Patents by Inventor Norio Shirai

Norio Shirai 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 for producing joined belt
    Patent number: 8118966
    Abstract: A flat belt 20 is prepared. A first belt end 21 of the belt 20 has a finger shape and a second belt end 22 of the belt 20 has the complimentary shape to the first belt end 21. An adhesive is applied to one of an end face 21K of the first belt end 21 and an end face 22K of the second belt end 22 or to both. Next, both end faces 21K and 22K are butted. The butted portion B of the first and second belt ends 21 and 22 are pressed in the belt width direction. Due to this, the end faces 21K and 22K are bonded by the adhesive so that the first and second belt ends 21 and 22 become joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nitta Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiro Tamaki, Akimitsu Tsuji, Yoshihiro Konishi, Takashi Yamamoto, Norio Shirai, Yasuaki Taniguchi, Tetsuro Fujima, Koji Uchida
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING JOINED BELT
    Publication number: 20100021729
    Abstract: A flat belt 20 is prepared. A first belt end 21 of the belt 20 has a finger shape and a second belt end 22 of the belt 20 has the complimentary shape to the first belt end 21. An adhesive is applied to one of an end face 21K of the first belt end 21 and an end face 22K of the second belt end 22 or to both. Next, both end faces 21K and 22K are butted. The butted portion B of the first and second belt ends 21 and 22 are pressed in the belt width direction. Due to this, the end faces 21K and 22K are bonded by the adhesive so that the first and second belt ends 21 and 22 become joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: NITTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiro Tamaki, Akimitsu Tsuji, Yoshihiro Konishi, Takashi Yamamoto, Norio Shirai, Yasuaki Taniguchi, Tetsuro Fujima, Koji Uchida
  • Product trading system, product trading method, and computer program and recording medium for performing the method
    Patent number: 7047220
    Abstract: A product trading system has a production information accumulating means for accumulating production information of a product produced by each of mobile production machines under the seller's administration, a demand information accepting means for accepting demand information about the product which the seller would like to purchase, a matching processing means for performing a matching processing that derives optimal production information from the production information being accumulated in the production information accumulation means in consideration of freight cost based on the demand information accepted at the demand information accepting means, and a matching processing result presentation means for representing the buyer the processing results from the matching processing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Taguchi, Norio Shirai, Tadaharu Ishii
  • Product trading system, product trading method, and computer program and recording medium for performing the method
    Publication number: 20020087459
    Abstract: A product trading system has a production information accumulating means for accumulating production information of a product produced by each of mobile production machines under the seller's administration, a demand information accepting means for accepting demand information about the product which the seller would like to purchase, a matching processing means for performing a matching processing that derives optimal production information from the production information being accumulated in the production information accumulation means in consideration of freight cost based on the demand information accepted at the demand information accepting means, and a matching processing result presentation means for representing the buyer the processing results from the matching processing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito Taguchi, Norio Shirai, Tadaharu Ishii
  • Powder-air separator for use in a powder filling apparatus
    Patent number: 4662915
    Abstract: A powder-air separator with a filter made by sintering short-cut filament-shaped particles or by sintering a mixture of short-cut filament-shaped particles and ordinary atomized round particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1987
    Assignees: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Nippon Seisen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Shirai, Jotaro Kishimoto, Yukihide Noguchi, Hideomi Ishibe, Kiyoshi Nagai