Patents by Inventor Koichi Morita

Koichi Morita 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).

  • Publication number: 20220363113
    Abstract: A guide rail includes: a first rail that has a bottom wall on which a load roller rolls and supports the weight of a sliding door; a second rail that has side walls on which two guide rollers roll and defines a moving direction of the sliding door; and a first restriction part that restricts the motion of the load roller in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohito KIRYU, Koichi MORITA, Hideaki KANASUGI, Shunsuke KANAGAI, Nobuo HAYAMA, Yusuke KATO, Nobuaki SAKAI
  • Patent number: 11441648
    Abstract: A linear actuation screw having a first end portion, a second end portion on an opposite side as the first end portion, and a sloping intermediate portion between the first end portion and second end portion. The first end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant first diameter over at least a portion of its length and is configured to advance a nut or a sliding member along at least a portion of the first end portion. The second end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant second diameter that is different from the first diameter and is configured to receive a motor fastening nut around it in order to secure the linear actuation screw to a motor. The sloping intermediate portion includes an outer wall that is generally smooth and continuous over at least a majority of the area of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: NSK Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: John Feitl, Koichi Morita, Takashi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20220243502
    Abstract: A cover device includes a cover that is displaced between a covering position where an upper side of a striker is covered, and an exposure position where the striker is exposed upward, and an open-close mechanism that displaces the cover to the covering position when a slide door performs an opening operation, and displaces the cover to the exposure position when the slide door performs a closing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisashi ITONAGA, Tomohito KIRYU, Toshimitsu MORIOKA, Koichi MORITA
  • Publication number: 20220042571
    Abstract: A vibration damping member mounted to an inside of a housing of an acoustic device includes a first member, a second member, and a third member. The first member and the second member are connected through the third member. The third member has a lower elastic modulus than the first member and the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Akira Miki, Yuko Okada, Koichi Morita
  • Patent number: 11019424
    Abstract: A speaker system includes an outer panel of a vehicle door of a vehicle having a compartment; a panel member that constitutes a part of the vehicle door, the panel member being closer to the compartment than is the outer panel; an inner panel of the vehicle door, the inner panel residing between the outer panel and the panel member to form a first space and a second space, the first space being defined between the panel member and the inner panel, and the second space being defined between the outer panel and the inner panel, wherein the inner panel has a through hole that communicates the first space with the second space; and a speaker mounted to the panel member; wherein: the panel member is mounted to the inner panel; and the panel member together with at least the outer panel constitutes an enclosure for the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Honji, Koichi Morita, Yusuke Sugino
  • Patent number: 10960787
    Abstract: A slide device includes a lower rail; an upper rail disposed movably with respect to the lower rail; a screw provided on one of the lower rail and the upper rail; and a nut provided on the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail, and engaging the screw, wherein: the upper rail moves relatively with respect to the lower rail in accordance with rotation of at least one of the screw and the nut; the lower rail includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall, and an upper wall extending toward the center in a width direction from the side wall; and the screw or the nut provided on the lower rail has a central axis line which is disposed in a space enclosed by the bottom wall, the side wall, and the upper wall of the lower rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Murakami, Toshiaki Nagata, Koichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20210048319
    Abstract: A linear actuation screw having a first end portion, a second end portion on an opposite side as the first end portion, and a sloping intermediate portion between the first end portion and second end portion. The first end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant first diameter over at least a portion of its length and is configured to advance a nut or a sliding member along at least a portion of the first end portion. The second end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant second diameter that is different from the first diameter and is configured to receive a motor fastening nut around it in order to secure the linear actuation screw to a motor. The sloping intermediate portion includes an outer wall that is generally smooth and continuous over at least a majority of the area of the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: John Feitl, Koichi Morita, Takashi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10816067
    Abstract: A linear actuation screw having a first end portion, a second end portion on an opposite side as the first end portion, and a sloping intermediate portion between the first end portion and second end portion. The first end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant first diameter over at least a portion of its length and is configured to advance a nut or a sliding member along at least a portion of the first end portion. The second end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant second diameter that is different from the first diameter and is configured to receive a motor fastening nut around it in order to secure the linear actuation screw to a motor. The sloping intermediate portion includes an outer wall that is generally smooth and continuous over at least a majority of the area of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: NSK Americas, Inc.
