Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Katsuta

Tetsuya Katsuta 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: 9115751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spring unit whose spring constant can be easily changed. The spring unit includes a plurality of wire springs each including a bent part formed in the middle of wire by bending, extending parts extending from the bent part, and end parts formed at ends of the extending parts. The wire springs are arranged side by side, and a deformed part protruding in a direction of arrangement of the wire springs is formed in one or more of the extending parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Katsuta, Yasuhiro Mitsui
  • Patent number: 9022367
    Abstract: In a curved spring configured to generate, based on a relative approaching displacement of the one-side bearing section and the other-side bearing section in an approach/separation direction, an urging force in a separation direction in which a one-side bearing section and an other-side bearing section are separated from each other, a linear elastic body is provided to extend on a closed curve, which includes a one-side portion arranged along a circumferential direction of the one-side bearing section and an other-side portion arranged along a circumferential direction of the other-side bearing section, and to constitute elastic sections of two lines between the one-side portion and the other-side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katsuta
  • Patent number: 8950940
    Abstract: The sliding apparatus includes a substrate fixed to a main body, a slide plate being fixed to a sub-body and being slidable between a closed position and an open position in an opening/closing direction, a hole formed in the slide plate, a sloped surface part being formed in the main body, and being engaged with the hole in the closed position, and including a sloped surface being sloped toward a rear direction in the opening/closing direction, a slide guiding part guiding the slide plate in a sliding direction, a restricting part restricting movement of a closing direction end of the slide plate in the front/rear direction during an initial stage of sliding the slide plate from the closed position to the open position, and a sloped part being formed in a closing direction end of the slide guiding part and being sloped in a rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Mitsui, Tetsuya Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20140301678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a spring unit whose spring constant can be easily changed. The spring unit includes a plurality of wire springs each including a bent part formed in the middle of wire by bending, extending parts extending from the bent part, and end parts formed at ends of the extending parts. The wire springs are arranged side by side, and a deformed part protruding in a direction of arrangement of the wire springs is formed in one or more of the extending parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Katsuta, Yasuhiro Mitsui
  • Patent number: 8769773
    Abstract: An opening and closing device includes a fixed frame including a shaft receiving part and fixed to a first housing, a movable plate configured to be rotationally movable relative to the fixed frame, a slide plate configured to be slidable relative to the movable plate and fixed to a second housing, multiple arms of the same length provided between the shaft receiving part and the movable plate to have respective one ends received by the shaft receiving part and respective other ends received by the movable plate, and a slide mechanism configured to cause the slide plate to slide relative to the movable plate. The slide plate is caused to slide relative to the movable plate by the slide mechanism and the movable plate rotates relative to the fixed frame with turns of the arms, so that the second housing moves between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20140026368
    Abstract: An opening and closing device includes a fixed frame including a shaft receiving part and fixed to a first housing, a movable plate configured to be rotationally movable relative to the fixed frame, a slide plate configured to be slidable relative to the movable plate and fixed to a second housing, multiple arms of the same length provided between the shaft receiving part and the movable plate to have respective one ends received by the shaft receiving part and respective other ends received by the movable plate, and a slide mechanism configured to cause the slide plate to slide relative to the movable plate. The slide plate is caused to slide relative to the movable plate by the slide mechanism and the movable plate rotates relative to the fixed frame with turns of the arms, so that the second housing moves between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI STEEL MPG. CO., LTD.,
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20130145873
    Abstract: In a curved spring configured to generate, based on a relative approaching displacement of the one-side bearing section and the other-side bearing section in an approach/separation direction, an urging force in a separation direction in which a one-side bearing section and an other-side bearing section are separated from each other, a linear elastic body is provided to extend on a closed curve, which includes a one-side portion arranged along a circumferential direction of the one-side bearing section and an other-side portion arranged along a circumferential direction of the other-side bearing section, and to constitute elastic sections of two lines between the one-side portion and the other-side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20130089281
    Abstract: The sliding apparatus includes a substrate fixed to a main body, a slide plate being fixed to a sub-body and being slidable between a closed position and an open position in an opening/closing direction, a hole formed in the slide plate, a sloped surface part being formed in the main body, and being engaged with the hole in the closed position, and including a sloped surface being sloped toward a rear direction in the opening/closing direction, a slide guiding part guiding the slide plate in a sliding direction, a restricting part restricting movement of a closing direction end of the slide plate in the front/rear direction during an initial stage of sliding the slide plate from the closed position to the open position, and a sloped part being formed in a closing direction end of the slide guiding part and being sloped in a rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI STEEL MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Mitsui, Tetsuya Katsuta