Patents by Inventor Yoshio Shindoh

Yoshio Shindoh 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: 20100162550
    Abstract: A screw attachment (10, 10?, 10?) disposed around a fastening piece (17) secured to a main fastening body (25a), the screw attachment sandwiched between a head (17b) of the fastening piece and a securing object (22) so that the screw attachment bears a securing force of the fastening piece to press the securing object. The screw attachment includes a pair of arms (12, 13) made of a shape restoring material. Each arm has a fore end, and the fore ends are joined to each other with an adhesive material that is softened when heated. The arms expands radially such that the screw attachment is released from the head of the fastening piece when heat or force is applied to the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Kazuo SUGIYAMA, Tadashi TASHIMA, Kazunari YOSHIDA, Yu KAGAMI, Hideo TAKAARA, Yoshio SHINDOH, Masanobu TANIGAWA
  • Patent number: 7699568
    Abstract: A screw attachment (10, 10?, 10?) disposed around a fastening piece (17) secured to a main fastening body (25a), the screw attachment sandwiched between a head (17b) of the fastening piece and a securing object (22) so that the screw attachment bears a securing force of the fastening piece to press the securing object. The screw attachment includes a pair of arms (12, 13) made of a shape restoring material. Each arm has a fore end, and the fore ends are joined to each other with an adhesive material that is softened when heated. The arms expands radially such that the screw attachment is released from the head of the fastening piece when heat or force is applied to the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignees: Union Seimitsu Co. Ltd, NEC Tokin Corporation, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokai University Educational System
    Inventors: Kazuo Sugiyama, Tadashi Tashima, Kazunari Yoshida, Yu Kagami, Hideo Takaara, Yoshio Shindoh, Masanobu Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 7210884
    Abstract: There is provided a fastening component and an appliance having a fastening structure, in which the appliance can be readily disassembled without detaching the fastening component from a structural body. The fastening component is constituted of a head disposed at an end of a shaft, a washer disposed at an end portion of the shaft, and made of a shape-memory member being contractible in a radial direction with the application of heat, and a washer holder formed around an outer circumference of the shaft. The washer holder includes a washer container having a diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the washer when contracted due to application of heat, and a washer locker formed adjacently to the washer container at an end of the washer container opposite to the head and having a diameter greater than the inner diameter of the washer when contracted due to the application of heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshio Shindoh
  • Publication number: 20050286992
    Abstract: There is provided a fastening component and an appliance having a fastening structure, in which the appliance can be readily disassembled without detaching the fastening component from a structural body. The fastening component is constituted of a head 4 disposed at an end of a shaft 3 and having a diameter greater than that at the end of the shaft 3, a washer 2 disposed at the end of the shaft 3, and made of a shape-memory member having an outer diameter before heating greater than a diameter of the head 4 and being contractible in a radial direction with the application of heat, and a washer holder formed along a circumferential direction on a circumference at the end of the shaft 3, for holding the washer 2 contracted in the radial direction with the application of the heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventor: Yoshio Shindoh
  • Publication number: 20040247386
    Abstract: A screw attachment (10, 10′, 10″) disposed around a fastening piece (17) secured to a main fastening body (25a), the screw attachment sandwiched between a head (17b) of the fastening piece and a securing object (22) so that the screw attachment bears a securing force of the fastening piece to press the securing object. The screw attachment includes a pair of arms (12, 13) made of a shape restoring material. Each arm has a fore end, and the fore ends are joined to each other with an adhesive material that is softened when heated. The arms expands radially such that the screw attachment is released from the head of the fastening piece when heat or force is applied to the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicants: Union Seimitsu Co., Ltd., Nec Tokin Corporation, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokai University Educational System
    Inventors: Kazuo Sugiyama, Tadashi Tashima, Kazunari Yoshida, Yu Kagami, Hideo Takaara, Yoshio Shindoh, Masanobu Tanigawa