Patents by Inventor Norifumi Jitsuishi

Norifumi Jitsuishi 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: 8864187
    Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle door opening and closing system for making a notice before opening and closing a door by using a motor to enhance the safety. The inventive is a door opening and closing system mounted on a vehicle including a controller generating and sending a first instruction and a second instruction, a motor controlled by the controller so as to open or close the door and an announce mechanism controlled by the controller. The first instruction instructs the motor to drive after a predetermined wait time from the generation of the first instruction; and the second instruction instructs the announce mechanism to announce generation of the first instruction for a predetermined notice time before starting to drive the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Jitsuishi, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Kan
  • Patent number: 8444189
    Abstract: A door open/close system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of door open/close devices 11, 11? having a latch mechanism 14 including a latch 13 for engaging with an engaging member 12, a motor 16a (16a?) for driving the latch mechanism 14, and a latch state detecting member 21 (21?); and a control member 4 for starting to drive the motor of any one of all the door open/close device when the latch state detecting member of the one door open/close devices detects that the latch mechanism is in the half-latch state, said control member driving synchronously the motors of all the door open/close devices except the one door open/close device to change the latch mechanisms from the half-latch state to the full-latch state when the latch state detecting members of all the door open/close devices except the one door open/close device detect that the latch mechanisms are in the half-latch state in a case that the door of the vehicle is changed from a fully opened state to a fully closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Jitsuishi, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Kan, Takashi Adachi, Motomu Imaizumi
  • Publication number: 20100064588
    Abstract: A door open/close system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of door open/close devices 11, 11? having a latch mechanism 14 including a latch 13 for engaging with an engaging member 12, a motor 16a (16a?) for driving the latch mechanism 14, and a latch state detecting member 21 (21?); and a control member 4 for starting to drive the motor of any one of all the door open/close device when the latch state detecting member of the one door open/close devices detects that the latch mechanism is in the half-latch state, said control member driving synchronously the motors of all the door open/close devices except the one door open/close device to change the latch mechanisms from the half-latch state to the full-latch state when the latch state detecting members of all the door open/close devices except the one door open/close device detect that the latch mechanisms are in the half-latch state in a case that the door of the vehicle is changed from a fully opened state to a fully closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Norifumi Jitsuishi, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Kan, Takashi Adachi, Motomu Imaizumi
  • Publication number: 20090173006
    Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle door opening and closing system for making a notice before opening and closing a door by using a motor to enhance the safety. The inventive is a door opening and closing system mounted on a vehicle including a controller generating and sending a first instruction and a second instruction, a motor controlled by the controller so as to open or close the door and an announce mechanism controlled by the controller. The first instruction instructs the motor to drive after a predetermined wait time from the generation of the first instruction; and the second instruction instructs the announce mechanism to announce generation of the first instruction for a predetermined notice time before starting to drive the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Norifumi Jitsuishi, Hironori Matsumoto, Takahiro Kan