Patents by Inventor Chun Wee CHEW

Chun Wee CHEW 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: 11672241
    Abstract: An adaptor for securing an equipment to a fishing reel is disclosed. The adaptor includes a plate having a first opening configured to receive a male fastener of a fastening assembly to be mounted onto the fishing reel, and a second opening configured to receive the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., Shimano, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Wee Chew, Kenji Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210235681
    Abstract: An adaptor for securing an equipment to a fishing reel is disclosed. The adaptor includes a plate having a first opening configured to receive a male fastener of a fastening assembly to be mounted onto the fishing reel, and a second opening configured to receive the equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD., Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Chun Wee CHEW, Kenji YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11033013
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool shaft, a pinion gear, a collar member, a bearing, and a sealing member. The reel body includes a bearing housing. The pinion gear is rotatable about the spool shaft. The collar member is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the pinion gear. The collar member has a large-diameter portion disposed adjacent to a tooth portion of the pinion gear in a shaft direction, and a small-diameter portion having a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the large-diameter portion. The bearing is housed in the bearing housing and rotatably supports the pinion gear using the collar member. The sealing member is an annular member disposed in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bearing housing and the outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion of the collar member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
    Inventor: Chun Wee Chew
  • Publication number: 20200296947
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool shaft, a pinion gear, a collar member, a bearing, and a sealing member. The reel body includes a bearing housing. The pinion gear is rotatable about the spool shaft. The collar member is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the pinion gear. The collar member has a large-diameter portion disposed adjacent to a tooth portion of the pinion gear in a shaft direction, and a small-diameter portion having a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the large-diameter portion. The bearing is housed in the bearing housing and rotatably supports the pinion gear using the collar member. The sealing member is an annular member disposed in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the bearing housing and the outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion of the collar member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
    Inventor: Chun Wee CHEW
  • Patent number: 10765097
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool, a handle, and a spool shaft. The reel body has a first side plate having a first opening that opens in an axial direction of the spool shaft and through which the spool can pass, a second side plate that faces the first side plate, and a second side cover that is mounted on the second side plate. The spool has a bobbin trunk and a second flange. The handle is rotatably provided on the first side plate side of the reel body. The second side plate has a second opening that opens in the axial direction and a fixing portion for mounting a second side cover member, the fixing portion being provided on a peripheral edge of the second opening and at a position overlapping the second flange as viewed in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: SHIMANO INC., SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Chun Wee Chew, Shoji Nakagawa, Shingo Aoki, Kotaro Shinzaki, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 10349645
    Abstract: A single-bearing reel includes a reel unit, a spool shaft, a support unit, a spool, a first restriction member, a second restriction member, a pair of first seal members, a second seal member, and a third seal member. The pair of first seal members is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the support unit. One of the pair of first seal members seals between the support unit and the first restriction member. The other of the pair of first seal members seals between the support unit and the second restriction member. The second seal member seals an inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the first restriction member. A third seal member seals the inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the second restriction member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: SHIMANO INC., SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN, BHD.
    Inventors: Keigo Kitajima, Chun Wee Chew, Muhamad Aidil Bin Misseri, Wen Yin Lee
  • Publication number: 20190208755
    Abstract: A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a spool, a handle, and a spool shaft. The reel body has a first side plate having a first opening that opens in an axial direction of the spool shaft and through which the spool can pass, a second side plate that faces the first side plate, and a second side cover that is mounted on the second side plate. The spool has a bobbin trunk and a second flange. The handle is rotatably provided on the first side plate side of the reel body. The second side plate has a second opening that opens in the axial direction and a fixing portion for mounting a second side cover member, the fixing portion being provided on a peripheral edge of the second opening and at a position overlapping the second flange as viewed in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicants: Shimano Inc., Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Chun Wee Chew, Shoji Nakagawa, Shingo Aoki, Kotaro Shinzaki, Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 10091979
