Patents by Inventor Shun KURIKI

Shun KURIKI 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: 11981005
    Abstract: A rotary shaft is spline coupled to a carrier of a final-stage planetary gear mechanism. A bearing for supporting the rotary shaft is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the carrier. The bearing and the carrier are arranged so as to overlap in a direction perpendicular to a motor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Kuriki, Masaya Nagao, Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Toshiro Hirayama
  • Patent number: 11904447
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a piston, a driver, and a lift mechanism. The piston moves in a driving direction by a pressure of a gas. The driver extends from the piston and includes a plurality of engaged portions. The lift mechanism moves the driver in a direction opposite to the driving direction. The lift mechanism includes a rotation shaft, a wheel, a plurality of engaging portions, and a supporting member. The wheel rotates integrally with the rotation shaft. Each of the plurality of engaging portions may engage an engaged portion. The supporting member supports the wheel so the wheel is allowed to move between an initial position and an eccentric position in a radial direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikazu Baba, Shun Kuriki, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20240051103
    Abstract: A driving tool for improving shock absorbability and durability of a tubular damper, the driving tool comprising a cylinder and a piston that moves inside the cylinder owing to a gas pressure. The driving tool further comprises a driver main body to drive a driving member by moving integrally with the piston, and a lift mechanism having a wheel for the driver main body to return to original position. The driver main body is arranged such that a width center line of the driver main body is offset in a direction away from the lift mechanism with respect to a width center line of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Masaya NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230366902
    Abstract: To provide an automatic analyzer that can be designed with a high degree of freedom in accordance with cooling performance by cooling air in a space separated from a reagent refrigerator and suppresses the occurrence of dew condensation in the reagent refrigerator. An automatic analyzer has a reagent refrigerator 20 that cools a reagent container 21 by using a refrigerant, a refrigerant cooling unit 201 that cools the refrigerant to circulate in the device, an air blowing unit 204 that takes in air fed to the reagent refrigerator 20 from the outside of the device, and a blowing air cooling unit 202 that cools air flowing from the air blowing unit 204 by using the refrigerant. The inside of the reagent refrigerator is positively pressurized by the blowing air that is taken in from the outside by the air blowing unit and is cooled by the blowing air cooling unit 202 to suppress the occurrence of dew condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Yukinori SAKASHITA, Kazuhiro NODA, Nobuya FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230364763
    Abstract: An elastic member is disposed between an internal gear of a gear train and a gear housing. A force is applied to the gear train when a lift mechanism is activated. The force is received and absorbed by the elastic member, thereby reducing the amount of force received by the gear housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya NAGAO, Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kazusa FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230364762
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a piston configured to move in a driving direction due to gas pressure, and a driver configured to move integrally with the piston to strike a fastener. The driver includes a plurality of rack teeth formed along a driving direction. The driving tool includes a wheel having a plurality of engaging portions to engage the plurality of rack teeth at its outer circumference. The driver is moved in a counter-driving direction as the wheel rotates. The plurality of engaging portions of the wheel includes at least one advancing/retracting engaging portion configured to move with respect to a shaft member of the wheel. The driver has a tooth groove between adjacent rack teeth of the plurality of rack teeth. One tooth groove is configured to receive the advancing/retracting engaging portion and has a depth deeper than at least one other tooth groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kazusa FUKUDA, Masaya NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230364761
    Abstract: A preceding engaging portion preceding a last engaging portion has a smaller diameter or is positioned further inward than the last engaging portion. Because of this configuration, an engagement of the preceding engaging portion with respect to a last engaged portion becomes more easily disengageable in comparison to the last engaging portions. When the preceding engaging portion disengages from the last engaged portion, the driver moves downward to a standby position. Accordingly, an engagement of the engaging portions with the engaged portions can be properly corrected, such that the last engaging portion engages the last engaged portion at the standby position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kazusa FUKUDA, Masaya NAGAO
  • Patent number: 11759928
    Abstract: A driving tool comprises a displacement allowing mechanism that allows a wheel to be displaced in a radial direction of a rotation shaft. The driving tool further comprises a displacement restricting mechanism that restricts the wheel from being displaced in the radial direction of the rotation shaft. When a driver is to start being moved upwards by an engagement of a first engagement portion with an engaged portion by rotation of the wheel, a displacement restriction state of the wheel caused by the displacement restricting mechanism is released, allowing an entirety of the wheel to be displaceable in the radial direction of the rotation shaft due to the displacement allowing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Kuriki, Norikazu Baba
  • Patent number: 11667020
    Abstract: In a driving tool, during and/or after a driving operation has been completed, a restriction member is retained in an on-position by a cam. An energizing switch is retained in an on-state by an actuation portion of the restriction member. Because of this configuration, if a trigger is released during and/or after the driving operation has been completed, an electric motor continues to be activated, which causes a driver to return to a standby position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun Kuriki, Yukiyasu Okouchi, Yoshitaka Akiba, Norikazu Baba
  • Publication number: 20230126083
    Abstract: A driving tool includes a piston, a driver, and a lift mechanism. The piston moves in a driving direction by a pressure of a gas. The driver extends from the piston and includes a plurality of engaged portions. The lift mechanism moves the driver in a direction opposite to the driving direction. The lift mechanism includes a rotation shaft, a wheel, a plurality of engaging portions, and a supporting member. The wheel rotates integrally with the rotation shaft. Each of the plurality of engaging portions may engage an engaged portion. The supporting member supports the wheel so the wheel is allowed to move between an initial position and an eccentric position in a radial direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
  • Publication number: 20230125450
    Abstract: A rotary shaft is spline coupled to a carrier of a final-stage planetary gear mechanism. A bearing for supporting the rotary shaft is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the carrier. The bearing and the carrier are arranged so as to overlap in a direction perpendicular to a motor axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Masaya NAGAO, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Toshiro HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230061292
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer capable of reducing risks such as infection, injury, and damage to the device caused by manual operation of a user. In the automatic analyzer according to the present disclosure, an unused vessel holding unit is configured to be able to hold a cleaning member that cleans a hole for mounting a reaction vessel, and a reaction vessel transport unit or a specimen probe picks up the cleaning member from the unused vessel holding unit, transports the cleaning member to the reaction vessel mounting unit, and inserts and removes the cleaning member into and from the hole, thereby cleaning the inner surface of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Kazuhiro NODA, Yukinori SAKASHITA
  • Publication number: 20220371169
    Abstract: A driving tool comprises a displacement allowing mechanism that allows a wheel to be displaced in a radial direction of a rotation shaft. The driving tool further comprises a displacement restricting mechanism that restricts the wheel from being displaced in the radial direction of the rotation shaft. When a driver is to start being moved upwards by an engagement of a first engagement portion with an engaged portion by rotation of the wheel, a displacement restriction state of the wheel caused by the displacement restricting mechanism is released, allowing an entirety of the wheel to be displaceable in the radial direction of the rotation shaft due to the displacement allowing mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Norikazu BABA
  • Publication number: 20220097219
    Abstract: In a driving tool, during and/or after a driving operation has been completed, a restriction member is retained in an on-position by a cam. An energizing switch is retained in an on-state by an actuation portion of the restriction member. Because of this configuration, if a trigger is released during and/or after the driving operation has been completed, an electric motor continues to be activated, which causes a driver to return to a standby position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Yukiyasu OKOUCHI, Yoshitaka AKIBA, Norikazu BABA