Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Andou

Kazuaki Andou 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: 10047777
    Abstract: An anchor bolt (40) according to the present invention has a taper member (7) threadably engaged with the rod (4), and three or five abutment parts (12) fitted over the taper member (7). The taper member (7) has a cross section in a form of an equilateral triangle or pentagon, and three or five inclined surfaces (10) at respective sides of the triangle or pentagon. The inclined surfaces (10) are inclined closer to a central axis of the taper member (7) toward a base end of the anchor bolt (40). Each abutment part (12) has an inner surface (11) which is inclined closer to the central axis of the taper member (7) toward the base end and which abuts the inclined surface (10) of the taper member (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Howa Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Andou, Toru Yanai
  • Patent number: 9829026
    Abstract: An anchor bolt which is surely fixed to, for example, a rock wall and is easy to carry and store is provided. The anchor bolt according to the present invention has expandable devices (5) which are disposed at three locations of a rod (3). When the anchor bolt is inserted into a bore (2), a free end of an abutment part (16) of the expandable device (5) abuts an inner peripheral surface (26) of the bore (2), and expandable members (13) are held in the bore (2). In this state, when a taper member (12) is moved toward a base end of the anchor bolt along with the rod (3), an inclined surface (15) of the taper member (12) surface-contacts an inner surface (19) of the abutment part (16), and an outer peripheral surface (20) of the abutment part (16) is pressed against an inner peripheral surface 26 of the bore (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: HOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Andou, Toru Yanai
  • Publication number: 20170152879
    Abstract: An anchor bolt (40) according to the present invention has a taper member (7) threadably engaged with the rod (4), and three or five abutment parts (12) fitted over the taper member (7). The taper member (7) has a cross section in a form of an equilateral triangle or pentagon, and three or five inclined surfaces (10) at respective sides of the triangle or pentagon. The inclined surfaces (10) are inclined closer to a central axis of the taper member (7) toward a base end of the anchor bolt (40). Each abutment part (12) has an inner surface (11) which is inclined closer to the central axis of the taper member (7) toward the base end and which abuts the inclined surface (10) of the taper member (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuaki ANDOU, Toru YANAI
  • Publication number: 20160215805
    Abstract: An anchor bolt which is surely fixed to, for example, a rock wall and is easy to carry and store is provided. The anchor bolt according to the present invention has expandable devices (5) which are disposed at three locations of a rod (3). When the anchor bolt is inserted into a bore (2), a free end of an abutment part (16) of the expandable device (5) abuts an inner peripheral surface (26) of the bore (2), and expandable members (13) are held in the bore (2). In this state, when a taper member (12) is moved toward a base end of the anchor bolt along with the rod (3), an inclined surface (15) of the taper member (12) surface-contacts an inner surface (19) of the abutment part (16), and an outer peripheral surface (20) of the abutment part (16) is pressed against an inner peripheral surface 26 of the bore (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuaki ANDOU, Toru YANAI
  • Patent number: 6633094
    Abstract: Disclosed is a speed regulator for an automatically closing slide door for regulating a closing speed of an automatically closing slide door which is closed automatically, comprising; a generator associated with said slide door; an one-way clutch means for converting a linear movement caused during a closing motion of said slide door into a rotational movement and for transmitting said rotational movement to said generator; a resistor connected to an output of said generator; and a speed change means for changing said closing speed of said slide door, at a predetermined position before the closed position of said slide door, from a first predetermined speed to a second predetermined speed slower than said first predetermined speed by changing a resistance value of said resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Howa Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Andou