Patents by Inventor Kiyohiro Saito

Kiyohiro Saito 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: 6270219
    Abstract: A plastic trial lens having a grip portion gripped when the lens is set in trial frames for trial lenses, an injection molded product for making the trial lenses, and a mold assembly for molding the injection molded product are provided. In the injection molded product molded by means of the mold assembly in an injection compression molding machine, a grip portion and a liquid guided and collected area are molded simultaneously with a lens portion on a periphery of the lens portion. When the injection molded product is dipped into hard coat liquid, the hard coat liquid is guided in the liquid guided and collected area to drip down and the remaining liquid without dripping down is collected in the liquid guided and collected area, thereby forming a coating film of uniform thickness on the lens portion. The plastic trial lens which is integrally provided with the grip portion is finished after the liquid guided and collected area is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 6210610
    Abstract: A gate top member 23 is placed to a gate 22 opened toward the circumferential edge of a molding spectacle-lens cavity 13 formed between inserts 11 and 12. The plural gate top members 23 each having a different height are previously prepared, and attached with a bolt to be exchanged. In pilot production, it is checked for each of various lenses which opening configuration of the gate 22 can form a spectacle lens with defined great-precision by exchanging the gate top member 23 in order to obtain each gate opening configuration changed by exchanging the gate top member 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Hiroshi Asami
  • Patent number: 6156242
    Abstract: A cavity 22 in an injection molding assembly includes a lower mold insert 21 for shaping a lens convex surface and an upper mold insert 20 for shaping a lens concave surface. When the heated injection molding assembly is cooled and a lens is ejected after a molten resin is pressurized by the upper mold insert 20, the temperature of the lower mold insert 21 is lowered below the temperature of the upper mold insert 20, which prevents the molded lens from bending at a central portion and enable high transfer precision of insert shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Hiroshi Asami
  • Patent number: 5972252
    Abstract: In an injection compression molding method of a lens, in which a mold is closed to preserve a predetermined compressing margin in a cavity 3 for a lens, molten resin is injected and fed into the cavity 3 for the lens, and compressed for the aforementioned predetermined compressing margin before or after the injection and the feed of the molten resin is completed, the predetermined compressing margin (the degree of slightly opening S.sub.(-)) for producing a minus lens is molded is defined to be larger than the predetermined compressing margin (the degree of slightly opening S.sub.(+)) for producing a plus lens is molded. As a result, even when the minus lens is molded, the larger area of the cavity can be ensure and a flow property of the molten resin in the cavity is improved, so that the molten resin reached the inside of the cavity 3 flow through the central portion of the cavity 3 into the peripheral portion, with the result that the appearance of a weld mark in the central portion is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Tatsuo Nishimoto, Hiroshi Asami
  • Patent number: 5948327
    Abstract: In an injection step, actual injection speed V is closed-controlled so that the actual injection speed V becomes equal to first or second preset speed V.sub.1 or V.sub.2 while comparing the actual injection speed V with the first or second preset speed V.sub.1 or V.sub.2 in the section between S.sub.0 and S.sub.1 from the time when injection of molten resin is started up to the time when the molten resin reaches this side of a gate portion 46 or the section between S.sub.1 and S.sub.2 from the time when the molten resin reaches this side of the gate portion 46 up to the time when the molten resin reaches the inside of a cavity 3. The injection speed V is open- controlled to third preset speed V.sub.3 in the section between S.sub.2 and S.sub.3 from the time when the molten resin reaches the inside of the cavity 3 up to the time when injection of the molten resin is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Hiroshi Asami
  • Patent number: 5855824
    Abstract: An upper die 1 of a movable die corresponding with a lower die 2 of a stationary die is composed of a die body 3 and a die fitting member 4, in which a back insert 29, a hydraulic cylinder 23 and a pressure receiving portion 30 as a holding member of an insert 20 forming a cavity 22 is abutted to the die fitting member 4 by being urged upward by a spring 32. After resin, fed into the cavity 22, is compressed with the insert 20 by lifting the die fitting member 4 down, when the die fitting member 4 is lifted up at the degree of slightly opening S, by lifting the insert 20 down to be relatively to the die fitting member 4 with an eject pin 34, a space A between a molding 44 and the insert 20 is to be smaller, and the molding 44 is pushed out by causing the eject pin 34 to lift the insert 20 down when the upper die 1 and the lower die 2 are separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Hoya Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Tatsuo Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 5752332
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 5724754
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Rvuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 5689904
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 5581913
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 5483760
    Abstract: A hard plate of spike shoes for track races comprises a plurality of small projections or small holes on an anterior forefoot portion in at least half the forefoot portion, and a plurality of large projections greater than said small projections or small holes on a posterior forefoot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kataoka, Masanobu Inohara, Ryuichi Tsukita, Toshio Suma, Kiyohiro Saito
  • Patent number: D341479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Yoshiyuki Murakami
  • Patent number: D341480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Yoshiyuki Murakami, Yasufumi Handa
  • Patent number: D341702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Yoshiyuki Murakami, Yasufumi Handa
  • Patent number: D341704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Yoshiyuki Murakami, Yasufumi Handa
  • Patent number: D341705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: ASICS Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka
  • Patent number: D341938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka
  • Patent number: D342151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Yoshiyuki Murakami, Yasufumi Handa
  • Patent number: D342152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka
  • Patent number: D342373
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Asics Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyohiro Saito, Masanobu Inohara, Akira Kataoka