Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki KOMADA
Yasuyuki KOMADA 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).
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Publication number: 20210139105Abstract: An electric device for a human-powered vehicle comprises an accommodating structure. The accommodating structure includes a main body, an attachment member, and a power-supply accommodating part. The attachment member is configured to be attached to the main body. The power-supply accommodating part is provided at least one of the main body and the attachment member so as to accommodate a power supply, the power-supply accommodating part including an insertion opening and a first inner surface. The first inner surface extends along a reference plane and having a first outline defining a first area as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane. The insertion opening extends along an insertion opening plane non-parallel to the reference plane. The insertion opening has an opening outline defining an insertion opening area as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the insertion opening plane. The first area is larger than the insertion opening area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takuma SAKAI, Yuichiro HIDAKA, Shun KAKEHASHI, Kazuma MORI
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Publication number: 20210144453Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and circuitry. The base member includes a power-supply accommodating part configured to accommodate a power supply extending along a reference plane. The circuitry is provided to the base member to extend along an additional reference plane intersecting with the reference plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takuma SAKAI, Yuichiro HIDAKA, Shun KAKEHASHI, Kazuma MORI
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Publication number: 20210070397Abstract: A master communication apparatus comprises a master wired communicator, a master wireless communicator, and a master controller. The master wired communicator is configured to communicate with a slave wired communicator of a slave communication apparatus in the human-powered vehicle via a wired communication channel. The master wireless communicator is configured to communicate with a slave wireless communicator of the slave communication apparatus via a wireless communication channel. The master controller is configured to transmit, via one of the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator, a control signal to control a component of the human-powered vehicle. The master controller is configured to control the master wired communicator and the master wireless communicator in accordance with a priority order. The master controller is configured to set the priority order in accordance with information relating to the master communication apparatus and the slave communication apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Takaya MASUDA, Yoshiyuki KASAI, Hiroshi MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210070390Abstract: An operating system for a human-powered vehicle comprises a first operating device and a controller. The first operating device is configured to output a first control signal. The controller is configured to determine whether the first operating device meets a first predetermined condition. The controller is configured to assign, if the first operating device meets the first predetermined condition, an additional electric device a function of the first operating device so that the additional electric device outputs the first control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Kazuya KUWAYAMA
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Patent number: 10882580Abstract: A bicycle component mounting device comprises a base member, a holding member, a movable member, and a guide structure. The base member includes a mounting portion. The holding member is movably mounted to the mounting portion. The movable member is movably mounted relative to the base member to push the holding member relative to the mounting portion. The guide structure is configured to guide the holding member relative to the mounting portion in a guide direction inclined relative to a longitudinal axis in response to a movement of the movable member. The guide structure includes a recess and a protrusion. The recess is provided at one of the mounting portion and the holding member. The protrusion is configured to be disposed in the recess and provided at the other of the mounting portion and the holding member.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Kohei Ohyabu
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Patent number: 10873165Abstract: An electric cable assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The electric cable assembly includes an electric cable, a connector, a coupling member and a molded part. The electric cable includes at least a wire extending from an insulated portion. The coupling member electrically couples the wire to the connector. The molded part integrally accommodates at least part of the insulated portion, at least part of the connector, and the coupling member.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Shuhei Tahara, Eiji Mishima
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Patent number: 10829180Abstract: A hydraulic operating device for a small vehicle including a bicycle comprises a base member, a mounting structure, an operating member, and a piston. The base member includes a cylinder bore having a cylinder axis. The mounting structure defines a mounting axis linearly extending along the handlebar in a mounting state where the base member is mounted on a handlebar with the mounting structure. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a first pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The cylinder axis is non-perpendicular to the mounting axis as viewed along the first pivot axis in the mounting state. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The piston is coupled to the operating member to be pulled in response to a pivotal movement of the operating member from the rest position to the operated position.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Takuma Sakai, Yasuyuki Komada, Mototsugu Nakai, Masahiro Nakakura, Takafumi Nishino
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Publication number: 20200198725Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member made of a resin material. The base member includes an outer surface, a cylinder bore, and at least one recess. The outer surface includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface. The cylinder bore has a cylinder center axis. The cylinder bore is provided between the first surface and the second surface and between the third surface and the fourth surface as viewed along the cylinder center axis. The at least one recess defines a cylinder wall between the cylinder bore and the at least one recess. The at least one recess is provided on at least two of the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, the fourth surface, the fifth surface, and the sixth surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Yusuke NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10618596Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member made of a resin material. The base member includes an outer surface, a cylinder bore, and at least one recess provided on the outer surface to define a cylinder wall between the cylinder bore and the at least one recess. The cylinder wall has a cylinder-wall thickness defined between the cylinder bore and the at least one recess. The cylinder-wall thickness is equal to or larger than 1 mm and equal to or smaller than 3.5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Yusuke Nishikawa
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Patent number: 10604209Abstract: A bicycle hydraulic device includes a cylinder including a cylinder bore, a piston located in the cylinder bore and movable between an initial position and an actuation position, a reservoir tank that is in fluidal communication with the cylinder bore through a communication port, and a flow modulator configured to modulate a flow behavior of a fluid in accordance with a direction in which the fluid flows in the communication port.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Mototsugu Nakai, Takaaki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsushita, Yasuyuki Komada, Etsuyoshi Watarai
