Patents Assigned to Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20250223127Abstract: To prevent a support shaft from breaking during production and assembly. A transfer tool of the present invention is a transfer tool that allows a transfer tape fed out from a feed reel to be wound onto a take-up reel via a transfer head, and includes a rotation transmission means having a feed gear, a take-up gear, and an intermediate gear, that have a disc shape, and transmitting rotation of the feed reel to the take-up reel. The intermediate gear is rotatably supported by an intermediate support shaft, and the intermediate gear is provided with a stress relief means that relieves bending stress when the intermediate gear is attached to the intermediate support shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: July 10, 2025Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Manari Shigeno, Hisashi Yamamoto, Masahiro Nakamura, Hideto Shima
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Patent number: 12245702Abstract: The chair can attain smooth movement of a seat by using a rolling surface. The chair includes an upper base unit (31) and a lower base unit (32) facing each other, and a seat (1) that is provided in the upper base unit (31) and swings when the upper base unit (31) rolls with respect to the lower base unit (32), and the upper base unit (31), which is at least one of the upper base unit (31) and the lower base unit (32), includes a rolling surface (312a) being curved. In the chair, a region having a different curvature exists in a part of the rolling surface (312a), and an elastic member (33) is interposed between the region having the different curvature and a corresponding region of an opposing surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 12114784Abstract: In the chair, a space between swinging surfaces facing each other can be appropriately unseen. The chair includes swinging surfaces (rolling surfaces) (312a) and (322a) facing each other and has a configuration in which the swinging surfaces (312a) and (322a) swings with respect to each other in directions of 360 degrees including front-rear and left-right directions. In such a chair, an elastic member (33) is arranged to be positioned between the swinging surfaces (312a) and (322a) at least in the vicinity of outer peripheral edges (312z) and (322z), and a stretchable sheet material (60) is provided between the outer peripheral edges (312z) and (322z) to conceal a gap between the swinging surfaces (312a) and (322a) facing each other, the gap including the elastic member (33).Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 12108882Abstract: The chair has a simple structure in which a seat can follow a free movement of a seated person in front-rear, left-right, and diagonal directions, a burden from an operation by which the seated person balances his or her load can also be reduced, and a movement by which the seated person changes his or her posture stably and continuously can be suitably supported. The chair includes a movement mechanism 3 that causes an upper base unit (31) to swing in a direction of 360 degrees with respect to a lower base unit (32), and a seat 1 attached to the upper base unit (31). The chair further includes a damper mechanism (DM) that may operate by following a movement in a direction of 360 degrees, as a mechanism separate from the movement mechanism (3), at a position connecting the upper base unit (31) and the lower base unit (32).Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230108179Abstract: Provided is an unprecedented chair in which movement of a seat by using a rolling surface can be smoothly performed. The chair includes an upper base unit 31 and a lower base unit 32 facing each other, and a seat 1 that is provided in the upper base unit 31 and swings when the upper base unit 31 rolls with respect to the lower base unit 32, and the upper base unit 31, which is at least one of the upper base unit 31 and the lower base unit 32, includes a rolling surface 312a being curved. In the chair, a region having a different curvature exists in a part of the rolling surface 312a, and an elastic member 33 is interposed between the region having the different curvature and a corresponding region of an opposing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230103950Abstract: Provided is an unprecedented chair in which a space between swinging surfaces facing each other can be appropriately hidden. The chair includes swinging surfaces (rolling surfaces) 312a and 322a facing each other, and has a configuration in which the swinging surfaces 312a and 322a swings with respect to each other in directions of 360 degrees including front-rear and left-right directions. In such a chair, an elastic member 33 is arranged to be positioned between the swinging surfaces 312a and 322a at least in the vicinity of outer peripheral edges 312z and 322z, and a stretchable sheet material 60 is provided between the outer peripheral edges 312z and 322z to conceal a gap between the swinging surfaces 312a and 322a facing each other, the gap including the elastic member 33.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi
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Publication number: 20230109498Abstract: The chair has a simple structure in which a seat can follow a free movement of a seated person in front-rear, left-right, and diagonal directions, a burden from an operation by which the seated person balances his or her load can also be reduced, and a movement by which the seated person changes his or her posture stably and continuously can be suitably supported. The chair includes a movement mechanism 3 that causes an upper base unit 31 to swing in a direction of 360 degrees with respect to a lower base unit 32, and a seat 1 attached to the upper base unit 31. The chair further includes a damper mechanism DM that may operate by following a movement in a direction of 360 degrees, as a mechanism separate from the movement mechanism 3, at a position connecting the upper base unit 31 and the lower base unit 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 11540637Abstract: To realize a noble, useful seat with a simple structure designed to follow a natural movement of a seated person in front-rear and left-right directions and to support appropriately a movement of the person continuously changing its posture while the person balances a load. The seat includes the elastic support layer 3 and upper and lower base units 4 and 5 arranged to sandwich the elastic support layer 3. The upper base unit 4 includes the rolling surface 42e bulging toward the lower base unit 5 thereabove via the elastic support layer 3, is rollable in a 360° direction from the tilt reference position IRP in receiving a load of the seated person, and has a moving distal end side tilting more downward as a distance from the position IRP increases, and is configured to move while compressing the elastic support layer 3 by the rolling surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita
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Patent number: 11533998Abstract: A chair includes a leg 1, a seat 5 including a pressure receiving surface PS, a backrest 6, and a support mechanism SM. The seat 5 can move in the front-rear or left-right direction along a predetermined trajectory and to downwardly incline a tip side of the seat 5 in a movement direction in accordance with a movement of the seat 5 from a predetermined reference position (S). The support mechanism SM includes a return-force generation unit configured to generate, in accordance with an amount of movement, a return force in a direction in which the seat 5 moved from the reference position (S) in the front-rear or left-right direction is returned to the reference position (S), and movably supports the backrest 6 in the left-right direction together with a movement of the seat 5 in the left-right direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi, Takao Sugano, Kenta Asano, Takayoshi Kanou, Kenta Shiozawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Kazuki Tsukadaira, Naoya Niimura
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Patent number: D1035352Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
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Patent number: D1050749Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
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Patent number: D1051624Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
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Patent number: D1051625Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
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Patent number: D1051626Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
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Patent number: D1051628Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
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Patent number: D1051629Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
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Patent number: D1114064Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Shimizu, Ryotaro Ochiai
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Patent number: D1119287Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2024Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., KOKUYO COMMERCE (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventor: Mengjiao Chen
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Patent number: D1121023Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Shimizu, Ryotaro Ochiai
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Patent number: D1121955Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2024Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., KOKUYO COMMERCE (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventor: Mengjiao Chen