Patents by Inventor Koji Yamagishi

Koji Yamagishi 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: 20130255042
    Abstract: A slider for a slide fastener with an automatic stopper, includes a body forming an element guide passage into which fastener elements are insertable, a locking member swingably supported in the body by a pin and having a locking claw which is protrudable from a locking window hole formed in the body to the element guide passage and an urging member configured to urge the locking member so that the locking claw protrudes from the locking window hole to the element guide passage. A pair of lateral plate portions of the cover, which are disposed at both end portions of the pin are respectively provided with crimping protrusions which are abuttable against end faces of the pin and which are arranged at peripheral portions of a through-hole of the pair of lateral plate portions through which the pin penetrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: YKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi, Shinya Honda
  • Publication number: 20130160248
    Abstract: A slider with a stop mechanism includes a slider body having first and second post positions on an upper blade, a pull tab, and a bent leaf spring member. The leaf spring member includes first and second restraining portions which abut against the first and second post positions, respectively, to restrain upward movement. The first and second restraining portions are respectively disposed at positions to be spaced apart from the first and second post positions when the inclined angle ? of the pull tab is 0°. The first restraining portion is disposed in a relation to abut against the first portion and thus restrain the upward movement, when the inclined angle ? is in a range of 0°<?<180° or when the axis of the pull tab is spaced apart from the upper blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20110197403
    Abstract: A slider (1) has a slider body (2), a tab (5), and a locking pawl (6) having a claw portion (61). An upper blade (21) of the slider body (2) has an insert groove (32) into which the locking pawl (6) is inserted, a temporary engagement portion (34) for temporary engaging and fixing the locking pawl (6), and a claw hole (37) formed so that the claw portion (61) can be inserted therethrough. The locking pawl (6) is provided such that the claw portion (61) can be inserted into and detached from an element guide lane (28) through the claw hole (37) by elevating and lowering the tab (5). The temporary engagement portion (34) is adapted so that, with the locking pawl (6) fixed in position, the position in height of the upper end of the temporary engagement portion (34) is the same as or lower than that of the upper surface of the upper blade (21). This prevents the temporary engagement portion (34) from being pressed and crushed when the temporary engagement portion is in contact with the tab (5) and other members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi, Takanori Ozawa
  • Patent number: 7963008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin-made slider of the type that a pull tab is to be attached afterward, wherein a cantilever pull tab attaching lever is provided from a rear mouth side of an upper blade toward a shoulder mouth and has an engaging portion at a front end portion thereof, an engaged portion is provided on the shoulder mouth of the body so that the engaging and engaged portions can be engaged with each other, a concave portion is provided in the upper blade from a proximal portion toward the shoulder mouth, a gap portion is formed between the upper blade and the proximal portion, and the gap portion allows to form in the upper blade a first upper blade portion separated from the proximal portion and a second upper blade portion disposed from the proximal portion toward the shoulder mouth side and connected to the proximal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Hideya Take
  • Patent number: 7866012
    Abstract: A slider for a double-sided slide fastener includes: a body, having a first body, a second body opposed to the first body, an operating member, having a first member parallel to the first body and formed with a first groove and a second member parallel to the second body and formed with a second groove, and adapted to slide on the first and second bodies in a direction; a pawl member having a locking pawl configured to retractably project to a space of the body in accordance with a sliding operation of the operating member; and first and second pull-tabs, attached to the first and second grooves, respectively. A shaft portion of the first pull-tab can abut against an end portion of the first groove in the direction, and a shaft portion of the second pull-tab can abut against an end portion of the second groove in the direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yoshikazu Hamada, Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 7681696
