Patents by Inventor Hideki Shimahara

Hideki Shimahara 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).

  • Publication number: 20240183377
    Abstract: Expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve, and a wedge body located in a front region of the anchor bolt for wedging the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion sleeve has a front face facing the wedge body, wherein at least one expansion slit is provided within the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion slit has a mouth that is located adjacent to the front face, a stem that adjoins the mouth and a head that adjoins the stem, wherein the head is wider than the stem, and wherein the stem is located between the head and the mouth, wherein the stem is delimited by a first flank and by a second flank, characterized in that the first flank and the second flank are both non-planar throughout, so as to form at least one widening and at least one narrowing along the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Hideki SHIMAHARA
  • Publication number: 20240175459
    Abstract: Expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve that surrounds the anchor bolt, and a wedge body located in a front region of the anchor bolt for wedging the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion sleeve has a front face facing the wedge body, wherein at least one expansion slit is provided within the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion slit originates at the front face of the expansion sleeve, wherein the expansion slit has a stem and a head that ad-joins the stem, wherein the head is wider than the stem, and wherein the stem is located between the head and the front face, characterized in that the head is located off-centre with respect to the stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Hideki SHIMAHARA
  • Patent number: 11946499
    Abstract: An expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve surrounding the anchor bolt, and an expansion body located in a front region of the anchor bolt, wherein the expansion body has a converging zone for expanding the expansion sleeve. The expansion body has at least one expansion sleeve abutment wall facing the expansion sleeve. The invention also relates to a method for using such an expansion anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tanja Steinberg, Hideki Shimahara, Yijun Li, Matteo Spampatti, Christian Wachter, Guenter Domani, James Ary
  • Patent number: 11920619
    Abstract: An expansion anchor including an anchor bolt, and at least one expansion shell located at the anchor bolt, wherein the anchor bolt includes a wedge zone for expanding the at least one expansion shell, a neck zone accommodating at least parts of the expansion shell, the neck zone being located rearwardly of the wedge zone, an abutment zone forming a rearward stop for the expansion shell, the abutment zone being located rearwardly of the neck zone, and a rear zone for intruding tensile force into the anchor bolt, the rear zone being located rearwardly of the abutment zone, wherein the anchor bolt is provided with at least one forwards groove, located in front of the abutment zone. The anchor bolt is provided with an aligned rearwards groove, which is aligned with the at least one forwards groove, and which is located rearwardly of the abutment zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hideki Shimahara
  • Patent number: 11852176
    Abstract: An expansion anchor includes an anchor bolt and an expansion sleeve which encompasses the anchor bolt. The anchor bolt has an expansion-sleeve expansion region and an expansion-element expansion region. The expansion sleeve has an expansion element which is disposed on the expansion sleeve. The expansion sleeve is radially displaceable by the expansion-sleeve expansion region and the expansion element is radially displaceable by the expansion-element expansion region. The expansion element is disposed on the expansion sleeve on a side of the expansion sleeve that radially faces the anchor bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Haeussler, Hideki Shimahara, Mareike Frensemeier, Yijun Li, Wentao Yan, Arturo Guevara Arriola
  • Patent number: 11767870
    Abstract: An expansion anchor includes an anchor bolt and an expansion sleeve which surrounds the anchor bolt. The expansion sleeve has an expansion tongue and an anchor tongue and the anchor bolt has a backward-pointing expansion slope for radially displacing the expansion tongue and a backward-pointing anchor slope for radially displacing the anchor tongue. The backward-pointing anchor slope extends more steeply than the backward-pointing expansion slope at least in some regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Haeussler, Hideki Shimahara, Mareike Frensemeier, Yijun Li, Wentao Yan, Arturo Guevara Arriola
  • Patent number: 11719270
    Abstract: An expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve surrounding the anchor bolt, and an expansion body located in a front region of the anchor bolt, wherein the expansion body has a converging zone for expanding the expansion sleeve, and wherein the expansion body is provided with at least one expansion body recess. The at least one expansion body recess is delimited by an expansion sleeve abutment wall, and the at least one expansion body recess has a nonaxisymmetric cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Akiiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hideki Shimahara
  • Publication number: 20220112913
