Patents Represented by Attorney Joseph P. Farrar
  • Patent number: 7458494
    Abstract: A surgical stapler has a body capable of containing a plurality of staples in an aligned state; a ram provided inside the body, having a central concave portion and pressure armatures on both sides of the concave portion; an anvil that, when the armatures of the ram contact both sides of a crown of a staple, forces the center of the crown into the concave portion of the ram; and a trigger rotatably supported on the body so as to cause relative movement between the ram and the anvil. The trigger as a moving member and the body as another member strike each other so as to produce a sound and/or a vibration indicating that a staple sandwiched between the ram and the anvil is bent by the advance of the anvil into the concave portion of the ram and bending of the staple is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: MANI, Inc.
    Inventors: Kanji Matsutani, Masatoshi Fukuda, Toshiharu Kamei, Takashi Ina
  • Patent number: 6935675
    Abstract: A retractable roof fixing apparatus capable of drawing the roof to a vehicle body to be snugly fixed thereto by automatically retracting a striker engaged with a latch by a sufficient distance. The retractable roof fixing apparatus comprises: a striker fixed on a roof; a base plate fixed on a body of a vehicle; a slide plate slidably attached to the base plate in a direction of movement of the striker; a latch rotatably mounted on the slide plate that engages the striker with a rotation of the latch; a cam rotatably mounted on the base plate; and a motor that rotates the cam, wherein the motor operates when the striker engages the latch to rotate the cam so as to slide the slide plate away from the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Johnan Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Kubota, Masakane Yoshizawa