Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Kusaka

Shunsuke Kusaka 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: 11953929
    Abstract: When an operation knob 10 formed of silicone rubber is pushed laterally, a stem 7 tilts with a contact portion (i) as a fulcrum, a push button portion 6b is pushed, and a contact point in a switch mechanism portion 6a operates to turn on a switch circuit. Even if, by a large operating force F3 being applied, the operation knob 10 is extended and the inner surface portion 15, which is a ceiling surface of an internal space 13 of the operation knob 10, rides on an upper end portion 7c, a reinforcing surface 19 provided on the inner surface portion 15 slides on the upper end portion 7c, and the operation knob 10 returns to the initial shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeto Gorai, Tetsu Numata, Akihiro Kusaka, Shunsuke Kimura, Reiji Koyama
  • Publication number: 20080179939
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel 1 having a plurality of subsidiary air chambers 3, which is annularly incorporated on a rim outer peripheral surface 4, a cover member 13 having a lug part extended over the entire periphery and a stepped part extended over its periphery along the inside of the lug part 16, and a bottom plate member 14 being superimposed with each other through a seal member made of an elastic member and interposed therebetween in an airtight manner, and the cover member 13 and the rim outer peripheral surface 4 being joined to each other in a joint part 10, wherein the cover member 13 and the rim outer peripheral surface 4 are made into contact with each other so as to form a subsidiary air chamber 3 having air-tightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicants: ASAHI TEC CORPORATION, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kusaka, Masami Yamamoto, Hideki Michisaka, Yoshifumi Kubota, Katsuyoshi Takahata, Shinya Katai, Tomoyasu Yamaguchi, Masanori Murase, Masami Ishida, Satoru Kawamata