Patents by Inventor Shun KURIKI
Shun KURIKI 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: 12151350Abstract: An elastic member is disposed between an internal gear of a gear train and a gear housing. A force is applied to the gear train when a lift mechanism is activated. The force is received and absorbed by the elastic member, thereby reducing the amount of force received by the gear housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya Nagao, Norikazu Baba, Shun Kuriki, Kazusa Fukuda
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Publication number: 20240300079Abstract: A driving tool includes a driver moving along a driving passage and a lift mechanism for moving the driver. The driving tool includes a pusher and an idling strike prevention mechanism interlocking with a position of the pusher. The pusher pushes a driving member from a side opposite to a first end surface of a tool main body such that the driving member contacts a tip end of the driver at a standby position. When the driver moves from the standby position to a top dead center, the pusher supplies the driving member to the driving passage. After that, the driver moves downward to a driving position to drive the driving member. When no driving member is left, the idling strike prevention mechanism restricts activation of the driving tool in interlocking with the pusher such that the pusher moves to an activation restriction on a side of the driving passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Shun KURIKI, Makito TERAMOTO
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Publication number: 20240300081Abstract: A lock member is slidably provided in a pusher that pushes driven members in a feed direction. An engaging portion of the lock member engages a locking portion of a contact arm to restrict an ON operation of the contact arm. The lock member is relatively retracted against a lock biasing member when the engaging portion is pressed against the contact arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Toshiya MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20240246212Abstract: An engaging portion of a driver has an engaging portion front surface coplanar with a striking portion front surface and an engaging portion rear surface coplanar with a striking portion rear surface. The engaging portion has an engagement surface that is parallel to a rotation axis of a lifter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Makita CorporationInventors: Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Shun Kuriki
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Patent number: 11981005Abstract: A rotary shaft is spline coupled to a carrier of a final-stage planetary gear mechanism. A bearing for supporting the rotary shaft is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the carrier. The bearing and the carrier are arranged so as to overlap in a direction perpendicular to a motor axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun Kuriki, Masaya Nagao, Kiyonobu Yoshikane, Toshiro Hirayama
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Patent number: 11904447Abstract: A driving tool includes a piston, a driver, and a lift mechanism. The piston moves in a driving direction by a pressure of a gas. The driver extends from the piston and includes a plurality of engaged portions. The lift mechanism moves the driver in a direction opposite to the driving direction. The lift mechanism includes a rotation shaft, a wheel, a plurality of engaging portions, and a supporting member. The wheel rotates integrally with the rotation shaft. Each of the plurality of engaging portions may engage an engaged portion. The supporting member supports the wheel so the wheel is allowed to move between an initial position and an eccentric position in a radial direction of the rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu Baba, Shun Kuriki, Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Publication number: 20240051103Abstract: A driving tool for improving shock absorbability and durability of a tubular damper, the driving tool comprising a cylinder and a piston that moves inside the cylinder owing to a gas pressure. The driving tool further comprises a driver main body to drive a driving member by moving integrally with the piston, and a lift mechanism having a wheel for the driver main body to return to original position. The driver main body is arranged such that a width center line of the driver main body is offset in a direction away from the lift mechanism with respect to a width center line of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun KURIKI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Masaya NAGAO
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Publication number: 20230364762Abstract: A driving tool includes a piston configured to move in a driving direction due to gas pressure, and a driver configured to move integrally with the piston to strike a fastener. The driver includes a plurality of rack teeth formed along a driving direction. The driving tool includes a wheel having a plurality of engaging portions to engage the plurality of rack teeth at its outer circumference. The driver is moved in a counter-driving direction as the wheel rotates. The plurality of engaging portions of the wheel includes at least one advancing/retracting engaging portion configured to move with respect to a shaft member of the wheel. The driver has a tooth groove between adjacent rack teeth of the plurality of rack teeth. One tooth groove is configured to receive the advancing/retracting engaging portion and has a depth deeper than at least one other tooth groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kazusa FUKUDA, Masaya NAGAO
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Publication number: 20230366902Abstract: To provide an automatic analyzer that can be designed with a high degree of freedom in accordance with cooling performance by cooling air in a space separated from a reagent refrigerator and suppresses the occurrence of dew condensation in the reagent refrigerator. An automatic analyzer has a reagent refrigerator 20 that cools a reagent container 21 by using a refrigerant, a refrigerant cooling unit 201 that cools the refrigerant to circulate in the device, an air blowing unit 204 that takes in air fed to the reagent refrigerator 20 from the outside of the device, and a blowing air cooling unit 202 that cools air flowing from the air blowing unit 204 by using the refrigerant. The inside of the reagent refrigerator is positively pressurized by the blowing air that is taken in from the outside by the air blowing unit and is cooled by the blowing air cooling unit 202 to suppress the occurrence of dew condensation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Yukinori SAKASHITA, Kazuhiro NODA, Nobuya FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20230364763Abstract: An elastic member is disposed between an internal gear of a gear train and a gear housing. A force is applied to the gear train when a lift mechanism is activated. The force is received and absorbed by the elastic member, thereby reducing the amount of force received by the gear housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Masaya NAGAO, Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kazusa FUKUDA
