Patents by Inventor Takafumi Kondou

Takafumi Kondou 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: 8262330
    Abstract: A fastening structure in which a first member and a second member are mutually connected, the second member is formed with a hole, the first member is formed with a tubular projecting portion, the hole is inserted into the tubular projecting portion, a fastening member including a threaded portion having an outer diameter larger than a minimum inside diameter of the tubular projecting portion and smaller than a hole diameter of the second member is screwed into the tubular projecting portion in the axis line direction, and by this screwing of the fastening member into the tubular projecting portion, the tubular projecting portion is expanded to expand radially and outwardly, and then an outer circumference surface of the tubular projecting portion is pressed onto the peripheral wall of the hole of the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Ishino, Takafumi Kondou
  • Patent number: 7318455
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe body of which the edge sections contact with each other stably and which can be formed only by means of only a press processing without performing a welding in mass-producing, wherein separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the engagement sections absorbs the spring back in the press processing. Also, the present invention provides a pipe body, a metal plate for the pipe body and a forming method of the pipe body using the sheet metal for the pipe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Publication number: 20070104554
    Abstract: A fastening structure (10) in which a first member (11) and a second member (12) are mutually connected, the second member (12) is formed with a hole (16), the first member (11) is formed with a tubular projecting portion (14), the hole (17) is inserted into the tubular projecting portion (12), a fastening member (13) including a threaded portion 13c having an outer diameter larger than a minimum inside diameter of the tubular projecting portion (14) and smaller than a hole diameter of the second member (12) is screwed into the tubular projecting portion (14) in the axis line direction, and by this screwing of the fastening member (13) into the tubular projecting portion (14), the tubular projecting portion is expanded to expand radially and outwardly, and then an outer circumference surface of the tubular projecting portion is pressed onto the peripheral wall of the hole (17) of the second member (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Keiji Ishino, Takafumi Kondou
  • Publication number: 20060185751
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe body of which the edge sections contact with each other stably and which can be formed only by means of only a press processing without performing a welding in mass-producing, wherein separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the engagement sections absorbs the spring back in the press processing. Also, the present invention provides a pipe body, a metal plate for the pipe body and a forming method of the pipe body using the sheet metal for the pipe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Patent number: 7044169
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe body of which the edge sections contact with each other stably and which can be formed only by means of only a press processing without performing a welding in mass-producing, wherein separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the engagement sections absorbs the spring back in the press processing. Also, the present invention provides a pipe body, a metal plate for the pipe body and a forming method of the pipe body using the sheet metal for the pipe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Patent number: 6983770
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing pipe body by which pipe body with precise quality and closely contacted seam can be made stably by pressing process, and pipe body manufactured by the method are provided. To manufacture a pipe body 1 made of metal with circular or polygonal cross section comprising a seam 5e and a wall 2 or plurality of walls 2, 3 and 4, a pipe-like intermediate product 14 is made by bending a metal plate 6 of which edges to be seam 5e have not yet contacted together. In case for prism pipe, the intermediate product comprises walls 5a, 5b to be contacted and be a wall including seam, and other walls, and both angles of both ends of one specified wall 15 of the intermediate product are larger than those of completed pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Publication number: 20050122555
    Abstract: A method for attaching a part, including preparing an optical part-holding member for holding an optical part and a housing member having a bottom wall and mountable the optical part-holding member, identifying a plurality of part-attaching portions forming nodal points on the bottom wall of the housing member, and fixing the optical part-holding member for holding the optical part to the part-attaching portions by spacing from the bottom wall of the housing other than the part-attaching portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kondoh, Mihito Okitsu, Masaru Namekata, Hirokazu Kurihara, Takafumi Kondou
  • Publication number: 20040140011
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe body of which the edge sections contact with each other stably and which can be formed only by means of only a press processing without performing a welding in mass-producing, wherein separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the engagement sections absorbs the spring back in the press processing. Also, the present invention provides a pipe body, a metal plate for the pipe body and a forming method of the pipe body using the sheet metal for the pipe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Publication number: 20040129329
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing pipe body by which pipe body with precise quality and closely contacted seam can be made stably by pressing process, and pipe body manufactured by the method are provided. To manufacture a pipe body 1 made of metal with circular or polygonal cross section comprising a seam 5e and a wall 2 or plurality of walls 2, 3 and 4, a pipe-like intermediate product 14 is made by bending a metal plate 6 of which edges to be seam 5e have not yet contacted together. In case for prism pipe, the intermediate product comprises walls 5a, 5b to be contacted and be a wall including seam, and other walls, and both angles of both ends of one specified wall 15 of the intermediate product are larger than those of completed pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Patent number: 6745448
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe body of which the edge sections contact with each other stably and which can be formed only by means of only a press processing without performing a welding mass-producing, wherein separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the engagement sections absorbs the spring back in the press processing. Also, the present invention provides a pipe body, a metal plate for the pipe body and a forming method of the pipe body using the sheet metal for the pipe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Patent number: 6601427
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing pipe body by which pipe body with precise quality and closely contacted seam can be made stably by pressing process, and pipe body manufactured by the method are provided. To manufacture a pipe body 1 made of metal with circular or polygonal cross section comprising a seam 5e and a wall 2 or plurality of walls 2, 3 and 4, a pipe-like intermediate product 14 is made by bending a metal plate 6 of which edges to be seam 5e have not yet contacted together. In case for prism pipe, the intermediate product comprises walls 5a, 5b to be contacted and be a wall including seam, and other walls, and both angles of both ends of one specified wall 15 of the intermediate product are larger than those of completed pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Publication number: 20010020491
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pipe body of which the edge sections contact with each other stably and which can be formed only by means of only a press processing without performing a welding mass-producing, wherein separation-prevented engagement due to deformation of at least one of the engagement sections absorbs the spring back in the press processing. Also, the present invention provides a pipe body, a metal plate for the pipe body and a forming method of the pipe body using the sheet metal for the pipe body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino
  • Publication number: 20010013242
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing pipe body by which pipe body with precise quality and closely contacted seam can be made stably by pressing process, and pipe body manufactured by the method are provided. To manufacture a pipe body 1 made of metal with circular or polygonal cross section comprising a seam 5e and a wall 2 or plurality of walls 2, 3 and 4, a pipe-like intermediate product 14 is made by bending a metal plate 6 of which edges to be seam 5e have not yet contacted together. In case for prism pipe, the intermediate product comprises walls 5a, 5b to be contacted and be a wall including seam, and other walls, and both angles of both ends of one specified wall 15 of the intermediate product are larger than those of completed pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Takafumi Kondou, Keiji Ishino