Patents by Inventor Katsutoshi Kato

Katsutoshi Kato 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: 11833893
    Abstract: A guide rail for a sunroof apparatus includes an inner member and an outer member. The outer member is arranged on an outer side of the inner member in a width direction in an attached state where the guide rail is attached to a vehicle. The inner member guides a drive shoe of the sunroof apparatus. The outer member includes a fixed portion fixed to the vehicle. The outer member is coupled to the inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Aisin Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Motomura, Katsutoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20230009910
    Abstract: A guide rail for a sunroof apparatus includes an inner member and an outer member. The outer member is arranged on an outer side of the inner member in a width direction in an attached state where the guide rail is attached to a vehicle. The inner member guides a drive shoe of the sunroof apparatus. The outer member includes a fixed portion fixed to the vehicle. The outer member is coupled to the inner member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota MOTOMURA, Katsutoshi KATO
  • Patent number: 11498400
    Abstract: In a sunroof device, each support member and each driving shoe include a pressing portion and an elastic body, respectively, that, when the driving shoe moves from a first position toward a second position, come close to each other and, when the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and a third position, come into contact with each other. When the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and the third position, the pressing portion presses the elastic body in a direction perpendicular to a width direction. A length in the width direction of the elastic body is longer than the pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Aisin Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Aoki, Shota Motomura, Katsutoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11433748
    Abstract: In a sunroof device, a driving shoe includes a first plate being made of metal and including a first engaging wall engaging with a first guide portion of a support member, a second plate being made of metal and including a second engaging wall engaging with a second guide portion of the support member, and a sliding portion sliding with a guide rail. The driving shoe, by moving along the guide rail with the first engaging wall and the second engaging wall engaging with the first guide portion and the second guide portion, respectively, causes a rear edge portion of a movable panel to ascend or descend via the support member. In the driving shoe, the first plate and the second plate are coupled to each other in a width direction by the sliding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Aisin Corporation
    Inventors: Shota Motomura, Akinobu Muro, Katsutoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 11247541
    Abstract: A front shoe as a sliding member includes a pair of support walls facing each other in a vehicle width direction, and a fulcrum shaft disposed in a bridging manner between both support walls. A support bracket as a support member supporting a movable panel and integrally moving while being joined to the front shoe includes a joint block having an engagement portion for the fulcrum shaft and serving as a second joint portion joined to a first joint portion on the front shoe side. Further, the joint block is arranged between both support walls while being relatively rotatable about the fulcrum shaft. On the joint block, a cushion member interposed between the joint block and the support walls while being fixed thereto is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Aisin Corporation
    Inventors: Taiki Asano, Shota Motomura, Katsura Inoue, Katsutoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20210178870
    Abstract: A front shoe as a sliding member includes a pair of support walls facing each other in a vehicle width direction, and a fulcrum shaft disposed in a bridging manner between both support walls. A support bracket as a support member supporting a movable panel and integrally moving while being joined to the front shoe includes a joint block having an engagement portion for the fulcrum shaft and serving as a second joint portion joined to a first joint portion on the front shoe side. Further, the joint block is arranged between both support walls while being relatively rotatable about the fulcrum shaft. On the joint block, a cushion member interposed between the joint block and the support walls while being fixed thereto is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taiki ASANO, Shota MOTOMURA, Katsura INOUE, Katsutoshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20210061076
    Abstract: In a sunroof device, each support member and each driving shoe include a pressing portion and an elastic body, respectively, that, when the driving shoe moves from a first position toward a second position, come close to each other and, when the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and a third position, come into contact with each other. When the driving shoe is positioned between the second position and the third position, the pressing portion presses the elastic body in a direction perpendicular to a width direction. A length in the width direction of the elastic body is longer than the pressing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuya AOKI, Shota MOTOMURA, Katsutoshi KATO
  • Publication number: 20210061075
    Abstract: In a sunroof device, a driving shoe includes a first plate being made of metal and including a first engaging wall engaging with a first guide portion of a support member, a second plate being made of metal and including a second engaging wall engaging with a second guide portion of the support member, and a sliding portion sliding with a guide rail. The driving shoe, by moving along the guide rail with the first engaging wall and the second engaging wall engaging with the first guide portion and the second guide portion, respectively, causes a rear edge portion of a movable panel to ascend or descend via the support member. In the driving shoe, the first plate and the second plate are coupled to each other in a width direction by the sliding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shota MOTOMURA, Akinobu MURO, Katsutoshi KATO
  • Patent number: 9826661
    Abstract: A heat module includes a heat receiving portion, a fluid channel, a fan, a radiator including heat dissipating fins and a radiator tube fluid channel, and a pump. The pump includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The rotating portion includes a rotor holder and a pump impeller. The pump further includes a casing, a pump fluid channel, a pump inlet, and a pump outlet. At least a portion of the rotor holder and at least a portion of the pump impeller are arranged to radially overlap with each other. The fluid channel includes a tube fluid channel. The tube fluid channel includes a pump inlet-side tube fluid channel, a pump outlet-side tube fluid channel, and a heat receiving portion tube fluid channel. No heat receiving portion tube fluid channel is arranged in the pump inlet-side tube fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kato, Takehito Tamaoka
  • Patent number: 9744833
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail provided in each edge portion of the opening in a width direction of the vehicle such that the guide rail is positioned below the movable panel in a height direction of the vehicle; an attachment member fixed to the movable panel, including a flange extending toward an interior side in the width direction in each edge portion in the width direction, in which an attachment recessed portion is formed in the flange; and a shielding body including interposing pieces which are provided to extend in a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle, slidably engaged with the guide rail, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle while being spaced away from each other in the height direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kinju Uchida, Katsutoshi Kato, Yoshitaka Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170050500
