Patents by Inventor Katsushi Washitzu

Katsushi Washitzu 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: 5090748
    Abstract: A small-size piping coupling joint, comprising a retainer member with a piping insertion hole perforated in a shaft center portion of a bottom wall and a plurality of locking claw walls projecting uniformly as tapered toward a rear side provided on a peripheral side wall portion, and a socket member provided with a flow hole in the shaft center portion ranging to a stepped expanded portion inside of an end portion on a coupling side, and having an engaging groove on an outer circumferential wall portion. With an outward swelling wall having a seal ring on the back positioned within the stepped expanded portion, the retainer member and the socket member are locked overlapping each other to connection, thus the locking claw walls are locked resiliently in the engaging groove on the socket member side to coupling of the piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Usui, Katsushi Washitzu, Kazunori Takikawa