Patents by Inventor Akira Nago

Akira Nago has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10721922
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel comprises a reel main body, a spool, a spool shaft, an adjusting member, and an operation lever. The adjusting member is attached to the reel main body. The adjusting member adjusts a braking force with which a rotation of the spool shaft is braked. The operation lever is attached to the adjusting member such that the operation lever extends in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Ikuta, Akira Nago, Shingo Aoki, Shunsaku Asaka
  • Patent number: 10470449
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel includes a brake that brakes a spool, and a mode selector that selects a braking mode according to a rotational position of an operating element. The operating element is supported by a support shaft, which is biased toward one side, from a center of a major axis of a projection of the operating element in the axial direction of the spool, so as to be turnable about a position separated from a center of an external portion on the side having an opening for attaching/detaching the spool. The angular range of the rotational position of the operating element is 90° or less on each side of a line connecting the support shaft and the center of the external portion, starting from a position in which a line extending from the support shaft toward the center of the major axis opposes the center of the external portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Niitsuma, Akira Nago
  • Publication number: 20180064083
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel comprises a reel main body, a spool, a spool shaft, an adjusting member, and an operation lever. The adjusting member is attached to the reel main body. The adjusting member adjusts a braking force with which a rotation of the spool shaft is braked. The operation lever is attached to the adjusting member such that the operation lever extends in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi IKUTA, Akira NAGO, Shingo AOKI, Shunsaku ASAKA
  • Patent number: D724174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D724693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D738458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Deguchi, Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D738459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Deguchi, Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D767082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D767085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D767086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D772370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D781395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nago, Masakazu Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D781396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nago, Masakazu Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D781997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Nago, Masakazu Iwabuchi
  • Patent number: D979702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D983312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D990616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Miho Suzuki, Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D1007639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D1016967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago
  • Patent number: D1023229
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventor: Akira Nago