Yasukuni Watanabe 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).
Abstract: In a caster which supports a wheel by using via a link 3 a bracket 2 to be fitted to a wheelchair or the like, an end of the link 3 is connected with a rotation axis of the bracket 2 via a rubber member 8 which is twisted and deformed resulting from oscillating motion of the link 3, and the link 3 and the bracket 2 are connected by a hydraulic damper 20 which damps the oscillating motion of the link 3, whereby an oscillation or a shock can be absorbed.
Abstract: A caster which is mounted in a trolley or the like having a bracket 2 connected to a body of a vehicle; a link 3 connected to rotate on the bracket 2; vehicle wheels 4 connected to rotate on the link 3; and a compressible rubber block 20 which deforms as the link 3 rotates. The compressible rubber block forms an initial compressible part 23 which partially eliminates a surface area of the compressible rubber block. In this manner it is possible to restrain input forces on the vehicle body by smoothing out the rotation of the link 3.
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