Patents by Inventor Kenichi Yoshie

Kenichi Yoshie 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).

  • Publication number: 20240081490
    Abstract: This tape attachment has: one or more crossbar parts that extend along a first direction; a pair of side support parts that support the crossbar parts; and a whistle part provided with a blowing hole and a discharge hole, the whistle part having a hollow section in which the pressure of air guided from the blowing hole is increased, the hollow section being positioned on the downstream side in the air passage direction in relation to the discharge hole, and the hollow section being provided in at least a part of the crossbar parts and the pair of side support parts. It is thereby possible to reduce the size of a tape attachment provided with a whistle function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Takazakura, Kenichi Yoshie
  • Publication number: 20240077103
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector body and an attachment body. The connector body includes a pair of connecting holes, and the attachment body includes a connecting shaft. Connecting holes are formed in the pair of connecting hole portions, and the connecting shaft is provided with a bulge portion located in the connecting holes. Contact flat surfaces are formed in the connecting hole portions and the bulge portion, the contact flat surfaces being configured to come into surface contact with each other in a pulling direction of the connector body and the attachment body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Asahiko Sakai, Kenichi Yoshie, Naoyuki Ito
  • Patent number: 11571841
    Abstract: A plastic molded product includes a plastic body provided with a plurality of holes, which are recessed in a common depth direction, on a surface of the plastic body. The holes include: an inner surface including an inlet a specific reference plane perpendicular to the depth direction and including at least a portion of the inlet and a depth reference point, which is spaced away from a center point on an inlet side of the specific reference plane toward a bottom side of the hole, the depth reference point being spaced away by a distance equal to ¼ of a maximum value of an inlet side bore diameter on the specific reference plane. A deepmost portion of the inner surface of the hole is in a position which coincides with the reference point or is deeper than the reference point toward the bottom side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshie, Ming Yi Huang, Makoto Ueda
  • Patent number: 11375777
    Abstract: A side-release buckle includes a plug and a socket for inserting and engaging the plug, and when a cross section of the engaging surface is observed from an in-plane direction of the first mold mating surface defined by a first parting line of the plug, and from an direction perpendicular to an insertion direction, a surface to be engaged is located on the opposite side to a first belt winding portion with respect to the first mold mating surface, and has a first engaging surface forming an angle A1 with the first mold mating surface of 87° or more and 90° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YKK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshie
  • Publication number: 20200205528
    Abstract: According to one of various aspects of the present invention, a side-release buckle includes a plug and a socket for inserting and engaging the plug, and when a cross section of the engaging surface is observed from an in-plane direction of the first mold mating surface defined by a first parting line of the plug, and from an direction perpendicular to an insertion direction, a surface to be engaged is located on the opposite side to a first belt winding portion with respect to the first mold mating surface, and has a first engaging surface forming an angle A1 with the first mold mating surface of 87° or more and 90° or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Kenichi YOSHIE
  • Publication number: 20200164549
    Abstract: A plastic molded product includes a plastic body provided with a plurality of holes, which are recessed in a common depth direction, on a surface of the plastic body. The holes include: an inner surface including an inlet a specific reference plane perpendicular to the depth direction and including at least a portion of the inlet and a depth reference point, which is spaced away from a center point on an inlet side of the specific reference plane toward a bottom side of the hole, the depth reference point being spaced away by a distance equal to ¼ of a maximum value of an inlet side bore diameter on the specific reference plane. A deepmost portion of the inner surface of the hole is in a position which coincides with the reference point or is deeper than the reference point toward the bottom side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshie, Ming Yi Huang, Makoto Ueda
  • Patent number: 8720018
    Abstract: The lock member includes: a plate-like base portion positioned on a top side of the socket; a holder retaining the base portion to the socket; an operating portion connected to the base portion and movable in a direction intersecting the base portion by an external operation; and a lock portion restricting disengagement of the engaged portions and the engaging portions. The lock portion is positioned in the socket and connected to the operating portion via a joint inserted in the cutout. Without the external operation, the lock portion is present in movement paths where the engaging portions move to be disengaged from the engaged portions. When the operating portion is moved by the external operation, the lock portion is moved away from the movement paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshie, Ming Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 8677576
    Abstract: A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Tomoko Yagami, Yasutaka Nishida, Takeshi Harada, Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: 8601652
    Abstract: A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Tomoko Yagami, Yasutaka Nishida, Takeshi Harada, Kenichi Yoshie
  • Publication number: 20120260474
    Abstract: The lock member includes: a plate-like base portion positioned on a top side of the socket; a holder retaining the base portion to the socket; an operating portion connected to the base portion and movable in a direction intersecting the base portion by an external operation; and a lock portion restricting disengagement of the engaged portions and the engaging portions. The lock portion is positioned in the socket and connected to the operating portion via a joint inserted in the cutout. Without the external operation, the lock portion is present in movement paths where the engaging portions move to be disengaged from the engaged portions. When the operating portion is moved by the external operation, the lock portion is moved away from the movement paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Yoshie, Ming Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20120227222
    Abstract: A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Tomoko Yagami, Yasutaka Nishida, Takeshi Harada, Kenichi Yoshie
  • Publication number: 20120030913
    Abstract: A side release buckle includes a plug and a socket into which the plug is inserted for engagement. The plug includes: a base provided with a belt attachment; a pair of legs projecting from the base; an engaging portion formed to the legs; and a connecting portion connecting the legs to each other. The socket includes: a body provided with a belt attachment and an insertion opening; a housing space formed in the body and housing the legs inserted from the insertion opening; an engaged portion formed in the body and engageable with the engaging portion; and a cutout dented toward the insertion opening from an edge of the belt attachment. The cutout is formed over an area surrounded by the legs and the connecting portion when the legs and the connecting portion are housed in the housing space while the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Tomoko Yagami, Yasutaka Nishida, Takeshi Harada, Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: 7979966
    Abstract: The male member comprises a base to which a string member can be attached, a pair of legs that project from the base, and an engaging portion that projects from a top surface and a bottom surface of a distal end of each of the pair of legs. The female member comprises: a hollow female member body that comprises an inserting opening into which the male member is inserted and an accommodating space that accommodates the pair of legs of the male member inserted through the inserting opening; an engaged portion provided to an interior of the accommodating space of the female member body with which the engaging portion of the male member is engaged; and a guiding receptacle provided to the interior of the accommodating space to guide the engaging portion to the engaged portion. A guide that abuts to the engaging portion of the male member to guide the engaging portion to the guiding receptacle is provided to the inserting opening of the female member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshie
  • Publication number: 20090056089
    Abstract: The male member comprises a base to which a string member can be attached, a pair of legs that project from the base, and an engaging portion that projects from a top surface and a bottom surface of a distal end of each of the pair of legs. The female member comprises: a hollow female member body that comprises an inserting opening into which the male member is inserted and an accommodating space that accommodates the pair of legs of the male member inserted through the inserting opening; an engaged portion provided to an interior of the accommodating space of the female member body with which the engaging portion of the male member is engaged; and a guiding receptacle provided to the interior of the accommodating space to guide the engaging portion to the engaged portion. A guide that abuts to the engaging portion of the male member to guide the engaging portion to the guiding receptacle is provided to the inserting opening of the female member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: D585270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: D585271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: D585272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: D586648
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: D615854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yoshida, Kenichi Yoshie
  • Patent number: D972452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Takazakura, Kenichi Yoshie, Yohei Shimizu, Tetsuya Miyama