Patents Assigned to Advanex, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8136645
    Abstract: A rotary damper is provided and includes: a housing; an annular ring member that is provided in the housing, and is made of elastomer or flexible rubber; a shaft body that is accommodated in a rotatable manner in the housing; and a sliding portion that is provided in the housing and makes contact with the ring member so as to freely slide with respect to the ring member along the circumferential direction thereof, in which: the ring member has an abutting portion that abuts the sliding portion, and a hollow portion provided inside the ring member; the hollow portion has an opening portion on the side opposite to the abutting portion; in the state of having enclosed gas in the hollow portion, the opening portion is hermetically joined to the inner surface of the housing; a projected portion that engages with the opening portion of the hollow portion is provided on the inner surface of the housing; and a pressing member that presses the ring member toward the inner surface of the housing is provided on the inne
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Advanex Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Naotoshi Saito, Kiyoshi Chikashige
  • Publication number: 20090293248
    Abstract: A tanged insert insertion tool is able to be used with both manually driven systems and automatically driven systems while having a simple structure. This tanged insert insertion tool is comparatively low in cost and is able to reliably prevent pitch jump from occurring. A tanged insert insertion tool 10 has a tubular housing 11 and a mandrel 12 which is inserted inside the housing 11 such that a distal end portion thereof protrudes from one end side of the housing 11. An external thread portion 20 is threaded together with a tanged insert on the distal end portion of the mandrel 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: ADVANEX INC.
    Inventor: Takashi SATO
  • Patent number: 7575452
    Abstract: A slider unit and a card connector having a slider that is arranged in a housing so as to be capable of moving along the insertion/ejection directions of a card and whose position is capable of being switched by a heart cam mechanism between a first position and a second position that is farther from an opening than the first position. A coil spring that biases the slider in the card ejection direction; an abutting portion that is integrally formed in the slider and is capable of abutting the insertion direction side of the card; and a pipe that is provided in the slider and retains the coil spring by being inserted in the coil spring, where both ends of the shaft that protrude from the coil spring becoming enlarged diameter portions and that are partially widened compared to the middle portion on which the coil spring is fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Advanex, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Chikashige, Ryusuke Tokui
  • Publication number: 20090139810
    Abstract: A rotary damper is provided and includes: a housing; an annular ring member that is provided in the housing, and is made of elastomer or flexible rubber; a shaft body that is accommodated in a rotatable manner in the housing; and a sliding portion that is provided in the housing and makes contact with the ring member so as to freely slide with respect to the ring member along the circumferential direction thereof, in which: the ring member has an abutting portion that abuts the sliding portion, and a hollow portion provided inside the ring member; the hollow portion has an opening portion on the side opposite to the abutting portion; in the state of having enclosed gas in the hollow portion, the opening portion is hermetically joined to the inner surface of the housing; a projected portion that engages with the opening portion of the hollow portion is provided on the inner surface of the housing; and a pressing member that presses the ring member toward the inner surface of the housing is provided on the inne
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: ADVANEX INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kobayashi, Naotoshi Saito, Kiyoshi Chikashige
  • Publication number: 20090120445
    Abstract: An indicator for a cuffed medical device, attached to a cuffed medical device to indicate internal pressure in a cuff of the medical device. The indicator includes: an indicator main body which includes a check valve adapted to be connected to an injection means for injecting a fluid into the cuff, a connecting section formed integrally with the indicator main body for connecting to the cuffed medical device, the connecting section communicating with the inside of the cuff, and a communication path for making the check valve and the connecting section communicate with each other; and a balloon provided in the indicator main body. The inside of the balloon is made to communicate with the communication path and is inflatable and deflatable in accordance with the internal pressure in the cuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicants: ADVANEX INC., WONDERWORKS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyoshi Chikashige
  • Publication number: 20090075507
    Abstract: A slider unit and a card connector having a slider that is arranged in a housing so as to be capable of moving along the insertion/ejection directions of a card and whose position is capable of being switched by a heart cam mechanism between a first position and a second position that is farther from an opening than the first position. A coil spring that biases the slider in the card ejection direction; an abutting portion that is integrally formed in the slider and is capable of abutting the insertion direction side of the card; and a pipe that is provided in the slider and retains the coil spring by being inserted in the coil spring, where both ends of the shaft that protrude from the coil spring becoming enlarged diameter portions and that are partially widened compared to the middle potion on which the coil spring is fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: ADVANEX, INC.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Chikashige, Ryusuke Tokui