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Granted Patent B2
US 12,241,252 · App. 17/687,849 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Handrail

Inventors: Mitsutoshi Kichise (Kobe, JP); Takahiro Kawashima (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
E04F11/1836E04F11/1817E04F2011/1821
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Patent No.
US 12,241,252
App. No.
17/687,849
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handrail includes a first partial handrail including an outer tube having at least one insertion hole on an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube, a second partial handrail including an inner tube having at least one opening hole on an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, the inner tube being inserted into the outer tube, a cylindrical screw seat disposed inside the inner tube of the second partial handrail so as to be turnable in a circumferential direction and having at least one screw hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical screw seat, and at least one connecting bolt that penetrates the insertion hole and the opening hole and is fastened to the screw hole to couple the first partial handrail and the second partial handrail.

Claims (13)

1. A handrail comprising:

a first partial handrail including an outer tube having at least one insertion hole on an outer peripheral surface of the outer tube;

a second partial handrail including an inner tube having at least one opening hole on an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, the inner tube being inserted into the outer tube;

a cylindrical screw seat disposed inside the inner tube of the second partial handrail so as to be turnable in a circumferential direction and having at least one screw hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical screw seat; and

at least one connecting bolt that penetrates the insertion hole and the opening hole and is fastened to the screw hole to couple the first partial handrail and the second partial handrail.

2. The handrail according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one connecting bolt comprises connecting bolts;

the at least one insertion hole of the first partial handrail comprises insertion holes;

the at least one screw hole of the screw seat comprises screw holes, the number of which is equal to the number of insertion holes;

the connecting bolts are inserted into the corresponding insertion holes, penetrate the at least one opening hole, and are fastened to the corresponding screw holes; and

the screw seat includes a slit or a groove extending in an axial direction.

3. The handrail according to claim 1 , wherein the inner tube of the second partial handrail includes a stopper that restricts turning of the screw seat within a predetermined range.

4. The handrail according to claim 1 , wherein the second partial handrail includes a lock that restricts movement of the screw seat in an axial direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: KICHISE, MITSUTOSHI; KAWASHIMA, TAKAHIRO
To: KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059757/0748 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-162186 · Sep 5, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020028301 · Jul 21, 2020
Related Publication 20220186503A1 · Jun 16, 2022
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