Patents by Inventor Yoshie Numata

Yoshie Numata 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).

  • Method for manufacturing waterproof fastener tape
    Patent number: 10426233
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a waterproof fastener tape includes the steps of: forming a viscous waterproof layer on a releasable substrate; attaching the viscous waterproof layer formed on the releasable substrate to a fastener tape base fabric, and peeling the releasable substrate off the viscous waterproof layer that has been attached to the fastener tape base fabric; promoting curing of the viscous waterproof layer formed on the fastener tape base fabric to form a reduced-viscosity waterproof layer; and after the promoting of curing of the viscous waterproof layer, covering an exposed surface of the reduced-viscosity waterproof layer formed on the fastener tape base fabric with a releasable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshie Numata, Masahide Ozaki, Masanobu Mizuno, Toshimasa Konaka, Takuya Nagatani
  • Method for Manufacturing Waterproof Fastener Tape, and Waterproof Fastener Tape
    Publication number: 20180078007
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a waterproof fastener tape includes the steps of: forming a viscous waterproof layer on a releasable substrate; attaching the viscous waterproof layer formed on the releasable substrate to a fastener tape base fabric, and peeling the releasable substrate off the viscous waterproof layer that has been attached to the fastener tape base fabric; promoting curing of the viscous waterproof layer formed on the fastener tape base fabric to form a reduced-viscosity waterproof layer; and after the promoting of curing of the viscous waterproof layer, covering an exposed surface of the reduced-viscosity waterproof layer formed on the fastener tape base fabric with a releasable cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshie Numata, Masahide Ozaki, Masanobu Mizuno, Toshimasa Konaka, Takuya Nagatani