Patents by Inventor Osamu MORINO

Osamu MORINO 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).

  • Safety belt and system for checking a usage status of the safety belt
    Patent number: 8482401
    Abstract: A safety belt includes a connecting member including a rope, an attaching portion connected to a first end of the rope and arranged to be attached to a body belt worn around a body of a worker, a hook connected to a second end of the rope, and a load detection portion arranged to detect whether or not a load is applied to the connecting member and to output a load detection signal. The safety belt also includes a control device that includes a receiver unit arranged to receive the load detection signal, a control unit arranged to determine a status of the worker or a status of the safety belt based on the load detection signal, and a notification unit arranged to provide a notification in accordance with control by the control unit corresponding to the determined status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Techno Links International, Inc., Fujii Denko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Morino, Akitomo Kozuki, Michihiro Murata
  • SAFETY BELT AND SYSTEM FOR CHECKING A USAGE STATUS OF THE SAFETY BELT
    Publication number: 20110090079
    Abstract: A safety belt includes a connecting member including a rope, an attaching portion connected to a first end of the rope and arranged to be attached to a body belt worn around a body of a worker, a hook connected to a second end of the rope, and a load detection portion arranged to detect whether or not a load is applied to the connecting member and to output a load detection signal. The safety belt also includes a control device that includes a receiver unit arranged to receive the load detection signal, a control unit arranged to determine a status of the worker or a status of the safety belt based on the load detection signal, and a notification unit arranged to provide a notification in accordance with control by the control unit corresponding to the determined status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: FUJII DENKO CO., LTD., TECHNO LINKS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Osamu MORINO, Akitomo KOZUKI, Michihiro MURATA