Patents by Inventor Yasunobu Endou

Yasunobu Endou 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).

  • Pipe connector connection checking assembly
    Patent number: 6145886
    Abstract: There is provided a pipe connector connection checking assembly in which it can surely be checked that a male connector is incompletely connected with a female connector. A connection checking member is formed with an ear portion for integrally connecting a pair of claws disposed opposingly and a portion having a low strength formed at a portion except the ear portion, and the claws of the connection checking member are inserted into holes in the female connector. When the connection checking member is pulled outward in the state in which the male connector is incompletely inserted into the female connector, the portion having a low strength is broken before the engagement of the claws is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Sanoh Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Ohta, Yasunobu Endou, Hideki Kimura