Patents by Inventor Shinpei Sugihara

Shinpei Sugihara 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: 11976479
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and having a first induction part provided on a tip end-side in the first direction, a second guide spaced from the first guide with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, and a twisting unit configured to twist the wire. The first induction part is constituted by a surface inclined in a direction in which the interval between the first guide and the second guide decreases from a tip end-side toward a base end-side of the first induction part in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11952154
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit; a curl forming unit; a butting part; a cutting unit; and a binding unit. The binding unit includes: a rotary shaft; a wire engaging body configured to move in an axis direction of the rotary shaft and to engage the wire in a first operation area in the axis direction, and to move in the axis direction and to twist the wire in a second operation area in the axis direction; a rotation regulation part; and a tension applying part configured to perform, in the second operation area, an operation of applying tension on the wire engaged by the wire engaging body in the first operation area. The tension applied to the wire is equal to or larger than 10% and equal to or smaller than 50% with respect to a maximum tensile load of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Ichiro Kusakari, Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20240075516
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a magazine including an accommodation part configured to accommodate a reel, and a lid part configured to cover the accommodation part to be openable and closable, a wire feeding unit configured to feed the wire in a forward direction in which the wire is pulled out from the magazine and in a reverse direction in which the wire is pulled back to the magazine, a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed in the forward direction is to be wound around an object, a binding unit configured to twist the wire fed in the reverse direction and wound on the object, and a plurality of regulating portions configured to regulate opening of the lid part from a closed state in which the accommodation part is closed by the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Osamu ITAGAKI, Shinpei SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240058857
    Abstract: A binding machine including a wire feeding unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The cutting unit includes a pair of blade parts that sandwiches and cuts a first wire and a second wire therebetween, a first butting portion against which the first wire is butted by relative movement of the pair of blades, and a second butting portion against which the second wire is butted. The cutting unit has a step portion provided between the first butting portion and the second butting portion by recessing the second butting portion with respect to the first butting portion along a moving direction of the pair of blade parts. The cutting unit has a regulation portion that regulates movement of the first wire in a direction from the first butting portion toward the second butting portion and provided between the first butting portion and the step portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Masato Utsugi, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11890732
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a body part, a feeding unit configured to feed a wire, a first guide and a second guide extending in a first direction from an end portion on one side of the body part, arranged with an interval, in which a binding object is inserted, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and configured to guide the wire fed by the feeding unit, a twisting unit configured to twist the wire guided by the first guide and the second guide, and a guide moving part configured to change the interval from a first distance to a second distance shorter than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11878823
    Abstract: A rebar binding machine comprises a curl guide that causes a wire to curl, a torsion part including a torsion shaft for twisting the curled wire, and a pair of grips that can be grasped by an operator. The grips are provided to the two axial sides of the torsion shaft as viewed from the operator side when the operator grasps the grips to perform an operation, and it is possible to change the height of the grips in the axial direction of the torsion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara, Satoshi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11858670
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around a to-be-bound object; a butting part against which the to-be-bound object is to be butted; a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the to-be-bound object; a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the to-be-bound object and cut by the cutting unit; and a tension applying part configured to apply tension to the wire to be cut at the cutting unit with a force higher than a force applied in a loosening direction of the wire wound on the to-be-bound object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara, Kouichirou Morimura, Yusuke Yoshida, Ichiro Kusakari
  • Publication number: 20230406557
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around a to-be-bound object; a butting part against which the to-be-bound object is to be butted; a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the to-be-bound object; a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the to-be-bound object and cut by the cutting unit; and a tension applying part configured to apply tension to the wire to be cut at the cutting unit with a force higher than a force applied in a loosening direction of the wire wound on the to-be-bound object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu ITAGAKI, Shinpei SUGIHARA, Kouichirou MORIMURA, Yusuke YOSHIDA, Ichiro KUSAKARI
  • Patent number: 11833573
    Abstract: A binding machine including a wire feeding unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The cutting unit includes a pair of blade parts that sandwiches and cuts a first wire and a second wire therebetween, a first butting portion against which the first wire is butted by relative movement of the pair of blades, and a second butting portion against which the second wire is butted. The cutting unit has a step portion provided between the first butting portion and the second butting portion by recessing the second butting portion with respect to the first butting portion along a moving direction of the pair of blade parts. The cutting unit has a regulation portion that regulates movement of the first wire in a direction from the first butting portion toward the second butting portion and provided between the first butting portion and the step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Max Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Masato Utsugi, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11781328
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a first body part; a second body part having a curl guide and a twisting shaft that holds and twists the curled wire; and an elongated connecting part connecting the first body part and the second body part. The curl guide includes a first guide part and a second guide part projecting in a first direction from the tip end of the second body part and disposed with a prescribed gap therebetween in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first body part and the second body part are disposed such that a virtual axis line is inclined toward the axis line of the twisting shaft, the virtual axis line connecting an intermediate position in the prescribed gap and an intermediate position in the lateral direction of the connecting part at the connection end of the connecting part with the first body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20230118858
