Patents by Inventor Eiji Konno

Eiji Konno 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: 5096224
    Abstract: A through anchor suitable for use in a seat belt system is disclosed. In use, the through anchor is mounted by way of a through bore formed in a fixing member arranged on a side of a vehicle body. The through anchor comprises a metal plate, a fixing bolt, a resin covering and an internally-threaded member. The metal plate defines therein a through hole and a webbing slot. The fixing bolt has a head portion, a threaded portion and a base portion. The resin covering is molded as an integral member on a surface of the head portion of the fixing bolt and a surface of the metal plate. The internally-threaded member has a cylindrical portion and a flange portion extending radially and outwardly from the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Murakami, Eiji Konno
  • Patent number: 5033691
    Abstract: A webbing retractor includes a base, a take-up spindle supported rotatably on the base, a ratchet wheel mounted on the take-up spindle, a pawl engageable with the ratchet wheel, and a means supporting the pawl on the base. The supporting means includes a pawl pin having a large-diameter portion and small-diameter portion, a hole receiving the small-diameter portion of the pawl pin, a means for preventing the pawl pin from slipping off from the hole, and a bulged part pressed out in the direction of the thickness of the base. The bulged part has outer wall defining the hole and extending substantially in parallel to the base and a shoulder portion extending between the base and outer wall. The large-diameter portion of the pawl pin is arranged within the bulged part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuo Tada, Eiji Konno