Patents by Inventor Kazuaki Tanimura

Kazuaki Tanimura 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: 7316533
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fastener made compact on the whole and capable of producing a strong fastening strength. To attain the object according to the invention, there is provided a fastener for being fitted to a fastening member (B) while continually exerting a tightening torque to the fastening member (B) fixedly screwed onto a mounting base, comprising a torsion coil spring formed in a winding shape so as to be inserted in an axial direction of the fastening member (B) into the fastening member (B) and having a fixing end (13) to be fixed onto the mounting base (A), and a detachable stopper (2) for restraining the torsion coil spring (1) in a state of accumulating a tightening torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Kashiraishi Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20060039773
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fastener made compact on the whole and capable of producing a strong fastening strength. To attain the object according to the invention, there is provided a fastener for being fitted to a fastening member (B) while continually exerting a tightening torque to the fastening member (B) fixedly screwed onto a mounting base, comprising a torsion coil spring formed in a winding shape so as to be inserted in an axial direction of the fastening member (B) into the fastening member (B) and having a fixing end (13) to be fixed onto the mounting base (A), and a detachable stopper (2) for restraining the torsion coil spring (1) in a state of accumulating a tightening torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventor: Kazuaki Tanimura
  • Patent number: 6880433
    Abstract: A tightening device includes an energizing member for energizing a tightening member to be secured to a tightening object. The energizing member integrally has at its one end an engaging part to be engaged with the tightening member. A switching member is connected to the tightening member for switching over to the constraining or operating state of the energizing force imparted to the tightening member by the energizing member. The switching member initially tightly holds the engaging part of the energizing member and the other end portion thereof to constrain the energizing force and is then separated from the engaging part and the other end portion of the energizing member to activate the energizing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kashiraishi Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Tanimura
  • Patent number: 6257813
    Abstract: An automatic screw clamping device for automatically tightening bolts fitted in a metallic mount member, which is hard to nail includes a casing (2), a rotator (4) disposed in the casing (2) in a manner that the rotator may rotate and move up and down, a biasing member (5) connected with the rotator (4) and the casing (2), and a covering member for covering over the casing (2). Fitments are provided on the lower end of the casing (2). The rotator (4) includes an inner periphery having an engaging portion (41) that can unrotatably mesh with the clamped member (n), and includes an outer periphery with a locking portion (42) which is unrotatably lockable to the casing (2). The rotator (4) locked to the casing (2) is engaged with the clamped member (n) to press the casing (2) downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Inventor: Kazuaki Tanimura