Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Adachi

Ryoichi Adachi 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: 10080403
    Abstract: In a component-securing device, in a state in which a base member is secured to a component by the engagement of an engagement portion of a clip to a to-be-engaged portion of a joining pin, pushing a pair of pressing portions in an outer peripheral portion of the clip in a direction (see arrow A) of approaching each other makes the outer peripheral portion deform and a pair of joining pin insertion portions move in a direction of moving away from each other, and engagement between the engagement portion of the clip and the to-be-engaged portion of the joining pin is released, thereby enabling the clip to be polled out from the joining pin. Merely deforming the outer peripheral portion of the clip inward enables the engagement with the joining pin to be released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Mitsuo, Ryoichi Adachi, Masanori Seo
  • Publication number: 20160206053
    Abstract: In a component-securing device, in a state in which a base member is secured to a component by the engagement of an engagement portion of a clip to a to-be-engaged portion of a joining pin, pushing a pair of pressing portions in an outer peripheral portion of the clip in a direction (see arrow A) of approaching each other makes the outer peripheral portion deform and a pair of joining pin insertion portions move in a direction of moving away from each other, and engagement between the engagement portion of the clip and the to-be-engaged portion of the joining pin is released, thereby enabling the clip to be polled out from the joining pin. Merely deforming the outer peripheral portion of the clip inward enables the engagement with the joining pin to be released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Kazutaka MITSUO, Ryoichi ADACHI, Masanori SEO
  • Patent number: 9124022
    Abstract: In an accommodation space formed by a rotator and a stator, a flat cable and a dummy cable are accommodated. A retainer placed in a bottom part of the accommodation space is provided with a press guide for allowing a reversed part of the dummy cable, at which a winding direction thereof is reversed, to be pressed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20140235082
    Abstract: In a rotatable connector device, a plurality of first rotatable rollers are provided on a top surface of the retainer, the plurality of first rotatable rollers being located at a prescribed pitch in a circumferential direction of a phantom circle concentric with the retainer and being axially supported by the retainer so as to be rotatable; and a second rotatable roller is provided to face a part, of one of the plurality of first rotatable rollers, along which the reversed part is wound, the second rotatable roller being located away from the one first rotatable roller by a distance which allows the reversed part to be pressed to, and to be separated from, the one first rotatable roller and being axially supported by the retainer so as to be rotatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 8808016
    Abstract: A rotatable connector device includes a steering roll connector that accommodates a flat cable in an accommodation space in the state where the flat cable can be wound and unwound. Also, a plurality of rotatable rollers are located on a top surface of a retainer concentrically with the retainer at an equal interval in a circumferential direction of the retainer. A regulation section on which a reversed part is allowed to be pressed is provided on the top surface of the retainer at a position away from one of the plurality of rotatable rollers, namely, a rotatable roller, on the side of a part of the rotatable roller along which the reversed part can be wound. The regulation section is away from the part of the rotatable roller by a gap which allows the reversed part to contact or detached from the rotatable roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Adachi, Kazutaka Kamiya
  • Patent number: 8758024
    Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a stator and a rotator which rotates with respect to the stator concentrically with a steering; an accommodating space having a ring shape in a plan view, which is formed inside the stator and the rotator, and which accommodates a cable for electrically connecting the rotator and the stator in a wound state; and a retainer which is located on a bottom surface of the accommodating space so as to be able to guide the cable to rotate concentrically circle with the steering. The rotator includes an inner peripheral tube portion which forms an inner peripheral surface of the accommodating space. A rotator side abutting portion which abuts an upper surface inner peripheral portion of the retainer in a slidable manner is formed on a lower portion of the inner peripheral tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Adachi, Kazutaka Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20140011374
    Abstract: In an accommodation space formed by a rotator and a stator, a flat cable and a dummy cable are accommodated. A retainer placed in a bottom part of the accommodation space is provided with a press guide for allowing a reversed part of the dummy cable, at which a winding direction thereof is reversed, to be pressed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 8480160
