Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Taguchi

Yasuaki Taguchi 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: 9737977
    Abstract: The driver bit according to the present invention includes: a tip on which a cross blade is formed; a torque transmitting part having a polygonal outer circumference; and a locking groove which extends in the circumferential direction between the tip and the torque transmitting part and into which locking balls enter, wherein the tip has four blade forming grooves forming the cross blade, the blade forming grooves are continuous with the locking groove, and the blade forming grooves are arranged so that the blade forming grooves have bottom parts, at which they are connected with the locking groove, located inwardly of the outer circumference of the torque transmitting part, and the center lines are displaced from a line connecting the shaft center with vertex positions of the polygonal outer circumference and a line connecting the shaft center with center positions of sides of the polygonal outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Vessel Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Taguchi, Jiro Taguchi, Koji Chido, Koji Dohi
  • Publication number: 20160158923
    Abstract: The driver bit according to the present invention includes: a tip on which a cross blade is formed; a torque transmitting part having a polygonal outer circumference; and a locking groove which extends in the circumferential direction between the tip and the torque transmitting part and into which locking balls enter, wherein the tip has four blade forming grooves forming the cross blade, the blade forming grooves are continuous with the locking groove, and the blade forming grooves are arranged so that the blade forming grooves have bottom parts, at which they are connected with the locking groove, located inwardly of the outer circumference of the torque transmitting part, and the center lines are displaced from a line connecting the shaft center with vertex positions of the polygonal outer circumference and a line connecting the shaft center with center positions of sides of the polygonal outer circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuaki Taguchi, Jiro Taguchi, Koji Chido, Koji Dohi
  • Publication number: 20140311302
    Abstract: The socket holder comprises a cylindrical socket section, and a hexagonal prism-shaped shank section which is held in the socket section for transmission of torque to the socket section, and receives torque from a rotating tool. The shank section is detachably fitted to the socket section via a retention mechanism composed of a coil spring and a steel ball. The front end of the shank section is fitted with a thin, cylindrical magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yasuaki TAGUCHI, Jiro TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 7261023
    Abstract: Provided is a bit holder device which is capable of driving a screw into a workpiece, while holding the screw having a groove in which a bit body is inserted, and which makes it possible to change the bit body without removing it from a chuck of an electric tool, etc. A bit holder device facilitating the attachment and detachment of a cylindrical body is also provided. A bit holder device for driving a screw, while holding the screw against detachment from a bit body with retaining a state where an end of the bit body is inserted in a groove on a head of the screw, has a cylindrical cover member removably fitted about the bit body from the end of the bit body, the cover member has an end including a magnetic attracting portion for magnetically attracting the head of the screw, and the bit body protrudes from the end of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Vessel Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20060230887
    Abstract: Provided is a bit holder device which is capable of driving a screw into a workpiece, while holding the screw having a groove in which a bit body is inserted, and which makes it possible to change the bit body without removing it from a chuck of an electric tool, etc. A bit holder device facilitating the attachment and detachment of a cylindrical body is also provided. A bit holder device for driving a screw, while holding the screw against detachment from a bit body with retaining a state where an end of the bit body is inserted in a groove on a head of the screw, has a cylindrical cover member removably fitted about the bit body from the end of the bit body, the cover member has an end including a magnetic attracting portion for magnetically attracting the head of the screw, and the bit body protrudes from the end of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Yasuaki Taguchi