Patents by Inventor Tadashi Naitou

Tadashi Naitou 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).

  • Fastening device
    Patent number: 7753632
    Abstract: A fastening device includes a fastening member that fixedly fastens fastened members, and a driving member that is capable of releasing a fastening state of the fastening member by applying a driving force to a moving portion provided in the fastening member to drive it, wherein the driving member is formed of a shape memory alloy, and the driving force is a restoring force of the shape memory alloy to its memory shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Naitou, Yuta Urushiyama, Shunji Suzuki, Katsuaki Taguchi
  • Fastening device
    Publication number: 20070212189
    Abstract: A fastening device includes a fastening member that fixedly fastens fastened members, and a driving member that is capable of releasing a fastening state of the fastening member by applying a driving force to a moving portion provided in the fastening member to drive it, wherein the driving member is formed of a shape memory alloy, and the driving force is a restoring force of the shape memory alloy to its memory shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventor: Tadashi NAITOU
  • Break preventing gasket
    Patent number: 4204691
    Abstract: A gasket for use in the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine comprises a metallic spacer member which is fitted into each through bore or clearance hole of the gasket for insertion of the shank of a a head bolt, said spacer member having a height dimension taken in the thickness direction of the gasket that is smaller than the gasket thickness gained when the gasket is compressed by normal fastening of the head bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koyu Takase, Shigeo Makino, Tadashi Naitou