    Abstract: There is provided a structure for mounting an attachment for vehicle capable of absorbing the marginal difference of a front spoiler and reducing the procedures for controlling the dimension of the front spoiler. The structure for mounting a front spoiler on a front bumper includes: a male clip provided on the front spoiler; an insertion hole provided on the front bumper for inserting the male clip therethrough; and a female clip engaged with the male clip and allowing the front spoiler to be held by the front bumper. The male clip is loosely inserted through the insertion hole and engaged with the female clip around the insertion hole via an abutting brim, thereby producing a gap between the insertion hole and the male clip, thus increasing the degree of freedom of positional adjustment, reducing the steps for mounting and controlling the accuracy of the attachment, reducing the overall cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Access Corp.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Mitsuo, Ryoichi Adachi, Jun Takada, Masanori Seo
  • Publication number: 20130095670
    Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a stator and a rotator which rotates with respect to the stator concentrically with a steering; an accommodating space having a ring shape in a plan view, which is formed inside the stator and the rotator, and which accommodates a cable for electrically connecting the rotator and the stator in a wound state; and a retainer which is located on a bottom surface of the accommodating space so as to be able to guide the cable to rotate concentrically circle with the steering. The rotator includes an inner peripheral tube portion which forms an inner peripheral surface of the accommodating space. A rotator side abutting portion which abuts an upper surface inner peripheral portion of the retainer in a slidable manner is formed on a lower portion of the inner peripheral tube portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventors: Ryoichi Adachi, Kazutaka Kamiya
  • Publication number: 20130065413
    Abstract: A rotatable connector device includes a steering roll connector that accommodates a flat cable in an accommodation space in the state where the flat cable can be wound and unwound. Also, a plurality of rotatable rollers are located on a top surface of a retainer concentrically with the retainer at an equal interval in a circumferential direction of the retainer. A regulation section on which a reversed part is allowed to be pressed is provided on the top surface of the retainer at a position away from one of the plurality of rotatable rollers, namely, a rotatable roller, on the side of a part of the rotatable roller along which the reversed part can be wound. The regulation section is away from the part of the rotatable roller by a gap which allows the reversed part to contact or detached from the rotatable roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Ryoichi Adachi, Kazutaka Kamiya
  • Patent number: 8382500
    Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a stator, a rotator rotatable relative to the stator, a base ring arranged between the stator and the rotator, a flexible flat cable (14), and a rotating roller. The flexible flat cable (14) has a conductor part (14a), and is configured to electrically connect the stator side and the rotator side to each other. The rotating roller is rotatably supported on the base ring, and brings an outer circumferential surface thereof into contact with the flexible flat cable (14), thereby guiding it. The rotating roller is molded by using a die. When a plane including a parting line that is formed at the outer circumferential surface of the rotating roller at a time of the molding is defined as an imaginary plane (90), the imaginary plane (90) is perpendicular to an axis of the rotating roller and does not overlap the conductor part (14a) of the flexible flat cable (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20120329314
    Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a stator, a rotator rotatable relative to the stator, a base ring arranged between the stator and the rotator, a flexible flat cable (14), and a rotating roller. The flexible flat cable (14) has a conductor part (14a), and is configured to electrically connect the stator side and the rotator side to each other. The rotating roller is rotatably supported on the base ring, and brings an outer circumferential surface thereof into contact with the flexible flat cable (14), thereby guiding it. The rotating roller is molded by using a die. When a plane including a parting line that is formed at the outer circumferential surface of the rotating roller at a time of the molding is defined as an imaginary plane (90), the imaginary plane (90) is perpendicular to an axis of the rotating roller and does not overlap the conductor part (14a) of the flexible flat cable (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Adachi
  • Publication number: 20110150598
    Abstract: There is provided a structure for mounting an attachment for vehicle capable of absorbing the marginal difference of a front spoiler and reducing the procedures for controlling the dimension of the front spoiler. The structure for mounting a front spoiler on a front bumper includes: a male clip provided on the front spoiler; an insertion hole provided on the front bumper for inserting the male clip therethrough; and a female clip engaged with the male clip and allowing the front spoiler to be held by the front bumper. The male clip is loosely inserted through the insertion hole and engaged with the female clip around said insertion hole via an abutting brim, thereby producing a gap between the insertion hole and the male clip, thus increasing the degree of freedom of positional adjustment, reducing the steps for mounting and controlling the accuracy of the attachment, reducing the overall cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Mitsuo, Ryoichi Adachi, Jun Takada, Masanori Seo
  • Patent number: 6840787
