Patents Assigned to Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
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Publication number: 20170321463Abstract: A vehicle door includes a fixed bracket having a base plate part fixed by a bolt to an attachment surface of a vehicle body, and a pair of bent pieces bent at a right angle in relation to the base plate part and set apart from each other in the axial direction of a hinge shaft. In the bent pieces are formed: a shaft hole in which the hinge shaft is inserted; and a raised stopper part projecting from the inner-side surface of the bent piece, the raised stopper part coming into contact with a stopped part of a movable bracket, whereby the movable bracket is stopped in the fully open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Morinaga
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Patent number: 9812997Abstract: In an opening control device in a vehicle door, in order to stop the door at a desired position, a control unit stops power supply to a motor, and a short circuit is made in an electric circuit between a first terminal and a second terminal of the motor. In the electric circuit, there is formed a regenerative brake circuit in which regenerative braking can be applied to rotation of the motor. When the door is positioned within a fully-open-position-adjacent range that is adjacent to a fully-open position of the door, regenerative braking is applied to normal rotation of the motor for opening the door and is not applied to reverse rotation of the motor for closing the door.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Ayahito Kojima, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Kazuhito Yokomori
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Publication number: 20170314303Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a casing, an operating lever, an auxiliary cover, and a hinge shaft on the auxiliary cover. The hinge shaft of the auxiliary cover rotatably engages in between a pair of elastic holding portions of the casing. A stopped portion is disposed on the auxiliary cover, and a stopper portion which the stopped portion can contact is disposed on the casing. When the auxiliary cover is rotated to open, the stopped portion gets over an end of the stopper portion and move to an opposite side, thereby holding the auxiliary cover provisionally in an open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Taichiro Nagata, Akiya Okuda
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Patent number: 9803407Abstract: A door opening and closing apparatus includes a rail module including: a rail member extending along a front-and-rear direction; a drive device mounted on the rail member; and a supporting member coupled to one end portion of a closing cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device and one end portion of an opening cable the other end portion of which is connected to the drive device. The rail module is provided with the drive device fastened to an outside of a vehicle body such that a part of the drive device goes inside the vehicle body through an opening provided on the vehicle body. A portion of a housing of the drive device located outside the vehicle body closes the opening while a sealing member is interposed therein.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Seto, Shuntaro Kimura, Naoki Hanaki
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Patent number: 9752355Abstract: In a vehicle door latch device, a first outside lever is pivotally mounted via a pivot shaft, and second outside lever is connected to an outside handle on an outer panel of a door via a motion-transmitting member to move toward the inside of a vehicle. Usually, turning of the second outside lever for disengaging a latch from a striker is transmitted to the first outside lever. If the second outside lever is impacted by an external force, the outer panel is deformed to move the second outside lever inward of the vehicle with respect to the first outside lever. But release turning of the second outside lever cannot be transmitted to the first outside lever. Even if the door is deformed by the external force, the door is still closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoharu Nagaoka, Hideaki Nozawa
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Publication number: 20170198515Abstract: A power door opening device comprises a casing; a motor mounted to the casing; a planetary gear unit housed in the casing to reduce rotation speed of the motor; and an output mechanism that transmits reduced rotation from the planetary gear unit to a door to open and close the door. The planetary gear unit comprises a sun gear that rotates with a rotary shaft of the motor; a planetary carrier fixed in the casing; a planetary gear that is rotatably supported to the planetary carrier and meshes with the sun gear; and a ring gear that is rotatably supported in the casing and meshes with the planetary gear. Both ends of the sun gear are supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventor: Kazuyuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20170183893Abstract: A vehicle door operating device includes an opening inside lever connected to an inside handle in a door inside a vehicle, a childproof lock lever that moves between a childproof unlock position and a childproof lock position; a switch lever, a childproof sensor and a single engagement pin. When the childproof lock lever is in the childproof lock position, opening action of the inside handle cannot be transmitted to a door latch device, but can be transmitted to the switch lever. When the childproof lock lever is in the childproof unlock position, releasing action of the opening inside lever can be transmitted to door latch devices for holding a door closed via a single engagement pin, but cannot be transmitted to the switch lever. When the childproof lock lever is in the childproof lock position, the releasing action of the opening inside lever cannot be transmitted to the door latch device via the engagement pin, but can be transmitted to the switch lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Kohei Yamashita, Shigenori Hiramoto
