Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Hora

Hirokazu Hora 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: 5867951
    Abstract: A seismic isolation sliding bearing for a structure, is made up of a dish 1 having a conical concave surface having a predetermined inclination or a spherical concave surface in its central portion, and a bearing element 2 in which the bearing element includes a base 3 whose portion for contact with the concave surface of the dish 1 is formed by a low-friction material, and a holder 6 which holds the base 3 so as to press it against the concave surface of the dish 1. The seismic isolation sliding bearing of the present invention neither resonates to the vibration period of any earthquake nor causes a large oscillation during a normal small vibration, but has a restoring force because of its structure which enables the bearing element to readily return to its original position after an earthquake ceases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd., Takafumi Fujita
    Inventors: Daisuke Yaguchi, Hiroshi Kurabayashi, Toshio Omi, Nobuyuki Sone, Takeshi Someya, Hirokazu Hora, Akira Matsuda, Takafumi Fujita