Patents by Inventor Marehito Kato

Marehito 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).

  • Heat-retaining air-filled seat cover for lumbar support
    Patent number: 4793651
    Abstract: A seat cover for an automotive vehicle which has inflatable, transversely extending columnar portions for providing support to the seated individual, especially to the lumbar region, and heat-retaining portions, filled with a heat-retaining agent such as polyethylene glycol, interspersed among the inflatable columnar portions for accumulating ambient heat derived from sunlight and for giving off said heat when the ambient temperature drops. Means for inflating the columnar portions manually are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akio Inagaki, Chiaki Yamada, Tamio Ohi, Marehito Kato, Minoru Hirata
  • Apparatus for molding pulley for toothed belts
    Patent number: 4381910
    Abstract: An inventive apparatus for molding a toothed pulley is equipped with an upper plate, a lower plate, and a punch attached to the bottom surface of the upper plate for vertical movement, in which a die holder is provided on the lower plate, and a plurality of dies, formed to include tooth molds having different, increasing tooth heights from one die to the next, are arranged vertically in the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1983
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Matsumoto, Minoru Takahashi, Marehito Kato