    Inventors: John Feitl, Koichi Morita, Takashi Kataoka
  • Patent number: 10756943
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system including an image forming apparatus and a server. The server stores management data. The image forming apparatus accepts an instruction to print in a confidential mode. The image forming apparatus obtains a name of candidate receiver from the server. The image forming apparatus generates a code. The image forming apparatus prints a distribution material including the generated code and the name of candidate receiver corresponding to the generated code. The code is obtained by converting a URL of a site for receipt notification of the distribution material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Koichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20200162809
    Abstract: A speaker system includes an outer panel of a vehicle door of a vehicle having a compartment; a panel member that constitutes a part of the vehicle door, the panel member being closer to the compartment than is the outer panel; an inner panel of the vehicle door, the inner panel residing between the outer panel and the panel member to form a first space and a second space, the first space being defined between the panel member and the inner panel, and the second space being defined between the outer panel and the inner panel, wherein the inner panel has a through hole that communicates the first space with the second space; and a speaker mounted to the panel member; wherein: the panel member is mounted to the inner panel; and the panel member together with at least the outer panel constitutes an enclosure for the speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HONJI, Koichi MORITA, Yusuke SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20200156511
    Abstract: A slide device including a lower rail including a bottom wall, a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall, and a top wall extending from the side wall toward the center in a width direction; and an upper rail movable in a longitudinal direction in the lower rail, wherein: the side wall has a first regulating portion provided lower than the center in a vertical direction thereof, the first regulating portion engaging the upper rail and thereby regulating upward movement of the upper rail; and the bottom wall has a second regulating portion extending upward from the bottom wall, the second regulating portion engaging the upper rail and thereby regulating upward movement of the upper rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro KIMURA, Yuta MURAKAMI, Koichi MORITA
  • Publication number: 20200156510
    Abstract: A slide device includes a lower rail; an upper rail disposed movably with respect to the lower rail; a screw provided on one of the lower rail and the upper rail; and a nut provided on the other one of the lower rail and the upper rail, and engaging the screw, wherein: the upper rail moves relatively with respect to the lower rail in accordance with rotation of at least one of the screw and the nut; the lower rail includes a bottom wall, a side wall extending upward from the bottom wall, and an upper wall extending toward the center in a width direction from the side wall; and the screw or the nut provided on the lower rail has a central axis line which is disposed in a space enclosed by the bottom wall, the side wall, and the upper wall of the lower rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta MURAKAMI, Toshiaki NAGATA, Koichi MORITA
  • Publication number: 20200143687
    Abstract: An operation management apparatus: is communicable with an information communication apparatus associated with a bus; determines, when receiving departure information of the bus during a stop in a transportation mall in which a platform place for the bus is provided from the information communication apparatus that is associated with the bus, assignment information including the platform place that a bus is supplemented to and a destination of the bus based on the departure information and predefined operation information; and transmits the determined assignment information to the information communication apparatus that is associated with the bus scheduled to be supplemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya WATANABE, Koichi MORITA, Tomohiro HASHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10415656
    Abstract: Provided is a work-machine erroneous forward/backward travelling operation notifying device capable of improving safety by notifying, when a travel direction inputted to an operation input unit does not conform to the condition of a transmission clutch, an operator of the non-conformance. Whether the conditions of clutches 121 to 124 conform to a travel direction inputted to a selection lever 141 is determined on the basis of a pressure Pf sensed by a first pressure sensor 133a or a pressure Pr sensed by a second pressure sensor 134a and the travelling direction inputted to the selection lever 141. When it is determined that the conditions of the clutches 121 to 124 do not conform to the travel direction inputted to the selection lever 141, a vehicle 10 is notified that an erroneous operation will occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Kobayashi, Shingo Sakai, Eiji Yoshida, Koichi Morita, Kazuhisa Onishi
  • Publication number: 20190154092
