Patents by Inventor Jirou Sakurai

Jirou Sakurai 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).

  • Clamping device
    Patent number: 6742777
    Abstract: A one way clamp mechanism C is composed of a clamping section 7 provided with a clamp pawl 10 and a locking section 8 in which an outer guide 22 of the clamping section 7 is slidably provided on a smaller diameter section 31 of the locking section 8. The one way clamp mechanism C is also composed of an inclined plane 28 provided on the outer guide 22, a lock ball 33 housed in a long opening 32 of a small diameter section 31, and a first spring 34. The lock ball 33 is biased to move in a locking direction (shown by the arrow A) by the first spring 34 and the clamping section 7 is biased to move in a locking direction by a second spring 37.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Jirou Sakurai
  • Clamping device
    Publication number: 20030094743
    Abstract: A one way clamp mechanism C is composed of a clamping section 7 provided with a clamp pawl 10 and a locking section 8 in which an outer guide 22 of the clamping section 7 is slidably provided on a smaller diameter section 31 of the locking section 8. The one way clamp mechanism C is also composed of an inclined plane 28 provided on the outer guide 22, a lock ball 33 housed in a long opening 32 of a small diameter section 31, and a first spring 34. The lock ball 33 is biased to move in a locking direction (shown by the arrow A) by the first spring 34 and the clamping section 7 is biased to move in a locking direction by a second spring 37.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventor: Jirou Sakurai