Patents by Inventor Toshiharu Kodama

Toshiharu Kodama 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: 6799921
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manhole cover/frame exchange method capable of minimizing the size of a portion to be mended, of eliminating a pressing step by a roller machine, of eliminating/reducing steps and a required mending time and of suppressing vibrations, noises and the like during the exchanging process. The manhole cover/frame exchange method comprises steps of: cutting a portion of a paved road around the manhole cover/frame spherically; removing the spherically cut portion; filling a self-curing highly fluid non-shrink filler into a spherical hollow space formed by the removing step, and filling a surface layer material over the self-curing highly fluid non-shrink filler. Thus, the pressing step by the roller machine is eliminated by the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Shiga Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiharu Kodama
  • Publication number: 20030235469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a manhole cover/frame exchange method capable of minimizing the size of a portion to be mended, of eliminating a pressing step by a roller machine, of eliminating/reducing steps and a required mending time and of suppressing vibrations, noises and the like during the exchanging process. The manhole cover/frame exchange method comprises steps of: cutting a portion of a paved road around the manhole cover/frame spherically; removing the spherically cut portion; filling a self-curing highly fluid non-shrink filler into a spherical hollow space formed by the removing step, and filling a surface layer material over the self-curing highly fluid non-shrink filler. Thus, the pressing step by the roller machine is eliminated by the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: Shiga Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiharu Kodama
  • Patent number: 6425638
    Abstract: A pavement cutter that saves construction materials and prevents repaired pavements from subsiding or collapsing includes a first tilting mechanism attached to a front wheel axis as a base for a tilting mechanism where the base chassis tilts around the rear wheels without restraint; a frame where a spherical shell disk, its rotating axis and a driving unit are mounted is rotatably connected to one side of the base chassis via a hinge, a second tilting mechanism to move the spherical shell disk upward/downward and a cutting circle determining mechanism to determine a cutting radius and its center, where circular or straight cuttings are attained by exchanging the spherical shell disk to the flat disk and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Shiga Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshiharu Kodama