Patents by Inventor Shoichiro Komiya
Shoichiro Komiya 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).
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Patent number: 7617669Abstract: A cable protection and guide device in which disengagement of a connection pin from a connecting pin hole is prevented. A cable protection and guide device in which a number of link frame bodies are flexibly and sequentially connected to each other such that a connecting pin of a preceding link plate is inserted into a connecting pin hole of the subsequent link plates. Cutout opening portions reside in the link plates. Connecting pins are inserted into the connecting pin hole 114. The connecting pins pass through a cutout portion of the side plate. Cutout opening portions in the link plates communicate with the connecting pin holes. A filling member integrally formed in the lid-shaped connecting arm seals against the connecting pin.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Tsubakitmoto Co.Inventors: Shoichiro Komiya, Kouichi Kaihotsu, Takayuki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20090266046Abstract: A cable protection and guide device in which disengagement of a connection pin from a connecting pin hole is prevented. A cable protection and guide device in which a number of link frame bodies are flexibly and sequentially connected to each other such that a connecting pin of a preceding link plate is inserted into a connecting pin hole of the subsequent link plates. Cutout opening portions reside in the link plates. Connecting pins are inserted into the connecting pin hole 114. The connecting pins pass through a cutout portion of the side plate. Cutout opening portions in the link plates communicate with the connecting pin holes. A filling member integrally formed in the lid-shaped connecting arm seals against the connecting pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: SHOICHIRO KOMIYA, Kouichi Kaihotsu, Takayuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 7591128Abstract: A cable protection and guide device, wherein: the warp in front and rear side portions of link plates in the width direction is reliably limited so that an inadvertent disengagement between the link plates is completely blocked. The connection between the link plates is easy and manufacturing of the link plates is easy. Short arc-shaped warp limiting lock grooves are formed along a path coaxially spaced from a connecting pin or a connecting pin hole. Short arc-shaped warp limiting lock pieces are fitted to the short arc-shaped warp limiting lock grooves in a concave element/convex element engagement opposed surfaces of the link plates connected in the longitudinal direction so that warping in the front and rear side portions of the link plates in a width direction is limited.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2008Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain CO.Inventor: Shoichiro Komiya
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Patent number: 7559340Abstract: A tube type cable protection and guide device in which the device can be easily manufactured by extrusion molding without changing the size of a mold so that devices of different lengths can be made. Smooth linear and flexional movements can be made while sufficiently ensuring dimensional stability and torsional rigidity of the device thus assuring stability of the cable accommodating space. A tube type cable protection and guide device includes integrally molded inner circumferential wall forming portions. The inner wall forming portions are interdigitatedly fitted in a male-female relationship in a longitudinal direction of the sheet forming a flush inner flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 14, 2009Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya, Katsuhide Yamashita, Takayuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 7526910Abstract: A cable or the like protection and guide device is disclosed and claimed. The shape of a shoe, which is mounted on the cable or the like protection and guide device, and a structure of a mounting portion on a cable or the like protection and guide device side, are simplified, the collision sound generated when shoes slide on each other is suppressed and the endurance of the shoe is improved whereby a long life is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventor: Shoichiro Komiya
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Patent number: 7520122Abstract: A cable protection and guide device in which maintenance of cables is easily performed without completely removing a cable accommodating space extension arm from a side plate is disclosed. Inadvertent disengagement of the cable accommodating space extension arm is prevented because the arm strongly engages the side plates of the device. The cable protection and guide device includes a number of pairs of right and left side plates connected to each other. Cable accommodating space extension arms are bridged over the flexional inner circumferential sides of at least one pair of side plates. D-shaped pin hinge shafts in the hinge ends of the arms are detachably interengaged with a groove in one of the side plates and thus permits the arm to pivot with respect to the side plate. Hinge end side locking pawl pieces of the arms are interlocked to the side plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2008Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Seiji Kitagawa, Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya, Takayuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 7493750Abstract: A cable protection and guide device wherein the wear of the cable is suppressed. The detachment of the partitioning wall plate is simplified. Pairs of right and left link plates, flexional inner circumferential side plates, flexional outer circumferential side plates and partitioning wall plates form a link body. The flexional inner circumferential side plate includes an abutting flap and an inner circumferential side flap integral therewith. Inner locking groove is formed in the inner circumferential connecting plate over the width direction in a stepped manner. A hook shaped locking proximal portion of the partitioning wall plate interengages an inner locking groove. Flexional outer circumferential side plate includes an outer locking groove extended in the width direction of the cable accommodating space and locks a locking front end portion of the partitioning wall plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventor: Shoichiro Komiya
