Patents by Inventor Shusaku Torihara

Shusaku Torihara 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).

  • Opening/closing apparatus with lock
    Patent number: 8978301
    Abstract: Provided is an opening/closing apparatus with a lock capable of performing the opening/closing and closed lock of a sliding door by a single actuator and arbitrarily setting the timing of a lock operation. In the opening/closing apparatus with a lock, an electric motor is driven and the drive force of the electric motor is input to the sun gear of a planetary gear mechanism and output from the internal gear or the carrier. A pair of sliding doors are opened and closed by the drive force output from the internal gear. While the pair of sliding doors are at a fully closed position, the lock and lock-released states of a lock mechanism are switched by a lock restricting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Ueda, Shusaku Torihara
  • OPENING/CLOSING APPARATUS WITH LOCK
    Publication number: 20130340346
    Abstract: Provided is an opening/closing apparatus with a lock capable of performing the opening/closing and closed lock of a sliding door by a single actuator and arbitrarily setting the timing of a lock operation. In the opening/closing apparatus with a lock, an electric motor is driven and the drive force of the electric motor is input to the sun gear of a planetary gear mechanism and output from the internal gear or the carrier. A pair of sliding doors are opened and closed by the drive force output from the internal gear. While the pair of sliding doors are at a fully closed position, the lock and lock-released states of a lock mechanism are switched by a lock restricting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Ueda, Shusaku Torihara