Patents by Inventor Tohru Takaki

Tohru Takaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20030077113
    Abstract: A threaded fastener and a connector having the threaded fastener are provided, which threaded fastener includes: a shank, with a screw thread thereon, to be screwed to a mating member; and a head continuing from the shank and having a regular-polygonal cross section, wherein the head has an expanding portion with a cross-sectional area gradually becoming larger toward the shank and a reducing portion with a cross-sectional area gradually becoming smaller toward the shank, the reducing portion continues from the expanding portion in a direction of an axis of the shank, and the reducing portion is arranged nearer the shank than the expanding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Masaru Fukuda, Yoshiro Kakuda, Tohru Takaki, Motohiro Takatsuka