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus includes: a movable panel adapted to open and close an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle; a guide rail provided in each edge portion of the opening in a width direction of the vehicle such that the guide rail is positioned below the movable panel in a height direction of the vehicle; an attachment member fixed to the movable panel, including a flange extending toward an interior side in the width direction in each edge portion in the width direction, in which an attachment recessed portion is formed in the flange; and a shielding body including interposing pieces which are provided to extend in a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle, slidably engaged with the guide rail, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle while being spaced away from each other in the height direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHISIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kinju UCHIDA, Katsutoshi KATO, Yoshitaka NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150382507
    Abstract: A heat module includes a heat receiving portion, a fluid channel, a fan, a radiator including heat dissipating fins and a radiator tube fluid channel, and a pump. The pump includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The rotating portion includes a rotor holder and a pump impeller. The pump further includes a casing, a pump fluid channel, a pump inlet, and a pump outlet. At least a portion of the rotor holder and at least a portion of the pump impeller are arranged to radially overlap with each other. The fluid channel includes a tube fluid channel. The tube fluid channel includes a pump inlet-side tube fluid channel, a pump outlet-side tube fluid channel, and a heat receiving portion tube fluid channel. No heat receiving portion tube fluid channel is arranged in the pump inlet-side tube fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kato, Takehito Tamaoka
  • Patent number: 7945293
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a discrimination unit which, upon receiving a connection request from a device corresponding to the identification information stored in a memory unit, reads an information of the mode of connection corresponding to the device and discriminates whether the connection request matches the information of the mode of connection, and a transmission unit which, if it is discriminated by the discrimination unit that the connection request does not match the information of the mode of connection, rejects the connection request and transmits to the device a connection request based on the information of the mode of connection corresponding to the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kato, Toshie Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 7882929
    Abstract: A delivery pipe includes an outer pipe, an inner pipe, and a noise emission decreasing device. The outer pipe is connected to a plurality of fuel injectors. The inner pipe is disposed in the outer pipe and has an open end through which an interior of the inner pipe communicates with atmosphere. The noise emission decreasing device acts so as to decrease a noise emitted from the inner pipe. The noise emission decreasing device includes a mesh, a porous member, a vibration suppressing member provided to the inner pipe, an elastic tube fitted into the inner pipe, or a wire harness inserted into the inner pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Maruyasu Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Hotta, Tamiyuki Nakane, Katsutoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20090001772
    Abstract: A roof weather strip includes a fitting base part and a seal part having a hollow part. The seal part has a sealing wall which is configured to be brought into pressure contact with a peripheral part of a roof panel forming a roof opening, when a movable roof closes the roof opening. The seal part also has an upper connecting region so as to connect the sealing wall to an upper part of the fitting base part. The upper connecting region is provided with a corrugated part on its inner face opposed to the hollow space, and the corrugated part has a plurality of convex parts and concave parts which are alternately formed. An arm part is integrally formed so as to extend from the fitting base part downward at an outer peripheral side, and a distal end of the arm part is connected to a lower end of the seal part. Because a plurality of the concave parts of the corrugated part exist in the upper connecting region, stress is easily dispersed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicants: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISYA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Dosaki, Kiminori Mine, Toru Kotsuchihashi, Katsutoshi Kato
  • Publication number: 20080182557
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an authenticating unit which authenticates a cellular telephone includes a short-distance wireless communications unit, via the short-distance wireless communications unit, a detecting unit which detects whether or not the cellular telephone authenticated by the authenticating unit is in a predetermined range from the information processing apparatus, a first changing unit which, if it is discriminated by the detecting unit that the authenticated cellular telephone is not in the predetermined range, changes a status retained by the application from a first status to a second status, and a second changing unit which, if it is discriminated by the detecting unit that the authenticated cellular telephone is in the predetermined range, changes the status retained by the application from the second status to the first status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: KATSUTOSHI KATO
  • Publication number: 20080155132
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, plural devices of a model supported by a device driver installed in a personal computer are automatically associated with one wireless communication port. Accordingly, even when various devices exist within a range capable of Bluetooth communication, for example, when a user newly places a portable printer around the personal computer, the user can perform a printing job without making complicated setting such as generation/switching of the wireless communication port or installation of a new device driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kato, Kouichi Yata, Yasuyo Jitsuishi
  • Publication number: 20080081561
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a discrimination unit which, upon receiving a connection request from a device corresponding to the identification information stored in a memory unit, reads an information of the mode of connection corresponding to the device and discriminates whether the connection request matches the information of the mode of connection, and a transmission unit which, if it is discriminated by the discrimination unit that the connection request does not match the information of the mode of connection, rejects the connection request and transmits to the device a connection request based on the information of the mode of connection corresponding to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Kato, Toshie Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20080017443
    Abstract: A delivery pipe includes an outer pipe, an inner pipe, and a noise emission decreasing device. The outer pipe is connected to a plurality of fuel injectors. The inner pipe is disposed in the outer pipe and has an open end through which an interior of the inner pipe communicates with atmosphere. The noise emission decreasing device acts so as to decrease a noise emitted from the inner pipe. The noise emission decreasing device includes a mesh, a porous member, a vibration suppressing member provided to the inner pipe, an elastic tube fitted into the inner pipe, or a wire harness inserted into the inner pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Takashi Hotta, Tamiyuki Nakane, Katsutoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 7258396
    Abstract: A vehicle roof device includes a guide rail provided along a side edge of an opening portion formed at a vehicle roof, a frame provided at a rear portion of the opening portion so as to extend in a vehicle width direction, and the frame comprised layers of plural plates and fixed to the guide rail in a manner where one of the plates positioned at the top of the layers is fastened to the guide rail by caulking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Aisin Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ida, Katsutoshi Kato, Masaji Ishikawa