Patents by Inventor Shigenori Kudo

Shigenori Kudo 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: 10472754
    Abstract: A sewing machine threading device includes: hermetic lips capable of making hermetic contact with a peripheral band-ring-shaped region of needles surrounding thread exits of needle eye, and which further includes a peripheral band-ring-shaped pad which surrounds suction port holes which draw in air from the thread exits of the needle eyes; a needle thread suction conduit pipe connected to the suction port holes; a position switching mechanism which moves the hermetic lips to a threading position such that the hermetic lips are in contact with the needle with the suction port holes being aligned with the thread exits, and, when forming a stitch, retracts the hermetic lips from the needle and moves said hermetic lips to a standby position; and a pump which takes in one end of the thread to be inserted into thread entrances of the needle eyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru Sakuma, Mitsuharu Suzuki, Shigenori Kudo, Mitsuru Satou
  • Publication number: 20190048503
    Abstract: Provided is a sewing machine threading device, comprising: hermetic lips (7a-7e) which are capable of making a hermetic contact with a peripheral band-ring-shaped region (22) of needles (1a, 1b, 1e-1g) which surrounds thread exits (5a-5e) of needle eyes (1-1d, 1h-1j) of the needle, and which further comprises a corresponding peripheral band-ring-shaped pad (24) which surrounds suction port holes (6a-6e) which draw in air from the thread exits of the needle eyes of the needles; a needle thread suction conduit pipe which is connected to the suction port holes of the hermetic lips; a position switching mechanism which, when threading the needle, moves the hermetic lips to a threading position such that the hermetic lips are in contact with the needle with the suction port holes being aligned with the thread exits of the needle eyes of the noodle, and, when forming a stitch, retracts the hermetic lips from the needle and moves said hermetic lips to a standby position; and a pump which, with the needle thread suct
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventors: TOHRU SAKUMA, MITSUHARU SUZUKI, SHIGENORI KUDO, MITSURU SATOU
  • Patent number: D730411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigenori Kudo
  • Patent number: D955444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SUZUKI MANUFACTURING, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigenori Kudo