Patents by Inventor Yoshitomo NISHIMURA
Yoshitomo NISHIMURA 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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Patent number: 11827492Abstract: Provided is a moving handrail that can lengthen its lifetime. The moving handrail includes: a handrail main body portion; a fabric arranged on a guide surface of the handrail main body portion and extending in a handrail longitudinal direction; and a resin sheet arranged on the fabric so that the fabric is sandwiched between the handrail main body portion and the resin sheet, wherein a surface of the fabric facing a handrail guide has arranged thereon an end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction, and wherein the end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction is covered with the resin sheet.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuma Nakamura, Yoshitomo Nishimura, Hidetoshi Takeyama, Masashi Hara, Samito Nozue
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Publication number: 20220250876Abstract: Provided is a moving handrail that can lengthen its lifetime. The moving handrail includes: a handrail main body portion; a fabric arranged on a guide surface of the handrail main body portion and extending in a handrail longitudinal direction; and a resin sheet arranged on the fabric so that the fabric is sandwiched between the handrail main body portion and the resin sheet, wherein a surface of the fabric facing a handrail guide has arranged thereon an end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction, and wherein the end portion of the fabric in the handrail longitudinal direction is covered with the resin sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Ryuma NAKAMURA, Yoshitomo NISHIMURA, Hidetoshi TAKEYAMA, Masashi HARA, Samito NOZUE
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Patent number: 11207814Abstract: A method of manufacturing an escalator handrail which has a composite material including a metallic steel wire and a thermoplastic resin, said metallic steel wire having a center elemental wire and a plurality of strands placed so as to surround the center elemental wire, including: a preheating step of heating the metallic steel wire; a composite-material forming step of integrating the metallic steel wire heated in the preheating step with the thermoplastic resin in a molten state to thereby form the composite material; and a cooling step of cooling the composite material formed in the composite-material forming step.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo Nishimura, Tomoko Hada, Hidetoshi Takeyama
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Publication number: 20190329475Abstract: A method of manufacturing an escalator handrail which has a composite material including a metallic steel wire and a thermoplastic resin, said metallic steel wire having a center elemental wire and a plurality of strands placed so as to surround the center elemental wire, including: a preheating step of heating the metallic steel wire; a composite-material forming step of integrating the metallic steel wire heated in the preheating step with the thermoplastic resin in a molten state to thereby form the composite material; and a cooling step of cooling the composite material formed in the composite-material forming step.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitomo NISHIMURA, Tomoko HADA, Hidetoshi TAKEYAMA
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Patent number: 10399265Abstract: A method of manufacturing an escalator handrail of the invention is characterized by including: a metallic steel-wire producing step of placing a center elemental wire and a plurality of strands so that the plurality of strands surrounds the center elemental wire, and applying tension to them so that each distance between the center elemental wire and each of the strands becomes the same, to thereby produce the metallic steel wire; a preheating step of heating the metallic steel wire to a temperature equal to or more than that of a thermoplastic resin in a molten state; a composite-material forming step of integrating the metallic steel wire heated with the thermoplastic resin in a molten state, and extruding them through a die finished into a cross-section shape of the escalator handrail to thereby form the composite material; and a cooling step of forcibly cooling the composite material.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshitomo Nishimura, Tomoko Hada, Hidetoshi Takeyama
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Publication number: 20160200023Abstract: A method of manufacturing an escalator handrail of the invention is characterized by including: a metallic steel-wire producing step of placing a center elemental wire and a plurality of strands so that the plurality of strands surrounds the center elemental wire, and applying tension to them so that each distance between the center elemental wire and each of the strands becomes the same, to thereby produce the metallic steel wire; a preheating step of heating the metallic steel wire to a temperature equal to or more than that of a thermoplastic resin in a molten state; a composite-material forming step of integrating the metallic steel wire heated with the thermoplastic resin in a molten state, and extruding them through a die finished into a cross-section shape of the escalator handrail to thereby form the composite material; and a cooling step of forcibly cooling the composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshitomo NISHIMURA, Tomoko HADA, Hidetoshi TAKEYAMA
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Patent number: 9290360Abstract: The endless escalator handrail is made up of a thermoplastic resin member having a first and a second curved portions and a joint section; a flat woven fabric bonded to an inner surface of the thermoplastic resin member; a first patch cloth having a base portion and a divergent portion, for being placed on the first curved portion side in the joint section; and a second patch cloth having a base portion and a divergent portion, for being placed on the second curved portion side in the joint section. The divergent potion of the first patch cloth is bonded onto the flat woven fabric at an inward side of the first curved portion, and the divergent potion of the second patch cloth is bonded onto the flat woven fabric at an inward side of the second curved portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi Takeyama, Tomoko Hada, Atsushi Kawasaki, Yoshitomo Nishimura
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Publication number: 20150336774Abstract: The endless escalator handrail is made up of a thermoplastic resin member having a first and a second curved portions and a joint section; a flat woven fabric bonded to an inner surface of the thermoplastic resin member; a first patch cloth having a base portion and a divergent portion, for being placed on the first curved portion side in the joint section; and a second patch cloth having a base portion and a divergent portion, for being placed on the second curved portion side in the joint section. The divergent potion of the first patch cloth is bonded onto the flat woven fabric at an inward side of the first curved portion, and the divergent potion of the second patch cloth is bonded onto the flat woven fabric at an inward side of the second curved portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hidetoshi TAKEYAMA, Tomoko HADA, Atsushi KAWASAKI, Yoshitomo NISHIMURA