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Patent number: 9670701Abstract: In a motor-vehicle door latch device, a latch engages with a striker of a vehicle body when a door is closed. The latch comprises a half-latch engaging portion for incompletely engaging the latch with the striker and a full-latch engaging portion for fully engaging the latch with the striker. A half-latch avoiding member has a half-latch avoiding guide path which engages with a connecting member, thereby preventing the engagement member from engaging the half-latch portion of the latch.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Shintaro Okawa, Shigekazu Sugo
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Patent number: 9670703Abstract: An opening-and-closing device for vehicle door includes: a close-latch mechanism; an electric-powered releasing mechanism; an association mechanism; a relay mechanism; an electric open/close unit; and a control unit. The relay mechanism switches from a connection state to a disconnection state by the operation of an association mechanism in a cancellation direction to allow returning a first ratchet stopped at a release position. The control unit reversely controls the electric open/close unit, operates a door to be opened toward a fully opened position, operate the association mechanism in a cancellation direction, and switches the relay mechanism to the disconnection state, upon detection of operational malfunction of the electric-powered releasing mechanism during closing of the door from the fully opened position to a fully closed position by closing operation of the electric open/close unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Hanaki, Kohei Yamashita
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Patent number: 9670700Abstract: A door latch system for a vehicle includes: a latch interlocking mechanism arranged to be actuated in a release cancel direction from a neutral position to be interlocked with the pivot movement of the latch in a predetermined direction; and a release cancel mechanism arranged to be actuated from a connection state where an operation force transmitting path for transmitting the power of the electric driving mechanism to the ratchet is connected, to a disconnection state where the operation force transmitting path is disconnected, by the actuation of the latch interlocking mechanism in the release cancel direction from the neutral position, the release cancel mechanism being arranged to be actuated from the connection state to the disconnection state when the ratchet is in a release restriction state so as to enable the ratchet to return to the engagement position.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Hanaki, Kohei Yamashita
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Publication number: 20170081900Abstract: A power door opening device that shortens time from start of manual operation to assistance starting. The device comprises an actuator that assists a motion for opening and closing a door supported by a vehicle body; a door-end sensor that detects the motion of the door; and a control that carries out opening/closing control of the actuator on the basis that the door-end sensor detects the motion of the end of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2014Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuyuki WATANABE
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Patent number: 9598884Abstract: In a vehicle door latch device, a latch engages with a striker of a vehicle body and a ratchet engages with the latch, so that a vehicle door is closed, and an inside operating lever and a childproof lock mechanism are disposed between a cover and a casing. To connect the childproof lock mechanism to the casing, the inside operating lever is held in an assembling position and the childproof lock mechanism is held in its locking state or in its unlocking state. The cover has a covering portion over a broader portion of a hole in the cover.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoharu Nagaoka, Hiroyuki Sakagami
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Publication number: 20170067273Abstract: A vehicle door opening device that enables a door, in a lock state, to open comprises an operating unit. The operating unit comprises a first outside lever that is pivotally mounted, via a first shaft, and rotates with an outside handle; a second outside lever that is pivotally mounted, via a second shaft that differs from the first shaft, releasing action of the second outside lever is made by a release electric power source, the second outside lever is connected to the first outside lever so that the releasing action is not transmitted to the first outside lever; and a release lever that is pivotally mounted, via the second shaft, and carries out releasing action caused by the releasing action of the second outside lever so that the releasing action of the releasing lever can be transmitted to door latch units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: March 9, 2017Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventor: Kohei YAMASHITA
