Patents by Inventor Masami SHIMBARA

Masami SHIMBARA 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: 9580840
    Abstract: A combing cylinder for a comber includes a cylinder shaft having threaded bores, and a base directly attached to the cylinder shaft. The base includes threaded bores formed in an inner surface of the base. The combing cylinder includes combing needles supported on an outer circumferential surface of the base and a balance weight directly attached to part of the cylinder shaft that is opposite from the part where the base is attached. The combing cylinder includes balance weight fixing bolts screwed to the threaded bores of the cylinder shaft to secure the balance weight to the cylinder shaft and base fixing bolts extending through the cylinder shaft and screwed to the threaded bores of the base to secure the base to the cylinder shaft. Each base fixing bolt includes a head, and the cylinder shaft includes in it a seat that receives the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Masami Shimbara
  • Patent number: 9567695
    Abstract: A combing cylinder of a comber includes a base and comb segments. The base includes mounting slots. Each comb segment includes a needle array and is detachably secured to the base via the associated mounting slot. The sizes of the needle arrays vary from one comb segment to another. The combing cylinder includes a cover. When at least one of the comb segments is detached from the base, the cover is mounted on the base to cover the mounting slot corresponding to the detached comb segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Masami Shimbara
  • Publication number: 20150167202
    Abstract: A combing cylinder for a comber includes a cylinder shaft having threaded bores, and a base directly attached to the cylinder shaft. The base includes threaded bores formed in an inner surface of the base. The combing cylinder includes combing needles supported on an outer circumferential surface of the base and a balance weight directly attached to part of the cylinder shaft that is opposite from the part where the base is attached. The combing cylinder includes balance weight fixing bolts screwed to the threaded bores of the cylinder shaft to secure the balance weight to the cylinder shaft and base fixing bolts extending through the cylinder shaft and screwed to the threaded bores of the base to secure the base to the cylinder shaft. Each base fixing bolt includes a head, and the cylinder shaft includes in it a seat that receives the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Masami SHIMBARA
  • Publication number: 20150167203
    Abstract: A combing cylinder of a comber includes a base and comb segments. The base includes mounting slots. Each comb segment includes a needle array and is detachably secured to the base via the associated mounting slot. The sizes of the needle arrays vary from one comb segment to another. The combing cylinder includes a cover. When at least one of the comb segments is detached from the base, the cover is mounted on the base to cover the mounting slot corresponding to the detached comb segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Masami SHIMBARA
  • Patent number: 8973219
    Abstract: A detaching roller apparatus in a combing machine includes a detaching roller and a plurality of electric motors. The detaching roller has a first end and a second end. The electric motors are connected to the detaching roller at positions adjacent to at least one of the first and second ends of the detaching roller for driving the detaching roller reversibly. The electric motors are synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Masami Shimbara
  • Publication number: 20140041157
    Abstract: A detaching roller apparatus in a combing machine includes a detaching roller and a plurality of electric motors. The detaching roller has a first end and a second end. The electric motors are connected to the detaching roller at positions adjacent to at least one of the first and second ends of the detaching roller for driving the detaching roller reversibly. The electric motors are synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Masami SHIMBARA