Patents by Inventor Shunsuke Okabayashi

Shunsuke Okabayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20050269919
    Abstract: A drawer device includes a case, and a drawer member housed in the case and capable of withdrawing from and retracting into an opening of the case. A rotating member is disposed within the case for converting linear displacement into rotation, and a pressing device presses the rotating member in a direction of the linear displacement toward a withdrawing direction of the drawer member. An abutting section is disposed at the drawer member for abutting against the rotating member for converting rotation of the rotating member into displacement of the drawer member in the withdrawing or retracting direction. A latching device latches the drawer member to the case when the drawer member is housed within the case and unlatches when the drawer member is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Toru Sambommatsu, Shunsuke Okabayashi, Takanobu Nakaguro
  • Publication number: 20050077130
    Abstract: A rotary damper includes a housing; a viscous fluid filled in the housing; a rotor disposed inside the housing and having a shaft part partially protruding from the housing and a resistance part provided on the shaft part for moving in the viscous fluid inside the housing; and a seal member for sealing between the shaft part and the housing to prevent leakage of the viscous fluid. The rotary damper further includes a first sloping part provided on an upstream side of the rotating resistance part and having a distance relative to an inner surface of the housing gradually decreasing toward a downstream side; and a second sloping part provided on a downstream side of the rotating resistance part and having a distance relative to the inner surface of the housing gradually increasing toward a downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Ken Hayashi, Shunsuke Okabayashi, Masanobu Kawamoto, Masayuki Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 6857675
    Abstract: A damper unit includes a gear having a core member projecting at a shaft core portion thereof and rotatably housed in a case, a string wound around the core member, a rotary damper engaging the gear for damping a rotational force of the gear, and a spring. One end of the spring is fixed to the case and the other end thereof is fixed to the core member so that an elastic force is accumulated when the string is pulled out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kurachi, Shunsuke Okabayashi, Ken Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Mikihiro Amano
  • Publication number: 20040189035
    Abstract: A damper unit includes a gear having a core member projecting at a shaft core portion thereof and rotatably housed in a case, a string wound around the core member, a rotary damper engaging the gear for damping a rotational force of the gear, and a spring. One end of the spring is fixed to the case and the other end thereof is fixed to the core member so that an elastic force is accumulated when the string is pulled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kurachi, Shunsuke Okabayashi, Ken Hayashi, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Mikihiro Amano