Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Matsuoka

Hirokazu Matsuoka 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).

  • Publication number: 20040266315
    Abstract: An elastic doll capable of being bent at sites therein which are to be bent and kept from being bent at sites therein which are not to be bent, to thereby be deformed in a natural manner and capable of being downsized. The elastic doll includes a trunk (1), arms (2) and legs (3) in which a skeleton member (7) is embedded. The skeleton member (7) is constituted by first cores (8) made of metal and arranged at sites in the doll corresponding to joints and second cores made of rigid synthetic resin and arranged at sites in the doll corresponding to distal ends thereof and positions between joints adjacent to each other. The first cores (8) and second cores (9) are connected to each other, wherein the first cores (8) are covered with synthetic resin (6a) as required. The skeleton member (7) is covered with a skin/flesh member (6) made of soft synthetic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Takio Ejima, Hirokazu Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6790398
    Abstract: An elastic doll capable of being bent at sites therein which are to be bent and kept from being bent at sites therein which are not to be bent, to thereby be deformed in a natural manner and capable of being downsized. The elastic doll includes a trunk (1), arms (2) and legs (3) in which a skeleton member (7) is embedded. The skeleton member (7) is constituted by first cores (8) made of metal and arranged at sites in the doll corresponding to joints and second cores made of rigid synthetic resin and arranged at sites in the doll corresponding to distal ends thereof and positions between joints adjacent to each other. The first cores (8) and second cores (9) are connected to each other, wherein the first cores (8) are covered with synthetic resin (6a) as required. The skeleton member (7) is covered with a skin/flesh member (6) made of soft synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Takara Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takio Ejima, Hirokazu Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 4905468
    Abstract: A false twisting apparatus comprising: a pair of first feed rollers for feeding a yarn to be false twisted; a pair of second feed rollers for feeding a false-twisted yarn; a first heating means and a twisting means whcih are provided between the first and second feed rollers in order to false twist the yarn fed by the first feed rollers; wherein first and second stabilizing means for cooling and stabilizing the yarn heated by the first heating means are arranged between the first heating means and the twisting means in the recited order; the first stabilizing means being arranged substantially aligned with the first heating means; an interior angle defined between the first and second stabilizing means and inside the apparatus being more than 90.degree.; and the length of the second stabilizing means being shorter than that of the first stabilizing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Teijin Seiki Company Limited
    Inventors: Fumio Tanae, Shunzo Naito, Hirokazu Matsuoka, Shigeru Yamamoto, Norio Yoshinouchi
  • Patent number: 4164836
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is an apparatus for producing a bulky yarn like natural fibers. The apparatus comprises a twist mechanism provided on a yarn travelling path for twisting and untwisting a yarn; a rubbing mechanism provided on the yarn travelling path of the yarn which is twisted by the twist mechanism and having a rough surface so as to rub filaments constituting the yarn for imparting scratches thereto; and a stretching mechanism provided on the downstream of the rubbing mechanism along the yarn travelling path of the untwisted yarn to stretch the yarn so that the filaments are severed at their scratches to produce a bulky yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: Teijin Seiki Company Limited
    Inventors: Fumio Tanae, Hirokazu Matsuoka