Patents by Inventor Taizou Kikuchi

Taizou Kikuchi 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).

  • Electric stowing system for vehicle seat
    Patent number: 7108306
    Abstract: The invention provides a seat stowing system for stowing in a floor recess (16) a seat (15) with a seat back (22, 23) tipped forward to fold it against a seat cushion (21). The stowing system (20) includes a seat back forward-tipping mechanism for automatically tipping the seat back forward and a swinging mechanism (30) for automatically swinging the folded seat back and the seat cushion as one. The seat back forward-tipping mechanism and the swinging mechanism are drive-controlled by a control unit, and the operation of stowing the seat in the floor recess is thus made electric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohide Suda, Tetsuya Kayumi, Taizou Kikuchi
  • Electric stowing system for vehicle seat
    Publication number: 20050236881
    Abstract: The invention provides a seat stowing system for stowing in a floor recess (16) a seat (15) with a seat back (22, 23) tipped forward to fold it against a seat cushion (21). The stowing system (20) includes a seat back forward-tipping mechanism for automatically tipping the seat back forward and a swinging mechanism (30) for automatically swinging the folded seat back and the seat cushion as one. The seat back forward-tipping mechanism and the swinging mechanism are drive-controlled by a control unit, and the operation of stowing the seat in the floor recess is thus made electric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohide Suda, Tetsuya Kayumi, Taizou Kikuchi
  • Remote control system for a vehicle door
    Patent number: 6670883
    Abstract: A remote door lock controlling apparatus for a vehicle performing a door lock control in response to a response signal received by a vehicle mounted receiver which is transmitted from a portable transmitter/receiver upon receiving a response demand signal from the vehicle is improved wherein the door lock control function is stopped by a request of the user or depending on the magnitude of a terminal voltage of a battery mounted in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Suguru Asakura, Taizou Kikuchi, Akira Nagai