Patents by Inventor Kiyohiko Matsumoto

Kiyohiko Matsumoto 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: 20220378028
    Abstract: A fishing rod is disclosed. The fishing rod includes a rod body. The rod body has a first cylindrical part. The first cylindrical part has a lower portion formed by a concave outer surface that is recessed and a convex inner surface that protrudes convexly along the concave outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyohiko MATSUMOTO, Takahiro YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 6269585
    Abstract: A fishing rod includes a tubular rod, an inner rod, and fishline guides. The inner rod has a fishline guiding passage therethrough, and is fitted in or detached from the tubular rod. The fishline guides project toward a center axis in the fishline guiding passage, and are fitted in or detached from the tubular rod. When the inner rod and the fishline guides are attached in the tubular rod, fishline is held by the fishline guides within the tubular rod, and it is drawn out or pulled back through an opening at the tip of the rod. When the inside of the rod is to be cleaned, the inner rod and the fishline guides are taken out of the tubular rod, and they are easily cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yasui, Takafumi Harada, Kiyohiko Matsumoto, Nobuyoshi Utsuno, Norio Hamayasu, Isamu Tokuda
  • Patent number: 5946845
    Abstract: A fishing rod includes a tubular rod, an inner rod, and fishline guides. The inner rod has a fishline guiding passage therethrough, and is fitted in or detached from the tubular rod. The fishline guides project toward a center axis in the fishline guiding passage, and are fitted in or detached from the tubular rod. When the inner rod and the fishline guides are attached in the tubular rod, fishline is held by the fishline guides within the tubular rod, and it is drawn out or pulled back through an opening at the tip of the rod. When the inside of the rod is to be cleaned, the inner rod and the fishline guides are taken out of the tubular rod, and they are easily cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Yasui, Takafumi Harada, Kiyohiko Matsumoto, Nobuyoshi Utsuno, Norio Hamayasu, Isamu Tokuda
  • Patent number: 5577338
    Abstract: A fishing rod has rod a plurality of sections (1, 2 and 3), a fishline guide (6), and fishline guide rings (9a-9e). The rod sections include an inner passage (P) through which fishline is to extend, a reel mount to which a reel is attached, and a fishline guide hole (2a). The fishline guide (6) is placed between the reel mount (5) and the fishline guide hole (2a) for guiding the fishline (L) to the fishline guide hole (2a). The fishline guide rings (9a-9e) are fitted to a guide portion of the fishline guide (6), a rim of an opening of the fishline guide hole (2a), and a rim of a rear opening of the inner passage (P) close to the fishline guide hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyohiko Matsumoto, Toshihiko Yasui
  • Patent number: 5441962
    Abstract: The use of isoquinolinone derivatives as an antiarteriosclerosis agent and antihyperlipoproteinemics. The derivatives are of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group and R.sub.2 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl group or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoharu Hasegawa, Kohji Shirai, Kiyohiko Matsumoto, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Isao Takahasi, Yuuiti Takarada, Mitsuyo Saito, Kumiko Yamamoto, Yositaka Takayama, Tsutomu Komazawa, Toshiji Sugai
  • Patent number: 5194207
    Abstract: A fishing rod is manufactured by forming a tubular small diameter portion on an outer surface of a rod material. The small diameter portion is formed continuous with and between a pair of walls substantially perpendicular to an axis of the rod material. Then a seat base is formed by placing a pair of dies around the small diameter portion and injecting a heated thermoplastic resin into a cavity (inside space) defined by the dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventors: Isamu Tokuda, Kiyohiko Matsumoto, Jun Saeki