Patents by Inventor Seigou Sakagami

Seigou Sakagami 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).

  • Publication number: 20030073513
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid golf ball having exceptional rebound characteristics and flight performance, as well as good shot feel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Seigou Sakagami, Akihiro Nakahara, Satoshi Mano
  • Publication number: 20030064827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid golf ball which imparts a superior shot feeling to the golfer and exhibits stabilized repulsion performance when it is hit at any head speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Seigou Sakagami, Satoshi Mano
  • Patent number: 6541574
    Abstract: A core is enveloped by a cover with trans 1,4-polyisoprene as the main component, including a super accelerator formed of dithiocarbamate and/or xanthate, and vulcanized at a temperature lower than the melting point of trans 1,4-polyisoprene to provide a golf ball having high impact resilience and spinning performance. Also, a core is enveloped by an inner layer cover having trans 1,4-polyisoprene as the main component, including a super accelerator formed of dithiocarbamate and/or xanthate, and the inner layer cover is surrounded by an outer layer cover with trans 1,4-polyisoprene as the main component, including a super accelerator of an amount larger than that in the inner layer cover to provide a golf ball having high impact resilience and spinning performance, and whose cover material is sufficiently anchored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Takemura, Kazuhisa Fushihara, Seigou Sakagami, Kaname Yamada
  • Publication number: 20030050135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid golf ball having exceptional rebound characteristics and flight performance, as well as good shot feel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Seigou Sakagami, Akihiro Nakahar, Satoshi Mano
  • Publication number: 20030050136
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid golf ball having exceptional rebound characteristics and flight performance, as well as good shot feel. The present invention relates to a solid golf ball comprising at least one layer of a core, and at least one layer of a cover formed on the core, wherein at least one of the layers of the core is formed by vulcanizing and press-molding a rubber composition comprising a base rubber, co-crosslinking agent, organic peroxide, filler and specific organic sulfur compound which contains substituent groups having a substituent constant of not less than 1.42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Satoshi Mano, Masatoshi Yokota, Kiyoto Maruoka, Seigou Sakagami, Tetsuo Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20030032501
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid golf ball which gives a superior shot feeling to the golfer and exhibits stabilized repulsion performance when it is hit at any head speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Seigou Sakagami, Satoshi Mano
  • Patent number: 6464600
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf ball having high rebound characteristics and exceptional controllability at approach shot from the rough, which accomplished by controlling its cover material morphology. The present invention relates a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the base resin of the cover is formed from a material having at least two phases whose phase angle difference is at least 2 degrees as measured by using an atomic force microscope; a maximum phase angle phase, which is contained in the base resin of the cover and has an absolute value of a maximum phase angle, is present in the form of a continuous matrix; and a minimum phase angle phase, which has an absolute value of a minimum phase angle, is present in discrete locations within the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohei Takemura, Seigou Sakagami, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20020083625
    Abstract: A golf shoe 1 comprises a sole portion (an outsole) 3 and an upper portion 5. The sole portion 3 is formed of an elastic material such as crosslinked rubber or synthetic resin. The golf shoe 1 has a toe side flexibility evaluation value (Gt) of 0.0015 to 0.0100. The toe side flexibility evaluation value (Gt) is calculated by the following equation (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Seigou Sakagami
  • Publication number: 20020040539
    Abstract: A shoe (L) for a left foot includes an outsole body (1) Both side slip prevention projections (3a) and (3b) and a non-both side slip prevention projection (5) are formed on a bottom surface of the outsole body (1). The outsole body (1), the both side slip prevention projections (3a) and (3b) and the non-both side slip prevention projection (5) are integrally formed of a composition containing rubber or synthetic resin as a principal component. Each of the both side slip prevention projections (3a) and (3b) has a bottom surface to be a grounding surface, a toe side slip prevention wall and a heel side slip prevention wall. The toe side slip prevention wall is formed along a convex line in a direction of a toe. The heel side slip prevention wall is formed along a convex line in a direction of a heel. A shoe (R) for a right foot has a shape obtained by transversely inverting the shape of the shoe (L) for the left foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Toshihiro Horii, Seigou Sakagami
  • Patent number: 6354966