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Publication number: 20230364761Abstract: A preceding engaging portion preceding a last engaging portion has a smaller diameter or is positioned further inward than the last engaging portion. Because of this configuration, an engagement of the preceding engaging portion with respect to a last engaged portion becomes more easily disengageable in comparison to the last engaging portions. When the preceding engaging portion disengages from the last engaged portion, the driver moves downward to a standby position. Accordingly, an engagement of the engaging portions with the engaged portions can be properly corrected, such that the last engaging portion engages the last engaged portion at the standby position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kazusa FUKUDA, Masaya NAGAO
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Patent number: 11759928Abstract: A driving tool comprises a displacement allowing mechanism that allows a wheel to be displaced in a radial direction of a rotation shaft. The driving tool further comprises a displacement restricting mechanism that restricts the wheel from being displaced in the radial direction of the rotation shaft. When a driver is to start being moved upwards by an engagement of a first engagement portion with an engaged portion by rotation of the wheel, a displacement restriction state of the wheel caused by the displacement restricting mechanism is released, allowing an entirety of the wheel to be displaceable in the radial direction of the rotation shaft due to the displacement allowing mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun Kuriki, Norikazu Baba
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Patent number: 11667020Abstract: In a driving tool, during and/or after a driving operation has been completed, a restriction member is retained in an on-position by a cam. An energizing switch is retained in an on-state by an actuation portion of the restriction member. Because of this configuration, if a trigger is released during and/or after the driving operation has been completed, an electric motor continues to be activated, which causes a driver to return to a standby position.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun Kuriki, Yukiyasu Okouchi, Yoshitaka Akiba, Norikazu Baba
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Publication number: 20230126083Abstract: A driving tool includes a piston, a driver, and a lift mechanism. The piston moves in a driving direction by a pressure of a gas. The driver extends from the piston and includes a plurality of engaged portions. The lift mechanism moves the driver in a direction opposite to the driving direction. The lift mechanism includes a rotation shaft, a wheel, a plurality of engaging portions, and a supporting member. The wheel rotates integrally with the rotation shaft. Each of the plurality of engaging portions may engage an engaged portion. The supporting member supports the wheel so the wheel is allowed to move between an initial position and an eccentric position in a radial direction of the rotation shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Norikazu BABA, Shun KURIKI, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE
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Publication number: 20230125450Abstract: A rotary shaft is spline coupled to a carrier of a final-stage planetary gear mechanism. A bearing for supporting the rotary shaft is arranged on an outer circumferential side of the carrier. The bearing and the carrier are arranged so as to overlap in a direction perpendicular to a motor axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun KURIKI, Masaya NAGAO, Kiyonobu YOSHIKANE, Toshiro HIRAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230061292Abstract: Provided is an automatic analyzer capable of reducing risks such as infection, injury, and damage to the device caused by manual operation of a user. In the automatic analyzer according to the present disclosure, an unused vessel holding unit is configured to be able to hold a cleaning member that cleans a hole for mounting a reaction vessel, and a reaction vessel transport unit or a specimen probe picks up the cleaning member from the unused vessel holding unit, transports the cleaning member to the reaction vessel mounting unit, and inserts and removes the cleaning member into and from the hole, thereby cleaning the inner surface of the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Shun KURIKI, Kazuhiro NODA, Yukinori SAKASHITA
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Publication number: 20220371169Abstract: A driving tool comprises a displacement allowing mechanism that allows a wheel to be displaced in a radial direction of a rotation shaft. The driving tool further comprises a displacement restricting mechanism that restricts the wheel from being displaced in the radial direction of the rotation shaft. When a driver is to start being moved upwards by an engagement of a first engagement portion with an engaged portion by rotation of the wheel, a displacement restriction state of the wheel caused by the displacement restricting mechanism is released, allowing an entirety of the wheel to be displaceable in the radial direction of the rotation shaft due to the displacement allowing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun KURIKI, Norikazu BABA
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Publication number: 20220097219Abstract: In a driving tool, during and/or after a driving operation has been completed, a restriction member is retained in an on-position by a cam. An energizing switch is retained in an on-state by an actuation portion of the restriction member. Because of this configuration, if a trigger is released during and/or after the driving operation has been completed, an electric motor continues to be activated, which causes a driver to return to a standby position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventors: Shun KURIKI, Yukiyasu OKOUCHI, Yoshitaka AKIBA, Norikazu BABA