    Abstract: The earthquake control operation system for an elevator includes: an earthquake information delivering device for calculating a predicted arrival hour of earthquake waves in accordance with a position of a registered building based on an emergency earthquake bulletin including at least a seismic center of an earthquake and an hour of occurrence of the earthquake; an earthquake information receiving device for receiving the predicted arrival hour through an Internet and calculating an earthquake arrival need time as a time required for the earthquake waves to reach the building based on the predicted arrival hour; and an elevator control panel for performing an operation of stopping an elevator car at a safety floor when the elevator car is traveling toward the safety floor, a car call for the safety floor is registered, and a stop time at the safety floor is shorter than the earthquake arrival need time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20080229555
    Abstract: A slider for a double-sided slide fastener with an automatic locking device, includes: a body, having a first body, a second body opposed to the first body, and a third body connected to the first body and the second body, which define a space; an operating member, attached to the body, and having a first member being parallel to the first body and formed with a first groove and a second member being parallel to the second body and formed with a second groove, the operating member adapted to slide on the first member and the second member in a direction; a pawl member, being in the body, and having a locking pawl configured to retractably project to the space in accordance with a sliding operation of the operating member; a first pull-tab, attached to the first groove; and a second pull-tab, attached to the second groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Yoshikazu Hamada, Koji Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20080196218
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin-made slider of the type that a pull tab is to be attached afterward, wherein a cantilever pull tab attaching lever is provided from a rear mouth side of an upper blade toward a shoulder mouth and has an engaging portion at a front end portion thereof, an engaged portion is provided on the shoulder mouth of the body so that the engaging and engaged portions can be engaged with each other, a concave portion is provided in the upper blade from a proximal portion toward the shoulder mouth, a gap portion is formed between the upper blade and the proximal portion, and the gap portion allows to form in the upper blade a first upper blade portion separated from the proximal portion and a second upper blade portion disposed from the proximal portion toward the shoulder mouth side and connected to the proximal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: YKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Hideya Take
  • Patent number: 7337510
    Abstract: The invention provides a high-quality slider for a slide fastener provided with an automatic locking device, wherein the slider comprises a body, a pull, and the spring with the locking pawl, the spring is formed in an inverted U-shape comprising an upper and lower elements by cutting and bending a linear material having a same cross-sectional shape, a locking pawl is provided at a front end of the lower element, the body comprises a front and rear side attaching portions, a housing groove is provided at each attaching portion to house the spring so as to fix it to the upper element, a projection amount regulating portion of the locking pawl is provided on a wall of a pawl hole to elastically contact a base portion of a pawl element thereto, and a rear face of the upper element attached to the rear side attaching portion regulates an upward movement of the pawl element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Publication number: 20070131486
    Abstract: The earthquake control operation system for an elevator includes: an earthquake information delivering device for calculating a predicted arrival hour of earthquake waves in accordance with a position of a registered building based on an emergency earthquake bulletin including at least a seismic center of an earthquake and an hour of occurrence of the earthquake; an earthquake information receiving device for receiving the predicted arrival hour through an Internet and calculating an earthquake arrival need time as a time required for the earthquake waves to reach the building based on the predicted arrival hour; and an elevator control panel for performing an operation of stopping an elevator car at a safety floor when the elevator car is traveling toward the safety floor, a car call for the safety floor is registered, and a stop time at the safety floor is shorter than the earthquake arrival need time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 7219401
    Abstract: A slider having an automatic stopper capable of accommodating a drooping piece of a leaf spring in a front face of a guide post of the slider and protecting it. In a body of the slider, upper and lower blades are connected via the guide post, and a groove portion which is open continuously in a vertical direction is provided at the front face of the guide post is provided. The drooping piece formed by bending an end of the leaf spring of an automatic stop mechanism disposed on a top face of the upper blade is engaged and accommodated within the groove portion and a projecting portion projecting forward is provided at a bottom end of the groove portion. The projecting portion is located below the drooping piece to protect a front end of the drooping piece and formed into a shape preventing a pointed object from being inserted between the drooping piece and the projecting portion, thereby protecting the slider from being destroyed intentionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Publication number: 20060075611
