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Assignee: YKK Corporation


Location: Tokyo, JP
No. of patents: 648

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8112850Buckle
A buckle includes a male member and a female member. The male member is provided with a base, a pair of legs and an engaging portion provided on a distal ends of the legs. The female member is provided with an insertion port, a guide that elastically deforms the dis...
02/14/2012
8112848Slider for a fluid tight slide fastener
A slider for a fluid tight slide fastener that has upper and lower plates joined together by a guide post. A guide plate is formed on the guide post to cooperate with the upper and lower plates, to guide the coupling elements and sealing lips of the slide fastener i...
02/14/2012
8091186Slider for a fluid tight slide fastener
A slider for a fluid tight slide fastener has upper and lower wings joined by a guide post and a guide plate provided between the upper and lower wings and spaced there from to cooperate with the upper and lower wings to guide coupling elements and sealing lips of t...
01/10/2012
8043541Systems and methods of installing hook fastener elements in a mold assembly
Various embodiments of a mold assembly system include a mold defining at least one trench along a surface of the mold and two or more hook fastener elements disposed on the surface of the trench in an end-to-end relationship. Each hook fastener elements includes: (1...
10/25/2011
8042238Snap fastener part
Snap fastener part comprising an axis (30), a coupling means (10) for coupling with a complementary coupling means of the other snap fastener part, a fixing means (14) for fixing the coupling means (10) to a carrier material (32), ...
10/25/2011
8011070Curved slide fastener
A curved slide fastener in which a convex element attaching edge portion which is curved convexly and outwardly and a concave element attaching edge portion which is curved concavely and inwardly are arranged to face each other on opposing side edges of a pair of fa...
09/06/2011
7998548Male surface fastener member for use in a cushion body mold and manufacturing method thereof
Various embodiments include a male surface fastener member configured for being molded onto a surface of a foaming resin mold body. The male surface fastener member includes a plurality of male surface fastener strips connected with each other in an end-to-end relat...
08/16/2011
7992263Belt connector
To connect a belt connecting member (4) of a first member (1) with a snap hook (5) of a second member (2), a neck portion (21) having a circular cross section is provided so as to project from a connecting portion of the snap hook ...
08/09/2011
7979966Buckle
The male member comprises a base to which a string member can be attached, a pair of legs that project from the base, and an engaging portion that projects from a top surface and a bottom surface of a distal end of each of the pair of legs. The female member compris...
07/19/2011
7954212Sheet attaching instrument
The sheet attaching instrument includes an instrument body 12 and a fixing member 14 fixing the instrument body 12 to a sheet 1. The instrument body 12 has a first projection 20 and a second projection 30. The first p...
06/07/2011
7946002Connecting device
A connecting device which has an excellent appearance, produces no frictional sound between a connecting device main body such as a swivel hook main body and a belt attaching member and can be assembled easily and securely. The connecting device includes a neck port...
05/24/2011
7882602Slide fastener with separable bottom end stop
A slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop, which can be handled easily by everyone and closed or separated easily. The slide fastener includes a slider through which fastener element rows of a pair of right and left fastener tapes pass; and a separable botto...
02/08/2011
D632218Slide fastener element
02/08/2011
7870649Waterproof slide fastener
A waterproof slide fastener in which an entire surface of a fastener tape is covered with elastomer, through holes are made in a side edge of the fastener tape, and fastener elements each comprising a coupling head, a neck portion, an engaging projection, a leg port...
01/18/2011
7866012Slider for double-sided slide fastener with automatic locking device
A slider for a double-sided slide fastener includes: a body, having a first body, a second body opposed to the first body, an operating member, having a first member parallel to the first body and formed with a first groove and a second member parallel to the second...
01/11/2011
7857383Soft cover for covering a seat
Various embodiments of the invention provide a soft cover for covering a seat having an inner frame. According to various embodiments, the soft cover includes a rear portion having a first side portion, a second side portion, an upper portion, and a flap portion wit...
12/28/2010
D629333Slider for slide fastener
12/21/2010
D629332Slider for slide fastener
12/21/2010
7849576Slide fastener manufacturing apparatus
An apparatus and method for manufacturing a slide fastener. The apparatus may provide a chain transfer path inclined downward for transferring a fastener chain, a chain cutting portion disposed at a middle of the transfer path and a feed portion disposed on an upstr...
