Patents by Inventor Keiichi Keyaki

Keiichi Keyaki 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: 9220323
    Abstract: There is provided a pull tab post-attaching slider for a slide fastener. An upper blade of a slider body includes a first mounting portion. A free end portion of a pull tab attachment rod includes a second mounting portion. A blocking member includes a first mounted portion mounted on the first mounting portion and a second mounted portion mounted on the second mounting portion. One of the first mounting portion and the first mounted portion includes a first dovetail groove portion and the other includes a first fitting engagement portion having a first fitting engagement structure fitted into the first dovetail groove portion. One of the second mounting portion and the second mounted portion includes a second dovetail groove portion and the other includes a second fitting engagement portion having a second fitting engagement structure fitted into the second dovetail groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hamada, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Publication number: 20150335107
    Abstract: There is provided a pull tab post-attaching slider for a slide fastener. An upper blade of a slider body includes a first mounting portion. A free end portion of a pull tab attachment rod includes a second mounting portion. A blocking member includes a first mounted portion mounted on the first mounting portion and a second mounted portion mounted on the second mounting portion. One of the first mounting portion and the first mounted portion includes a first dovetail groove portion and the other includes a first fitting engagement portion having a first fitting engagement structure fitted into the first dovetail groove portion. One of the second mounting portion and the second mounted portion includes a second dovetail groove portion and the other includes a second fitting engagement portion having a second fitting engagement structure fitted into the second dovetail groove portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hamada, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 9185951
    Abstract: There is provided a vertically engaging slider made of metal, which is suitable for the industrial production. The front end wall of the slider according to the present invention has a plastically deformed portion caused by plastic working in which with the front end wall itself as a fulcrum, the back opening is deformed from an open state to a closed state in the upper-lower direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yuichi Iwase
  • Patent number: 9167871
    Abstract: A slide fastener slider has a body including an upper wing, a lower wing and a coupling pillar mutually coupling the respective upper and lower wings. The slide fastener slider has been cast molded to have a configuration where the post to which a pull is attached extends over the upper wing substantially in parallel with the upper wing, and then a logo or a pattern or the like has been engraved on the upper surface of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Shinya Honda
  • Publication number: 20150189955
    Abstract: A slider for a slide fastener is provided which is capable of quickly fastening and unfastening the slide fastener in a remote operation manner. A string having pull tabs on longitudinally opposite sides is fixed to a body of the slider for a slide fastener such that the string is not moved in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Kouji Yamagishi, Yohei Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 9072347
    Abstract: A slider for a slide fastener includes a stopper mechanism formed for “forward use,” in which the surface where coiled fastener elements are attached on a fastener tape is the front surface, can be used for “reverse use,” in which the surface where the coiled fastener elements are attached on the fastener tape is the back surface. The inner surface of the lower blade of the slider body of a slider has a protrusion that extends in the forward-reverse direction from a guiding bar towards a posterior opening. The protrusion has a first horizontal upper surface on the guide bar end of the protrusion that is highest and a second upper surface on the posterior opening end that is lower than the first upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hamada, Keiichi Keyaki, Yohei Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20150173463
    Abstract: A slide fastener slider has a body including an upper wing, a lower wing and a coupling pillar mutually coupling the respective upper and lower wings. The slide fastener slider has been cast molded to have a configuration where the post to which a pull is attached extends over the upper wing substantially in parallel with the upper wing, and then a logo or a pattern or the like has been engraved on the upper surface of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Shinya Honda
  • Patent number: 9038249
    Abstract: Providing a slider for a concealed slide fastener, capable of achieving a smooth sliding operation of the slider, even when the slider is applied to a seat cover for a seat and strong lateral pulling force is applied to the slider when the slide fastener is closed. A slider for a concealed slide fastener comprises a slider body having at least a lower blade, left and right side wall portions and left and right first flanges, and slider upper plate member engaged with the slider body and having at least a second flange projecting toward at least the left and right side wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yuichi Iwase
  • Publication number: 20150113771
    Abstract: A slider includes lower flanges placed on left and right side edges of a lower wing plate. Each of the lower flanges includes a downwardly inclined surface portion which is placed on the shoulder-opening-side tip portion on a side of its upper surface and on an outer side in a width direction of the slider, and which downwardly inclines toward a shoulder and downwardly inclines toward the outer side in the width direction of the slider. According to this, in a slide fastener having the slider, even if a sliding operation of the slider is repeated in the slide fastener, it is possible to avoid defects that the lower flange of the slider comes into sliding contact with the fastener tape and the fastener tape is broken, and it is possible to extend the life of the fastener tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yuuichi Miyazaki, Shinya Honda
  • Patent number: 9003614
    Abstract: Engaged portions formed on a tab holder are elastically engaged and attached to engaging portions formed on a first column portion and the rear side of a second column portion on an upper blade, and a pair of protrusions formed on the inner side of the tab holder are fitted in a recession formed on an inclined surface of the first column portion and a recession formed on an inclined surface of the second column portion. Further, stepped portions formed at both edge portions of both front and rear ends of the tab holder are brought in contact with end surfaces and inner sides of support walls installed at both edge portions of inclined surfaces. The slide fastener can improve attachment strength of the tab holder, implement excellent durability for a long period of time, excellent external appearance, and excellent assembly performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Ozawa, Keiichi Keyaki, Ryuta Kumano
