Patents by Inventor Shuichi Amano

Shuichi Amano 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).

  • Publication number: 20230062368
    Abstract: Fastening art with double nuts for a dual-threaded screw structure is provided, in which loosening is not created even if the structure is subjected to vibration. A spring washer is caused to intervene between the nuts, when double nuts of an inner nut and an outer nut are screwed onto a thread portion on which dual-threaded screw is formed. Only by tightening the outer nut, also the inner nut is tightened and the spring washer is compressed. Both axial force for clamping the fastened member and axial force between the nuts can be secured with the spring washer, so that loosening does not occur easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: FORM ROLL TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinaka SHINBUTSU, Shuichi AMANO
  • Patent number: 11585087
    Abstract: A wall panel for a quick assemble wall system may include a first upright post and a second upright post. The wall panel may also include a lower stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post and an upper stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post. The wall panel may include at least one frame for placement within the first vertical post, the second vertical post, the lower stretcher, and the upper stretcher. The wall panel may include a first retractable latch located on the at least one frame, the first retractable latch adapted to engage at least one of the first upright post, second upright post, lower stretcher, or upper stretcher. A frame for a quick assemble wall system and a method of assembling a quick assemble wall system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: VARIDESK, LLC
    Inventors: David Patton, Michael Creighton, Ersen Boran, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Nicholas Max
  • Publication number: 20220341162
    Abstract: A wall panel includes a first upright post, a second upright post, an upper stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post, a lower stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post, and a frame having an extrusion profile, wherein the extrusion profile is configured to couple the frame to the wall panel frame. A wall panel assembly includes a plurality of the wall panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: David Patton, Michael Creighton, Ersen Boran, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Nicholas Max, Olin Linke, III, William Benoist
  • Patent number: 11293476
    Abstract: A dual-threaded screw structure having two kinds of threads formed on a shank, namely, a first thread consisting of one or more threads and a second thread having a lead larger than a lead of the first thread is provided herein. The claimed configuration has a beneficial effect of preventing looseness when the screw structure is fastened with double nuts. One embodiment of the present invention exhibits an example of a dual-threaded screw structure, in which a root diameter between the ridges of the hill-like second thread ridges is formed to be larger by 10% of a height of the ridges than an effective diameter of a first thread. In this case, an inner diameter of an internal thread of a second nut for preventing looseness is formed to be larger than the effective diameter of the first thread by 10% of the height of the ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FORM ROLL TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinaka Shinbutsu, Teruie Takemasu, Shuichi Amano
  • Publication number: 20220024656
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein includes methods and apparatus of a childproof storage container, which includes a lid and a base portion with seesaw-style latches. The seesaw-style latches are configured to unlock a childproof storage container in a looked position upon simultaneously release. Each seesaw-style latch may include a flared end. In a locked position, the childproof storage container may be unlocked and opened upon depression of the flared end of the seesaw-style latch, which rotates the seesaw-style latch from the lid. Each seesaw-style latch may include a standing rib to prevent over-rotation of each seesaw-style latch and/or a chamfer to facilitate closure. The base portion may include a base portion flange, which includes a plurality of female recesses to receive the plurality of male teeth of a lid flange. The base portion and the lid may include opposing walls that interlock during a closed position and/or a gasket for sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: STO RESPONSIBLE, LLC
    Inventors: Sandra Elkind, Shuichi Amano, Michael Creighton
  • Patent number: 11136173
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein includes methods and apparatus of a childproof storage container, which includes a lid and a base portion with seesaw-style latches. The seesaw-style latches are configured to unlock a childproof storage container in a locked position upon simultaneously release. Each seesaw-style latch may include a flared end. In a locked position, the childproof storage container may be unlocked and opened upon depression of the flared end of the seesaw-style latch, which rotates the seesaw-style latch from the lid. Each seesaw-style latch may include a standing rib to prevent over-rotation of each seesaw-style latch and/or a chamfer to facilitate closure. The base portion may include a base portion flange, which includes a plurality of female recesses to receive the plurality of male teeth of a lid flange. The base portion and the lid may include opposing walls that interlock during a closed position and/or a gasket for sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: STO RESPONSIBLE, LLC
