Patents by Inventor Shuuji Hirai

Shuuji Hirai 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).

  • Rotatable connector device with two parts engaged with each other at two opposite positions
    Patent number: 9337600
    Abstract: An engaging member moved upward by an urging force of a spring member built in a bottom part of a rotatable-side member has a fitting groove for allowing a top end of the spring member to be fit thereto; and engaging parts of the engaging member and engageable parts of a fixed-side member, which are engaged with each other to provisionally fix the rotatable-side member, are formed at one neutral position and at an opposite position opposite thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shuuji Hirai, Yasuharu Kakimoto
  • ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150171582
    Abstract: An engaging member moved upward by an urging force of a spring member built in a bottom part of a rotatable-side member has a fitting groove for allowing a top end of the spring member to be fit thereto; and engaging parts of the engaging member and engageable parts of a fixed-side member, which are engaged with each other to provisionally fix the rotatable-side member, are formed at one neutral position and at an opposite position opposite thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shuuji Hirai, Yasuharu Kakimoto
  • Rotatable connector device with provisional fixing mechanism for provisionally fixing rotatable-side member
    Patent number: 8986026
    Abstract: An engaging member moved upward by an urging force of a spring member built in a bottom part of a rotatable-side member has a fitting groove for allowing a top end of the spring member to be fit thereto; and engaging parts of the engaging member and engageable parts of a fixed-side member, which are engaged with each other to provisionally fix the rotatable-side member, are formed at one neutral position and at an opposite position opposite thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shuuji Hirai, Yasuharu Kakimoto
  • ROTATABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140212207
    Abstract: An engaging member moved upward by an urging force of a spring member built in a bottom part of a rotatable-side member has a fitting groove for allowing a top end of the spring member to be fit thereto; and engaging parts of the engaging member and engageable parts of a fixed-side member, which are engaged with each other to provisionally fix the rotatable-side member, are formed at one neutral position and at an opposite position opposite thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicants: Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shuuji Hirai, Yasuharu Kakimoto
  • Adhesive film sticking apparatus
    Publication number: 20060027331
    Abstract: For detection of an adhesive film adhesively provided on a base tape of a film supply tape, a front end of the adhesive film is detected based on the detection of a predetermined displacement amount of a roller contactor of a detection sensor, the roller contactor being displaceable in a direction of thickness of the adhesive film. Based on a detection signal from the detection sensor, feeding rollers and others are controlled to feed the film supply tape by a predetermined feeding amount until the front end of the adhesive film comes to near a fold-back point of the base tape by a guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuuji Hirai, Masaru Irie, Noriyoshi Nagata, Masayuki Yamamoto