Patents by Inventor Harunobu Kusumoto

Harunobu Kusumoto 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: 8844854
    Abstract: An electrically powered reel for fishing is presented, which enables the operator to perform a series of sounding operations smoothly and quickly and has superior graspability and holdability as well. The electrically powered reel for fishing includes: a spool which is provided between left and right side plates and of a main body of the reel, and around which a fishing line is wound; a drive motor which is provided in the main body of the reel and rotates and drives the spool; and an operation member which adjusts a power of the drive motor. In addition, when a space between an operation portion of the operation member and an operation portion of a clutch-OFF switching member is connected by a virtual shortest straight line, each component member of the reel is arranged so as to avoid the virtual straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Globeride, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Jyo, Tomoyuki Amano, Sakae Kobayashi, Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20130026276
    Abstract: An electrically powered reel for fishing is presented, which enables the operator to perform a series of sounding operations smoothly and quickly and has superior graspability and holdability as well. The electrically powered reel for fishing includes: a spool which is provided between left and right side plates and of a main body of the reel, and around which a fishing line is wound; a drive motor which is provided in the main body of the reel and rotates and drives the spool; and an operation member which adjusts a power of the drive motor. In addition, when a space between an operation portion of the operation member and an operation portion of a clutch-OFF switching member is connected by a virtual shortest straight line, each component member of the reel is arranged so as to avoid the virtual straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Hideki Jyo, Tomoyuki Amano, Sakae Kobayashi, Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 8182362
    Abstract: A weight piece (14) containing 15 wt. % or greater of iron and tungsten, and having a specific gravity of 9 or larger, larger than a material of a head body (10) made of steel or pure iron, is joined to the head body (10) by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Fu Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Takeshi Kasai, Atsushu Iijima, Hitoshi Tamura
  • Patent number: 7931542
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf club including a clubhead including a hosel portion having an internal screw portion and a first support surface; a shaft including a neck portion having an external screw portion which screws into the first screw portion and a second support surface opposed to the first support surface, and an adjuster element adapted to be interposed between the first support surface and the second support surface when the clubhead and the shaft are screwed together by the first screw portion and the second screw portion being screwed together, wherein a center axis of an insertion portion on the internal thread is formed is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a center axis of the shaft which results when the clubhead and the shaft are screwed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 7775906
    Abstract: A golf club has a shaft, and a head of a hollow structure fixed to an end of the shaft to be set to have a predetermined lie angle and a predetermined loft angle with respect to a reference horizontal plane. The head has a face portion which includes a ball hitting surface by which a ball is hit, a crown portion, a side portion, and a sole portion. A rib is provided at a part, which is lower than a central part of the face portion, on an inner surface of the face portion to protrude toward the center of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20100035701
    Abstract: The invention provides a golf club including a clubhead including a hosel portion having an internal screw portion and a first support surface; a shaft including a neck portion having an external screw portion which screws into the first screw portion and a second support surface opposed to the first support surface, and an adjuster element adapted to be interposed between the first support surface and the second support surface when the clubhead and the shaft are screwed together by the first screw portion and the second screw portion being screwed together, wherein a center axis of an insertion portion on the internal thread is formed is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a center axis of the shaft which results when the clubhead and the shaft are screwed together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: DAIWA SEIKO, INC.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 7448962
    Abstract: A golf club of the invention has a head with a hollow outer shell construction which includes a crown portion, a sole portion, a back portion, a toe portion, a heel portion and a face portion which hits a ball and a shaft that is to be mounted on the head at a predetermined lie angle, wherein a weight concentrated portion is provided closer to a back portion side than to an axis of the shaft in the interior of the head in such a manner as to rise from a heel side to a toe side of the head with respect to a reference horizontal plane which regulates the lie angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 7445564
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a hollow shell head body that defines a face portion for hitting a ball and a crown portion; and a weight-massed portion that is formed on at least crown portion, wherein the weight-massed portion extends in a face-to-back direction of the head body and has a larger mass than that of a peripheral portion of the head body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20080020858
