Patents by Inventor Kunio Shimizu

Kunio Shimizu 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: 11898057
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate capable of efficiently forming a coating film excelling in weather resistance, scratch resistance, and toughness. The present invention provides: a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate, the composition containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1); a cured product thereof; and a laminate having a glass-substitute substrate and a coating film formed on at least one surface of the glass-substitute substrate. The coating film is a layer of a cured product of the weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate. [In formula (1), R1 represents a group containing an active energy ray-curable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Hiroshi Takahashi, Akihiro Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 11864489
    Abstract: A shearing mechanism is provided including a pair of blade units comprising shearing blades respectively; and a motion mechanism configured to move at least one of the pair of blade units along a predetermined trajectory in such a manner that a velocity thereof does not become zero while maintaining a relative posture of the pair of blade units, wherein the pair of blade units are configured to cut an object by overlapping the shearing blades of each other during the motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Kunio Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11866608
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition being capable of efficiently forming a coating film excelling in weather resistance, scratch resistance, and flexibility. The present invention provides: a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1); a cured product thereof; and a coated metal substrate having a metal substrate and a coating film formed on at least one surface of the metal substrate. The coating film is a layer of a cured product of the weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal. [In Formula (1), R1 represents a group containing an active energy ray-curable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Hiroshi Takahashi, Akihiro Shibamoto
  • Patent number: 11648656
    Abstract: An electric handheld working machine includes: a housing including: a motor as a drive source of a working unit; an operating handle; and attaching members provided on an outer surface of the housing and configured to attach a battery to supply electric power to the motor. The attaching members includes: a connecting terminal connected to the battery; a step provided above the connecting terminal and configured to function as a drainage path to drain drops of water to sides; and openings formed in the sides of the attaching members to communicate with the drainage path. The openings communicate with a cooling air flow path configured to allow cooing air to flow through a gap between a back surface of the battery attached to the attaching members and the outer surface between the attaching member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kunio Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20230016087
    Abstract: A trimming machine capable of releasing cutting edges from branches or the like, by reversing motor rotation without requiring additional operation (with normal operation) by a user, such as operating a forward-reverse switching lever, when blades are locked. The trimming machine includes: an electric motor; a blade drive gear rotationally driven by the electric motor; an eccentric cam provided in the gear; a pair of blades relatively slidably facing and contacting each other, which are reciprocated, by the eccentric cam, in relatively opposite directions along a longitudinal direction of the blades, thereby grinding cutting edges provided in a protruding manner with gaps therebetween in the pair of blades against each other; a trigger lever for driving the blades; and a control circuit (controller) that controls a rotational driving of the electric motor based on input from the trigger lever and switches a rotational direction of the electric motor at each time of the input from the trigger lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Toru KONO, Kunio SHIMIZU, Hisao KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20220400618
    Abstract: The reciprocating cutting blade apparatus includes: a pair of reciprocating cutting blades disposed to overlap one another in a thickness direction; a support member configured to reciprocably support the reciprocating cutting blades in a longitudinal direction; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a gap between the reciprocating cutting blades on a lower surface side of the support member. The adjustment mechanism includes: a screw hole provided in the support member; an adjustment screw including an external thread configured to threadedly engage with the screw hole through long holes provided in the reciprocating cutting blades; and a nut configured to threadedly engage with the external thread protruding from an upper surface of the support member to fix the external thread to the support member. The external thread protruding from the upper surface of the support member includes an operated portion configured to be operated to turn the adjustment screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Kunio SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11432468
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction. Each of the blades includes a base as a flat plate extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of teeth protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. A transmission case of the reciprocating blade apparatus also includes a reciprocating member having a joint detachably coupled to the base, the reciprocating member being reciprocably supported in the longitudinal direction. A blade support member is attached to the transmission case and configured to sandwich bases of the pair of reciprocating blades therebetween to allow the pair of reciprocating blades to move in the longitudinal direction. The blade support member supporting the pair of reciprocating blades is detachably attached to the transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Hisao Kodama
  • Patent number: 11432467
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction. Each of the blades includes a base as a flat plate extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of teeth protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction. A transmission case of the reciprocating blade apparatus also includes a reciprocating member having a joint detachably coupled to the base, the reciprocating member being reciprocably supported in the longitudinal direction. A blade support member is attached to the transmission case and configured to sandwich bases of the pair of reciprocating blades therebetween to allow the pair of reciprocating blades to move in the longitudinal direction. The blade support member holds a space to accommodate the pair of reciprocating blades and is independently attached to the transmission case. The pair of reciprocating blades is detachably attached to the blade support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Hisao Kodama
  • Publication number: 20220256774
    Abstract: A handheld driving apparatus is provided for mowing or cutting an object. The driving apparatus comprises: a container, a lock member, a trigger lever, and an action unit. The container is configured to extend from a rear side where a user is located toward a front side where the object is located. The lock member is configured to move between a first position and a second position, a straight line connecting the first position and the second position extending in a direction in which the container extends or in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the container extends. The trigger lever is configured to move between a third position and a fourth position, to be restricted from moving to the fourth position when the lock member is at the first position, and not to be restricted from moving to the fourth position when the lock member is at the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Kunio SHIMIZU, Hisato OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20220210969
    Abstract: A shearing mechanism is provided including a pair of blade units comprising shearing blades respectively; and a motion mechanism configured to move at least one of the pair of blade units along a predetermined trajectory in such a manner that a velocity thereof does not become zero while maintaining a relative posture of the pair of blade units, wherein the pair of blade units are configured to cut an object by overlapping the shearing blades of each other during the motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Kunio SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220151159
