication portion that transmits to a fishing information display apparatus data of the tension applied to the fishing line detected by the tension detector. The fishing information display apparatus is provided externally of a fishing reel, and receives data communicated from the fishing reel. The fishing information display apparatus includes a body member, a display portion provided in the body member, a communication portion that receives from the fishing reel data of the tension applied to the fishing line, and a controller that is displays on the display portion the data of tension received from the fishing reel. A navigator away from an angler can certainly have information of the fishing situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Shouji Nakagawa, Takeshi Ikuta, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Ken'ichi Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20050162976
    Abstract: A fish depth monitor is a device that can display first water depth data that indicates the location of terminal tackle that is engaged on fishing line reeled out from a spool, and second water depth data that indicates the location of the bottom of a fishing location transmitted from a fish finder, and includes a case, first and second reception portions, a display unit, and a control unit. The first and second reception portions receive the first water depth data from an electric driven reel and the second water depth data from the fish finder. The control unit graphically displays the received first and second water depth data in positions that correspond to the water depth on the display unit. It is possible to intuitively determine the positional relationship between the location of the terminal tackle and the location of the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuriyama, Yuzo Kawabe, Hirokazu Hirayama, Kazuhito Yamamoto, Masakazu Nomura, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Hamato, Koichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20040104863
    Abstract: An electric reel is furnished with an information communication unit is adapted for transmitting first information concerning the reel to an external fishing information display device. The information communication unit is adapted for receiving second information concerning fishing from a fish finder or a GPS through a fishing information display device and an information coordinating unit. A second display unit of the fishing information display device can display the first information concerning the reel obtained from the reel and the second information concerning fishing with one of the first and second information being superimposed on the other. In this fishing reel, a large amount of information can be displayed while the size of the reel is kept small. Also, information concerning fishing can be obtained quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicants: Shimano Inc., FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hitomi, Noboru Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Furomoto, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5192189
    Abstract: A car carrier truck has a truck body with a chassis and a dump frame pivotably disposed on the chassis. The dump frame includes longitudinally extending beams having top and bottom surfaces. A tilting device is connected between the chassis and the dump frame, and a load carrier platform is slidably mounted on the dump frame. The load carrier platform includes longitudinally extending main girders which have upper, lower and side surfaces. The main girders are slidably engaged with the beams of the dump frame. A slide device is connected between the dump frame and the load carrying platform for sliding the load carrying platform on the dump frame. Moving pads slidable on the beams of the dump frame are fixed to the main girders at longitudinally forward positions on the main girders. The moving pads slidably engage the beams of the dump frame. The fixed pads are longitudinally aligned on and fixed to the top surfaces of the beams of the dump frame at intervals along the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1993
    Assignee: Kyokuto Kaikatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.,
    Inventors: Masaichi Murata, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Yoshiyuki Maeda, Megumi Yamashita, Kouzou Ueda
  • Patent number: 4682686
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus which includes a pair of sprockets provided at front and rear ends of the apparatus with a pair of endless chains passed around the sprockets on both sides of the apparatus. A plurality of support members are arranged at regular intervals with each having a box-like cross section and extending in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction for supporting objects to be carried on its upper surface. A plurality of fastening members are provided for fastening the support members to the chains and connecting members are provided for connecting the support members to the fastening members. A pair of holding portions are provided on each support member and a plurality of covering members are securely connected to the holding portions on adjacent support members for covering each gap defined therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouzou Ueda, Daisuke Nagumo, Hirotetsu Shuto, Hiroaki Kuriyama