Patents by Inventor Ikuo MAKIHIRA

Ikuo MAKIHIRA 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).

  • Patent number: 11473697
    Abstract: A flow rate adjusting device of the present invention includes a flow channel member and a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a rod, a knob and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is switched by the knob moving in the traverse direction between a prohibited state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the to-be-engaged portion so that the rotation of the rod relative to the flow channel member is prohibited via the knob and a permitted state in which the engagement between the engaging portion and the to-be-engaged portion is undone so that the rod is permitted to rotate relative to the flow channel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Ueno, Tadashi Fujii, Nichiki Okada, Naoki Imai, Shinsuke Uchida, Ikuo Makihira
  • Patent number: 11454058
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a vehicle door switch that is capable of adjusting the amount of movement made by a rod with ease and a method for attaching a vehicle door switch. A vehicle door switch includes a rod configured to move as a door is closed, a detecting unit configured to output a detection signal when one of ends of the rod has moved by a predetermined distance or more, and a limiting unit configured to limit the amount of movement made by the rod within a range where the detecting unit outputs the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Tanabe, Ikuo Makihira
  • Patent number: 11248409
    Abstract: A door driving device includes a driving unit driving a door that opens and closes an entrance of a vehicle having a door case, and a control unit controlling the driving unit such that the door moves with a discontinuous acceleration during a period from when the door starts to open to when the door moves at a constant speed in an opening direction in which the door is retracted into the door case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ikuo Makihira, Shinsuke Uchida
  • Publication number: 20210262585
    Abstract: A flow rate adjusting device of the present invention includes a flow channel member and a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a rod, a knob and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism is switched by the knob moving in the traverse direction between a prohibited state in which the engaging portion is engaged with the to-be-engaged portion so that the rotation of the rod relative to the flow channel member is prohibited via the knob and a permitted state in which the engagement between the engaging portion and the to-be-engaged portion is undone so that the rod is permitted to rotate relative to the flow channel member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki UENO, Tadashi FUJII, Nichiki OKADA, Naoki IMAI, Shinsuke UCHIDA, Ikuo MAKIHIRA
  • Publication number: 20200208453
    Abstract: A door driving device includes a driving unit driving a door that opens and closes an entrance of a vehicle having a door case, and a control unit controlling the driving unit such that the door moves with a discontinuous acceleration during a period from when the door starts to open to when the door moves at a constant speed in an opening direction in which the door is retracted into the door case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ikuo MAKIHIRA, Shinsuke UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200208454
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a vehicle door switch that is capable of adjusting the amount of movement made by a rod with ease and a method for attaching a vehicle door switch. A vehicle door switch includes a rod configured to move as a door is closed, a detecting unit configured to output a detection signal when one of ends of the rod has moved by a predetermined distance or more, and a limiting unit configured to limit the amount of movement made by the rod within a range where the detecting unit outputs the detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuo TANABE, Ikuo MAKIHIRA