Patents by Inventor Akiya Okuda

Akiya Okuda 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: 11661770
    Abstract: A door lock device pair includes right and left door lock devices; each of the door lock devices including: a housing; a coupler wall projecting from the housing; a flat portion formed on the housing; and a waterproof seal fixed to the flat portion and being wrapped around the coupler wall, the waterproof seal including: inner and outer peripheral surfaces; and an inclined surface that forms an acute angle with respect to the inner peripheral surface and an obtuse angle at another end of the inclined surface, the inner peripheral surface being in contact with the outer peripheral wall and being in contact with the inclined surface, and the waterproof seals in the door lock devices having the same shape, and the waterproof seals being wrapped around the respective outer peripheral walls in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Matsuda, Takao Taga, Shuntaro Kimura, Akiya Okuda
  • Publication number: 20210040784
    Abstract: A door lock device pair includes right and left door lock devices; each of the door lock devices including: a housing; a coupler wall projecting from the housing; a flat portion formed on the housing; and a waterproof seal fixed to the flat portion and being wrapped around the coupler wall, the waterproof seal including: inner and outer peripheral surfaces; and an inclined surface that forms an acute angle with respect to the inner peripheral surface and an obtuse angle at another end of the inclined surface, the inner peripheral surface being in contact with the outer peripheral wall and being in contact with the inclined surface, and the waterproof seals in the door lock devices having the same shape, and the waterproof seals being wrapped around the respective outer peripheral walls in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yosuke MATSUDA, Takao TAGA, Shuntaro KIMURA, Akiya OKUDA
  • Patent number: 10526823
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Taichiro Nagata, Akiya Okuda
  • Publication number: 20170314303
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Taichiro Nagata, Akiya Okuda