Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Takahashi

Yoshinobu Takahashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20040127151
    Abstract: An abrasive substrate is removably provided between a head portion and an abrasive member in a carry type abrasive machine. The abrasive substrate is constituted by a single synthetic resin molded member formed of the same material, and a hardness in a peripheral portion is set to be lower than that in a central portion excluding the peripheral edge portion. A difference in the hardness between the central portion and the peripheral portion is regulated by a concavo-convex surface formed on a surface at the fixing side to the head portion of the carry type abrasive machine. It is desirable that the concavo-convex surface should be constituted by a plurality of rib-shaped projections formed on the same plane. The abrasive substrate of the carry type abrasive machine can be manufactured inexpensively and can carry out a reliable and stable abrasion work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takizawa, Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6735826
    Abstract: Provided is a buckle which comprises a buckle main body 11 and an engagement member 31. The buckle main body 11 comprises a base part 12, at least two insertion holes 18 and 19 provided on the base part 12 with a space in between, to which a belt 2 is inserted, and an upstanding piece 20 provided therebetween for bending the belt 2 in a direction away from the base part 12. The engagement member 31 can be moved to a first position where the buckle can be moved against the belt 2 and to a second position where the buckle can be fixed to the belt 2. Further, the engagement member 31 comprises a pressurizing part 33 for pressurizing the belt 2 in the second position so as to obtain a further bent state and an adjustor 35 capable of adjusting the length of the other belt 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Shinichiro Kinebuchi, Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6659851
    Abstract: A fastening device for a polishing paper cloth of a portable polishing machine. The device comprises an attaching portion which can be detachably attached to a base plate of the polishing machine and a fastening device main body for winding the polishing paper cloth thereon to engage therewith. Multiple concave grooves, which are continuous in the winding direction of the polishing paper cloth in parallel, and a cavity portion formed inside are provided. Therefore, by giving flexibility to the main body to allow it to be deformed in many directions, it is possible to prevent a reaction to the operator due to oscillation of the polishing machine generated during the polishing and to improve a discharging function for the polishing waste to the outside by allowing the polishing waste generated during the polishing to easily intrude in the concave grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Takahashi, Toshiaki Takizawa, Ryuichi Murasaki
  • Patent number: 6647750
    Abstract: In a buckle, in which a housing of a female body and an inserting plate of a male body are engaged with each other and which is provided with a simple locking mechanism by using a key, the housing of the female body is provided with an engaging portion, while the inserting plate of the male body is provided with an engaged portion. Alternatively, the housing is provided with an engaged portion while the inserting plate is provided with an engaging portion. Therefore, the female body and the male body can be engaged with each other to be locked. When they are locked, a belt adjusting portion of the male body is concealed in the housing of the female body, so that a belt is difficult to be adjusted. Specifically, the belt can be never loosened but only adjustable in a direction of fastening. Thus, the buckle is provided with a convenient belt adjusting portion, which can not adjust a length of the belt when the female body and the male body are locked with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kaneko, Ryuichi Murasaki, Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20030172499
    Abstract: Provided is a buckle which comprises a buckle main body 11 and an engagement member 31. The buckle main body 11 comprises a base part 12, at least two insertion holes 18 and 19 provided on the base part 12 with a space in between, to which a belt 2 is inserted, and an upstanding piece 20 provided therebetween for bending the belt 2 in a direction away from the base part 12. The engagement member 31 can be moved to a first position where the buckle can be moved against the belt 2 and to a second position where the buckle can be fixed to the belt 2. Further, the engagement member 31 comprises a pressurizing part 33 for pressurizing the belt 2 in the second position so as to obtain a further bent state and an adjustor 35 capable of adjusting the length of the other belt 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Shinichiro Kinebuchi, Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20020160703
    Abstract: A fastening device for a polishing paper cloth of a portable polishing machine. The device comprises an attaching portion which can be detachably attached to a base plate of the polishing machine and a fastening device main body for winding the polishing paper cloth thereon to engage therewith. Multiple concave grooves, which are continuous in the winding direction of the polishing paper cloth in parallel, and a cavity portion formed inside are provided. Therefore, by giving flexibility to the main body to allow it to be deformed in many directions, it is possible to prevent a reaction to the operator due to oscillation of the polishing machine generated during the polishing and to improve a discharging function for the polishing waste to the outside by allowing the polishing waste generated during the polishing to easily intrude in the concave grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Takahashi, Toshiaki Takizawa, Ryuichi Murasaki
  • Patent number: 6382297
    Abstract: This invention provides various kinds of engaging devices made of thermoplastic resin material which has an excellent productivity and secures an easiness in handling upon engagement or disengagement and in which breaking of hook element at each end is prevented and the hook element is never pierced into the finger. More specifically, the invention provides an engaging device having a plurality of hook elements disposed in plural rows on a surface of a substrate so as to engage with an engaging portion of a mating member having a plurality of loop elements on a surface thereof. Projections risen substantially vertically from a surface of the substrate are formed integrally therewith so as to secure protection function and backup function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takizawa, Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20020014096