    Abstract: An expansion anchor including an anchor bolt, and at least one expansion shell, wherein the anchor bolt includes a wedge zone for expanding the at least one expansion shell, a neck zone accommodating at least parts of the expansion shell, the neck zone being located rearwardly of the wedge zone, an abutment zone forming a rearward stop for the expansion shell, the abutment zone being located rearwardly of the neck zone, an intermediate zone, the intermediate zone being located rearwardly of the abutment zone, and a rear zone for intruding tensile force into the anchor bolt, the rear zone being located rearwardly of the intermediate zone, wherein the anchor bolt is, within the neck zone, provided with at least one longitudinally running neck zone groove, and wherein the anchor bolt is, within the intermediate zone, provided with at least one longitudinally running intermediate zone groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Hideki SHIMAHARA
  • Patent number: 11280364
    Abstract: A device for torque limiting is provided, including a holding element for a nut or a screw head, the holding element including a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area of the holding element for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool, and the holding element including a receiving part having a receptacle in a front area of the holding element for rotatably fixedly accommodating the nut or the screw head. According to the invention, the holding element includes three torque-transmitting webs, which connect the receiving part and the top part and which form a predetermined breaking point. The invention also relates to a fastening arrangement made up of a device of this type and an expansion anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hideki Shimahara, Erich Infanger
  • Patent number: 11280363
    Abstract: A device for torque limiting, which includes a nut and a holding element including a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool. A receiving part has a receptacle in a front area of the holding element, in which the nut is rotatably fixedly accommodated. A device for torque transmission from the top part to the receiving part connects the top part and the receiving part and breaks at a limiting torque, interrupting the connection between the top part and the receiving part. The holding element includes at least one holding claw situated on the receiving part and securing the nut in the receptacle on the front side of the nut. A fastening arrangement made up of an expansion anchor and a device of this type for torque limiting as well as a method for manufacturing a device of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hideki Shimahara, Erich Infanger
  • Patent number: 11261895
    Abstract: A device for torque limiting, has a nut having a female thread. A holding element includes a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area of the holding element for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool and a receiving part having a receptacle in a front area of the holding element, in which the nut is rotatably fixedly accommodated, the top part having a passage, through which a threaded rod screwed into the nut may be led out of the holding element through the top part along the longitudinal axis of the device. The holding element includes a web connecting the receiving part and the top part and which forms a predetermined breaking point. In at least one longitudinal sectional plane of the device, the smallest wall thickness of the at least one web is present on a line segment of minimum wall thickness, which runs at an angle greater than 45° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the device. A fastening arrangement includes the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hideki Shimahara, Erich Infanger
  • Publication number: 20210372450
    Abstract: An expansion anchor includes an anchor bolt and an expansion sleeve which surrounds the anchor bolt. The expansion sleeve has an expansion tongue and an anchor tongue and the anchor bolt has a backward-pointing expansion slope for radially displacing the expansion tongue and a backward-pointing anchor slope for radially displacing the anchor tongue. The backward-pointing anchor slope extends more steeply than the backward-pointing expansion slope at least in some regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl HAEUSSLER, Hideki SHIMAHARA, Mareike FRENSEMEIER, Yijun LI, Wentao YAN, Arturo GUEVARA ARRIOLA
  • Publication number: 20210332841
    Abstract: An expansion anchor including an anchor bolt, and at least one expansion shell located at the anchor bolt, wherein the anchor bolt includes a wedge zone for expanding the at least one expansion shell, a neck zone accommodating at least parts of the expansion shell, the neck zone being located rearwardly of the wedge zone, an abutment zone forming a rearward stop for the expansion shell, the abutment zone being located rearwardly of the neck zone, and a rear zone for intruding tensile force into the anchor bolt, the rear zone being located rearwardly of the abutment zone, wherein the anchor bolt is provided with at least one forwards groove, located in front of the abutment zone. The anchor bolt is provided with an aligned rearwards groove, which is aligned with the at least one forwards groove, and which is located rearwardly of the abutment zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Hideki SHIMAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210317858