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit, a cutting unit, a binding unit, and a transmission unit that transmits movement of the binding unit to the cutting unit. The binding unit includes a locking member that locks a wire, a sleeve that actuates the locking member, and a rotary shaft that actuates the sleeve. The transmission unit includes a displacement member to be displaced by movement of the sleeve, and a transmission member that transmits movement of the displacement member to the cutting unit. The cutting unit includes a movable blade part connected to the transmission member. The displacement member switches an amount of movement of the movable blade part and a force that can be generated by the movable blade part, within a moving range of the movable blade part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20230121520
    Abstract: A binding machine including a magazine in which a reel having a wire wound thereon is accommodated, a wire feeding unit configured to feed the wire pulled out from the reel accommodated in the magazine, a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around an object, a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the object, and a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the object and cut by the cutting unit. The magazine comprises, between an accommodation position of the reel and a feeding path of the wire, a partition configured to separate the accommodation position of the reel and the feeding path of the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Osamu ITAGAKI, Shinpei SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230122271
    Abstract: A binding machine including a wire feeding unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The cutting unit includes a pair of blade parts that sandwiches and cuts a first wire and a second wire therebetween, a first butting portion against which the first wire is butted by relative movement of the pair of blades, and a second butting portion against which the second wire is butted. The cutting unit has a step portion provided between the first butting portion and the second butting portion by recessing the second butting portion with respect to the first butting portion along a moving direction of the pair of blade parts. The cutting unit has a regulation portion that regulates movement of the first wire in a direction from the first butting portion toward the second butting portion and provided between the first butting portion and the step portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: MAX Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Masato Utsugi, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20230083035
    Abstract: A tool includes: a main body includes an output section provided on a front end portion in a longitudinal direction and accommodating a driving unit for driving the output section therein; a gripping unit provided on a lower surface side of the main body; a first hook attachment unit located on an upper surface side of the main body and to allows a hook opened at one side attached; and a second hook attachment unit located on a side surface side of the main body and allows the hook attached. The hook is attached to the first hook attachment unit so that an opening of the hook faces the front side in the longitudinal direction of the main body. The hook is attached to the second hook attachment unit so that the opening of the hook faces the lower side in an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinpei SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20230044936
    Abstract: A rebar binding machine comprises a curl guide that causes a wire to curl, a torsion part including a torsion shaft for twisting the curled wire, and a pair of grips that can be grasped by an operator. The grips are provided to the two axial sides of the torsion shaft as viewed from the operator side when the operator grasps the grips to perform an operation, and it is possible to change the height of the grips in the axial direction of the torsion shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi MORIJIRI, Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA, Satoshi HOTTA
  • Patent number: 11524802
    Abstract: A rebar binding machine comprises a curl guide that causes a wire to curl, a torsion part including a torsion shaft for twisting the curled wire, and a pair of grips that can be grasped by an operator. The grips are provided to the two axial sides of the torsion shaft as viewed from the operator side when the operator grasps the grips to perform an operation, and it is possible to change the height of the grips in the axial direction of the torsion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Morijiri, Nobutaka Tashima, Shinpei Sugihara, Satoshi Hotta
  • Patent number: 11486155
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a twisting unit configured to twist a binding member which is guided in a loop shape so as to wrap around an object, and thus to bind the object; a twist motor configured to drive the twisting unit; a circuit board having a mounting surface on which a control unit configured to control the twist motor is mounted; a body portion housing the twisting unit, the twist motor and the circuit board; and a handle portion protruding outward from the body portion. The circuit board is arranged between the twist motor and an inner wall surface of the body portion which is located toward the handle portion in such a manner that the mounting surface faces the inner wall surface and the circuit board is closer to the twist motor than the inner wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Terufumi Hamano, Makoto Kosuge, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20220316223
    Abstract: A binding machine includes a wire feeding unit, a curl forming unit, a cutting unit, and a binding unit. The wire feeding unit includes a feeding member having a part that is in contact with the wire and configured to feed the wire with being displaced along a feeding direction of the wire. An amount of contact between the feeding member and the wire is switched in accordance with the feeding direction of the wire. As compared to the amount of contact in an operation of feeding the wire in one direction, the amount of contact in an operation of feeding the wire in other direction, which is opposite to the one direction, is made larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Itagaki, Shinpei Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20220259875
    Abstract: A binding machine includes: a feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a guide part configured to wind the wire fed by the feeding unit around a binding object; a twisting unit configured to twist the wire wound on the binding object by the guide part; and a contact part against which the binding object is butted. The guide part includes: a first guide configured to curl the wire around the binding object butted against the contact part; a second guide configured to guide the wire curled by the first guide to the twisting unit; and an induction part provided to at least one of the first guide and the second guide, and configured to guide the binding object between the first guide and the second guide. The induction part is configured so that a distance between the induction part and the contact part is variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka TASHIMA, Shinpei SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: D939911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MAX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sugihara, Toshio Shimizu, Futoshi Kameda