Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Mita

Kazuhiro Mita 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: 10780797
    Abstract: A part fixture which is locked on a locking portion of a vehicle body and which is inserted into a mounting hole on a mount portion provided on a vehicle body to be fixed in place therein to thereby mount the vehicle part on the mount portion, includes an accommodating portion, a locking piece, a pair of flange portions, and a pair of elastic engaging pieces. The elastic engaging pieces each have an engaging claw and an operation knob. When the pair of elastic engaging pieces are deflected inwards of the accommodating portion, the pair of elastic engaging pieces are brought into abutment with the side wall portions or the locking portion of the vehicle part which is accommodated in the accommodating portion so that any further deflection thereof is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Ryu Hattori, Kazuhiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20180050610
    Abstract: A part fixture which is locked on a locking portion of a vehicle body and which is inserted into a mounting hole on a mount portion provided on a vehicle body to be fixed in place therein to thereby mount the vehicle part on the mount portion, includes an accommodating portion, a locking piece, a pair of flange portions, and a pair of elastic engaging pieces. The elastic engaging pieces each have an engaging claw and an operation knob. When the pair of elastic engaging pieces are deflected inwards of the accommodating portion, the pair of elastic engaging pieces are brought into abutment with the side wall portions or the locking portion of the vehicle part which is accommodated in the accommodating portion so that any further deflection thereof is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Ryu HATTORI, Kazuhiro MITA
  • Patent number: 8393683
    Abstract: An automotive seat headrest supporting apparatus includes headrest supporting members and stay locking units 20 which are incorporated into the headrest supporting members 10 to lock stays 4. The headrest supporting member 10 has a stay guiding hole 13 into which the stay 4 is inserted and an incorporating recess 14 which is opened to an outer surface and which communicates with the stay guiding hole 13 within the headrest supporting member 10 from a direction intersecting the stay guiding hole 13. The stay locking unit 20 includes a stay lock body 30 which is slidably fitted in the incorporating recess 14, a locking bar 21 which is incorporated into the stay lock body 30 and a coil spring 22 which biases the stay lock body 30 in a direction in which the locking bar 21 is brought into engagement with a locking portion 4a of the stay 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Mita
  • Publication number: 20110062762
    Abstract: An automotive seat headrest supporting apparatus includes headrest supporting members and stay locking units 20 which are incorporated into the headrest supporting members 10 to lock stays 4. The headrest supporting member 10 has a stay guiding hole 13 into which the stay 4 is inserted and an incorporating recess 14 which is opened to an outer surface and which communicates with the stay guiding hole 13 within the headrest supporting member 10 from a direction intersecting the stay guiding hole 13. The stay locking unit 20 includes a stay lock body 30 which is slidably fitted in the incorporating recess 14, a locking bar 21 which is incorporated into the stay lock body 30 and a coil spring 22 which biases the stay lock body 30 in a direction in which the locking bar 21 is brought into engagement with a locking portion 4a of the stay 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Mita
  • Patent number: 6305870
    Abstract: Provided is a metal clip to facilitate the inserting work. A metal clip for fixing a shaftlike member to a mount member having a through hole is constructed in such structure that a U-shaped slit is formed in an open shape in the body and that at outer edges of two side pieces defining the U-shaped slit elastic legs are provided for pushing the two side pieces up away from a surface of the mount member around the through hole, whereby the two side pieces can be inserted into a small-diameter groove of the shaftlike member while keeping the two side pieces up away from the surface of the mount member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignees: Piolax Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Mita, Satoru Sasagawa
  • Patent number: 6206606
    Abstract: A fixing device for rod body has a base body with a through hole formed in the center thereof, a grommet body arranged to be inserted into the through hole of the base body, and a pin body arranged to be pushed into an inner hole of the grommet body to expand the grommet body. The grommet body is interlinked with one side edge of the base body through a holder portion for holding the rod body, the pin body is interlinked with another side edge of the base body through a hinge portion, and a temporary fixing device is provided between the grommet body and the through hole of the base body. When the rod body is held by the holder portion and the grommet body is inserted into the through hole of the base body, the grommet body is temporarily fixed to the base body by the temporary fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Mita, Ohmi Arisaka
  • Patent number: D812458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA ACCESS CORP., PIOLAX INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Goto, Kazuki Iwashita, Hiroshi Murakami, Ryu Hattori, Kazuhiro Mita