    Abstract: In a buckle, in which a housing of a female body and an inserting plate of a male body are engaged with each other and which is provided with a simple locking mechanism by using a key, the housing of the female body is provided with an engaging portion, while the inserting plate of the male body is provided with an engaged portion. Alternatively, the housing is provided with an engaged portion while the inserting plate is provided with an engaging portion. Therefore, the female body and the male body can be engaged with each other to be locked. When they are locked, a belt adjusting portion of the male body is concealed in the housing of the female body, so that a belt is difficult to be adjusted. Specifically, the belt can be never loosened but only adjustable in a direction of fastening. Thus, the buckle is provided with a convenient belt adjusting portion, which can not adjust a length of the belt when the female body and the male body are locked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Applicant: YKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kaneko, Ryuichi Murasaki, Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6339865
    Abstract: This invention provides a cord fastener wherein a tightening cord is threaded through or an end of the tightening cord is nipped thereby, the cord fastener being captured and fixed easily with stability on the surface of a down jacket with hood and the like. This cord fastener comprises a cylindrical main body having a bottom and a pair of cam faces at a bottom thereof and a sliding body capable of fitting in an inside of the main body and containing a body portion provided at an upper portion thereof and a pair of elastic leg portions at a lower portion thereof. Insertion holes for a tightening cord are provided in the main body and sliding body. The sliding body is inserted into the main body and then the tightening cord is inserted while pressing the sliding body. When the pressing is released, the sliding body is resiled so that the tightening cord is fixed. A surface fastener member is provided on a surface of the main-body perpendicular to the insertion hole by integral molding or bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Takahashi, Kazuhiko Tachibana
  • Patent number: 6314622
    Abstract: This invention provides an engaging member of a fastening device integrally molded of synthetic resin which enables sewing thereof to clothes easily and accurately, ensures ease and smoothness in an operation for opening the engaging member of the fastening device even if it is molded relatively thick, and prevents too much force being applied to a sewing yarn by an external force upon the opening operation thereby ensuring durability and contributes to reduction of production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiaki Takizawa, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Angelo Piacenza
  • Patent number: 6148486
    Abstract: A belt mounting structure in a buckle which can securely fix a belt in use and allows easy adjustment of an effective belt length and removal of the belt. A belt winding rod freely reciprocates in a direction of fastening the belt and freely rotates at a predetermined angular range within a belt mounting hole. A bulging portion is formed along an upper end edge of the belt mounting hole in the side to which the buckle is connected. A cross-section of a main body of the belt winding rod is formed substantially in a waterdrop shape. A cross-section of each supporting axial portion of the belt winding rod is formed substantially in a shape of an isosceles triangle. When an oblique side portion of the axial portion is mounted and supported on a long side portion of a supporting hole, a tip portion of the main body is pressure contacted to a lower surface of the bulging portion via the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Inventors: Ryoichiro Uehara, Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6140414
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel curable silicone-based aqueous emulsion composition suitable as a surface-coating composition for an air bag base cloth and capable of exhibiting excellent adhesion to the substrate cloth and imparting the surface-coated cloth with excellent flexibility and flame retardancy. The aqueous silicone emulsion composition is a uniform blend which comprises:(A) 100 parts by weight of an aqueous base emulsion of an organopolysiloxane consisting of(A1) from 10 to 70% by weight of an organopolysiloxane having at least two hydroxyl groups bonded to the silicon atoms in a molecule, in which from 0.01 to 10% by moles of the monovalent hydrocarbon groups are alkenyl groups,(A2) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Ohsawa, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Satoshi Kuwata
  • Patent number: 5989710
    Abstract: A molding material for thermoplastic composites is provided. The molding material is prepared from a commingled yarn containing continuous thermoplastic fibers and continuous reinforcing fibers, in a form of threads, textile fabrics, knitted fabrics, or multiaxial laminated fabrics, wherein the fiber commingling parameter of said continuous reinforcing fibers in said commingled yarn is 20% or more, and wherein the orientation index after heat treatment of said continuous thermoplastic fibers is 0.3 or more, and/or the thermal shrinkage ratio of said continuous thermoplastic fibers is 15% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuki Matsuo, Toshiaki Hokudoh, Kuniharu Mori, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Takeru Toida, Hiroshi Kawada
  • Patent number: 5829105
