Patents by Inventor Tohru Izu

Tohru Izu 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: 9003920
    Abstract: A pedal arm provided with an arm main body has a first end portion, a second end portion, a pedal pad portion, and a shaft portion. The arm main body includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion in a first direction, and a third wall portion and a fourth wall portion in a second direction. One of the first wall portion and the second wall portion includes an abutting portion where the first end portion and the second end portion contacts, and the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion include a first curved portion and a second curved portion. A first depressed wall portion and a second depressed wall portion are formed on the first curved portion and the second curved portion, which are formed in inward convex shapes, respectively, and parts of the first depressed wall portion and the second depressed wall portion contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: F-Tech Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagahori, Tohru Izu, Shuichi Inoue, Takanori Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20110252919
    Abstract: A pedal arm is provided with an arm main body that is a tubular-shaped member formed by bending a plate member having a first end portion and a second end portion, a pedal pad portion provided on the arm main body, and a shaft portion provided on the arm main body. The arm main body includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion facing each other in a first direction, and a third wall portion and a fourth wall portion facing each other in a second direction that is different from the first direction. One of the first wall portion and the second wall portion includes an abutting portion at which the first end portion and the second end portion of the plate member are brought into contact with each other, and the third wall portion and the fourth wall portion correspondingly include a first curved portion and a second curved portion, which are curved in parallel to each other with a same curvature along an extending direction of the arm main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: F. TECH INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagahori, Tohru Izu, Shuichi Inoue, Takanori Matsumura
  • Publication number: 20110252595
    Abstract: A fitting member is provided with a first end portion, a second end portion facing to the first end portion, and a fitting structure having a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion to connect the first end portion and the second end portion with each other by fitting the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion with each other. The fitting structure is defined by making the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion engaged with each other, while making the second engagement portion formed by punching a preform body of the fitting member through the first engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: F. TECH INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagahori, Tohru Izu