Patents by Inventor Makoto Kashiwa

Makoto Kashiwa 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).

  • Current collecting contact member
    Patent number: 8141690
    Abstract: In a current collecting contact member 7 that is arranged on the side surface of a vehicle 1 so as to face a train wire 35 laid near a track 30 of the vehicle 1, and is configured so as to collect electric power from the train wire 35 by means of sliding contact with the train wire 35, a groove 10 extending upward from a lower end part 8d of the contact member body 8 is formed in a contact-side surface 8a of a contact member body 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Makoto Kashiwa
  • CURRENT COLLECTING CONTACT MEMBER
    Publication number: 20090205915
    Abstract: In a current collecting contact member 7 that is arranged on the side surface of a vehicle 1 so as to face a train wire 35 laid near a track 30 of the vehicle 1, and is configured so as to collect electric power from the train wire 35 by means of sliding contact with the train wire 35, a groove 10 extending upward from a lower end part 8d of the contact member body 8 is formed in a contact-side surface 8a of a contact member body 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto KASHIWA