Patents by Inventor Kazuto SHINDO

Kazuto SHINDO 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).

  • Front fork
    Patent number: 9120526
    Abstract: A front fork includes a fork body having an outer tube and an inner tube relatively movably inserted into the outer tube in an axial direction, a damper housed in the fork body to dampen relative movement between the outer and inner tubes, a biasing member that biases the fork body in an expansion direction at all times, an annular dust seal that is held in the outer tube and makes sliding contact with an outer circumference of the inner tube, an annular oil seal that is held in the outer tube inside the fork body to be inner than the dust seal and makes sliding contact with the outer circumference of the inner tube, and a C-shaped scraper that is provided between the dust seal and the oil seal and makes sliding contact with the outer circumference of the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Ogura, Kazuto Shindo, Takaaki Nakano
  • FRONT FORK
    Publication number: 20140167380
    Abstract: A front fork includes a fork body having an outer tube and an inner tube relatively movably inserted into the outer tube in an axial direction, a damper housed in the fork body to dampen relative movement between the outer and inner tubes, a biasing member that biases the fork body in an expansion direction at all times, an annular dust seal that is held in the outer tube and makes sliding contact with an outer circumference of the inner tube, an annular oil seal that is held in the outer tube inside the fork body to be inner than the dust seal and makes sliding contact with the outer circumference of the inner tube, and a C-shaped scraper that is provided between the dust seal and the oil seal and makes sliding contact with the outer circumference of the inner tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki OGURA, Kazuto SHINDO, Takaaki NAKANO