Patents by Inventor Yukitaka Okufuji

Yukitaka Okufuji 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).

  • Apparatus for winding and pressure-fitting a small width strip to a rotating body
    Patent number: 5335415
    Abstract: An apparatus for winding a belt-like member and a method of feeding a belt-like member for helically winding a belt-like member of a small width around an outer periphery of a rotating body which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and whose radius from the axis of rotation to the outer periphery thereof changes in correspondence with an axial position. A holding device is capable of holding a starting end of the belt-like member from both obverse and reverse surface sides thereof and of pressure-fitting the starting end of the belt-like member onto the rotating body. A feeding device moves the starting end of the belt-like member from a holding position where the belt-like member is held to the rotating body by moving the holding device, so as to feed the belt-like member to the rotating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yukitaka Okufuji