Patents by Inventor Miki Ogino
Miki Ogino 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).
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Publication number: 20090058108Abstract: A striker of a vehicle door latch device comprises a longitudinal plate-like metal base and a U-shaped metal engaging member including a first leg part, a second leg part and a front connecting part. The first leg part has, at a front side portion thereof, a latch engaging part which is engageable with an engaging recess of a latch of the vehicle door latch device. The first leg part has, at a rear side portion thereof, a reinforced large diameter part with a larger diameter than that of the latch engaging part. A length of the reinforced large diameter part being 20% or more of the length of the first leg part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio SAWAJIRI, Hiroyuki SAKAGAMI, Miki OGINO
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Patent number: 7441816Abstract: An automotive childproof safety lock control apparatus including a door latch which can hold a door of a vehicle in a closed position, a childproof safety lock unit which can be displaced to an unlocking state where the release of the door latch from a latching state is enabled by controlling an inner handle provided inside of the vehicle to open the door and a locking state where the release of the door latch from the latching state is disabled, and a drive unit which is linked to the childproof safety lock unit and the door latch so as to displace the childproof safety lock unit from the locking state to the unlocking state and release the door latch from the latching state when activated in one direction and to displace the childproof safety lock unit from the unlocking state to the locking state when activated in the other direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Miki Ogino
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Patent number: 7232161Abstract: A latch device for a vehicle tailgate comprises a latch/ratchet mechanism, an open mechanism, a lock mechanism, and, an actuator for switching the lock mechanism to an unlocked state and a locked state. The lock mechanism includes a lock lever turning about a lock shaft. The actuator includes an output shaft which turns the lock lever through the lock shaft. The lock shaft is structured so that manual operational access is possible through a service hole in the tailgate or the vehicle body for turning the lock lever. One end of the output shaft penetrates a housing of the actuator to be connected to the lock shaft, and the other end of the output shaft is exposed to the outside through a shaft hole of the housing, and the manual access is applied to the other end of the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2002Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yosuke Matsuda, Miki Ogino
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Publication number: 20060290143Abstract: An automotive childproof safety lock control apparatus including a door latch which can hold a door of a vehicle in a closed position, a childproof safety lock unit which can be displaced to an unlocking state where the release of the door latch from a latching state is enabled by controlling an inner handle provided inside of the vehicle to open the door and a locking state where the release of the door latch from the latching state is disabled, and a drive unit which is linked to the childproof safety lock unit and the door latch so as to displace the childproof safety lock unit from the locking state to the unlocking state and release the door latch from the latching state when activated in one direction and to displace the childproof safety lock unit from the unlocking state to the locking state when activated in the other direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Inventors: Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Miki Ogino
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Patent number: 6779820Abstract: A latch device for a vehicle tailgate having a main door and a sub door, comprises a latch lever moving from an initial position to an operating position by a contact with a sub latch, a return spring urging the latch lever from the operating position toward the initial position, and a block lever connected to the latch lever. The block lever is displaced to a blocked position where the door-opening of the main door by the main open handle is impossible when the latch lever is restored to the initial position by the return spring and to be displaced to an unblocked position where the door-opening of the main door by the main open handle is possible when the latch lever is moved to the operating position by the contact with the sub latch against the elasticity of the return spring.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2004Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Miki Ogino
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Patent number: 6698080Abstract: A method for making a striker for a vehicle door latch produces such a striker having a longitudinal plate-like metal base and a U-shaped metal engaging member including a first leg part, a second leg part and a front connecting part. The first leg part has, at a front side portion thereof, a latch engaging part which is engageable with an engaging recess of a latch of the vehicle door latch device. The first leg part has, at a rear side portion thereof, a reinforced large diameter part with a larger diameter than that of the latch engaging part. A length of the reinforced large diameter part is 20% or more in the length of the first leg part.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Sawajiri, Hiroyuki Sakagami, Miki Ogino
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Publication number: 20030227177Abstract: A latch device for a vehicle tailgate comprises a latch/ratchet mechanism, an open mechanism, a lock mechanism, and, an actuator for switching the lock mechanism to an unlocked state and a locked state. The lock mechanism includes a lock lever turning about a lock shaft. The actuator includes an output shaft which turns the lock lever through the lock shaft. The lock shaft is structured so that manual operational access is possible through a service hole in the tailgate or the vehicle body for turning the lock lever. One end of the output shaft penetrates a housing of the actuator to be connected to the lock shaft, and the other end of the output shaft is exposed to the outside through a shaft hole of the housing, and the manual access is applied to the other end of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2002Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yosuke Matsuda, Miki Ogino
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Patent number: 6527313Abstract: A trunk lid latch device comprises a latch unit and a striker. The latch unit has a latch engageable with the striker, a ratchet for keeping engagement between the latch and the striker, and an open lever for releasing the ratchet from the latch. An emergency knob formed of a luminous material is coupled to the open lever and accessible from inside the trunk room. The emergency knob is disposed inside a frame member of a trunk lid or a vehicle body so as not to protrude into the trunk room. The emergency knob comprises a printed symbol that suggests an opening of the trunk lid.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2000Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Takahashi, Hirofumi Watanabe, Miki Ogino
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Publication number: 20030000064Abstract: A method for making a striker for a vehicle door latch produces such a striker having a longitudinal plate-like metal base and a U-shaped metal engaging member including a first leg part, a second leg part and a front connecting part. The first leg part has, at a front side portion thereof, a latch engaging part which is engageable with an engaging recess of a latch of the vehicle door latch device. The first leg part has, at a rear side portion thereof, a reinforced large diameter part with a larger diameter than that of the latch engaging part. A length of the reinforced large diameter part is 20% or more in the length of the first leg part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Sawajiri, Hiroyuki Sakagami, Miki Ogino
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Publication number: 20020158473Abstract: A latch device for a vehicle tailgate having a main door and a sub door, comprises a latch lever moving from an initial position to an operating position by a contact with a sub latch, a return spring urging the latch lever from the operating position toward the initial position, and a block lever connected to the latch lever. The block lever is displaced to a blocked position where the door-opening of the main door by the main open handle is impossible when the latch lever is restored to the initial position by the return spring and to be displaced to an unblocked position where the door-opening of the main door by the main open handle is possible when the latch lever is moved to the operating position by the contact with the sub latch against the elasticity of the return spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Miki Ogino
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Publication number: 20020089195Abstract: A striker of a vehicle door latch device comprises a longitudinal plate-like metal base and a U-shaped metal engaging member including a first leg part, a second leg part and a front connecting part. The first leg part has, at a front side portion thereof, a latch engaging part which is engageable with an engaging recess of a latch of the vehicle door latch device. The first leg part has, at a rear side portion thereof, a reinforced large diameter part with a larger diameter than that of the latch engaging part. A length of the reinforced large diameter part being 20% or more of the length of the first leg part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Sawajiri, Hiroyuki Sakagami, Miki Ogino
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Publication number: 20010005081Abstract: A trunk lid latch device comprises a latch unit and a striker. The latch unit has a latch engageable with the striker, a ratchet for keeping engagement between the latch and the striker, and an open lever for releasing the ratchet from the latch. An emergency knob formed of a luminous material is coupled to the open lever and accessible from inside the trunk room. The emergency knob is disposed inside a frame member of a trunk lid or a vehicle body so as not to protrude into the trunk room. The emergency knob comprises a printed symbol that suggests an opening of the trunk lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2000Publication date: June 28, 2001Inventors: Akira Takahashi, Hirofumi Watanabe, Miki Ogino
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Patent number: D457804Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukio Sawajiri, Hiroyuki Sakagami, Miki Ogino