    Abstract: The invention provides a high-quality slider for a slide fastener provided with an automatic locking device, wherein the slider comprises a body, a pull, and the spring with the locking pawl, the spring is formed in an inverted U-shape comprising an upper and lower elements by cutting and bending a linear material having a same cross-sectional shape, a locking pawl is provided at a front end of the lower element, the body comprises a front and rear side attaching portions, a housing groove is provided at each attaching portion to house the spring so as to fix it to the upper element, a projection amount regulating portion of the locking pawl is provided on a wall of a pawl hole to elastically contact a base portion of a pawl element thereto, and a rear face of the upper element attached to the rear side attaching portion regulates an upward movement of the pawl element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Publication number: 20050125967
    Abstract: A slider having an automatic stopper capable of accommodating a drooping piece of a leaf spring in a front face of a guide post of the slider and protecting it. In a body of the slider, upper and lower blades are connected via the guide post, and a groove portion which is open continuously in a vertical direction is provided at the front face of the guide post is provided. The drooping piece formed by bending an end of the leaf spring of an automatic stop mechanism disposed on a top face of the upper blade is engaged and accommodated within the groove portion and a projecting portion projecting forward is provided at a bottom end of the groove portion. The projecting portion is located below the drooping piece to protect a front end of the drooping piece and formed into a shape preventing a pointed object from being inserted between the drooping piece and the projecting portion, thereby protecting the slider from being destroyed intentionally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: 6637078
    Abstract: It relates to a slider for slider fastener with locking device where a sheet-like spring having a locking pawl at one end is fixed at the other end on a body. A bent portion of a spring portion of the fixed spring is exposed at a guide post, and a pull is mounted between the body and the spring so as to be raised or laid. A cam is provided on a lower face of an axle of the pull, and the axle slides on an inclined guide portion on the body. When the pull is laid forward of the body, a gap is formed between an edge of a through hole of a grip portion of the pull and the bent portion of the spring. Even if a load is applied to the pull in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction, this gap prevents the spring from plastic deformation, so that the spring is never plastically deformed under any use condition, thereby ensuring an excellent locking function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Nagata, Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 6581250
    Abstract: The present invention provides a string fastening device which allows a string to be threaded thereinto easily, facilitates tightening of the string and enables the string to be gripped softly and captured accurately. The string fastening device can be used with its main body only and the main body includes a penetrating hole comprised of a sliding passage portion which allows the string to be moved freely and a braking passage portion for restricting movement of the string such that they adjoin. A narrow portion is provided at a joint portion so as to prevent the string from changing its path freely. The main body is made of thermoplastic elastomer to have elasticity. A rear face of the main body is formed to be a flat face. An attachment groove or sewing holes for sewing operation are provided around the penetrating hole. The main body is placed on a string threading hole in the cloth to be attached by a sewing thread to be fixed securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsushima, Hisashi Yoneshima, Yoshio Takamura, Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 6530132
    Abstract: A slider, which can be closed easily without a separation of a chain even if a lateral pulling load is applied to the fastener chain when the linear fastener chain is closed with the slider. An element pressing face, which is in contact with an inverted portion of a linear slide fastener element and putting it thereon, is provided along an inner side face of a flange formed on each of both right and left sides of an upper wing plate or a lower wing plate of the slider. A slope is formed on the pressing face from a front end thereof up to a vicinity of a bent portion of the flange such that it intersects an inner face of the upper or lower wing plates. A vertical wall is provided from the bent portion to a rear mouth so as to be erected from the upper or lower wing plates. The pressing face is formed on the vertical wall so that the inverted portion can be guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Morimasa Yoneoka
  • Patent number: D527311
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamagishi, Keiichi Keyaki
  • Patent number: D559148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Yamagishi
  • Patent number: D631790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Keyaki, Koji Yamagishi, Takanori Ozawa
  • Patent number: D646196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Yamagishi