Patents by Inventor Takahiro Nagaoka

Takahiro Nagaoka 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: 20060273274
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve is provided that includes a fuel inlet tube (26) extending from an outer end of a hollow fixed core (5), and a retainer pipe (23) that is inserted from the fuel inlet tube (26) into a hollow portion (21) of the fixed core (5) and supports a fixed end of a valve spring (22). The fuel inlet tube (26) is formed from a high hardness magnetic material, a retainer pipe 23-facing portion of the fuel inlet tube (26) is heated so as to form a softened region A, and this softened region A of the fuel inlet tube (26) is crimped toward the retainer pipe (23) so as to fix the retainer pipe (23) to the fuel inlet tube (26). In this way, even when the fuel inlet tube is formed from a high hardness magnetic material, the retainer pipe can be reliably fixed to the fuel inlet tube by crimping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventor: Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 7143792
    Abstract: A final gear (23) and a ball screw shaft (24) of a rotation drive system of a binding line twist mechanism are connected by a spline and a shaft portion of a center clamp plate (26) of a binding line clamp apparatus (25) is connected to a front end of the ball screw shaft (24). A shift mechanism for moving the ball screw shaft (24) and the binding line clamp apparatus (25) in a front and rear direction by a slide motor (22) is provided. A wire (W) is wound around a reinforcing bar (S) by a binding line feed mechanism, the wire is grasped by a front end portion of the binding line clamp apparatus (25) and thereafter, a shift mechanism applies a tension to a loop of the wire by moving rearward the binding line clamp apparatus (25). The binding line clamp apparatus (25) is rotated by a twist motor (21) and the shift mechanism twists up the wire by moving forward the binding line clamp apparatus (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Ishikawa, Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka, Osamu Itagaki, Yasushi Yokochi
  • Patent number: 7140400
    Abstract: A reverse rotational number of a binding wire feed mechanism is set such that a binding wire is completely pulled back regardless of a boldness or flexibility of the binding wire, a diameter of a reinforcing bar or the like. A driven gear 14 having a V groove of the binding wire feed mechanism is brought into elastic contact with a main drive gear 13 having a V groove by a spring and the binding wire is fed by pinching the binding wire by the main drive gear 13 having the V groove and the driven gear 14 having the V groove. After feeding out the binding wire to form a loop around the reinforcing bar and clamping a front end of the binding wire by a twist mechanism, the binding wire feed mechanism is rotated reversely and the binding wire is pulled back to be wound around the reinforcing bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Yokochi, Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka, Osamu Itagaki
  • Publication number: 20060181378
    Abstract: An electromagnetic apparatus includes a solenoid having a movable core for being attracted to a fixed core when a coil is energized, a shaft coupled to the movable core for displacement in unison with the movable core, and a valve mechanism having a ball for selectively opening and closing a passageway between an inlet port and an outlet port in response to the displacement of the shaft. The movable core has a nonmagnetic layer formed on an outer surface thereof and having a predetermined thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Ryuen, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 7051650
    Abstract: A twisting shaft 33 and a remover 34 fitted around the twisting shaft 33 are provided with forks 37, 44 at their respective front portions, and hooks 38 bent from front ends of the forks of the twisting shaft in the forward rotational direction are provided. The remover is rotatable by a one-way stopper mechanism in the forward direction only. When the twisting shaft and remover are rotated forward, a binding wire loop is hung on the hooks 38 and twisted. When the twisting shaft is reversely rotated after the completion of the twisting operation, the remover stops being rotated by the one-way stopper mechanism, and the twisting shaft alone is reversely rotated. As a result, the hooks 38 hide themselves behind the forks 44 of the remover 34, and the binding wire engaged with the hooks 38 is pressed by the forks 44 and removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 7049916
    Abstract: An electromagnetic apparatus includes a solenoid having a movable core for being attracted to a fixed core when a coil is energized, a shaft coupled to the movable core for displacement in unison with the movable core, and a valve mechanism having a ball for selectively opening and closing a passageway between an inlet port and an outlet port in response to the displacement of the shaft. The movable core has a nonmagnetic layer formed on an outer surface thereof and having a predetermined thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Ryuen, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20060011254
    Abstract: A reverse rotational number of a binding wire feed mechanism is set such that a binding wire is completely pulled back regardless of a boldness or flexibility of the binding wire, a diameter of a reinforcing bar or the like. A driven gear 14 having a V groove of the binding wire feed mechanism is brought into elastic contact with a main drive gear 13 having a V groove by a spring and the binding wire is fed by pinching the binding wire by the main drive gear 13 having the V groove and the driven gear 14 having the V groove. After feeding out the binding wire to form a loop around the reinforcing bar and clamping a front end of the binding wire by a twist mechanism, the binding wire feed mechanism is rotated reversely and the binding wire is pulled back to be wound around the reinforcing bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Yasushi Yokochi, Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka, Osamu Itagaki