    Abstract: An expansion anchor including an anchor bolt, and at least one expansion shell located at the anchor bolt, wherein the anchor bolt includes a wedge zone for expanding the at least one expansion shell, an abutment zone forming a rearward stop for the expansion shell, the abutment zone being located rearwardly of the wedge zone, and a rear zone for intruding tensile force into the anchor bolt, the rear zone being located rearwardly of the abutment zone, and wherein, located between the abutment zone and the rear zone, and spaced from the abutment zone, the anchor bolt includes a bulged zone, which radially protrudes on the anchor bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Hideki SHIMAHARA
  • Publication number: 20210231150
    Abstract: An expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve surrounding the anchor bolt, and an expansion body located in a front region of the anchor bolt, wherein the expansion body has a converging zone for expanding the expansion sleeve, and wherein the expansion body is provided with at least one expansion body recess. The at least one expansion body recess is delimited by an expansion sleeve abutment wall, and the at least one expansion body recess has a nonaxisymmetric cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Hideki SHIMAHARA
  • Patent number: 11028867
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an expansion anchor is provided, in which a bolt is provided, which includes an expansion body for expanding an expansion sleeve surrounding the bolt, an annular sleeve blank having an opening is provided, the bolt is introduced into the opening of the annular sleeve blank, and the annular sleeve blank is reduced in diameter while the bolt is located in the opening of the annular sleeve blank. The invention also relates to expansion anchors, which may be obtained with the aid of the method according to the invention, in particular bolt-type anchors having closed annular expansion sleeves and, in particular, anchors having expansion sleeves with protruding noses, which are each situated on a closing fold of the expansion sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guenter Domani, Hideki Shimahara, Karl Haeussler
  • Publication number: 20210003160
    Abstract: An expansion anchor includes an anchor bolt and an expansion sleeve which encompasses the anchor bolt. The anchor bolt has an expansion-sleeve expansion region and an expansion-element expansion region. The expansion sleeve has an expansion element which is disposed on the expansion sleeve. The expansion sleeve is radially displaceable by the expansion-sleeve expansion region and the expansion element is radially displaceable by the expansion-element expansion region. The expansion element is disposed on the expansion sleeve on a side of the expansion sleeve that radially faces the anchor bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl HAEUSSLER, Hideki SHIMAHARA, Mareike FRENSEMEIER, Yijun LI, Wentao YAN, Arturo GUEVARA ARRIOLA
  • Patent number: 10823216
    Abstract: An expansion anchor includes a bolt as a first element and an expansion part as a second element. One of the two elements has a first rib running longitudinally along the bolt and the other of the two elements has a first groove running longitudinally along the bolt, where the first rib engages in the first groove. The one of the two elements has a second rib running longitudinally along the bolt and the other of the two elements has a second groove running longitudinally along the bolt, where the second rib engages in the second groove. A first catch of a snap connection is formed between the first rib and the first groove and a second catch of the snap connection is formed between the second rib and the second groove, where the first catch and the second catch hold the expansion part radially to the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hideki Shimahara, Christian Wachter
  • Publication number: 20200224695
    Abstract: An expansion anchor having an anchor bolt, an expansion sleeve surrounding the anchor bolt, and an expansion body located in a front region of the anchor bolt, wherein the expansion body has a converging zone for expanding the expansion sleeve. The expansion body has at least one expansion sleeve abutment wall facing the expansion sleeve. The invention also relates to a method for using such an expansion anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Tanja STEINBERG, Hideki SHIMAHARA, Yijun LI, Matteo SPAMPATTI, Christian WACHTER, Guenter DOMANI, James ARY
  • Publication number: 20190338796
    Abstract: A device for torque limiting, has a nut having a female thread. A holding element includes a top part having an entrainment profile in a rear area of the holding element for the rotatably fixed coupling of the top part with a setting tool and a receiving part having a receptacle in a front area of the holding element, in which the nut is rotatably fixedly accommodated, the top part having a passage, through which a threaded rod screwed into the nut may be led out of the holding element through the top part along the longitudinal axis of the device. The holding element includes a web connecting the receiving part and the top part and which forms a predetermined breaking point. In at least one longitudinal sectional plane of the device, the smallest wall thickness of the at least one web is present on a line segment of minimum wall thickness, which runs at an angle greater than 45° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the device. A fastening arrangement includes the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hideki SHIMAHARA, Erich INFANGER