    Abstract: A multi-piece solid golf ball has rebound characteristics equal to conventional two-piece solid golf ball when hitting at high head speed, and better rebound characteristics when hitting at low head speed. This multi-piece solid golf ball has a core with an inner layer outer layer on the inner layer, and at least one layer of cover on the core, the inner layer core having an elastic modulus of 50 to 200 MPa, the outer layer core having at least one layer of low elastic modulus with elastic modulus lower than the inner layer core by 15 to 100 MPa; at least one layer of the lowest elastic modulus layer in the core has a total thickness of 0.2 to 5.0 mm and is placed from 6.5 to 20.5 mm away from the core center point with diameter 37 to 41 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Takemura, Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Seigou Sakagami, Masaya Tsunoda, Jun Ochi
  • Publication number: 20010029211
    Abstract: The present invention provides a golf ball having high rebound characteristics and exceptional controllability at approach shot from the rough, which accomplished by controlling its cover material morphology. The present invention relates a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering the core, wherein the base resin of the cover is formed from a material having at least two phases whose phase angle difference is at least 2 degrees as measured by using an atomic force microscope; a maximum phase angle phase, which is contained in the base resin of the cover and has an absolute value of a maximum phase angle, is present in the form of a continuous matrix; and a minimum phase angle phase, which has an absolute value of a minimum phase angle, is present in discrete locations within the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Kohei Takemura, Seigou Sakagami, Hiroyuki Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20010011045
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball having excellent rebound characteristics when hitting at low head speed because the rebound characteristics do not depend on the head speed at the time of hitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: Kohei Takemura, Masatoshi Yokota, Seigou Sakagami
  • Patent number: 5866636
    Abstract: A non-asbestos friction material containing a reinforcing fiber other than asbestos, organic fillers, friction adjusting ingredients, and a thermosetting resin for binding the reinforcing fiber, the organic fillers and the friction adjusting ingredients together. The friction adjusting ingredients contain magnesia in the form of aggregated particles which are an aggregate of minute particles. The use of magnesia in the form of aggregated particles reduces low-frequency noise and squeak while keeping the attack on the mating member low and keeping high the resistance to fading and the coefficient of friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Nitto, Tatsuya Sano, Seigou Sakagami, Masanori Ibuki, Hiroya Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 5236639
    Abstract: A carbon/carbon composite material is efficiently and economically produced while maintaining a certain degree of strength, by mechanically mixing a matrix carbon material and carbon fibers in proportions that are determined on the basis of the carbonization ratio of the matrix material and on the basis of the desired ratio of fibers to be contained in a resultant product. After pressure molding the mixture, the mixture is cured, and carbonized while being further pressurized. Thus, additional matrix material is provided which fills open pores left by evaporated matrix material at the time of molding, curing, etc., thereby increasing the density. A carbon/carbon composite material of good quality has been provided without requiring repetition of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seigou Sakagami, Yoshuke Takemura, Satoshi Wakamasu, Takatoshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 5202158
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of producing a high density fiber reinforced composite material operate for lowering the porosity of a porous fiber reinforced composite material. A large number of particles arranged in a reaction tube are pushed up by the pressure of gases flowing from a gas inlet port toward a gas outlet port to enter floating states and to collide with the porous fiber reinforced composite material which is fixed in the reaction tube. In this state, matricies are formed in pores of the porous fiber reinforced composite material through chemical vapor infiltration. The large number of floating particles prevent an adhesion between the surface of the porous fiber reinforced composite material and blocking with soot, while preventing the pores from blocking with soot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seigou Sakagami, Makoto Kawase, Satoshi Wakamatsu, Kouichi Iwata, Tadafumi Adschiri
  • Patent number: 4907677
    Abstract: A friction brake of a type which comprises at least one friction element and a counter-friction element frictionally engageable with the friction element. One of the friction and counter-friction elements is made of carbon and the other of the friction and counter-friction elements is comprised of at least two first and second portions both engageable simultaneously with such one of the friction and counter-friction elements during a braking operation. The first portion of such other of the friction and counter-friction elements is made of the same carbon material and the second portion thereof is made of ferrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinori Yamashita, Kouichi Iwata, Seigou Sakagami