  • Publication number: 20050184841
    Abstract: An electromagnetic apparatus includes a solenoid having a movable core for being attracted to a fixed core when a coil is energized, a shaft coupled to the movable core for displacement in unison with the movable core, and a valve mechanism having a ball for selectively opening and closing a passageway between an inlet port and an outlet port in response to the displacement of the shaft. The movable core has a nonmagnetic layer formed on an outer surface thereof and having a predetermined thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Ryuen, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20050061389
    Abstract: A reinforcement binding machine capable of detecting, by the rotation of a reel, that wire on the reel is consumed and the reel, the reinforcement binding machine wherein an interrupter (45) is installed in the cassette case (40) of a binding machine body (21), a cover (46) is rotatably held on a reel mounting shaft (43), an opening part (47) is formed in the cover (46), a projection (53) is formed on the reel (41) and fitted into the opening part (47), and a color with a lightness different from that of the cover (46) is applied to the projection (53) to detect the rotation of the reel (41) by the interrupter (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: MAX KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakagawa, Noboru Ishikawa, Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka, Shuichi Ishii, Atsushi Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 6851630
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve includes a valve housing coupled to at one end thereof to a valve seat member; a stationary core coupled to the other end of the valve housing; and a valve assembly comprised of a movable core slidably accommodated in the valve housing, and a valve member connected to the movable core through a rod portion and adapted to cooperate with the valve seat. In the electromagnetic fuel injection valve, the valve housing is provided with a guide portion on which the valve assembly is axially slidably carried, and a high-hardness coating of diamond-like carbon including silicon is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the valve assembly contacting with the guide portion. The surface roughness Rmax of the high-hardness coating is set in a range of 0.05 to 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagaoka, Hideyuki Watanabe, Shinya Ichise
  • Publication number: 20050005991
    Abstract: A front end of a ball screw shaft driven by a motor is connected with a binding line clamp apparatus (513) including three clamp plates (514, 515, 516). The left and right clamp plates (515, 516) are constituted to be brought into elastic contact with the center clamp plate (515) and close the left and right clamp plates by operation of cams (527, 528) when a sleeve is moved rearward. In a state of opening the clamp plates, a binding line is fed out to an upper side by passing through an interval between the right clamp plate (515) and the center clamp plate (514), formed in a loop shape and moved into an interval between the left clamp plate (516) and the center clamp plate (517). When the sleeve is moved rearward by driving to rotate a ball screw shaft, the left and right clamp plates are closed to grasp a front end and a rear end of the binding line loop and thereafter, the binding line clamp apparatus is rotated to twist the binding line to bind a reinforcing bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Noboru Ishikawa, Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka, Osamu Itagaki, Yasushi Yokochi
  • Publication number: 20050005992
    Abstract: A twisting shaft 33 and a remover 34 fitted around the twisting shaft 33 are provided with forks 37, 44 at their respective front portions, and hooks 38 bent from front ends of the forks of the twisting shaft in the forward rotational direction are provided. The remover is rotatable by a one-way stopper mechanism in the forward direction only. When the twisting shaft and remover are rotated forward, a binding wire loop is hung on the hooks 38 and twisted. When the twisting shaft is reversely rotated after the completion of the twisting operation, the remover stops being rotated by the one-way stopper mechanism, and the twisting shaft alone is reversely rotated. As a result, the hooks 38 hide themselves behind the forks 44 of the remover 34, and the binding wire engaged with the hooks 38 is pressed by the forks 44 and removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20040244866
    Abstract: A final gear (23) and a ball screw shaft (24) of a rotation drive system of a binding line twist mechanism are connected by a spline and a shaft portion of a center clamp plate (26) of a binding line clamp apparatus (25) is connected to a front end of the ball screw shaft (24). A shift mechanism for moving the ball screw shaft (24) and the binding line clamp apparatus (25) in a front and rear direction by a slide motor (22) is provided. A wire (W) is wound around a reinforcing bar (S) by a binding line feed mechanism, the wire is grasped by a front end portion of the binding line clamp apparatus (25) and thereafter, a shift mechanism applies a tension to a loop of the wire by moving rearward the binding line clamp apparatus (25). The binding line clamp apparatus (25) is rotated by a twist motor (21) and the shift mechanism twists up the wire by moving forward the binding line clamp apparatus (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Noboru Ishikawa, Ichiro Kusakari, Takahiro Nagaoka, Osamu Itagaki, Yasushi Yokochi
