Patents by Inventor Minoru Iwagami

Minoru Iwagami 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).

  • Method and device for coupling a self-propelled truck with a carrying truck
    Patent number: 5350077
    Abstract: Method and device for coupling a self-propelled truck with a carrying truck, wherein the self-propelled truck is provided with a female engagement member having right and left catching spacings, whereas the carrying truck is provided with a male engagement pin, and wherein, while the self-propelled truck is moving along a rectilinear or curved path, the male engagement pin is caught and engaged in one of the right and left catching spacings, thereby effecting automatic, unmanned coupling of those two trucks. Also, an uncoupling arrangement is provided by disposing an uncoupling stand member at a proper uncoupling point and an uncoupling arm member at the self-propelled truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Taichi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nezu, Minoru Iwagami, Hisayoshi Kawashima