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Publication number: 20170059002Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes: a motor; and an output shaft arranged on a line extending from an axial center of the motor, power of the motor being transmitted to the output shaft via a deceleration mechanism, the door opening/closing device opening and closing a door via the output shaft by driving the motor. Positional deviation on both end surfaces of the output shaft is set to equal to or higher than ?0.01 and equal to or lower than ?0.1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuyuki SASAKI
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Patent number: 9518409Abstract: A vehicle door latch device which comprises a body having a holding portion, an engagement member pivotally mounted in the holding portion, a cover member closing an opening of the holding portion, and a shaft comprising a shank which passes through a bearing hole of the body and a shank hole of the engagement member, a retaining head and a smaller-diameter shank. The shank passes through the shank hole of the engagement member and the smaller-diameter shank is pressingly fitted in the shank hole of the cover member without swaging the end of the smaller-diameter shank thereby assembling the vehicle door latch device more efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Ryoji Shimura, Tomoharu Nagaoka
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Publication number: 20160333626Abstract: A vehicle door opening device opens and closes a door on a vehicle body by a motor. A moving member moves along a guide rail fixed to the vehicle body and is connected to a door. An opening reversible member and a closing reversible member are disposed at one end and at the other end of the guide rail respectively and spaced in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the moving member. An opening cable and a closing cable are coupled to a closing coupling portion and a opening coupling portion of the moving member respectively. The closing coupling portion and the opening coupling portion are spaced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the moving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventors: Naoya Seto, Hirotsugu Kinoshita, Shuntaro Kimura, Hiroshi Ishigaki
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Publication number: 20160325711Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock device comprises a locking mechanism, a locking motor, an electric release mechanism, an opening lever, and an outside handle. An ECU includes an authenticating portion. When the authenticating portion authenticates a signal from a transmitter and the locking mechanism starts switching from a locking state to an unlocking state by the locking motor, ECU controls a releasing motor so that the electric release mechanism is actuated because a switch detects door-opening action of the outside handle. The locking mechanism is switched to the unlocking state without contacting the opening lever from a direction where the opening lever cannot be actuated. A locked door can be opened with the outside handle at a single action and prevents a panic.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act CorporationInventor: Mikio Ichinose
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Patent number: 9487109Abstract: A seat lock device includes an engagement portion engaged with a vehicle body member extending in a vehicle width direction on a rear side of a front wall of a rear parcel shelf. The rear parcel shelf forms an upper wall of a trunk room arranged on a rear side of a vehicle. The seat lock device is attached to the front wall of the rear parcel shelf, engaged with a striker provided to a rear face of a seat arranged in front of the trunk room to hold the seat in an erect posture, and releases an engagement state thereof with the striker by a release operation of a release operation member arranged in the trunk room.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Miyakoshi, Naoki Hanaki
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Patent number: 9487973Abstract: A linkage mechanism includes a first link rotatably supported on a fixed shaft, a second link rotatably supported on a latch shaft, and an intermediate link that is rotatably connected to the first link by a first link shaft and rotatably connected to the second link by a second link shaft. While the linkage mechanism moves a latch from a half-latch position into a full-latch position, the first link shaft moves in an area on one side of a plane serving as a boundary including a shaft center of the fixed shaft and a shaft center of the latch shaft, and the second link shaft moves in an area on the other side of the plane serving as the boundary.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiaki Yokota
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Publication number: 20160319576Abstract: A vehicle door latch device has latch shaft and a back plate. The back plate has a rear-side second shaft hole forming portion that forms a rear-side second shaft hole, into which a second shaft portion, which is formed at another end portion of a pawl, is inserted rotatably, and a threaded hole forming portion, which is disposed near the rear side second shaft hole forming portion, and which forms a single threaded hole into which a single bolt is screwed. The back plate is shaped so as not to extend to portions corresponding to positions of other bolts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoharu NAGAOKA, Hideaki NOZAWA, Ryoji SHIMURA