Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Ohirano

Tetsuya Ohirano 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: 6431610
    Abstract: A tube assembly for communicating water under pressure from a water supply valve and a water fixture inlet tube assembled at a job site, having an elongate corrugated tube with alternating grooves and ridges and cut to length to extend between a water fixture inlet tube and a water supply valve. The tube receives a pair of nuts in opposing relation, and each nut has an interior thread sized for engaging a respective one of a water fixture inlet tube and a water supply valve. A pair of C-clips, each received in a respective one of the grooves in opposing distal end portions of the tube, define bearing surfaces for the nuts. The distal ends of the tube receive a gasket, which are adapted for sealing between the respective distal end of the tube and the water fixture inlet tube and the water supply valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignees: Beijing Bork Metal Hose, Co., Ltd., Iwatani International Corporation, Iwatani International Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ohirano, Noboru Ogawa, Yusuke Kato