    Abstract: A reciprocating cutting blade apparatus includes: a pair of reciprocating cutting blades disposed to overlap one another in a thickness direction; an upper support member and a lower support member sandwiching and reciprocably supporting the reciprocating cutting blades; and a transmission case to which the upper and lower support members maintaining a distance therebetween are mounted. The transmission case includes: a grease inlet and an upper grease reservoir provided above the upper support member accumulating grease poured from the grease inlet and; a lower Grease reservoir provided below the lower support member and accumulating the grease poured from the grease inlet. The upper support member includes a through-hole communicating with the upper grease reservoir. The lower support member includes a through-hole communicating with the lower grease reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: KUNIO SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220087110
    Abstract: Provided is a hedge trimmer including an electric motor, a blade disposed ahead of the electric motor and a body case housing the electric motor. The electric motor includes a stator equipped with coils and an outer rotor which has a circumferential wall portion surrounding an outer circumference of the stator, the circumferential wall portion being equipped with magnets. The outer rotor is rotatably supported by the stator and connected to the blade via a driving transmission mechanism. The blade reciprocates according to the rotation of the outer rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisao KODAMA, Kunio SHIMIZU, Toru KONO
  • Publication number: 20220078977
    Abstract: The reciprocating cutting blade apparatus includes: a pair of reciprocating cutting blades disposed to overlap one another in a thickness direction; a support member configured to reciprocably support the reciprocating cutting blades in a longitudinal direction; and an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a gap between the reciprocating cutting blades on a lower surface side of the support member. The adjustment mechanism includes: a screw hole provided in the support member; an adjustment screw including an external thread configured to threadedly engage with the screw hole through long holes provided in the reciprocating cutting blades; and a nut configured to threadedly engage with the external thread protruding from an upper surface of the support member to fix the external thread to the support member. The external thread protruding from the upper surface of the support member includes an operated portion configured to be operated to turn the adjustment screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Kunio SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 11272671
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction, and a transmission case including a power train configured to reciprocate the pair of reciprocating blades. The power train includes a pair of eccentric cams, and a pair of reciprocating members including fitting holes in which the eccentric cams are fitted, respectively. The pair of reciprocating members is guided to be able to move along an axis line which is parallel to a moving direction of the pair of reciprocating blades and runs through a rotation axis of the eccentric cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: YAMABIKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Hisao Kodama
  • Publication number: 20220017776
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate capable of efficiently forming a coating film excelling in weather resistance, scratch resistance, and toughness. The present invention provides: a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate, the composition containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1); a cured product thereof; and a laminate having a glass-substitute substrate and a coating film formed on at least one surface of the glass-substitute substrate. The coating film is a layer of a cured product of the weather-resistant hard coat composition for a glass-substitute substrate. [In formula (1), R1 represents a group containing an active energy ray-curable functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio SHIMIZU, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Akihiro SHIBAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220017777
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition being capable of efficiently forming a coating film excelling in weather resistance, scratch resistance, and flexibility. The present invention provides: a weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal, the composition containing a polyorganosilsesquioxane having a constituent unit represented by Formula (1); a cured product thereof; and a coated metal substrate having a metal substrate and a coating film formed on at least one surface of the metal substrate. The coating film is a layer of a cured product of the weather-resistant hard coat composition for a metal. [In Formula (1), R1 represents a group containing an active energy ray-curable functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio SHIMIZU, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Akihiro SHIBAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210029887
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction, and a transmission case including a power train configured to reciprocate the pair of reciprocating blades. The power train includes a pair of eccentric cams, and a pair of reciprocating members including fitting holes in which the eccentric cams are fitted, respectively. The pair of reciprocating members is guided to be able to move along an axis line which is parallel to a moving direction of the pair of reciprocating blades and runs through a rotation axis of the eccentric cams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kunio SHIMIZU, HISAO KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20200404858
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes: a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction, each of which includes a base as a flat plate extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of teeth protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction; a transmission case including a reciprocating member having a joint detachably coupled to the base, the reciprocating member being reciprocably supported in the longitudinal direction; and a blade support member attached to the transmission case and configured to sandwich bases of the pair of reciprocating blades therebetween to allow the pair of reciprocating blades to move in the longitudinal direction. wherein the blade support member supporting the pair of reciprocating blades is detachably attached to the transmission case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: KUNIO SHIMIZU, HISAO KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20200406415
    Abstract: An electric handheld working machine includes: a housing including: a motor as a drive source of a working unit; an operating handle; and attaching members provided on an outer surface of the housing and configured to attach a battery to supply electric power to the motor. The attaching members includes: a connecting terminal connected to the battery; a step provided above the connecting terminal and configured to function as a drainage path to drain drops of water to sides; and openings formed in the sides of the attaching members to communicate with the drainage path. The openings communicate with a cooling air flow path configured to allow cooing air to flow through a gap between a back surface of the battery attached to the attaching members and the outer surface between the attaching member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventor: Kunio SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20200404857
    Abstract: A reciprocating blade apparatus includes: a pair of reciprocating blades stacked on one another in a thickness direction, each of which includes a base as a flat plate extending in a longitudinal direction, and a plurality of teeth protruding in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction; a transmission case including a reciprocating member having a joint detachably coupled to the base, the reciprocating member being reciprocally supported in the longitudinal direction; and a blade support member attached to the transmission case and configured to sandwich bases of the pair of reciprocating blades therebetween to allow the pair of reciprocating blades to move in the longitudinal direction. The blade support member holds a space to accommodate the pair of reciprocating blades and is independently attached to the transmission case. The pair of reciprocating blades is detachably attached to the blade support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: KUNIO SHIMIZU, Hisao KODAMA