    Inventors: Sandra Elkind, Shuichi Amano, Michael Creighton
  • Publication number: 20200291647
    Abstract: A wall panel for a quick assemble wall system may include a first upright post and a second upright post. The wall panel may also include a lower stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post and an upper stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post. The wall panel may include at least one frame for placement within the first vertical post, the second vertical post, the lower stretcher, and the upper stretcher. The wall panel may include a first retractable latch located on the at least one frame, the first retractable latch adapted to engage at least one of the first upright post, second upright post, lower stretcher, or upper stretcher. A frame for a quick assemble wall system and a method of assembling a quick assemble wall system are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: David Patton, Michael Creighton, Ersen Boran, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Nicholas Max
  • Patent number: 10689844
    Abstract: A wall panel for a quick assemble wall system may include a first upright post and a second upright post. The wall panel may also include a lower stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post and an upper stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post. The wall panel may include at least one frame for placement within the first vertical post, the second vertical post, the lower stretcher, and the upper stretcher. The wall panel may include a first retractable latch located on the at least one frame, the first retractable latch adapted to engage at least one of the first upright post, second upright post, lower stretcher, or upper stretcher. A frame for a quick assemble wall system and a method of assembling a quick assemble wall system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Varidesk, LLC
    Inventors: David Patton, Michael Creighton, Ersen Boran, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Nicholas Max
  • Publication number: 20200132105
    Abstract: A dual-threaded screw structure having two kinds of threads formed on a shank, namely, a first thread consisting of one or more threads and a second thread having a lead larger than a lead of the first thread is provided herein. The claimed configuration has a beneficial effect of preventing looseness when the screw structure is fastened with double nuts. One embodiment of the present invention exhibits an example of a dual-threaded screw structure, in which a root diameter between the ridges of the hill-like second thread ridges is formed to be larger by 10% of a height of the ridges than an effective diameter of a first thread. In this case, an inner diameter of an internal thread of a second nut for preventing looseness is formed to be larger than the effective diameter of the first thread by 10% of the height of the ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Toshinaka Shinbutsu, Teruie Takemasu, Shuichi Amano
  • Patent number: 10561826
    Abstract: A catheter insertion device, including a housing having a base (504, 604, 704), a flexible beam (510, 610, 710) movably disposed within the housing, an insertion needle (514, 614) connected with the beam, and a holder (518, 618, 718) movably disposed within the housing and movably connected with the insertion needle. The device also includes a catheter (522, 622, 722) connected with the holder to displace therewith, the catheter surrounding at least a portion of the insertion needle, and an actuator button (502, 602, 702) movably connected to the housing and configured to flex the beam upon actuation, thereby displacing the insertion needle and the catheter to an extended position in which respective distal portions of the insertion needle and the catheter extend outside the housing through the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventors: Shuichi Amano, Russell Cole
  • Patent number: 10519995
    Abstract: The dual-threaded screw structure 1 has a first thread (S1) and a second thread (S2) with various leads formed on the dual-thread portion and has a function of preventing loosening without insufficiency in strength of the dual-thread portion. This dual-thread portion is composed of a first thread (S1) consisting of a coarse thread with a standard pitch P and a specific second thread (S2). The second thread (S2) is formed continuously on the thread ridge of the first thread (S1). The second thread (S2) has a sectional shape of this thread groove same as or substantially same as the first thread (S1), has a same twisting direction as the first thread (S1) and is a multi-threaded thread having threads with a triangular sectional shape and having a lead (L=n*P) a determined number (n)-times of a standard pitch P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: FORM ROLL TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinaka Shinbutsu, Teruie Takemasu, Shuichi Amano
