Patents by Inventor Soshi Iwata

Soshi Iwata 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: 11576359
    Abstract: A fishing rod includes a grip tube 2 on a rear side of a reel seat 1 having a cylindrical shape, and the grip tube 2 is hard. The grip tube 2 includes a first grip portion 20 having a large diameter and forming at a front part of the grip tube 2, a second grip portion 22 having a large diameter and forming at a rear part of the grip tube 2, and a small-diameter portion 21 forming at between the first grip portion 20 and the second grip portion 22. A corner portion 23 is formed at between the first grip portion 20 and the small-diameter portion 21. The small-diameter portion 21 has a concave curved shape decreasing in diameter rearward at the front part of the small-diameter portion 21 which adjacent to the corner portion 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Soshi Iwata, Wataru Tashiro, Hironori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11337411
    Abstract: A fishing rod includes a rod body. The rod body includes a plurality of strips, each of the plurality of strips includes a tip strip portion having a first narrowing section which gradually narrows in width towards the rod end side and an end strip portion having a second narrowing section which gradually narrows in width towards the rod tip side. At least a part of the first narrowing section and at least a part of the second narrowing section overlap with each other to form an overlapping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Soshi Iwata, Yuki Tokuyama
  • Patent number: 11206820
    Abstract: Provided is a reel seat including a cylindrical reel seat main body attached to a predetermined position of a rod main body. The reel seat main body includes fixed members 12, 13 fixed to the rod main body and including, on an upper surface, a reel leg mounting surface 5 configured to mount a reel leg, and a lower member 11 that is formed separately from the fixed members 12, 13, forms a lower region on an opposite side of the reel leg mounting surface 5, and can be detachably attached to the fixed members 12, 13 in a state where the fixed members 12, 13 are attached to the rod main body. A holding-use nut 3 is provided for holding the lower member 11 attached to the fixed members 12, 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Soshi Iwata
  • Publication number: 20200383305
    Abstract: A fishing rod includes a rod body. The rod body includes a plurality of strips, each of the plurality of strips includes a tip strip portion having a first narrowing section which gradually narrows in width towards the rod end side and an end strip portion having a second narrowing section which gradually narrows in width towards the rod tip side. At least a part of the first narrowing section and at least a part of the second narrowing section overlap with each other to form an overlapping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Soshi IWATA, Yuki TOKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200352149
    Abstract: A fishing rod includes a grip tube 2 on a rear side of a reel seat 1 having a cylindrical shape, and the grip tube 2 is hard. The grip tube 2 includes a first grip portion 20 having a large diameter and forming at a front part of the grip tube 2, a second grip portion 22 having a large diameter and forming at a rear part of the grip tube 2, and a small-diameter portion 21 forming at between the first grip portion 20 and the second grip portion 22. A corner portion 23 is formed at between the first grip portion 20 and the small-diameter portion 21. The small-diameter portion 21 has a concave curved shape decreasing in diameter rearward at the front part of the small-diameter portion 21 which adjacent to the corner portion 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Soshi Iwata, Wataru Tashiro, Hironori Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200060249
    Abstract: Provided is a reel seat including a cylindrical reel seat main body including a reel foot mounting part 5 for mounting a reel foot 101 of a dual-bearing reel 100. The reel seat has a configuration in which a rod main body 1 passes through the reel seat main body. A support wall 61 supports a palm of a hand during palming. The support wall 61 protrudes upward from a palming side of the reel seat main body at behind a paling side of left and right sides of the dual-bearing reel 100. A rear-side inclined surface 63 of the support wall 61 abuts against the palm thenar of the hand during palming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Masakazu Iwabuchi, Shogo Kosaka, Yuzo Shimano, Soshi Iwata
  • Publication number: 20190166816
    Abstract: Provided is a reel seat including a cylindrical reel seat main body attached to a predetermined position of a rod main body. The reel seat main body includes fixed members 12, 13 fixed to the rod main body and including, on an upper surface, a reel leg mounting surface 5 configured to mount a reel leg, and a lower member 11 that is formed separately from the fixed members 12, 13, forms a lower region on an opposite side of the reel leg mounting surface 5, and can be detachably attached to the fixed members 12, 13 in a state where the fixed members 12, 13 are attached to the rod main body. A holding-use nut 3 is provided for holding the lower member 11 attached to the fixed members 12, 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventor: Soshi Iwata
  • Patent number: 9635842
    Abstract: A main body layer 78 is configured by a layer 75 formed, in a cylindrical shape, from a main part 76 and a complementary part 77. The main part 76 is formed by a main prepreg 70. In a small-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound over the entire circumference in a circumferential direction with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in a widthwise direction overlapping each other, and in a large-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound so that a part of the entire circumference in the circumferential direction remains behind as a winding-shortage part, with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in the widthwise direction separated from each other in the circumferential direction. The complementary part 77 is formed to complement the winding-shortage part by a sub-prepreg 71 having a predetermined shape corresponding to the winding-shortage part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Soshi Iwata, Yoshiyuki Kaminou, Nobuhiro Suganuma