Patents by Inventor Hikoharu Sugimoto

Hikoharu Sugimoto 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: 4620959
    Abstract: A method of releasing an inner mold from a rubbery elastic molding having a corrugation in its inner longitudinal cavity and adapted suitably for, but not limited to, use in an electrical bushing or electrical insulator, which method comprises steps: forming a partial space connecting to a pressure source at an interface between the molding and the inner mold; supplying a pressure medium such as a gas or a liquid from the pressure source into the interface via said space to form a desired space between the molding and the inner mold over its entire zone and to expand the inner cavity of the molding; and releasing the inner mold from the molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisaku Goto, Hikoharu Sugimoto, Nobuyuki Kato