Patents by Inventor Naohiko Yamada

Naohiko Yamada 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: 9623932
    Abstract: A bicycle derailleur is basically provided with a base member, a movable member, a coupling structure and an attachment member. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle. The base member has an inner wire guide. The inner wire guide has an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The movable member supports a chain guide. The coupling structure movably couples the movable member to the base member so that the movable member is selectively movable relative to the base member. The attachment member is detachably and/or rotatably attached to the outlet portion of the inner wire guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Etsuyoshi Watarai, Naohiko Yamada, Souta Yamaguchi, Kenji Ose, Satoshi Shahana
  • Publication number: 20160167739
    Abstract: A bicycle derailleur is basically provided with a base member, a movable member, a coupling structure and an attachment member. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle. The base member has an inner wire guide. The inner wire guide has an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The movable member supports a chain guide. The coupling structure movably couples the movable member to the base member so that the movable member is selectively movable relative to the base member. The attachment member is detachably and/or rotatably attached to the outlet portion of the inner wire guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Etsuyoshi WATARAI, Naohiko YAMADA, Souta YAMAGUCHI, Kenji OSE, Satoshi SHAHANA
  • Patent number: 9278728
    Abstract: A bicycle shifting control apparatus comprises a transmission controller configured to control a guide actuator of a derailleur to move a chain guide of the derailleur between a plurality of shift positions in response to an input shifting signal. The transmission controller is configured to control, in a shifting operation of the chain guide between adjacent two shift positions of the plurality of shift positions, the guide actuator to temporarily decelerate the chain guide at a deceleration position defined between the adjacent two shift positions so that the bicycle chain engages with and/or disengages from one of the sprockets having a shift assist structure prior to completion of the shifting operation of the chain guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Taketoshi Sato, Hiroshi Tachibana, Kazuhiro Fujii, Mao Kuroda, Toshinari Ooishi, Naohiko Yamada