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).
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Patent number: 7165737Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Shouji Nakagawa, Takeshi Ikuta, Ken'ichi Kawasaki, Hiroaki Kuriyama
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Patent number: 7161872Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Kuriyama, Yuzo Kawabe, Hirokazu Hirayama, Kazuhito Yamamoto, Masakazu Nomura, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Hamato, Koichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20060266860Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Hitomi, Noboru Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Furomoto, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda
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Patent number: 7108213Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Hitomi, Noboru Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Furomoto, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20060169813Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2005Publication date: August 3, 2006Applicant: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Shouji Nakagawa, Takeshi Ikuta, Ken'ichi Kawasaki, Hiroaki Kuriyama
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Publication number: 20050211812Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Applicant: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Shouji Nakagawa, Takeshi Ikuta, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Ken'ichi Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20050162976Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2004Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicant: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Hiroaki Kuriyama, Yuzo Kawabe, Hirokazu Hirayama, Kazuhito Yamamoto, Masakazu Nomura, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda, Hiroyuki Hamato, Koichi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20040104863Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Applicants: Shimano Inc., FURUNO ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Hitomi, Noboru Sakaguchi, Yoshiyuki Furomoto, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Hiroyasu Fujimoto, Yasushi Fukuda
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Patent number: 5192189Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 1990Date of Patent: March 9, 1993Assignee: Kyokuto Kaikatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.,Inventors: Masaichi Murata, Hiroaki Kuriyama, Yoshiyuki Maeda, Megumi Yamashita, Kouzou Ueda
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Patent number: 4682686Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 2, 1986Date of Patent: July 28, 1987Assignee: Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kouzou Ueda, Daisuke Nagumo, Hirotetsu Shuto, Hiroaki Kuriyama