Patents by Inventor Hidefumi Kasai

Hidefumi Kasai 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: 6517339
    Abstract: A cavity (5) for a mold for molding a resin is formed by a fixed mold (1) and a moving mold (2), and a diamond-like carbon film (30) is formed on at least at a part to be contacted with a stamper (6) on a surface (2a) of the mold (2) to which the stamper (6) is attached with an intermediate layer (20) made of silicon, tungsten, titanium carbide, silicon carbide, chromium carbide, or the like which improves adhesion to the surface (2a) of the mold (2) interposed in-between to drastically increase useful life of the mold for molding a resin and also increase useful life of the stamper without causing damage thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Citizen Watch, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Miya, Osamu Sugiyama, Hidefumi Kasai
  • Patent number: 4371429
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a timepiece hand is disclosed, whereby the hand can be made extremely thin and lightweight, as well as strong and rigid. The timepiece hand is in the form of an open shell formed of hard nickel electro-forming. Because a minimum of mechanical working is performed upon the hand during the manufacturing process, bending distortion of the hand is avoided, and such a hand can be made substantially thinner than has been possible with manufacturing methods of the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1983
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Company Limited
    Inventors: Tadao Enomoto, Hidefumi Kasai
  • Patent number: 4221112
    Abstract: An electronic watch construction which comprises a casing, a watch glass supported by the casing, a module fixedly held in the casing and having a recess facing the watch glass, and a liquid crystal display cell at least a portion of which is disposed in the recess of the module, the display cell being fixedly mounted on one side of the module. An illumination device is disposed in the recess of the module below the liquid crystal display cell to illuminate the liquid crystal display cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Company Limited
    Inventors: Tadao Enomoto, Hiroshi Koide, Nobuo Ito, Hidefumi Kasai, Tsutomu Noguchi