Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Sasatani

Yoshiaki Sasatani 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: 7785716
    Abstract: A bearing apparatus includes a coil spring having a center portion in which a wire is wound at a predetermined pitch, and end turn portions arranged at both end portions of the center portion. Each of the end turn portions is formed by winding the wire at least three turns with a pitch which is smaller than the predetermined pitch of the center portion. A bearing member has a main body with an opening for supporting a shaft, and a connecting portion for connecting the coil spring to the main body. The main body and the connecting portion are integrally formed from a resin material by molding, and the end turn portion of the coil spring is connected to the connecting portion through molding of the main body and the connecting portion. The connecting portion of the bearing member has an inner connecting portion which protrudes into an inside of the end turn portion of the coil spring, and an outer connecting portion which surrounds an outside area of the end turn portion of the coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sasatani, Hiroshi Toda, Katsushige Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20050031375
    Abstract: The object of the invention is to disuse press fitting of a coil spring into a bearing made of a resin material, to prevent resin chips that may be produced during press fitting. In order to achieve this object, the coil spring is inserted in the cavity of a mold. The coil spring is partly exposed in the cavity. A molten resin material is injected into the cavity and solidified. The resin material and a portion of the coil spring which is exposed in the cavity are connected to and integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sasatani, Hiroshi Toda, Katsushige Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20030201570
    Abstract: The object of the invention is, in integrating two or more types of resin materials having different compositions or tones in a mold, thus molding a multi-color, multi-material molded article, to increase the strength of the bonding surfaces of the resins. To achieve this object, this invention provides an injection molding method of injecting two or more types of resin materials having different compositions or tones into a mold, thus producing a molded article in which the two or more types of resin materials are bonded. Convexo-concave shapes are formed on the bonding portions of the two or more types of resin materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicants: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, CANON KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sasatani, Kenshirou Abe, Masatoshi Watanabe, Tetsuya Sonobe
  • Publication number: 20030091768
    Abstract: This invention has as its object to provide a composite molded product in which the second and subsequent members can be easily separated from the first member. In order to achieve this object, in the composite molded product made of a plurality of types of resin materials, materials that are not miscible with each other are used as the plurality of types of resin materials. Portions (1, 3) made of different resin materials can be separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Sasatani, Kenshirou Abe, Masatoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6182707
    Abstract: A polyamide resin containing reinforcing fiber is dry blended with a polyamide resin containing no or less reinforcing fiber. A polyamide resin containing 15 to 50% by weight of reinforcing fiber thus obtained is used as a material. By using a moving type core having a two-stage structure including a large diameter moving core and a small diameter moving core, a tubular hollow molded body 17 is formed, and redundant portions 18 and 19 are cut and removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Shiraki, Yoshiaki Sasatani, Noriaki Matsumoto