Patents by Inventor Kazumichi Kurihara

Kazumichi Kurihara 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).

  • Spectacles accommodating interchangeable/replaceable lens
    Patent number: 6340226
    Abstract: The present invention provides spectacles for which lens replacement is simple, and replacement lens portability is excellent, and which is capable of reliably mounting and fastening a lens to a frame without a risk of damaging a lens. The present invention has a lens-side-connecting member 3 for mounting lens 2 detachably to a frame portion 1, which is constituted by a member separate from lens 2 and is fixed to the edge portion of the lens 2, and a frame-side-connecting member 120, which is disposed on the above-mentioned frame portion 1 for mounting the above-mentioned lens 2 detachably to the above-mentioned frame portion 1 by connecting the same detachably to the above-mentioned lens-side-connecting member 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihisa Akaba, Kazumichi Kurihara, Yasushi Sakai, Hakaru Fujita, Youichi Ishiguro, Isao Iizuka, Yukihiro Izumitani