Patents by Inventor Fuminobu Ozaki

Fuminobu Ozaki 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: 8875452
    Abstract: A energy dissipating metal plate joins a pair of target members and exhibits energy dissipating performance corresponding to a relative displacement between the target members. The energy dissipating metal plate includes: a first joint part to be joined to one of the target members; a second joint part to be joined to other of the target members; and vibration dissipating parts which are provided on a transmission path of tensile force and compression force between the first joint part and the second joint part, and which have slits. Each of the first joint part and the second joint part is formed in a strip shape substantially parallel to a direction of the relative displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kawai, Fuminobu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 8590220
    Abstract: The invention provides a metal joint connecting a pair of subject members relatively displaceable in one direction, a metal joint connecting a pair of subject members relatively displaceable in one direction, the metal joint comprising: multiple first attachment portions attached to one of the subject members; a second attachment portion attached to an other of the subject members; and multiple plate portions connecting between the first attachment portions and the second attachment portion to each other, wherein an attachment direction of each of the first attachment portions with respect to one subject member and an attachment direction of the second attachment portion with respect to the other subject member are set so that a surfaces of the plate portions follow a direction of the relative displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminobu Ozaki, Yoshimichi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20130074427
    Abstract: A energy dissipating metal plate joins a pair of target members and exhibits energy dissipating performance corresponding to a relative displacement between the target members. The energy dissipating metal plate includes: a first joint part to be joined to one of the target members; a second joint part to be joined to other of the target members; and vibration dissipating parts which are provided on a transmission path of tensile force and compression force between the first joint part and the second joint part, and which have slits. Each of the first joint part and the second joint part is formed in a strip shape substantially parallel to a direction of the relative displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kawai, Fuminobu Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20120017523
    Abstract: The invention provides a metal joint connecting a pair of subject members relatively displaceable in one direction, a metal joint connecting a pair of subject members relatively displaceable in one direction, the metal joint comprising: multiple first attachment portions attached to one of the subject members; a second attachment portion attached to an other of the subject members; and multiple plate portions connecting between the first attachment portions and the second attachment portion to each other, wherein an attachment direction of each of the first attachment portions with respect to one subject member and an attachment direction of the second attachment portion with respect to the other subject member are set so that a surfaces of the plate portions follow a direction of the relative displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Fuminobu Ozaki, Yoshimichi Kawai
  • Patent number: D636800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminobu Ozaki, Yoshimichi Kawai
  • Patent number: D636801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Fuminobu Ozaki, Yoshimichi Kawai
  • Patent number: D636802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Kawai, Fuminobu Ozaki