    Abstract: A rotating connector 1 comprising a rotating case 2 and a stationary case 3 connected together in a manner that the rotating case 2 can rotate relative to the stationary case 3 and that an annular space S is formed inside, and a plurality of flat cables 6, 7 held in the annular space S. In the annular space S, the flat cables 6, 7 are wound like a swirl, being U-turned at about the middle thereof with the help of a roller 8 arranged in the space S, and fixed to the rotating case 2 at one end and the stationary case 3 at the other end. The rotating case 2 can rotate relative to the stationary case 3 a plurality of times, with the winding of flat cables 6, 7 being tightened or loosened. The flat cable 7 is smaller in thickness than the flat cable 6 which is U-turned by being directly guided by a U-turn roller 9. Thus, the flap noise which tends to be produced when the winding is tightened is reduced or prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Adachi, Masatoshi Ushiyama
  • Publication number: 20040143943
    Abstract: A fastener comprises a flange having an insertion hole, a plurality of circumferentially spaced clamping legs extending from the flange, and a nut connected integrally to ends of the clamping legs. The nut and the clamping legs are inserted into a mounting hole of a workpiece. Then the nut is pulled toward the flange to cause buckling of the clamping legs. The fastener is set to the workpiece by clamping the workpiece between the buckled clamping legs and the flange. Each of the clamping legs has a buckling portion, a nut-side leg portion and a flange-side leg portion. The buckling portion is thinner than the nut-side and flange-side leg portions. The nut-side leg portion has a higher strength than the flange-side leg portion. A region of the nut-side leg portion adjacent to the nut has a lower strength than that of the remaining region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Minami, Shuji Kashimura, Ryoichi Adachi, Ichiro Kobayashi, Tomoaki Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20030129867
    Abstract: A rotating connector 1 comprising a rotating case 2 and a stationary case 3 connected together in a manner that the rotating case 2 can rotate relative to the stationary case 3 and that an annular space S is formed inside, and a plurality of flat cables 6, 7 held in the annular space S. In the annular space S, the flat cables 6, 7 are wound like a swirl, being U-turned at about the middle thereof with the help of a roller 8 arranged in the space S, and fixed to the rotating case 2 at one end and the stationary case 3 at the other end. The rotating case 2 can rotate relative to the stationary case 3 a plurality of times, with the winding of flat cables 6, 7 being tightened or loosened. The flat cable 7 is smaller in thickness than the flat cable 6 which is U-turned by being directly guided by a U-turn roller 9. Thus, the flap noise which tends to be produced when the winding is tightened is reduced or prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Adachi, Masatoshi Ushiyama
  • Patent number: 6548036
    Abstract: A process for producing carbon blacks having lower surface area and structure wherein steam is introduced into the combustion gas stream at a point located a distance “L” from the point of introduction of feedstock into the combustion gas stream such that the ratio L/D ranges from 0 to less than 1.0, where “D” is the diameter of the zone of the reactor at the point of introduction of feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Katsu Iida, Mitsuyuki Sasaki, Makoto Takahashi, Ryoichi Adachi
  • Patent number: 6409527
    Abstract: The rotating connector contains a first case and a second case, which are combined to be rotatable relative to each other and define an annular space inside; a ring member having a plurality of rollers arranged in the circumferential direction within the annular space, the ring member being capable of moving in the circumferential direction within the annular space; and a spirally wound belt-shaped transmission line having an inverting section at an intermediate portion thereof, where the winding direction of the transmission line is inverted by one of the rollers, one end and the other end of the spirally wound transmission line being connected to the first case and to the second case respectively. The second case has a bottom plate; the ring member contains, among the plurality of rollers, regulating rollers each having an abutting shaft to be abutted against the bottom plate, the abutting shaft controlling the face of the regulating roller opposing the bottom plate not to contact with the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric, Co., LTD
    Inventors: Ryoichi Adachi, Yoshimi Noro
  • Publication number: 20010055556
    Abstract: A process for producing carbon blacks having lower surface area and structure wherein steam is introduced into the combustion gas stream at a point located a distance “L” from the point of introduction of feedstock into the combustion gas stream such that the ratio L/D ranges from 0 to less than 1.0, where “D” is the diameter of the zone of the reactor at the point of introduction of feedstock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Inventors: KATSU IIDA, MITSUYUKI SASAKI, MAKOTO TAKAHASHI, RYOICHI ADACHI
  • Patent number: 5897394
    Abstract: A flat cable connection terminal giving stable connection terminal giving stable connection with a conductor (2) in a flat cable (1). The connection terminal (30) has a fork (31). The fork (31) has flat prongs (34) of a thickness equal to or somewhat smaller than the width of the conductor (2) and thick portions (32) projecting partially out from the flat prongs and of a thickness for fitting in the groove (14) of the terminal holder. The thick portions (32) are disposed to closely fit between partitions (12) to laterally stabilize the connections. The prongs (34) are formed thinner toward the frontmost ends. Further, the frontmost ends (33) of the prongs (34) facing each other across the (c) comprising the fork (31) have inclinations (33a) at the sides facing each other across the slot (c) so as to facilitate insertion over the bent back conductor (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Adachi