Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Takasaka

Tsutomu Takasaka 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: 5806559
    Abstract: A valve open/closed condition indication apparatus includes a handle base mounted at an upper portion of a bonnet of a valve and having a spiral guide formed on an upper face thereof, and a handle including a handle body disposed on the handle base and an open/closed condition indication plate disposed on the handle body and engaged with and slidably movable in a diametrical direction by the spiral guide of the handle base. When the handle is rotated, a projection of the open/closed condition indication plate of the handle is guided by the spiral guide formed on the handle base so that it is moved in a diametrical direction. When the valve is put into a fully open condition or a fully closed condition by the rotation of the handle, a symbol or color indication marked on the open/close condition indication plate or the handle body and representing the fully open condition or the fully closed condition is indicated accurately in an indication window formed in a name plate or some other suitable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Ihara High Pressure Fittings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Takasaka