Patents by Inventor Hidetsugu Iwata

Hidetsugu Iwata 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).

  • Method and apparatus for mounting and dismounting belts to and from pulleys
    Patent number: 8241159
    Abstract: A method for mounting a belt on a first pulley and a second pulley is disclosed, wherein a guide member and a fixing member is used. The method includes steps of winding the belt around a pulley groove of the second pulley; fitting the guide member in an inner groove of the first pulley; fixing the guide member on the first pulley using the fixing member; seating the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley using the fixing member; positioning the belt in the outer direction with respect to the axial direction of the first pulley, by the guidance of a belt introduction surface of the guide member; and rotating the first pulley in the rotational direction of the first pulley so as to seat the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetsugu Iwata
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING BELTS TO AND FROM PULLEYS
    Publication number: 20080155803
    Abstract: A method for mounting a belt on a first pulley and a second pulley is disclosed, wherein a guide member and a fixing member is used. The method includes steps of winding the belt around a pulley groove of the second pulley; fitting the guide member in an inner groove of the first pulley; fixing the guide member on the first pulley using the fixing member; seating the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley using the fixing member; positioning the belt in the outer direction with respect to the axial direction of the first pulley, by the guidance of a belt introduction surface of the guide member; and rotating the first pulley in the rotational direction of the first pulley so as to seat the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: HIDETSUGU IWATA