    Abstract: An elongate article coupler comprises a pair of fitting parts for severally retaining end parts of the elongate articles and a connecting part disposed between the fitting parts and adapted to interconnect the fitting parts, the connecting part having a breaking part adapted to be broken under a tension exceeding a prescribed level. In accordance with one embodiment of the modification, the coupler comprises a pair of fitting parts each including one of a pair of engaging parts adapted to form mutual engagement and break the engagement under a tension exceeding a prescribed level. In accordance with another modification, the coupler comprises one or more of fitting parts and retention cancelling means adapted to induce retention of the elongate article in cooperation with the fitting parts and cancel the retention of the elongate article when a tension exceeding a prescribed level is exerted on the elongate article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matoba, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Ryukichi Murai, Hirokazu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5827921
    Abstract: A novel silicone-based coating composition in the form of an aqueous emulsion is proposed which is capable of giving a rubber-like cured coating film of excellent mechanical strengths and flexibility on the surface of various substrate materials exhibiting high adhesive bonding thereto. The composition comprises:(a) water as the dispersion medium of the emulsion; and(b) a combination of the ingredients as the dispersed phase comprising:(A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least two alkenyl groups bonded to the silicon atoms;(B) from 0.05 to 20 parts by weight of an organohydrogen polysiloxane having, in a molecule, at least two hydrogen atoms directly bonded to the silicon atoms;(C) from 1 to 100 parts by weight of a colloidal silica or a polyorganosilsesquioxane;(D) from 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a reaction product of an amino group-containing organosilane compound and a carboxylic acid anhydride compound; and(E) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Osawa, Sachiko Nezu, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Satoshi Kuwata
  • Patent number: 5709014
    Abstract: A buckle comprising first and second plugs, each attached to one end of a respective one of first and second straps, and a socket attached to one end of a third strap. Each plug has at its base a first or second strap attaching portion, a first or second tongue projecting from the first or second strap attaching portion and terminating in a first or second engaging end and to be inserted into the socket. The socket has longitudinal first and second insertion holes formed so as to communicate and confront with each other for receiving the tongues of the first and second plugs, first and second fixed engaging portions projecting in the insertion holes respectively for engagement with the respective engaging ends of the tongues of the plugs, and a release button formed between the first and second fixed engaging portions for depressing the engaging ends respectively to deform and release them from the fixed engaging portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5705445
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base fabric for automobile air bags having excellent flexibility to ensure compact folding of the air bag and high flame retardancy for safety in hazard, which consists of a woven fabric web and a rubbery coating layer formed thereon from a silicone-based coating composition in the form of an aqueous emulsion comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane represented by the general formulaX--?--SiR.sup.1.sub.2 --O--!.sub.m --?--SiZ.sub.2 --O--!n-SiR.sup.1.sub.2 --X,in which R.sup.1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, Z is R.sup.1, OR.sup.2 or --(--O--SiR.sup.1.sub.2 --).sub.k --OR.sup.2, R.sup.2 being a hydrogen atom or R.sup.1 and k being a positive integer not exceeding 1000, X is R.sup.1 or OR.sup.2, m is a positive integer of 100 to 10,000 and n is 0 or a positive integer not exceeding 1,000 and which contains at least two OR.sup.2 groups in a molecule; (b) from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignees: Takata Corporation, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuneo Chikaraishi, Yasushi Masuda, Hiroshi Ohashi, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Morizo Nakazato, Takeshi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 5689860
    Abstract: An elongate article coupler comprises a pair of fitting parts for severally retaining end parts of the elongate articles and a connecting part disposed between the fitting parts and adapted to interconnect the fitting parts, the connecting part having a breaking part adapted to be broken under a tension exceeding a prescribed level. In accordance with one embodiment of the modification, the coupler comprises a pair of fitting parts each including one of a pair of engaging parts adapted to form mutual engagement and break the engagement under a tension exceeding a prescribed level. In accordance with another modification, the coupler comprises one or more of fitting parts and retention cancelling means adapted to induce retention of the elongate article in cooperation with the fitting parts and cancel the retention of the elongate article when a tension exceeding a prescribed level is exerted on the elongate article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matoba, Yoshinobu Takahashi, Ryukichi Murai, Hirokazu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 5666699
    Abstract: A cord fastener comprises a fastener body having a hollow and a pair of aligned first cord insertion through-holes communicating with the hollow, and a slide slidably inserted in the hollow of the fastener body and having a pair of aligned second cord-insertion through-holes. The slide has a head, a pair of resilient legs extending downwardly from a lower surface of the head and a pair of supporting arms extending downwardly from the lower surface of the head. Each of the second cord-insertion through-holes has an upper portion contiguous to the lower surface of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5657513
    Abstract: In a cord stopper, a spherical socket has a central plug-insertion hole, a head-receiving recess at the upper end of the hole, and a pair of diametrically opposed locking tongues projecting centrally from the respective edges of the recess. Also the socket has a first cord-threading hole extending perpendicularly to the plug-insertion hole. The plug-insertion hole has a gentle slope extending downwardly centrally from the first-threading hole and a steep slope downwardly contiguous to the gentle slope. A plug has a pair of resilient legs projecting downwardly from a head and having in and through their bases a second cord-threading hole. Each leg has on its lower outside surface a slope, and on its outside surface a protuberance having a central cutout and terminating a guiding end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Takahashi