  • Patent number: 10493201
    Abstract: An insulin infusion device (1A) is disclosed. The device includes a body (3A), cannula (70) housed in the body (1A), a cannula insertion device (10, 20, 23) and a cannula retraction device (20, 23, 30). When the cannula insertion device is activated, the cannula (70) extends at least partly out of the body (1A) and into an infusion site and when the cannula retraction device is activated after the cannula insertion device has been activated, the cannula (70) retracts into the body (1A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Russell Cole, Michael Creighton, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Arthur Klotz, Alyssa Jackson
  • Publication number: 20190344937
    Abstract: The technology disclosed herein includes methods and apparatus of a childproof storage container, which includes a lid and a base portion with seesaw-style latches. The seesaw-style latches are configured to unlock a childproof storage container in a locked position upon simultaneously release. Each seesaw-style latch may include a flared end. In a locked position, the childproof storage container may be unlocked and opened upon depression of the flared end of the seesaw-style latch, which rotates the seesaw-style latch from the lid. Each seesaw-style latch may include a standing rib to prevent over-rotation of each seesaw-style latch and/or a chamfer to facilitate closure. The base portion may include a base portion flange, which includes a plurality of female recesses to receive the plurality of male teeth of a lid flange. The base portion and the lid may include opposing walls that interlock during a closed position and/or a gasket for sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sandra Elkind, Shuichi Amano, Michael Creighton
  • Patent number: 10362861
    Abstract: A table having a table top, a bracket secured to the table top, a latching device coupled to the bracket, the latching device having a retaining wedge coupled to a draw latch via a cam device, and a table leg. The draw latch is configured to move the retaining wedge between a first position securing the table leg to the bracket and a second position unsecuring the table leg from the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Varidesk, LLC
    Inventors: David Patton, Lio Yenwei Chang, David Burnett, Ian Williams, Michael Creighton, Ersen Boran, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Nicholas Max
  • Publication number: 20190223587
    Abstract: A table having a table top, a bracket secured to the table top, a latching device coupled to the bracket, the latching device having a retaining wedge coupled to a draw latch via a cam device, and a table leg. The draw latch is configured to move the retaining wedge between a first position securing the table leg to the bracket and a second position unsecuring the table leg from the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Varidesk, LLC
    Inventors: David Patton, Lio Yenwei Chang, David Burnett, Ian Williams, Michael Creighton, Ersen Boran, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Nicholas Max
  • Patent number: 10322265
    Abstract: An apparatus for locating and accessing an epidural space within a patient. The apparatus includes a handle having a top end and a bottom end. A handle channel is formed through the handle running from the top end to the bottom end. A proximal end of a hollow needle extends from the bottom end of the handle and aligns with the handle channel. A distal end of the hollow needle is sharp and pointed. An obturator is disposed within the hollow needle and the handle channel. A distal end of the obturator is rounded and blunt and extends from the distal end of the hollow needle. A proximal end of the obturator extends beyond the handle channel at the top end of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Leeroy Clarke, Shuichi Amano, Michael Creighton
  • Publication number: 20180328033
    Abstract: A wall panel for a quick assemble wall system may include a first upright post and a second upright post. The wall panel may also include a lower stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post and an upper stretcher for connecting the first upright post to the second upright post. The wall panel may include at least one frame for placement within the first vertical post, the second vertical post, the lower stretcher, and the upper stretcher. The wall panel may include a first retractable latch located on the at least one frame, the first retractable latch adapted to engage at least one of the first upright post, second upright post, lower stretcher, or upper stretcher. A frame for a quick assemble wall system and a method of assembling a quick assemble wall system are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: David Patton, Michael Creighton, Ersen Boran, Shuichi Amano, Gary Reuther, Nicholas Max
  • Patent number: D898360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: STO Responsible, LLC
    Inventors: Sandra Elkind, Shuichi Amano, Michael Creighton
  • Patent number: D941523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: STO RESPONSIBLE, LLC
    Inventors: Sandra Elkind, Shuichi Amano, Michael Creighton
  • Patent number: D989824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FORM ROLL TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinaka Shinbutsu, Shuichi Amano