Patents by Inventor Takahito NODA

Takahito NODA 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: 11252947
    Abstract: To provide a fishing rod having a flexible tip rod less prone to breakage, and desired degrees of the flexibility and strength can be obtained at a required portion of the tip rod. A fishing rod includes a tip rod made of a fiber-reinforced resin material. The tip rod is formed of a short-fiber reinforced resin material in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material, the average fiber diameter of the short fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, the average fiber length of the short fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, and the content of the short fibers is 3 to 50 wt %, and a periphery of the short-fiber reinforced resin material is at least partially covered with a prepreg sheet in which reinforced fibers are aligned and extended in one direction and impregnated with a synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Patent number: 10182562
    Abstract: To provide a fishing rod having a tip whose bending strength is improved and breakage is prevented with unexposed end surfaces of reinforced fibers of the tip on a tapered surface thereof. A fishing rod according to the disclosure includes a solid tip made of a fiber-reinforced resin material in which reinforced fibers are continuously disposed along an axial direction, the tip is tapered toward a distal end. A covering layer made of a fiber-reinforced resin in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material is formed on the surface of the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Patent number: 10085433
    Abstract: A tip rod made of a fiber reinforced resin has a solid structure at least at its distal end portion. The tip rod is formed by dispersing reinforcement fibers in a matrix resin, molding the matrix resin that contains the reinforcement fibers into a prescribed shape, and heating the molded matrix resin that contains the reinforcement fibers to be cured. An average diameter of the reinforcement fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, an average length of the reinforcement fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, a content of the fibers dispersed in the matrix resin is 3 to 50 wt %. The solid structure of the tip rod includes an outer layer, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer in which the reinforcement fibers are directed in a different direction for each layer. Alternatively the structure may include the outer layer and the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Takahito Noda, Eiji Sugaya
  • Patent number: 10034465
    Abstract: Provided is a fishing rod having a flexible and durable tip. A fishing rod according to the discloser includes a tip rod made of a fiber-reinforced resin material The tip rod 12 is formed of short fibers dispersed in a matrix resin material, the average fiber diameter of the short fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, the average fiber length of the short fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, and the content of the short fibers is 3 to 50 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Patent number: 9999209
    Abstract: A tip rod made of a fiber reinforced resin has a solid structure at least at its distal end portion. The tip rod is formed by dispersing reinforcement fibers in a matrix resin, molding the matrix resin that contains the reinforcement fibers into a prescribed shape, and heating the molded matrix resin that contains the reinforcement fibers to be cured. An average diameter of the reinforcement fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, an average length of the reinforcement fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, a content of the fibers dispersed in the matrix resin is 3 to 50 wt %. The solid structure of the tip rod includes an outer layer, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer in which the reinforcement fibers are directed in a different direction for each layer. Alternatively the structure may include the outer layer and the inner layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Takahito Noda, Eiji Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20180132462
    Abstract: To provide a fishing rod having a flexible tip rod less prone to breakage, and desired degrees of the flexibility and strength can be obtained at a required portion of the tip rod. A fishing rod includes a tip rod made of a fiber-reinforced resin material. The tip rod is formed of a short-fiber reinforced resin material in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material, the average fiber diameter of the short fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, the average fiber length of the short fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, and the content of the short fibers is 3 to 50 wt %, and a periphery of the short-fiber reinforced resin material is at least partially covered with a prepreg sheet in which reinforced fibers are aligned and extended in one direction and impregnated with a synthetic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Patent number: 9949466
    Abstract: To provide a fishing rod having a flexible tip rod less prone to breakage, and desired degrees of the flexibility and strength can be obtained at a required portion of the tip rod. A fishing rod includes a tip rod made of a fiber-reinforced resin material. The tip rod is formed of a short-fiber reinforced resin material in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material, the average fiber diameter of the short fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, the average fiber length of the short fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, and the content of the short fibers is 3 to 50 wt %, and a periphery of the short-fiber reinforced resin material is at least partially covered with a prepreg sheet in which reinforced fibers are aligned and extended in one direction and impregnated with a synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Publication number: 20160183505
    Abstract: A tip rod made of a fiber reinforced resin has a solid structure at least at its distal end portion. The tip rod is formed by dispersing reinforcement fibers in a matrix resin, molding the matrix resin that contains the reinforcement fibers into a prescribed shape, and heating the molded matrix resin that contains the reinforcement fibers to be cured. An average diameter of the reinforcement fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, an average length of the reinforcement fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, a content of the fibers dispersed in the matrix resin is 3 to 50 wt %. The solid structure of the tip rod includes an outer layer, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer in which the reinforcement fibers are directed in a different direction for each layer. Alternatively the structure may include the outer layer and the inner layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Takahito Noda, Eiji Sugaya
  • Publication number: 20150181850
    Abstract: To provide a fishing rod having a flexible tip rod less prone to breakage, and desired degrees of the flexibility and strength can be obtained at a required portion of the tip rod. A fishing rod includes a tip rod made of a fiber-reinforced resin material. The tip rod is formed of a short-fiber reinforced resin material in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material, the average fiber diameter of the short fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, the average fiber length of the short fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, and the content of the short fibers is 3 to 50 wt %, and a periphery of the short-fiber reinforced resin material is at least partially covered with a prepreg sheet in which reinforced fibers are aligned and extended in one direction and impregnated with a synthetic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Publication number: 20150181849
    Abstract: To provide a fishing rod having a tip whose bending strength is improved and breakage is prevented with unexposed end surfaces of reinforced fibers of the tip on a tapered surface thereof. A fishing rod according to the disclosure includes a solid tip made of a fiber-reinforced resin material in which reinforced fibers are continuously disposed along an axial direction, the tip is tapered toward a distal end. A covering layer made of a fiber-reinforced resin in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material is formed on the surface of the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Takahito Noda
  • Publication number: 20150150227
    Abstract: Provided is a fishing rod having a flexible and durable tip. A fishing rod according to the discloser includes a tip rod made of a fiber-reinforced resin material The tip rod 12 is formed of short fibers dispersed in a matrix resin material, the average fiber diameter of the short fibers is 3 to 15 ?m, the average fiber length of the short fibers is 0.5 to 10 mm, and the content of the short fibers is 3 to 50 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: GLOBERIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Takahito NODA