Patents by Inventor Tosihiko Kimura

Tosihiko Kimura 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).

  • Gravity balancing ring
    Patent number: 6612132
    Abstract: A ring body fitted around a finger and a collet for supporting and fixing a stone are constituted of separate members, wherein the collet is positioned between two support members erected on the ring body and is oscillatably supported by loosely fitting struts projecting outward from opposite outer surfaces of the collet and coaxially with each other into bearing holes formed at facing side surfaces of the support members, respectively, and further, the positions of the struts are selected in such a manner that an oscillatory center (x) is located nearer the front side of the stone than the center of gravity of a movable unit consisting of the stone and the collet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventors: Tosihiko Kimura, Yoshimitsu Kusano
  • GRAVITY BALANCING RING
    Publication number: 20030110797
    Abstract: A ring body fitted around a finger and a collet for supporting and fixing a stone are constituted of separate members, wherein the collet is positioned between two support members erected on the ring body and is oscillatably supported by loosely fitting struts projecting outward from opposite outer surfaces of the collet and coaxially with each other into bearing holes formed at facing side surfaces of the support members, respectively, and further, the positions of the struts are selected in such a manner that an oscillatory center (x) is located nearer the front side of the stone than the center of gravity of a movable unit consisting of the stone and the collet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Tosihiko Kimura, Yoshimitsu Kusano