Patents by Inventor Kentaro Norimatsu

Kentaro Norimatsu 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: 9533363
    Abstract: An indexable thread forming tap including: a body in a shaft shape; and a tip concentrically and detachably attached to a leading end portion of the body by screw-fastening and rotationally driven around an axial center along with the body for rolling of a female thread, the body being disposed with a screw hole concentrically to the axial center such that a screw shaft disposed on the tip concentrically to the axial center is screwed into the screw hole for the screw-fastening, a leading end surface of the screw shaft being pressed against a bottom surface of the screw hole into close contact with each other by the screw-fastening to integrally fix the tip to the body without the leading end of the body abutting on the tip, the body being disposed with a restraining hole concentrically to the axial center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: OSG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Osawa, Takayuki Matsushita, Kentaro Norimatsu, Tasuku Itoh
  • Publication number: 20150133226
    Abstract: An indexable thread forming tap including: a body in a shaft shape; and a tip concentrically and detachably attached to a leading end portion of the body by screw-fastening and rotationally driven around an axial center along with the body for rolling of a female thread, the body being disposed with a screw hole concentrically to the axial center such that a screw shaft disposed on the tip concentrically to the axial center is screwed into the screw hole for the screw-fastening, a leading end surface of the screw shaft being pressed against a bottom surface of the screw hole into close contact with each other by the screw-fastening to integrally fix the tip to the body without the leading end of the body abutting on the tip, the body being disposed with a restraining hole concentrically to the axial center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: OSG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiro Osawa, Takayuki Matsushita, Kentaro Norimatsu, Tasuku Itoh