  • Patent number: 9003860
    Abstract: A slide fastener slider has a body including an upper wing, a lower wing and a coupling pillar mutually coupling the respective upper and lower wings. The slide fastener slider has been cast molded to have a configuration where the post to which a pull is attached extends over the upper wing substantially in parallel with the upper wing, and then a logo or a pattern or the like has been engraved on the upper surface of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Shinya Honda
  • Patent number: 8991017
    Abstract: There is provided a slider for a slide fastener. A cover member is attached to a body in a cantilever manner to cover a pillar portion and a lock member. An opening/closing member slidably formed between the cover member and the body is configured to open and close an insertion gap. The cover member has a first surface which is formed on the rear end portion of the cover member in substantially parallel to the body, and a second surface extending rearward and upward at a predetermined angle from a rear end portion of the first surface. The opening/closing member has a third surface which overlaps with the first surface in an upward and downward direction and is formed in substantially parallel to the first surface, and a fourth surface extending rearward and downward at a predetermined angle from a rear end portion of the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hamada, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 8966720
    Abstract: A slider of the invention has a slider body and a tab, and first and second tab attachment posts of the slider body rotatably retain an attachment shaft portion of the tab. Further, a cover body covering at least the first and second tab attachment posts is fixed to an upper blade of the slider body. In accordance with this, since the slider has a good touch feeling and an improved outer appearance, it is possible to construct a slide fastener which is excellent in quality. Further, in the case that the slider has a stop mechanism, the stop mechanism can be protected by the cover body, and it is accordingly possible to prevent a trouble in the stop mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Miyazaki, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 8959727
    Abstract: Provided is a slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop having both an automatic stopper and the separable bottom end stop, of which structural components can be used for both left- and right-insertions. In the slide fastener, a stop pawl for the automatic stopper protruding into an element guide passage via a pawl hole is configured to be movable in the lateral direction to an insert pin side and a box pin side. Accordingly, when the insert pin is inserted into the element guide passage through a shoulder opening of a top slider to re-couple separated fastener stringers, the stop pawl can be retreated by the insert pin as being pushed. Accordingly, the insert pin can be smoothly inserted deeply to the top slider with small resistance force. Further, structural components of the slide fastener with the separable bottom end stop can be used for both left- and right-insertions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yuichi Iwase
  • Patent number: 8959729
    Abstract: A slider for a slide fastener is provided which is capable of quickly fastening and unfastening the slide fastener in a remote operation manner. A string having pull tabs on longitudinally opposite sides is fixed to a body of the slider for a slide fastener such that the string is not moved in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Kouji Yamagishi, Yohei Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20140331460
    Abstract: A slider provided with a stopping mechanism has a press molded slider body and a stopping pawl body. The stopping pawl body has a main body, a pawl portion extending from one end side of the main body, an extending portion extending from the other end side of the main body, and a projecting portion projecting from a tip portion of the extending portion, and the extending portion has a rotation support part of the stopping pawl body. A contact surface with which the rotation support part of the upper blade is in contact is formed into a flat surface. According to this constitution, a defect and failure of the stopping mechanism hardly occur in the slider, so that the stopping mechanism can be stably operated for a long period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 8806725
    Abstract: A slide fastener according to the invention includes a left-and-right pair of first and second fastener stringers, a box pin provided on the first fastener stringer, an insert pin provided on the second fastener stringer, and a pair of first and second sliders. The box pin has a box pin body, a stopper portion, and a ridge portion formed on the box pin body. Further, a chamfered portion is formed on an inner surface of at least one of the upper and lower wing plates of the first slider. The ridge portion is arranged at a position in close contact with the chamfered portion of the first slider when the first slider is stopped at the stopper portion. With this arrangement, it becomes possible to cause the user to be accustomed to securely slide the first slider to the normal insert-pin inserting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Takanori Ozawa
  • Patent number: 8782857
    Abstract: A slider with a stop mechanism includes a slider body having first and second post positions on an upper blade, a pull tab, and a bent leaf spring member. The leaf spring member includes first and second restraining portions which abut against the first and second post positions, respectively, to restrain upward movement. The first and second restraining portions are respectively disposed at positions to be spaced apart from the first and second post positions when the inclined angle ? of the pull tab is 0°. The first restraining portion is disposed in a relation to abut against the first portion and thus restrain the upward movement, when the inclined angle ? is in a range of 0°<?<180° or when the axis of the pull tab is spaced apart from the upper blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8782858
    Abstract: A slider has an upper blade of a slider body having an insert groove of a locking pawl, a temporary engagement portion for which temporary engages and fixes the locking pawl, and a claw hole. The temporary engagement portion is adapted so that, with the locking pawl fixed in position, the position in height of the upper end of the temporary engagement portion is the same as or lower than that of the upper surface of the upper blade. This prevents the temporary engagement portion from being pressed and crushed when the temporary engagement portion is in contact with the tab and so on. As a result, an automatic stop mechanism of the slider can stably function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi, Takanori Ozawa
  • Patent number: D709405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Shinya Honda