Patents by Inventor Kousei SEKINO

Kousei SEKINO 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: 20240208083
    Abstract: An extension and contraction device includes a tape driving device configured to perform winding up of the tape and delivery of the tape. The tape driving device has a reel around which the tape is wound, a motive-power source configured to perform the winding up of the tape onto the reel and the delivery of the tape from the reel, a band member in which a first end side is constrained and a second end side is a movable free end, the band member being provided along an outer circumferential surface of the tape wound around the reel in the roll shape, and the band member being configured to press the tape against the reel, and tension adjusting mechanism configured to adjust tension of the band member by regulating a position of the free end of the band member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicants: AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY, KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi SAITO, Tatsuya IIZUKA, Kiriro SUZUKI, Kousei SEKINO, Yasushi SAITOU, Takuya ARAKAWA