    Abstract: Provided is a work-machine erroneous forward/backward travelling operation notifying device capable of improving safety by notifying, when a travel direction inputted to an operation input unit does not conform to the condition of a transmission clutch, an operator of the non-conformance. Whether the conditions of clutches 121 to 124 conform to a travel direction inputted to a selection lever 141 is determined on the basis of a pressure Pf sensed by a first pressure sensor 133a or a pressure Pr sensed by a second pressure sensor 134a and the travelling direction inputted to the selection lever 141. When it is determined that the conditions of the clutches 121 to 124 do not conform to the travel direction inputted to the selection lever 141, a vehicle 10 is notified that an erroneous operation will occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki KOBAYASHI, Shingo SAKAI, Eiji YOSHIDA, Koichi MORITA, Kazuhisa ONISHI
  • Publication number: 20190107186
    Abstract: A linear actuation screw having a first end portion, a second end portion on an opposite side as the first end portion, and a sloping intermediate portion between the first end portion and second end portion. The first end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant first diameter over at least a portion of its length and is configured to advance a nut or a sliding member along at least a portion of the first end portion. The second end portion has a threaded outer wall having a generally constant second diameter that is different from the first diameter and is configured to receive a motor fastening nut around it in order to secure the linear actuation screw to a motor. The sloping intermediate portion includes an outer wall that is generally smooth and continuous over at least a majority of the area of the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: John Feitl, Koichi Morita, Takashi Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20180356976
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch panel, a control unit, and a storage device. The storage device preliminarily stores password information and keypad arrangement information. The keypad arrangement information includes initial arrangement information and authentication arrangement information. The control unit obtains first input information indicating an arrangement of the plurality of keys where positions of at least two keys included in the plurality of keys are exchanged through the panel operation. The control unit obtains second input information indicating a combination of characters corresponding to the keys selected through the panel operation among the plurality of keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Koichi Morita
  • Publication number: 20180219720
    Abstract: Provided is an image forming system including an image forming apparatus and a server. The server stores management data. The image forming apparatus accepts an instruction to print in a confidential mode. The image forming apparatus obtains a name of candidate receiver from the server. The image forming apparatus generates a code. The image forming apparatus prints a distribution material including the generated code and the name of candidate receiver corresponding to the generated code. The code is obtained by converting a URL of a site for receipt notification of the distribution material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Koichi MORITA
  • Publication number: 20180086234
    Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes a first movable member, which moves forward and rearward integrally with a seat, a first engagement member, which is engaged with or disengaged from the first movable member based on a forward or rearward movement of the seat, a second engagement member, which operates integrally with a seatback of the seat, a second movable member, which is capable of approaching and moving away from a movement path of the second engagement member, and an interlocking mechanism, which interlocks the first movable member and the second movable member with each other. The first movable member is configured to be in a first engagement/disengagement state when the seat is in a rear movement region and to be in a second engagement/disengagement state when the seat is in a front movement region. The second movable member is configured to enter the movement path of the second engagement member to restrict a rearward tilting action range of the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KOJIMA, Hideo NIHONMATSU, Koichi MORITA
  • Patent number: 9849810
    Abstract: A walk-in apparatus for a vehicle seat includes: a seat rail slidably supporting a vehicle front seat; a slide lock mechanism non-slidably holding a seat cushion of the seat on the seat rail; an operation lever turnably supported by a seatback of the seat; and a link mechanism allowing the seat to be capable of sliding forward by releasing the operation of the slide lock mechanism via a connection unit based on a turning operation of the operation lever. The link mechanism includes a turning link turning based on a pulling force to the connection unit; a lock release link turning based on the turning of the turning link, and thus, releasing the operation of the slide lock mechanism; and a torque absorbing mechanism provided between the turning and lock release links, and limiting a pulling force to the turning link to a predetermined value or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideo Nihonmatsu, Koichi Morita, Yasuhiro Kojima