Patents by Inventor Nobuo Amada

Nobuo Amada 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: 5343610
    Abstract: A method for making an anti-skid apparatus for an automobile tire includes coating a plurality of core materials with rubber to form a plurality of cords; placing the cords in grooves of a preliminary molding plate and knitting the cords to form a net body; molding the cord into a non-vulcanized net body which inherently possesses crossing sections-where one of the plurality of cords lies on top of another of the plurality of cords; pressing the crossing sections so as to cause the core materials at the crossing sections to become linearly aligned; and vulcanizing the pressed non-vulcanized anti-skid net bodies to form a vulcanized net body. The step of pressing the crossing sections temporarily fixes the respective cords to each other at respective crossing sections. Also, affixing elements are attached to the vulcanized net body to detachably secure the vulcanized net body to an automobile tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Okamoto Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Haruda, Shin Imamura, Suguru Hanzawa, Nobuo Amada, Kazuo Kunii, Hidetaka Kobayashi, Shinichi Yano, Muneo Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 5247980
    Abstract: An anti-skid net body for a tire includes a plurality of cords having crossing portions and open portions, with the crossing portions having a flat shape. At least one rope is fixed to an inside portion of the net body. An actional band and a setting band are detachably connected to an outside portion of the net body, wherein the setting band is connected prior to connecting the actional band, thereby tightly fastening the anti-skid net body to a tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Okamoto Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Haruda, Shin Imamura, Suguru Hanzawa, Nobuo Amada, Kazuo Kunii, Hidetaka Kobayashi, Shinichi Yano, Muneo Nishiyama