  • Publication number: 20030230649
    Abstract: An electromagnetic fuel injection valve includes a valve housing coupled to at one end thereof to a valve seat member; a stationary core coupled to the other end of the valve housing; and a valve assembly comprised of a movable core slidably accommodated in the valve housing, and a valve member connected to the movable core through a rod portion and adapted to cooperate with the valve seat. In the electromagnetic fuel injection valve, the valve housing is provided with a guide portion on which the valve assembly is axially slidably carried, and a high-hardness coating of diamond-like carbon including silicon is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the valve assembly contacting with the guide portion. The surface roughness Rmax of the high-hardness coating is set in a range of 0.05 to 0.2 &mgr;m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagaoka, Hideyuki Watanabe, Shinya Ichise
  • Patent number: 6641022
    Abstract: A fixing pin is attached to a winding end of a spring attached to a pusher of a nailing machine. A fixing plate with an engaging hole is engaged with the fixing pin from the outside of an opening of a magazine. The fixing pin is guided to a tapering section of the opening by moving the fixing plate in the direction of a nose section of the nailing machine to fix the fixing plate. Further, a magazine has a guide groove for guiding a T-shaped top portion formed at an upper end of the pusher and for guiding head portions of connected nails in an upper portion of a guide path of the pusher and the connected nails. A cover made of iron is attached to the inside of the guide groove. Thickness of a part of the pusher is smaller than the diameter of nail axis portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terufumi Hamano, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 6592016
    Abstract: A fixing pin is attached to a winding end of a spring attached to a pusher of a nailing machine. A fixing plate with an engaging hole is engaged with the fixing pin from the outside of an opening of a magazine. The fixing pin is guided to a tapering section of the opening by moving the fixing plate in the direction of a nose section of the nailing machine to fix the fixing plate. Further, a magazine has a guide groove for guiding a T-shaped top portion formed at an upper end of the pusher and for guiding head portions of connected nails in an upper portion of a guide path of the pusher and the connected nails. A cover made of iron is attached to the inside of the guide groove. Thickness of a part of the pusher is smaller than the diameter of nail axis portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terufumi Hamano, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20030127490
    Abstract: A fixing pin is attached to a winding end of a spring attached to a pusher of a nailing machine. A fixing plate with an engaging hole is engaged with the fixing pin from the outside of an opening of a magazine. The fixing pin is guided to a tapering section of the opening by moving the fixing plate in the direction of a nose section of the nailing machine to fix the fixing plate. Further, a magazine has a guide groove for guiding a T-shaped top portion formed at an upper end of the pusher and for guiding head portions of connected nails in an upper portion of a guide path of the pusher and the connected nails. A cover made of iron is attached to the inside of the guide groove. Thickness of a part of the pusher is smaller than the diameter of nail axis portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: MAX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terufumi Hamano, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: 6441335
    Abstract: In welding joint surfaces of a high-hardness member and a low-hardness member to each other by use of a laser beam or an electron beam, the point of irradiation of the laser beam or electron beam is offset from the joint surfaces of the high-hardness member and the low-hardness member toward the low-hardness member by a predetermined distance, such that the melting provided by the beam is caused to spread from the low-hardness member to the high-hardness member. Thus, even if the two members different in hardness from each other are welded together by use. of the laser beam or electron beam, it is possible to avoid a poor weld, which would otherwise cause a cracking in the high-hardness member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Keihin Corporation
    Inventor: Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20010017311
    Abstract: A fixing pin is attached to a winding end of a spring attached to a pusher of a nailing machine. A fixing plate with an engaging hole is engaged with the fixing pin from the outside of an opening of a magazine. The fixing pin is guided to a tapering section of the opening by moving the fixing plate in the direction of a nose section of the nailing machine to fix the fixing plate. Further, a magazine has a guide groove for guiding a T-shaped top portion formed at an upper end of the pusher and for guiding head portions of connected nails in an upper portion of a guide path of the pusher and the connected nails. A cover made of iron is attached to the inside of the guide groove. Thickness of a part of the pusher is smaller than the diameter of nail axis portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terufumi Hamano, Takahiro Nagaoka
  • Patent number: D527041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Nagaoka, Ichiro Kusakari