    Abstract: The present reel unit is a reel unit for a dual-bearing reel supporting a spool in a rotatable state. The reel unit includes a frame, a fishing rod attachment leg and a thinned part. The frame includes a first side plate, a second side plate disposed in opposition to the first side plate to enable the spool to be disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate, and a plurality of coupling members integrally formed with the first side plate and the second side plate to couple the first side plate and the second side plate. The fishing rod attachment leg is fixed to an outer surface of one of the plurality of coupling members. The thinned part has a box-like recessed shape and is formed on an inner surface, faced to the spool, of the coupling member to which the fishing rod attachment leg is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHIMANO COMPONENTS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Chun Wee Chew, Keigo Kitajima
  • Patent number: 9861085
    Abstract: A brake device for a dual bearing real, includes a one-way clutch, an operating member and a pressing member. The one-way clutch has an inner race, an outer race and a rolling element, and receives rotation of a spool shaft only in a fishing-line casting direction through the outer race. The outer race is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the inner race, and is rotatable with respect to a reel unit. The rolling element is disposed between the inner race and the outer race. The operating member is disposed on the outer peripheral side of an end of the spool shaft, and is engaged with the reel unit so as to be movable in a spool shaft direction. The pressing member is configured to press the outer race. The outer race is restricted from moving oppositely to the pressing member in the spool shaft direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Shimano Inc., Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Takanori Maruoka, Atsushi Yagara, Sen Meng Soon, Chun Wee Chew
  • Publication number: 20170347636
    Abstract: A single-bearing reel includes a reel unit, a spool shaft, a support unit, a spool, a first restriction member, a second restriction member, a pair of first seal members, a second seal member, and a third seal member. The pair of first seal members is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the support unit. One of the pair of first seal members seals between the support unit and the first restriction member. The other of the pair of first seal members seals between the support unit and the second restriction member. The second seal member seals an inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the first restriction member. A third seal member seals the inner peripheral part of the support unit from an inner peripheral part of the second restriction member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: Shimano Inc., Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Keigo KITAJIMA, Chun Wee CHEW, Muhamad Aidil Bin MISSERI, Wen Yin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160302400
    Abstract: The present reel unit is a reel unit for a dual-bearing reel supporting a spool in a rotatable state. The reel unit includes a frame, a fishing rod attachment leg and a thinned part. The frame includes a first side plate, a second side plate disposed in opposition to the first side plate to enable the spool to be disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate, and a plurality of coupling members integrally formed with the first side plate and the second side plate to couple the first side plate and the second side plate. The fishing rod attachment leg is fixed to an outer surface of one of the plurality of coupling members. The thinned part has a box-like recessed shape and is formed on an inner surface, faced to the spool, of the coupling member to which the fishing rod attachment leg is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Chun Wee CHEW, Keigo KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20160100563
    Abstract: A brake device for a dual bearing real, includes a one-way clutch, an operating member and a pressing member. The one-way clutch has an inner race, an outer race and a rolling element, and receives rotation of a spool shaft only in a fishing-line casting direction through the outer race. The outer race is disposed on the outer peripheral side of the inner race, and is rotatable with respect to a reel unit. The rolling element is disposed between the inner race and the outer race. The operating member is disposed on the outer peripheral side of an end of the spool shaft, and is engaged with the reel unit so as to be movable in a spool shaft direction. The pressing member is configured to press the outer race. The outer race is restricted from moving oppositely to the pressing member in the spool shaft direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Takanori MARUOKA, Atsushi YAGARA, Sen Meng SOON, Chun Wee CHEW
  • Patent number: 9295243
    Abstract: A ratchet wheel is provided for a fishing reel (e.g., a spinning reel or a dual-bearing reel). The ratchet wheel is mounted onto a first component of the fishing reel. The ratchet wheel being engagable with a claw member pivotally mounted to a second component of the fishing reel. The second component is configured to be rotatable relatively to the first component. The ratchet wheel has a mounting part and a plurality of teeth. The mounting part is configured to be mounted onto the first component. The teeth are radially disposed on one of an outer peripheral portion of the mounting part and an inner peripheral portion of the mounting part. The teeth extend from the one of the outer and inner peripheral portions. The teeth are configured such that two adjacent ones of the teeth selectively engage the claw member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Baihaki Bin Sabtu, Abu Supian Bin Ahmad, Md Shahid Bin Sowarni, Chun Wee Chew
  • Publication number: 20140263791
    Abstract: A ratchet wheel is provided for a fishing reel (e.g., a spinning reel or a dual-bearing reel). The ratchet wheel is mounted onto a first component of the fishing reel. The ratchet wheel being engagable with a claw member pivotally mounted to a second component of the fishing reel. The second component is configured to be rotatable relatively to the first component. The ratchet wheel has a mounting part and a plurality of teeth. The mounting part is configured to be mounted onto the first component. The teeth are radially disposed on one of an outer peripheral portion of the mounting part and an inner peripheral portion of the mounting part. The teeth extend from the one of the outer and inner peripheral portions. The teeth are configured such that two adjacent ones of the teeth selectively engage the claw member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Shimano Components (Malaysia) SDN, BHD
    Inventors: Baihaki Bin SABTU, Abu Supian Bin AHMAD, Md Shahid Bin SOWARNI, Chun Wee CHEW