Patents by Inventor Noboru Yano

Noboru Yano 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: 7226023
    Abstract: A clip includes a flange part capable of face-contacting a periphery part of an opening formed in an attachment member, and a main body part provided on the flange part and inserted into the opening. A locking claw is formed on the main body part to be inserted into an attachment hole formed in an attachment receiving member to which the attachment part is attached for locking on a peripheral part of the attachment hole. An operation piece extends from the locking claw for converting a pressing force pressed by a tool inserted into an operation hole formed in the flange part into a force causing the locking claw to be unlocked from the peripheral part of the attachment hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: NIFCO Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Banno, Noboru Yano, Toshitsugu Shimizu, Nobuyuki Donkai
  • Publication number: 20060032031
    Abstract: A clip includes a flange part capable of face-contacting a periphery part of an opening formed in an attachment member, and a main body part provided on the flange part and inserted into the opening. A locking claw is formed on the main body part to be inserted into an attachment hole formed in an attachment receiving member to which the attachment part is attached for locking on a peripheral part of the attachment hole. An operation piece extends from the locking claw for converting a pressing force pressed by a tool inserted into an operation hole formed in the flange part into a force causing the locking claw to be unlocked from the peripheral part of the attachment hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Banno, Noboru Yano, Toshitsugu Shimizu, Nobuyuki Donkai