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Patent number: 10589819Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, and a hydraulic unit. The base member comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and a gripping portion. The gripping portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The operating member is movably mounted to the base member from a rest position toward an operated position. The hydraulic unit is provided at one of the base member and the operating member. The hydraulic unit comprises a hydraulic cylinder and a piston. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder bore. The piston is arranged in the cylinder bore. The piston is configured to be pulled from an initial position to an actuated position in response to a movement of the operating member from the rest position toward the operated position to supply a hydraulic pressure toward at least one bicycle component.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Takuro Jinbu, Tatsuya Matsushita
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Patent number: 10589818Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The base member includes a first arrangement part to which at least one of a first operating structure and a first cover structure is arrangeable. The base member includes a second arrangement part to which at least one of a second operating structure and a second cover structure is arrangeable.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Kohei Ohyabu, Shouichi Ono
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Patent number: 10583890Abstract: A bar-end device assembly is provided for a tube member of a bicycle. The bar-end device assembly has a base member that includes a mounting portion, a first shoe and a second shoe. The mounting portion is configured to be mounted within an interior of a free end provided on the tube member. The first shoe is configured to engage the interior of the tube member as the mounting portion is mounted to the tube member with the first mounting shoe disposed on the mounting portion. The second shoe is configured to engage the interior of the tube member as the mounting portion is mounted to the tube member with the second mounting shoe disposed on the mounting portion. The first and second shoes have different configurations and are used one at a time to change an effective mounting dimension of the base member.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Kohei Ohyabu
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Publication number: 20200070928Abstract: An operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a grip portion. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The grip portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The base member includes a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, and a first positioning portion. The second lateral surface is provided on a reverse side of the first lateral surface in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The first positioning portion is provided on the first lateral surface. The first positioning portion is configured to position a rider's finger.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: SHIMANO INC.Inventors: Shun KAKEHASHI, Yasuyuki KOMADA, Yuusuke NISHIKAWA, Yasunobu GOTO, Hayata MIZUTANI, Soichiro HOSHINO
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Patent number: 10562584Abstract: A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, a piston, and an electrical switch. The base member includes a first end portion to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar, a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, and a cylinder bore. The operating member includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The proximal end portion is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The distal end portion is farther from the proximal end portion than the pivot axis. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore and operatively coupled to the operating member to move in the cylinder bore in response to a pivotal movement of the operating member. The electrical switch is provided at the second end portion. The electrical switch is farther from the distal end portion of the operating member than the pivot axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SHIMANO INC.Inventor: Yasuyuki Komada
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Publication number: 20200039608Abstract: A hydraulic device is provided for a human powered vehicle. The hydraulic device includes a piston, a base member, and a hydraulic cylinder. The base member is made of a first non-metallic material. The hydraulic cylinder is provided to the base member and defines a cylinder bore. The hydraulic cylinder includes a main portion in which the piston is movably arranged. The main portion is made of a second non-metallic material that is different from the first non-metallic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventor: Yasuyuki KOMADA
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Patent number: 10543880Abstract: A bracket cover is configured to cover at least a portion of a bracket that is attachable to a handlebar of a bicycle. The bracket cover comprises a cover main body. The cover main body is formed in a tubular shape having a first end portion and a second end portion. The cover main body has an opening part extending from at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion such that the opening part forms a first edge portion and a second edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Naoki Fujimoto, Yoshimitsu Miki, Yasuhisa Watanabe, Yasuyuki Komada
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Publication number: 20190372279Abstract: An electric cable assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The electric cable assembly includes an electric cable, a connector, a coupling member and a molded part. The electric cable includes at least a wire extending from an insulated portion. The coupling member electrically couples the wire to the connector. The molded part integrally accommodates at least part of the insulated portion, at least part of the connector, and the coupling member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Yasuyuki KOMADA, Shuhei TAHARA, Eiji MISHIMA
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Patent number: 10494046Abstract: A bracket cover is configured to cover at least a portion of a bracket that is attachable to a handlebar of a bicycle. The bracket cover includes a cover main body, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The cover main body includes a portion having a first edge portion and a second edge portion. The portion is between the first and second edge portions being an elastic material. The first fixing member is configured to detachably fix the cover main body to a first side surface of an outer perimeter portion of the bracket at the first edge portion. The second fixing member is configured to detachably fix the cover main body to a second side surface of an outer perimeter portion of the bracket at the side edge portion. The first and second fixing member are separate members from the cover main body.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Naoki Fujimoto, Yoshimitsu Miki, Yasuhisa Watanabe, Yasuyuki Komada
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Patent number: 10494053Abstract: An operating device is basically provided with a base member, an operating member and a handlebar fixing structure. The base member includes a support abutment having a contact surface that is arranged to contact an outer surface of a handlebar while the operating device is in an installed state. The contact surface defines an abutment circle about an abutment axis. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The handlebar fixing structure is provided on the base member. The handlebar fixing structure has a fixing surface. The fixing surface defines a fixing circle about a fixing axis offset from the abutment axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Yasuyuki Komada, Kohei Obuchi, Takuma Sakai