Patents Assigned to YKK AP Inc.
  • Patent number: 11673346
    Abstract: A resin frame includes frame members combined into a frame shape that includes a corner portion, and a joint portion joining a pair of the frame members which are adjacent to each other at the corner portion. The joint portion includes an entire-surface welded portion, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other over an entire surface in a thickness direction of a plate portion of the frame members, and a partial welded portion, in which the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other on one side of the entire surface in the thickness direction while another side of the entire surface in the thickness direction is not welded. The entire-surface welded portion and the partial welded portion are present at different portions on an outer periphery of the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kanayama, Isao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11472128
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a resin frame includes preparing a plurality of frame members, installing a pair of the frame members in the corner portion in a pair of molds, melting end surfaces of the pair of the frame members as welding margins, and welding the welding margins. The molds respectively includes a reference surface holding the frame members and a blade portion protruding to an inner side with respect to the reference surface. In the welding, in the corner portion, the pair of the frame members are pressed by the blade portions, so that the welding margin protrudes from between the blade portions, the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of the frame members are bent inward, and the corner portion is made concave with respect to the portions adjacent to the corner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Masuo Yamaji
  • Patent number: 11167501
    Abstract: A resin frame includes frame members combined into a frame shape that includes a corner portion, and a joint portion joining a pair of the frame members which are adjacent to each other at the corner portion. The joint portion includes an entire-surface welded portion, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other over an entire surface in a thickness direction of a plate portion of the frame members, and a partial welded portion, in which the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other on one side of the entire surface in the thickness direction while another side of the entire surface in the thickness direction is not welded. The entire-surface welded portion and the partial welded portion are present at different portions on an outer periphery of the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Koji Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kanayama, Isao Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8194967
    Abstract: An article visual inspection apparatus capable of detecting that the surface conditions of an article are so inferior as to render the article unusable as a product and rejecting the same as a defective article by inspecting the article for external defects, occurring on the surface of the article, such as streaks, dice marks and rough surfaces of an aluminum extruded shape. The visual inspection apparatus comprises an imaging device (1) for imaging the surface of the article, and an image processing device (3) for capturing the picked up image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignees: YKK Corporation, YKK AP Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Fukusawa, Hisayuki Kato, Toshitaka Wakabayashi, Noboru Maekawa
  • Patent number: 7856757
    Abstract: A sash window assembly includes: a window frame having upper, lower, and left and right vertical frame members; and at least one sash guided by the vertical frame members and supported to be openable and closable by being slid vertically. The sash has: latch devices provided respectively at left and right ends in an upper end portion of the sash; an upper frame element having first passage holes formed in a top surface thereof and through which respective operating members of the respective latch devices are exposed toward an indoor space; a lower frame element; left and right vertical frame elements, each having a second passage hole formed in a depth-direction surface of the vertical frame element and through which a fastening section of the latch device is passed; and a face material provided inside the upper, lower, and left and right vertical frame elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: YKK AP, Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7681360
    Abstract: A sash window includes two window frames disposed in lateral juxtaposition and each including a head member, a sill member and a pair of jamb members connected together into a rectangular configuration, and a pair of upper and lower sashes supported within a respective one of the window frames. A sill nose is mounted to exterior sides of the sill members and extends continuously from an outer end of one sill member to an outer end of the other sill member. Each of the upper sashes is fixed to the respective one of the window frames by attachment members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignees: YKK Corporation of America, YKK AP Inc.
    Inventors: John Patrick Daniels, Jin Goto, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Akio Ozawa, Tsutomu Ito
  • Publication number: 20090223130
    Abstract: A sash window assembly includes: a window frame having upper, lower, and left and right vertical frame members; and at least one sash guided by the vertical frame members and supported to be openable and closable by being slid vertically. The sash has: latch devices provided respectively at left and right ends in an upper end portion of the sash; an upper frame element having first passage holes formed in a top surface thereof and through which respective operating members of the respective latch devices are exposed toward an indoor space; a lower frame element; left and right vertical frame elements, each having a second passage hole formed in a depth-direction surface of the vertical frame element and through which a fastening section of the latch device is passed; and a face material provided inside the upper, lower, and left and right vertical frame elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: YKK AP Inc.
    Inventor: Akio Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7543409
    Abstract: A door pull (10) has a fixing portion (11) fixed on a door stopper stile (8A) of a door, an operating portion (12) fixed slidably in the opening direction of the door and adapted to slide relative to the fixing portion (11) in the opening direction of the door, and a turning portion (13) supported by the fixing portion (11). A first end of the turning portion (13) is linked turnably with the operating portion (12),and turning in conjunction with sliding of the operating portion (12). A second end of the turning portion (13) projects towards a jamb. When the operating portion (12) slides, an abutment (132) at the second end of the turning portion (13) abuts against the jamb and biases the door in the direction away from the jamb, and the opening operation of the door is assisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: YKK AP Inc.
