Patents by Inventor Yuki Sakagami

Yuki Sakagami 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: 20230397700
    Abstract: Through-holes are formed at a constant pitch along a side-edge portion of a fastener tape where a tape base fabric is covered by a waterproof layer, the through-holes piercing the fastener tape. Plasma treatment or corona treatment is applied to the side-edge portion of the fastener tape so as to form an activation region on a surface of the waterproof layer on one or both sides of the fastener tape. Injection molding of fastener elements is performed to attach the fastener elements to the side-edge portion of the fastener tape. Melted resin adheres to the activation region and fills the through-hole before solidifying into the fastener element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki SAKAGAMI, Mineto TERADA, Nariaki YAMAMOTO, Steven THOMAS, Mark BRADY
  • Patent number: 11197521
    Abstract: A slide fastener includes a resin sheet that joins tapes on one surface among both surfaces of the tapes in a thickness direction, and that extends from a stop on a side opposite to element rows and is integral with the stop. The stop includes recesses on a boundary portion with the sheet of left and right side portions that respectively correspond to the tapes, and includes a recess region in a surface of the stop that is a region whose range in a left-right direction is defined by leftmost and rightmost ones of the recesses. A surface of the sheet includes a flat portion that is a region extending from the recess region toward the side opposite to the element rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Kayahara, Mineto Terada, Ryo Mikuma, Kazuya Taniguchi, Yuki Sakagami
  • Patent number: 11134756
    Abstract: The waterproof slide fastener includes a slider and a slider stopper member. A flange portion of the slider includes a linear portion extending linearly from a rear mouth and a curved portion extending to curve outward from an end part of the linear portion. The slider stopper member includes an insertion base portion disposed across right and left waterproof tapes, right and left insertion leg portions extending from the insertion base portion toward element rows, and flange press contact portions disposed on outer side surfaces of the respective insertion leg portions, wherein the flange press contact portion includes a press contact curved portion and a press contact straight portion extending linearly from a rear end part of the press contact curved portion. Thereby, even when the slider is held at a sliding limit vicinity position away from a sliding limit position, watertightness can be exerted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Kayahara, Mineto Terada, Ryo Mikuma, Kazuya Taniguchi, Yuki Sakagami
  • Publication number: 20210007447
    Abstract: A slide fastener includes a resin sheet that joins tapes on one surface among both surfaces of the tapes in a thickness direction, and that extends from a stop on a side opposite to element rows and is integral with the stop. The stop includes recesses on a boundary portion with the sheet of left and right side portions that respectively correspond to the tapes, and includes a recess region in a surface of the stop that is a region whose range in a left-right direction is defined by leftmost and rightmost ones of the recesses. A surface of the sheet includes a flat portion that is a region extending from the recess region toward the side opposite to the element rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Masanori Kayahara, Mineto Terada, Ryo Mikuma, Kazuya Taniguchi, Yuki Sakagami
  • Publication number: 20200037711
    Abstract: The waterproof slide fastener includes a slider and a slider stopper member. A flange portion of the slider includes a linear portion extending linearly from a rear mouth and a curved portion extending to curve outward from an end part of the linear portion. The slider stopper member includes an insertion base portion disposed across right and left waterproof tapes, right and left insertion leg portions extending from the insertion base portion toward element rows, and flange press contact portions disposed on outer side surfaces of the respective insertion leg portions, wherein the flange press contact portion includes a press contact curved portion and a press contact straight portion extending linearly from a rear end part of the press contact curved portion. Thereby, even when the slider is held at a sliding limit vicinity position away from a sliding limit position, watertightness can be exerted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Masanori Kayahara, Mineto Terada, Ryo Mikuma, Kazuya Taniguchi, Yuki Sakagami