Patents by Inventor Ryuichi Okai

Ryuichi Okai 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).

  • Apparatus for and method of controlling grip heater
    Patent number: 9024236
    Abstract: A grip heater controlling apparatus controls an amount of current supplied from a power supply to a grip heater mounted on a handle grip on the steering handle of a motorcycle. The grip heater controlling apparatus has a single momentary switch operable by the driver of the motorcycle, and an amount-of-current controller for changing the amount of current cyclically to at least three levels, including 0, depending on the number of times that the momentary switch is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Faltec Company Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kurumagawa, Hideyuki Moriwaki, Ryuichi Okai, Yasuo Oishi
  • Apparatus for and method of controlling grip heater
    Publication number: 20050173406
    Abstract: A grip heater controlling apparatus controls an amount of current supplied from a power supply to a grip heater mounted on a handle grip on the steering handle of a motorcycle. The grip heater controlling apparatus has a single momentary switch operable by the driver of the motorcycle, and an amount-of-current controller for changing the amount of current cyclically to at least three levels, including 0, depending on the number of times that the momentary switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA HONDA ACCESS, MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kurumagawa, Hideyuki Moriwaki, Ryuichi Okai, Yasuo Oishi
  • Straight joint for cable
    Patent number: 6555751
    Abstract: The center component 18a around the connector 2 is made of an insulating material such as synthetic resin, and there is a middle flange 19 formed around its middle section that protrudes outward in the radial direction around its entire circumference. There are insulating-tube side flanges 21, 21 that are formed around the opening ends of external semiconductive layers 13a, 13a of the insulating tubes 20a, 20a at the ends of the cables 4, 4, respectively. These insulating-tube side flanges 21, 21, are connected and joined to the middle flange 19 with O-rings 25, 25 therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Central Japan Railway Company
    Inventors: Takeshi Umeki, Yoshihiro Jizou, Yoshihumi Itabashi, Ichirou Kume, Kenichi Andou, Katsuteru Asahi, Shinji Katoh, Kouji Miura, Ryuichi Okai, Shizuo Maeda