12/14/2010
D628123Chain for slide fastener
11/30/2010
7836563Fastener stringer and slide fastener
A fastener stringer capable of following up stretching/contracting action of a stretchable fabric smoothly by improving a stretching property of an element attaching portion, and capable of preventing breaking of chain if the element attaching portion is stretched, ...
11/23/2010
7814624Self draining snap fastener sockets
A self draining snap fastener socket allows water and other liquids to drain from inside of the self draining snap fastener socket. The self draining snap fastener socket has a snap action attachment/detachment portion defining a channel for a resilient snap member....
10/19/2010
7805817End stop for slide fastener
This invention relates to a top end stop having a substantially U-shaped section and a bottom end stop having a substantially lateral-H shaped section. In each end stop, leg portions having key-shaped sections, i.e., a hook shaped portion is provided at front ends t...
10/05/2010
7802347Slide fastener slider
A slide fastener slider, in which a pair of projecting portions are formed such that they project from shoulder mouth side end portions of a pair of flanges to a shoulder mouth side, the flanges being erected on both right and left sides of a lower plate. Each proje...
09/28/2010
7774906Slide fastener
A slide fastener (1) has a releasing end stop (15) having a shoulder (27) which impedes movement of the releasing end stop (15) through the channel (47) of the slider (35). The releasing end stop (15) is pivotable rel...
08/17/2010
D621297Pull tab of slider for slide fastener
08/10/2010
7757387Apparatus for continuously manufacturing fastener stringer
A fastener stringer continuous manufacturing apparatus which eliminates a necessity of increasing a size of a manufacturing apparatus and is capable of chamfering attaching legs of an engaging element which is produced continuously from a metallic wire rod having a ...
07/20/2010
7748427Fusion welding device and assembling apparatus
A fusion welding device including a first holder and a second holder where the respective holders are adapted to hold an end portion of a first work and a second work, respectively, such that the works are moveable in a longitudinal direction; a heater, operable to ...
07/06/2010
D619043Buckle
07/06/2010
D619042Buckle
07/06/2010
7725994Buckle, injection molding die and injection molding method
A plug (20) has a guide bar (24) to be inserter in a socket (30). The guide bar (24) has a to-be-held section (241) at a tip end thereof, a dent (244) at a middle portion thereof, and a sub to-be-held section (242) at...
06/01/2010
D616181Adjustment strap
05/25/2010
D615854Cord end stopper
05/18/2010
7712196Belt lock
A belt lock includes a plug (20) and an attachment (30) to be detachably attached to the plug (20). The attachment (30) includes a belt attaching hole (32). The plug (20) is provided with a rail (26). The attachment (...
05/11/2010
7708051Method for manufacture of a physical quantity detector
A physical quantity detector, such as a pressure sensor and a load sensor, includes a cylindrical part of which one end is closed with a strain generating part and a sensor part formed on the strain generating part. The cylindrical part is produced by melting an all...
05/04/2010
7698790Stop for slide fasteners
A reusable slider stop member has a solid body shaped to fit over a tooth element in a slide fastener assembly. The solid body has a central through channel defined by a pair of parallel prongs which fit over a tooth element. Each prong has an internal shoulder that...
04/20/2010
7694396Reverse opening type separable end stop of slide fastener
The present invention provides a reverse opening type separable end stop having a mechanism which securely locks a reverse opening type slider on a surface of an insert pin or a box pin, thereby blocking the slider from needlessly moving inward, wherein the reverse ...
04/13/2010
7694394Button
A button is disclosed that includes a die cast button body for which a secondary or an additional process (e.g., a squeeze process) is unnecessary and for which a degree of freedom for design of the upper surface center of the button body can increase. A shank of a ...
04/13/2010
7690089Reverse opening type slide fastener
The reverse opening type slide fastener has a separable bottom end stop including upper and lower sliders, wherein a stopper for preventing the lower slider from slipping off is provided at the bottom end of a box pin. A first engaging portion is formed on an opposi...
04/06/2010
7690087Button
A button comprises a button body (10, 10a, 10b) and a prong (20, 20a, 20b) adapted to be arranged on the side of cloth (30) opposite to the side thereof on which the button body mentioned above is set in...
04/06/2010
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