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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Takeshi Kikutani, Tokorozawa, JP;
Satoru Kondo, Nagoya, JP;
Shunichi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Kunio Sugihara, Otsu, JP;
Teruko Haguri, Kyoto, JP;
Kouhei Akimoto, Tsubame, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A grip member has a grip proper (,) made of a shape-memory resin in the shape of a bar, a connecting pin (,) disposed in one terminal part of the grip proper, a forked part (,) formed integrally in the other terminal side of the grip proper, and an annular part (,) formed integrally slightly toward one end of the grip proper (,) and adapted for enabling the forked part (,) to twine thereon. The grip member is enabled to cope easily with a delicate change in the gripping condition by heating the grip proper (,) and the vicinity thereof to a temperature surpassing the glass transition point of the shape-memory resin thereby endowing the shape-memory rubber with a rubbery state, causing the forked part (,) to twine itself around the annular part (,) in such a manner as to impart the shape of a loop to the grip proper.