Patents by Inventor Katsuhide Taniguchi

Katsuhide Taniguchi 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: 8484813
    Abstract: A snap button is provided, which can function as both of a male snap and a female snap without accurate alignment or positioning two snap buttons to be engaged with each other. The snap button comprises a button body, wherein the button body includes a plurality of projections and a plurality of recesses, which are circumferentially alternately arranged. Each of the projections includes at least one salient and each of the recesses includes at least one protrusion. Each of the projections may be shaped as a horizontal cross-section thereof gradually decreases from the proximal end to the distal end. Further, the circumferential range of each recess is larger than that of each projection. The protrusion may have one or more cutouts, and the salient may be hemispherically shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Taniguchi, Saori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110283496
    Abstract: A snap button is provided, which can function as both of .a male snap and a female snap without accurate alignment or positioning two snap buttons to be engaged with each other. The snap button comprises a button body, wherein the button body includes a plurality of projections and a plurality of recesses, which are circumferentially alternately arranged. Each of the projections includes at least one salient and each of the recesses includes at least one protrusion. Each of the projections may be shaped as a horizontal cross-section thereof gradually decreases from the proximal end to the distal end. Further, the circumferential range of each recess is larger than that of each projection. The protrusion may have one or more cutouts, and the salient may be hemispherically shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhide Taniguchi, Saori Suzuki