Patents by Inventor Kisuke Watanabe

Kisuke Watanabe 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: 4234948
    Abstract: A structure for fixing a watchglass of a watch case, which comprises a watchglass fixing member having a ring-shaped recess and a flange formed at an upper portion of said recess, a watchglass having an outer diametric surface formed with an inclined guiding surface below said outer diametric surface, and a synthetic resin ring disposed in said recess of said watchglass fixing member and sandwiched between said recess and said watchglass and having a protrusion formed when said watchglass is press fitted into said synthetic resin ring, said protrusion serving as means for retaining said watchglass in a fixed place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Maekawa, Tsunetoshi Sekiguchi, Masahiko Waki, Hiroshi Koide, Kisuke Watanabe, Osamu Matsumura, Hisao Yamagata
  • Patent number: 4084990
    Abstract: A method for the fabrication of a decorative panel having a coarse, enlarged crystalline pattern characterized by applying a large rolling force at a draft ratio in excess of the critical draft ratio to a metal sheet; annealing the metal sheet at a temperature in excess of the recrystallization temperature in order to remove deformations caused by the rolling step; applying a prescribed pattern-like strain figures thereto; annealing the metal sheet in an anti-oxidizing atmosphere at a high temperature in excess of the recrystallization temperature in order to allow coarse, enlarged crystals to form; and subsequently etching the surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1978
    Assignee: Citizen Watch Company Limited
    Inventors: Kisuke Watanabe, Tsuneji Takasugi