    Inventors: Norikazu Higashitani, Yoshinori Ishikuro, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hiroaki Kubo, Shuhei Ohno
  • Patent number: 7537252
    Abstract: Bumper beam of a closed sectional shape includes: a vehicle-body-side inner wall portion to be mounted on a vehicle body; upper and lower outwardly-extending wall portions that extend from the upper and lower ends of the inner wall portion toward the outside of the vehicle body; an outer wall portion connecting the outwardly-extending wall portions; and at least one horizontal inner rib connecting the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion, the outer wall portion having a vertical wall portion extending vertically downward from the outer end of the upper outwardly-extending wall portion and a slanted wall portion slanted from the lower end of the vertical wall portion toward the vehicle body. Gusset of a closed sectional shape includes a horizontal rib for dispersing an impact force at least to the slanted wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., YKK AP Inc., YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nagai, Shigekazu Koga, Keiichi Honda, Kazuyuki Fukagawa, Daisaku Nakazato, Sakae Sato
  • Publication number: 20080310700
    Abstract: An article visual inspection apparatus capable of detecting that the surface conditions of an article are so inferior as to render the article unusable as a product and rejecting the same as a defective article by inspecting the article for external defects, occurring on the surface of the article, such as streaks, dice marks and rough surfaces of an aluminum extruded shape. The visual inspection apparatus comprises an imaging device (1) for imaging the surface of the article, and an image processing device (3) for capturing the picked up image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicants: YKK CORPORATION, YKK AP INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuyasu Fukusawa, Hisayuki Kato, Toshitaka Wakabayashi, Noboru Maekawa
  • Publication number: 20080216440
    Abstract: Since an inside piece of a joint block is abutted to a rib of a second opposed piece under a pressure by engaging a first opposed piece of a frame member with the joint block, the inside piece can be securely abutted at the position of the rib even when the second opposed piece and the joint block are slightly deformed, which secures a predetermined joint intensity by preventing a variation of the abutment position. Since the joint block is abutted with the rib, the pressure per a dimension can be more increased than abutting with the whole surface of the inside piece, which consequently increases the frictional force to improve the joint intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: YKK AP INC.
    Inventor: Isao Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080202046
    Abstract: A sash window assembly includes a face material provided in an opening section open to an indoor and outdoor side, a frame section provided within the opening section, and beads attached to the frame section with the ends of the beads angled and butted against one another, the beads for pressing upon the face material from one of the indoor and outdoor directions, wherein each of the beads includes a first engaging section and a second engaging section, the first engaging section engaging with the frame section at a front-side in a movement direction, the second engaging section engaging with the frame further toward a rear-side in the movement direction than the first engaging section, when the bead is moved in the movement direction along a depth direction; the frame section includes a first engaging projection that engages with the first engaging section, a second engaging projection that engages with the second engaging section, and a recess provided between the first engaging projection and the second en
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: YKK AP INC.
    Inventor: Takeru Fujii
  • Publication number: 20070246956
    Abstract: Bumper beam of a closed sectional shape includes: a vehicle-body-side inner wall portion to be mounted on a vehicle body; upper and lower outwardly-extending wall portions that extend from the upper and lower ends of the inner wall portion toward the outside of the vehicle body; an outer wall portion connecting the outwardly-extending wall portions; and at least one horizontal inner rib connecting the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion, the outer wall portion having a vertical wall portion extending vertically downward from the outer end of the upper outwardly-extending wall portion and a slanted wall portion slanted from the lower end of the vertical wall portion toward the vehicle body. Gusset of a closed sectional shape includes a horizontal rib for dispersing an impact force at least to the slanted wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., YKK AP INC., YKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nagai, Shigekazu Koga, Keiichi Honda, Kazuyuki Fukagawa, Daisaku Nakazato, Sakae Sato
  • Patent number: D539634
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: YKK AP Inc.
    Inventors: Hideoki Tanaka, Naoki Yasuda, Masashi Sugawara, Toru Kanai, Masaki Nomura
  • Patent number: D559096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: YKK AP Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Hori
  • Patent number: D559097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: YKK AP Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Hori
  • Patent number: D565200
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: YKK AP Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Saito
  • Patent number: D579758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: YKK AP Inc.
    Inventors: Hideoki Tanaka, Naoki Yasuda, Yutaka Nakamura, Toshio Isono, Michizumi Ito, Yasuhito Hibi, Yoshitada Sakamoto, Masaki Nomura, Akira Ueda