Patents by Inventor Tomomi Yoshida

Tomomi Yoshida 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).

  • Fastening device with bowl-shaped main body portion and leaf spring clip for engaging bolt passing through opening in bowl-shaped main body
    Patent number: 5639196
    Abstract: A clamping member fastenable to a bolt, wherein the clamping member includes a bowl-shaped main body having a bolt-inserting opening formed through a bottom center portion thereof. A leaf spring clip is embedded integratedly in the bottom center portion of the bowl-shaped main body. The leaf spring clip includes a plurality of spring claws extending from a periphery of the bolt-inserting opening toward a center of the bolt-inserting opening in an oblique and upward direction. The plurality of spring claws are engagable with a bolt and fasten the clamping member to the bolt responsive to a direct pushing action of the main body of the clamping member over the bolt with the bolt passing through the bolt-inserting opening, without requiring any tools or rotating action of the clamping member relative to the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Aoyama Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Murase, Hideaki Takagi, Hiromichi Mizuno, Tomomi Yoshida, Ken Kobayashi