Patents Assigned to Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20250223127
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manari Shigeno, Hisashi Yamamoto, Masahiro Nakamura, Hideto Shima
  • Patent number: 12245702
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12114784
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12108882
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230108179
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230103950
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita, Katsuaki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20230109498
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuaki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11540637
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11533998
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: D1035352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
  • Patent number: D1050749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
  • Patent number: D1051624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
  • Patent number: D1051625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
  • Patent number: D1051626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
  • Patent number: D1051628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
  • Patent number: D1051629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yojiro Kinoshita, Ryoma Maeda
  • Patent number: D1114064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Shimizu, Ryotaro Ochiai
  • Patent number: D1119287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., KOKUYO COMMERCE (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mengjiao Chen
  • Patent number: D1121023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Shimizu, Ryotaro Ochiai
  • Patent number: D1121955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., KOKUYO COMMERCE (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mengjiao Chen