Patents by Inventor Keiichiro Masui

Keiichiro Masui 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: 11885366
    Abstract: A piercing nut according to the present invention includes an internal thread 11, a ring-shaped punching part 12, a ring-shaped groove 16, and a bearing surface 17. The internal thread 11 is formed at the center of a nut main body 10. The ring-shaped punching part 12 protrudes around the outer periphery of the internal thread 11. The ring-shaped groove 16 is formed around the outer periphery of the ring-shaped punching part 12. The bearing surface 17 protrudes around the outer periphery of the ring-shaped groove 16. The height h of the ring-shaped punching part 12 is equal to or lower than the height H of the bearing surface 17 in the opposite manner to the conventional technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsunami, Kazuhiro Koga, Keiichiro Masui, Kenichiro Araki, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Yuichi Katsumata
  • Patent number: 11878380
    Abstract: A device for fixing a nut to an inner surface of a pipe member having a small inner diameter is provided. The device includes a unit box (10) to be inserted into the pipe member, a rotation shaft (11) extending from the unit box (10) to the outside of the pipe member, a cam fixed to the rotation shaft (11) in the unit box (10), and a nut holder (18) that advances from the unit box (10) toward the inner surface of the pipe member by the rotation of the cam. A pressure receiving member to be abutted on the inner surface of the pipe member is provided on an opposite surface of the nut holder (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dan Kitajima, Kenichiro Araki, Kazuhiro Koga, Keiichiro Masui, Tsuyoshi Kojima
  • Patent number: 11725685
    Abstract: A caulking bolt includes a shank and a head, wherein a bearing face of the head has, along an outer circumference of the shank, a groove having a ring shape into which a crimped member is fitted. The caulking bolt includes projections and depressions for whirl-stop in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Fujimoto, Shigeki Matsunami, Keiichiro Masui
  • Publication number: 20230173624
    Abstract: A device for fixing a nut to an inner surface of a pipe member having a small inner diameter is provided. The device includes a unit box (10) to be inserted into the pipe member, a rotation shaft (11) extending from the unit box (10) to the outside of the pipe member, a cam fixed to the rotation shaft (11) in the unit box (10), and a nut holder (18) that advances from the unit box (10) toward the inner surface of the pipe member by the rotation of the cam. A pressure receiving member to be abutted on the inner surface of the pipe member is provided on an opposite surface of the nut holder (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: AOYAMA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dan KITAJIMA, Kenichiro ARAKI, Kazuhiro KOGA, Keiichiro MASUI, Tsuyoshi KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20220145925
    Abstract: A piercing nut according to the present invention includes an internal thread 11, a ring-shaped punching part 12, a ring-shaped groove 16, and a bearing surface 17. The internal thread 11 is formed at the center of a nut main body 10. The ring-shaped punching part 12 protrudes around the outer periphery of the internal thread 11. The ring-shaped groove 16 is formed around the outer periphery of the ring-shaped punching part 12. The bearing surface 17 protrudes around the outer periphery of the ring-shaped groove 16. The height h of the ring-shaped punching part 12 is equal to or lower than the height H of the bearing surface 17 in the opposite manner to the conventional technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: AOYAMA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki MATSUNAMI, Kazuhiro KOGA, Keiichiro MASUI, Kenichiro ARAKI, Tsuyoshi KOJIMA, Yuichi KATSUMATA
  • Patent number: 11015630
    Abstract: A nut is caulked and fixed to a plate material and a protrusion at an end of a collar is press-fitted into a recessed groove generated on the opposite surface of the plate material at the time of the caulking fixation, thereby fixing the nut and the collar to both surfaces of the plate material, respectively. The plate material is, for example, a metal panel, and the nut is, for example, a pierce nut. Since the collar is caulked and fixed, thermal strain is not generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Fufaba Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Fujimoto, Kazuhiro Koga, Keiichiro Masui, Yuusuke Asai, Masatoshi Tanabe, Hirotaka Niinomi
  • Publication number: 20200300287
    Abstract: A caulking bolt includes a shank and a head, wherein a bearing face of the head has, along an outer circumference of the shank, a groove having a ring shape into which a crimped member is fitted. The caulking bolt includes projections and depressions for whirl-stop in the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: AOYAMA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinori FUJIMOTO, Shigeki MATSUNAMI, Keiichiro MASUI
  • Publication number: 20190226514
    Abstract: A nut is caulked and fixed to a plate material and a protrusion at an end of a collar is press-fitted into a recessed groove generated on the opposite surface of the plate material at the time of the caulking fixation, thereby fixing the nut and the collar to both surfaces of the plate material, respectively. The plate material is, for example, a metal panel, and the nut is, for example, a pierce nut. Since the collar is caulked and fixed, thermal strain is not generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: AOYAMA SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD., FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinori FUJIMOTO, Kazuhiro Koga, Keiichiro Masui, Yuusuke Asai, Masatoshi Tanabe, Hirotaka Niinomi