Patents by Inventor Masahiro Takezaki

Masahiro Takezaki 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: 20240131907
    Abstract: An opening-and-closing body driving device includes an extendable unit including a spindle, a nut, a rod, a bearing, and a guide tube; and a driving unit. The guide tube includes an insertion portion, and an inner tube configured to allow movement of the nut in the axial direction and restrict rotation of the nut. A surface of the bearing facing a direction opposite to an insertion direction, in which the insertion portion is inserted, is defined as a first reference surface, and a surface of the housing facing a direction opposite to the insertion direction is defined as a second reference surface. A distance from the first reference surface of the bearing to a distal end of the inner peripheral wall is longer than a distance from the second reference surface of the housing to a distal end of the outer peripheral wall in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAKI, Takashi HATTORI, Masanobu NISHIMOTO, Junji YAMAGUCHI, Kimihide KATO
  • Patent number: 11180057
    Abstract: Provided is a seatback rotating device used for a vehicle seat. The seatback rotating device includes an electric motor, an action mechanism, a rotor, and an abutment target portion. In the seatback rotating device, when s seatback of the vehicle sat is placed in a first standing position, the rotor is positioned in a standby state that creates a gap between a first protrusion and the abutment target portion and a gap between a second protrusion and the abutment target portion, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being provided to the rotor. In the standby state, a gap length from the first protrusion to the abutment target portion is small relative to a gap length from the second protrusion to the abutment target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Takezaki, Masatoshi Mori, Kenji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11130426
    Abstract: Provided is a seatback rotating device. The seatback rotating device includes an electric motor and an application mechanism. The electric motor generates a rotational force that is used to rotationally displace a seatback of a vehicle seat. The application mechanism enables application of the rotational force to the seatback. The application mechanism has a configuration that enables the seatback to be self-rotatable with gravity applied to the seatback in response to the rotational force being applied to the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Takezaki, Masatoshi Mori, Kenji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20200247281
    Abstract: Provided is a seatback rotating device used for a vehicle seat. The seatback rotating device includes an electric motor, an action mechanism, a rotor, and an abutment target portion. In the seatback rotating device, when s seatback of the vehicle sat is placed in a first standing position, the rotor is positioned in a standby state that creates a gap between a first protrusion and the abutment target portion and a gap between a second protrusion and the abutment target portion, the first protrusion and the second protrusion being provided to the rotor. In the standby state, a gap length from the first protrusion to the abutment target portion is small relative to a gap length from the second protrusion to the abutment target portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAKI, Masatoshi MORI, Kenji HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200247283
    Abstract: Provided is a seatback rotating device. The seatback rotating device includes an electric motor and an application mechanism. The electric motor generates a rotational force that is used to rotationally displace a seatback of a vehicle seat. The application mechanism enables application of the rotational force to the seatback. The application mechanism has a configuration that enables the seatback to be self-rotatable with gravity applied to the seatback in response to the rotational force being applied to the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKEZAKI, Masatoshi MORI, Kenji HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10415661
    Abstract: Provided is a non-asbestos friction material comprising: base fiber; a binder; a lubricant; an inorganic friction modifier; a pH adjuster; and a filler as compounded materials, wherein at least one of the filler and the inorganic friction modifier is only coated with at least one of a fatty acid and a metal soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Kobayashi, Toshiki Hotta, Masahiro Takezaki
  • Publication number: 20180142748
    Abstract: Provided is a non-asbestos friction material comprising: base fiber; a binder; a lubricant; an inorganic friction modifier; a pH adjuster; and a filler as compounded materials, wherein at least one of the filler and the inorganic friction modifier is only coated with at least one of a fatty acid and a metal soap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Toshiki HOTTA, Masahiro TAKEZAKI
  • Patent number: 9381837
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes: an unlocking lever that is operated so as to unfix a seat from a vehicle floor; and a control switch that is operated in order for the seat to switch between a deployed state in which the seat is supported on the vehicle floor and a folded state in which the seat is retracted in a concave retraction portion of the vehicle floor, when a support member of the seat is driven via the driving of an actuator, wherein the unlocking lever is provided in a back surface of a seatback which is disposed at an opening end of the concave retraction portion when the seatback is folded forward and the seat is retracted, and the control switch is provided integrally with the unlocking lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Tone, Masahiro Takezaki, Kazuya Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20150217662
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes: an unlocking lever that is operated so as to unfix a seat from a vehicle floor; and a control switch that is operated in order for the seat to switch between a deployed state in which the seat is supported on the vehicle floor and a folded state in which the seat is retracted in a concave retraction portion of the vehicle floor, when a support member of the seat is driven via the driving of an actuator, wherein the unlocking lever is provided in a back surface of a seatback which is disposed at an opening end of the concave retraction portion when the seatback is folded forward and the seat is retracted, and the control switch is provided integrally with the unlocking lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Tone, Masahiro Takezaki, Kazuya Iwasa