Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Irie

Yoshinori Irie 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: 20020139220
    Abstract: An outer gripping portion of a bicycle handlebar includes a mounting section and a bracket section. The mounting section has a first cross-sectional shape. The bracket section has a second cross-sectional shape and is releasably coupled to the mounting section to form a first gripping section. The first and second cross-sectional shapes of the mounting section and the bracket section have flush longitudinal edges that mate together to form a first annular gripping surface of the first gripping section. Preferably, the bicycle handlebar includes a pair of outer gripping portions coupled to opposite ends of a transverse portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventor: Yoshinori Irie
  • Patent number: 6446922
    Abstract: An attachment piece for a bicycle display device includes an attachment component for attachment to a structural member of the bicycle, a support column fixed at a proximal portion thereof to the attachment component, and a base member having an attachment surface for attachment to the display device. The base member is pivotably coupled to a distal portion of the support column at a location aligned below the center of the attachment surface when the attachment surface is vertical. The support column may extend from the attachment component at an incline relative to a plane that extends through the attachment component perpendicular to a central axis of the attachment component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Irie
  • Patent number: 6328268
    Abstract: An attachment piece for a bicycle display device includes an attachment component for attachment to a structural member of the bicycle, a support column fixed at a proximal portion thereof to the attachment component, and a base member having an attachment surface for attachment to the display device. The base member is pivotably coupled to a distal portion of the support column at a location aligned below the center of the attachment surface when the attachment surface is vertical. The support column may extend from the attachment component at an incline relative to a plane that extends through the attachment component perpendicular to a central axis of the attachment component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Irie
  • Publication number: 20010040204
    Abstract: An attachment piece for a bicycle display device includes an attachment component for attachment to a structural member of the bicycle, a support column fixed at a proximal portion thereof to the attachment component, and a base member having an attachment surface for attachment to the display device. The base member is pivotably coupled to a distal portion of the support column at a location aligned below the center of the attachment surface when the attachment surface is vertical. The support column may extend from the attachment component at an incline relative to a plane that extends through the attachment component perpendicular to a central axis of the attachment component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventor: Yoshinori Irie
  • Patent number: 6084506
    Abstract: A display apparatus for a bicycle includes a display for displaying a plurality of graphic elements in a series extending in a selected direction. Each of the plurality of graphic elements corresponds to a gear step of a gear changing device, and a size of each graphic element successively varies in the selected direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Shimano, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Irie