    Abstract: A golf club has a shaft, and a head of a hollow structure fixed to an end of the shaft to be set to have a predetermined lie angle and a predetermined loft angle with respect to a reference horizontal plane. The head has a face portion which includes a ball hitting surface by which a ball is hit, a crown portion, a side portion, and a sole portion. A rib is provided at a part, which is lower than a central part of the face portion, on an inner surface of the face portion to protrude toward the center of the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: DAIWA SEIKO, INC
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 7115048
    Abstract: An iron head for a golf club having a metallic head body provided with a hosel part and a plate-like face body welded to the head body and made of a metallic material different from the metal of the head body so as to define a cavity between the back portion of the head body and the rear face of the face body in a manner such that the cavity extends to a position remote from the periphery of the face body located on the side of the heel of the head body toward the heel, and that a receipt portion of the head body provided for receiving the rear face of the face body on the heel side has a length thereof extending along the periphery of the face body on the heel side and being equal to or less than one forth of the length of the periphery of the face body on the heel side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Atsushi Iijima
  • Patent number: 7025117
    Abstract: A golf club head of the present invention. A cast head body 31 is constituted by a hollow outer shell. Said hollow outer shell define a top portion 35, a sole portion 37, a heel wall 45, a toe portion 39 and a face opening portion 33. A shaft securing portion 43 is formed adjacent to the heel wall and extended from the top portion to the sole portion. And a first hollow portion 47 is formed between the shaft securing portion and the heel wall of the head body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Akinori Sasamoto
  • Publication number: 20060073911
    Abstract: A golf club of the invention has a head with a hollow outer shell construction which includes a crown portion, a sole portion, a back portion, a toe portion, a heel portion and a face portion which hits a ball and a shaft that is to be mounted on the head at a predetermined lie angle, wherein a weight concentrated portion is provided closer to a back portion side than to an axis of the shaft in the interior of the head in such a manner as to rise from a heel side to a toe side of the head with respect to a reference horizontal plane which regulates the lie angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 6966848
    Abstract: A golf club head of the invention includes a head body formed by a hollow member, and a face member for forming a face. The face in which a thick-walled portion and a thin-walled portion are formed by forging a metal plate subjected to rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20050221913
    Abstract: A golf club head includes: a hollow shell head body that defines a face portion for hitting a ball and a crown portion; and a weight-massed portion that is formed on at least crown portion, wherein the weight-massed portion extends in a face-to-back direction of the head body and has a larger mass than that of a peripheral portion of the head body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 6926616
    Abstract: A golf club head of the present invention. A cast head body 31 is constituted by a hollow outer shell. Said hollow outer shell define a top portion 35, a sole portion 37, a heel wall 45, a toe portion 39 and a face opening portion 33. A shaft securing portion 43 is formed adjacent to the heel wall and extended from the top portion to the sole portion. And a first hollow portion 47 is formed between the shaft securing portion and the heel wall of the head body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Akinori Sasamoto
  • Publication number: 20040058746
    Abstract: An iron head for a golf club having a metallic head body provided with a hosel part and a plate-like face body welded to the head body and made of a metallic material different from the metal of the head body so as to define a cavity between the back portion of the head body and the rear face of the face body in a manner such that the cavity extends to a position remote from the periphery of the face body located on the side of the heel of the head body toward the heel, and that a receipt portion of the head body provided for receiving the rear face of the face body on the heel side has a length thereof extending along the periphery of the face body on the heel side and being equal to or less than one forth of the length of the periphery of the face body on the heel side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 6634958
    Abstract: A golf club includes a shaft and a head fixed to a forward end of the shaft. The said head has a recess formed in an upper surface of the head. The recess is not made to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventor: Harunobu Kusumoto
  • Publication number: 20030114245
    Abstract: A weight piece (14) containing 15 wt. % or greater of iron and tungsten, and having a specific gravity of 9 or larger, larger than a material of a head body (10) made of steel or pure iron, is joined to the head body (10) by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Takeshi Kasai, Atsushi Iijima, Hitoshi Tamura
  • Patent number: D491993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Masahide Akiyama
  • Patent number: D497964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Daiwa Seiko, Inc.
    Inventors: Harunobu Kusumoto, Takayuki Nagao