Patents by Inventor Eiji Itami

Eiji Itami 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: 6199322
    Abstract: At the time of changing over an open/close body from a manual operation to an automatic operation, a reliable clutch connection is established in a power transmission system between a drive source and the open/close body thus enhancing the operability of the open/close body. An open/close body automatic drive equipment comprises a clutch mechanism which connects or interrupts a power transmission system between a motor for driving a slide door which constitutes the open/close body and the slide door, wherein a clutch of a clutch mechanism is interrupted in a manual manipulation, and in an automatic drive, a clutch is connected to operate the slide door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji Itami, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6183040
    Abstract: A device for preventing a pinched or sandwiched condition includes a first member having therein an opening area; a second member opening and closing the opening area of the first member; and an electronic control device detecting a sandwich condition between the first member and the second member which is in movement at a speed for closing the opening area of the first member when a deceleration side condition of the speed of the second member exceeds a threshold value which is obtained based on an acceleration side condition of the speed of the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoaki Imaizumi, Eiji Itami, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 5944367
    Abstract: An apparatus for perfectly closing a door of a vehicle basically comprising a latch, a pawl, a motor, an active lever, a latch lever, a pawl switch, and a latch switch. The door closing begins with the action of the latch moving from the door half-closed to the closed position an shown by the switching off of the pawl switch with the latch switch turning on. The electric motor activates upon detecting the door half-closed position and stops when the closed position is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoaki Imaizumi, Eiji Itami, Hiroshi Ishihara, Norikazu Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Mizushima, Ryujiro Akizauki