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Publication number: 20090039196Abstract: A cable protection and guide device comprising a number of pairs of right and left spaced side plates articulately connected to each other in a longitudinal direction wherein the plates are identical and interchangeable. Each of the link plates includes an arc shaped concavity, a convex portion and, the convex portion of the next adjacent link plate interengages the arc shaped concavity of the link plate. The arc shaped concavity includes a warp limiting lock groove and the convex portion includes an arc-shaped warp limiting lock piece The arc-shaped warp limiting lock piece of the convex portion interengages the arc-shaped warp-up limiting groove of the arc shaped concavity of link plate so that the warping of the link plates is substantially eliminated. The manufacturing cost for a single link plate used in a cable protection and guide device is reduced by half.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: SHOICHIRO KOMIYA, Takayuki Matsuda, Katsuhide Yamashita
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Patent number: 7454891Abstract: Cable protection and guide devices are susceptible to the generation of wear powders from friction between the cable and front and rear end portions of the connecting plates. The generation of wear powders and damage or disconnection of the cable is prevented and abrasion loss and impact noise due to contact between the side plate units is suppressed. Connecting plates 120 are symmetric such that the inner surface thereof includes small curvature portions, large curvature portions, and a flat surface or approximately flat surface having a radius of curvature which is larger than the large curvature portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2007Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Akihiko Utaki, Shoichiro Komiya
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Publication number: 20080271429Abstract: A cable protection and guide device, wherein: the warp in front and rear side portions of link plates in the width direction is reliably limited so that an inadvertent disengagement between the link plates is completely blocked. The connection between the link plates is easy and manufacturing of the link plates is easy. Short arc-shaped warp limiting lock grooves are formed along a path coaxially spaced from a connecting pin or a connecting pin hole. Short arc-shaped warp limiting lock pieces are fitted to the short arc-shaped warp limiting lock grooves in a concave element/convex element engagement opposed surfaces of the link plates connected in the longitudinal direction so that warping in the front and rear side portions of the link plates in a width direction is limited.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2008Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventor: SHOICHIRO KOMIYA
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Publication number: 20080264032Abstract: A cable protection and guide device in which maintenance of cables is easily performed without completely removing a cable accommodating space extension arm from a side plate is disclosed. Inadvertent disengagement of the cable accommodating space extension arm is prevented because the arm strongly engages the side plates of the device. The cable protection and guide device includes a number of pairs of right and left side plates connected to each other. Cable accommodating space extension arms are bridged over the flexional inner circumferential sides of at least one pair of side plates. D-shaped pin hinge shafts in the hinge ends of the arms are detachably interengaged with a groove in one of the side plates and thus permits the arm to pivot with respect to the side plate. Hinge end side locking pawl pieces of the arms are interlocked to the side plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Inventors: Seiji Kitagawa, Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya, Takayuki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20080257440Abstract: A tube type cable protection and guide device in which the device can be easily manufactured by extrusion molding without changing the size of a mold so that devices of different lengths can be made. Smooth linear and flexional movements can be made while sufficiently ensuring dimensional stability and torsional rigidity of the device thus assuring stability of the cable accommodating space. A tube type cable protection and guide device includes integrally molded inner circumferential wall forming portions. The inner wall forming portions are interdigitatedly fitted in a male-female relationship in a longitudinal direction of the sheet forming a flush inner flat surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya, Katsuhide Yamashita, Takayuki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20080236131Abstract: A cable protection and guide device wherein the wear of the cable is suppressed. The detachment of the partitioning wall plate is simplified. Pairs of right and left link plates, flexional inner circumferential side plates, flexional outer circumferential side plates and partitioning wall plates form a link body. The flexional inner circumferential side plate includes an abutting flap and an inner circumferential side flap integral therewith. Inner locking groove is formed in the inner circumferential connecting plate over the width direction in a stepped manner. A hook shaped locking proximal portion of the partitioning wall plate interengages an inner locking groove. Flexional outer circumferential side plate includes an outer locking groove extended in the width direction of the cable accommodating space and locks a locking front end portion of the partitioning wall plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: SHOICHIRO KOMIYA
