Patents by Inventor Shin Ihara

Shin Ihara 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 and apparatus for bending a metallic flanged member
    Patent number: 6253591
    Abstract: A method for bending a metallic flanged member includes the steps of applying a compressive force to a flange 2 of a metallic flanged member 1 in a direction that intersects a longitudinal direction of the metallic member for compression plastic deformation of the flange, and thereafter bending the metallic flanged member 1 along a flanged side thereof in such a manner that the flanged side of the metallic flanged member is situated on an inner side of a bending process, and an apparatus for use with the same method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sayama, Shin Ihara, Kazuya Okada, Toshiyuki Yokoyama