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US 12,342,908 · App. 18/494,770 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Fastening device for air cylinder

Inventors: Taro Fujima (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Kuroda (Tokyo, JP); Samu Mochizuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TABATA CO., LTD.
A44B11/06B63C11/30B63C2011/303
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Patent No.
US 12,342,908
App. No.
18/494,770
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The fastening device for the air cylinder includes a belt having a first end portion and a second end portion, a coupling ring attached to the first end portion of the belt, and a buckle to which the second end portion of the belt is attached. The buckle includes locking grooves in which locking portions of the coupling ring are releasably locked. The locking grooves include openings that gradually widen toward a rear face side. The front face of the buckle includes bent portions that are brought into contact with an outer circumferential face of the air cylinder when coupling between the belt and the coupling ring is released.

Claims (13)

1. A fastening device for an air cylinder, the fastening device comprising:

a belt including a first end portion and a second end portion;

a coupling ring attached to the first end portion of the belt; and

a buckle to which the second end portion of the belt is attached,

the buckle including a front face and a rear face, a distal end edge, base end edges, base end portions, and locking grooves that are disposed in the base end portions and in which locking portions of the coupling ring are releasably locked,

the locking grooves including openings that gradually widen toward a rear face side,

the front face of the buckle including bent portions that are brought into contact with an outer circumferential face of the air cylinder when coupling between the belt and the coupling ring is released,

wherein

an inner circumferential face of the locking groove includes an inclined wall face disposed on a distal end side of the buckle, a first wall face extending from the inclined wall face toward a front face side, and a second wall face disposed on a base end side and a bottom wall connecting the first wall face and the second wall face,

a corner is disposed between the inclined wall face and the first wall face, and

a spacing dimension between the bottom wall and the corner is larger than a radius of the locking portion.

2. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein an angle α between the first wall face and a virtual line of tensile force extending from a center point of each of the locking portions of the coupling ring is 90 degrees or less.

3. The fastening device according to claim 1 , wherein the bent portions are disposed near a center portion of a longitudinal dimension of the buckle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2023
From: FUJIMA, TARO; KURODA, YUJI; MOCHIZUKI, SAMU
To: TABATA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065365/0837 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-174952 · Oct 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240138527A1 · May 2, 2024
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