Patents by Inventor Ayaki Oyamada
Ayaki Oyamada 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).
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Patent number: 8869357Abstract: A switch-equipped buckle device capable of accurately detecting an attachment-detachment state of a tongue plate by mounting fixed contacts immovably therein. The switch-equipped buckle device has, inside a buckle body, a slide switch that detects a state of attachment of the tongue plate according to the sliding position of an ejector. A slider of the slide switch is integrated with the ejector, and three fixed contacts of the slide switch are integrated with a lower case by insert molding.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2009Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Yukinori Midorikawa, Ayaki Oyamada
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Publication number: 20110232052Abstract: A switch-equipped buckle device capable of accurately detecting an attachment-detachment state of a tongue plate by mounting fixed contacts immovably therein. The switch-equipped buckle device has, inside a buckle body, a slide switch that detects a state of attachment of the tongue plate according to the sliding position of an ejector. A slider of the slide switch is integrated with the ejector, and three fixed contacts of the slide switch are integrated with a lower case by insert molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Yukinori Midorikawa, Ayaki Oyamada
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Patent number: 7765652Abstract: A buckle device includes a switch having a Hall element which outputs a signal in accordance with a magnitude of a magnetic flux density, a magnet which applies a magnetic field to the Hall element, and a shielding plate which is attached to an ejector so as to change the magnitude of the magnetic flux density transmitted from the magnet to the Hall element in accordance with a position of the ejector. The Hall element and the magnet are magnetically shielded by at least a frame and a latch member which are formed of a magnetic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Toru Nakamuru, Ayaki Oyamada, Yukinori Midorikawa
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Patent number: 7657979Abstract: To provide a buckle switch and buckle device wherein a first switch section and a second switch section are unitized to provide improved assembling workability and increased production efficiency. As a tongue plate is inserted to a buckle body to move a slider, a pressing segment 23b of the slider rotates a leaf spring 46 in a direction a and, hence, a depressible portion 44c is depressed to cause a movable member 44 to move in a direction X2. At this time, a stationary contact 71a moves into and is pinched by pinch members 53 of a movable contact 50 disposed on the movable member 44, rendering the switch section SW1 to assume a conductive state. Concurrently, since a magnet M2 is placed in opposition to a magnetic detecting element 61, a second switch section SW2 is switched over. By unitizing the first and second switch sections, assembling workability of a buckle switch 40 to the buckle body can be improved, enabling an increase in production efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignees: Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Autoliv Development ABInventors: Yukinori Midorikawa, Ayaki Oyamada, Toshiharu Mori
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Publication number: 20080163468Abstract: A buckle device includes a switch having a Hall element which outputs a signal in accordance with a magnitude of a magnetic flux density, a magnet which applies a magnetic field to the Hall element, and a shielding plate which is attached to an ejector so as to change the magnitude of the magnetic flux density transmitted from the magnet to the Hall element in accordance with a position of the ejector. The Hall element and the magnet are magnetically shielded by at least a frame and a latch member which are formed of a magnetic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Toru Nakamura, Ayaki Oyamada, Yukinori Midorikawa
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Publication number: 20070271746Abstract: [Summary] [Problem] To provide a buckle switch and buckle device wherein a first switch section and a second switch section are unitized to provide improved assembling workability and increased production efficiency. [Means for Solving Problem] As a tongue plate is inserted to a buckle body to move a slider, a pressing segment 23b of the slider rotates a leaf spring 46 in a direction a and, hence, a depressible portion 44c is depressed to cause a movable member 44 to move in a direction X2. At this time, a stationary contact 71a moves into and is pinched by pinch members 53 of a movable contact 50 disposed on the movable member 44, rendering the switch section SW1 to assume a conductive state. Concurrently, since a magnet M2 is placed in opposition to a magnetic detecting element 61, a second switch section SW2 is switched over. By unitizing the first and second switch sections, assembling workability of a buckle switch 40 to the buckle body can be improved, enabling an increase in production efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2004Publication date: November 29, 2007Inventors: Yukinori Midorikawa, Ayaki Oyamada, Toshiharu Mori
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Patent number: 6216323Abstract: A buckle assembly is provided with a latch plate for latching or unlatching a tongue plate, a holder member arranged movably in response to a movement of the latch plate, slots formed as guide paths in a buckle base, support apertures formed as a cam portion in a holder member, and an auxiliary lock member supported movably in said slots and support apertures for controlling a movement of the latch plate. In response to a movement of the holder member, the support apertures produce cam action in association with the slots such that the auxiliary member is movable between a position, in which the auxiliary lock member restricts the latch plate to a latching position, and another position, in which the auxiliary lock member restricts the latch plate to an unlatching position.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventor: Ayaki Oyamada
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Patent number: 5460338Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide at low manufacturing cost a clamp-operated retractor including an emergency locking mechanism adapted to lock the rotation of the winding shaft in the webbing pull-out direction in an emergency such as a collision, in which a webbing clamping mechanism is simple in structure, and is able to quickly stop the webbing from being pulled out.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1993Date of Patent: October 24, 1995Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Kazumi Hirata, Takanobu Sasaki, Masuo Matsuki, Yoshihiro Makishima, Ayaki Oyamada