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Patent number: 7428808Abstract: A cable protection and guide device includes an engagement mechanism for securing connecting plates in a bridged arrangement over flexional inner and outer circumferential sides of side plates of the device. The connecting plates are not inadvertently disengaged because the engagement mechanism includes several features for securing the connecting plates to the side plates. The connecting plate engagement mechanism has a louver body and a louver type connecting plate which pivots about a pair of right and left supporting shafts which are formed at both ends of the louver type connecting plate. The louver type connecting plate is attachably fitted onto the pair of right and left side plates.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Akihiko Utaki, Shoichiro Komiya
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Patent number: 7418812Abstract: The present invention provides a cable or the like protection and guide device which accommodates a cable or the like while allowing for examination of the cable. Smooth linear and flexional movement is achieved while not compromising the form stability of the cable accommodation space. Partial or local wear is suppressed. The device is made of a synthetic resin and accommodates a cable in a rectangular cable accommodating space. The accommodating space is surrounded by the outer circumferential wall portion, which is openable, a pair of side wall portions, and an inner circumferential wall portion. Inserting protrusion mechanisms, engagement mechanisms, slits, opening windows and flexion restricting piece portions contribute to the stability and usefulness of the device.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya, Takayuki Matsuda
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Patent number: 7406819Abstract: A cable or the like protection and guide device can be applied to various conditions at a mounting fixed end and a mounting movable end. A cable or the like protection and guide device (100) in which mounting brackets (140, 140) are detachably connected to a pair of right and left side plate units (110, 110) adjacent to the mounting fixed end through fixed end side adaptors (130, 130) respectively, and mounting brackets are detachably connected to a pair of right and left side plate units (110, 110) adjacent to the mounting movable end through movable end side adaptors, (150, 150), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Akihiko Utaki, Shoichiro Komiya
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Patent number: 7392650Abstract: A cable or the like protection and guide device is disclosed which prevents inadvertent disconnection due to repeated flexure. Excellent fatigue resistance is exhibited. A cable or the like protection and guide device in which pairs of side plates are respectively formed of a highly-rigid resin front side plate portion connected to a preceding side plate and a highly-rigid resin rear side plate portion is connected to a subsequent side plate. A flexible fatigue resistant resin coupling portion is interposed between the front side plate portion and the rear side plate portion in an integrated manner by using a using two-color molding.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Akihiko Utaki, Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya
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Patent number: 7387046Abstract: To provide a cable or the like protection and guide device in which even if link frame bodies receive torsion and deflection during a linear movement or a bending movement, a mutual connection can be reliably maintained and a connection and assembly operation for the link frame bodies is easy and a stable molding accuracy and a small cost load on a molding mold can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.Inventors: Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya, Takayuki Matsuda
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Publication number: 20080120958Abstract: Cable protection and guide devices are susceptible to the generation of wear powders from friction between the cable and front and rear end portions of the connecting plates. The generation of wear powders and damage or disconnection of the cable is prevented and abrasion loss and impact noise due to contact between the side plate units is suppressed. Connecting plates 120 are symmetric such that the inner surface thereof includes small curvature portions, large curvature portions, and a flat surface or approximately flat surface having a radius of curvature which is larger than the large curvature portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2007Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: AKIHIKO UTAKI, SHOICHIRO KOMIYA
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Publication number: 20080066821Abstract: A folding type cable protection and guide device is provided in which a cable is accommodated into a cable accommodating space. The cable accomodating space can be easily adapted to accommodate the cable, even if the cable is a long body. The assembly load is decreased. Further, the use of many different sized metal molds is not required. The form stability of the cable accommodating space is sufficiently ensured during both linear movement and flexion movement, so that smooth linear movement and flexion movement can be attained. The rectangularly shaped cable accommodating space is formed by folding a pair of right and left folded sections 110, 110 extending in a longitudinal direction of the extruded synthetic resin tape 100 along the longitudinal direction of the tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2007Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: SHOICHIRO KOMIYA, Takayuki Matsuda