Patents by Inventor Fuyuki NAKATSUKA

Fuyuki NAKATSUKA 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: 11920385
    Abstract: The present invention is a sensor assembly that is used in a door lock device provided with a latch, a ratchet, a drive unit that drives the ratchet and releases the engagement of the ratchet and the latch, and a case that accommodates the drive unit, the sensor assembly being provided with a sensor that detects the action of the ratchet when the engagement of the ratchet and the latch is released, wherein the sensor assembly is provided with: a connector that holds connection conductors electrically connected to the sensor, and is attached to the case; a sensor base that holds the sensor; a plurality of electric wires that connect the plurality of connection conductors and a plurality of terminal portions of the sensor; and a waterproofing material that comprises a photo-curing resin for covering, along with the sensor base, connecting portions of the terminal portions and the electric wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Fuyuki Nakatsuka, Shuntaro Kimura, Nao Mizumoto
  • Publication number: 20230054429
    Abstract: A vehicle door operating device including: a closing latch unit holding a door in a closed position, wherein the door is supported on a vehicle body to open and close; a fully opening latch unit holding the door in a fully open position; an actuator having a motor; an emergency handle operated manually from a vehicle interior side; and an operation relay unit which operates the closing latch unit and the fully opening latch unit to be unlatched respectively when driven by the actuator, and operates the closing latch unit to be unlatched when manually operated by the emergency handle such that the closing latch unit is held in an unlatched state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Kosuke ANDO, Fuyuki NAKATSUKA, Jain ANIL, Ahmed TANVEER
  • Publication number: 20220010600
    Abstract: The present invention is a sensor assembly that is used in a door lock device provided with a latch, a ratchet, a drive unit that drives the ratchet and releases the engagement of the ratchet and the latch, and a case that accommodates the drive unit, the sensor assembly being provided with a sensor that detects the action of the ratchet when the engagement of the ratchet and the latch is released, wherein the sensor assembly is provided with: a connector that holds connection conductors electrically connected to the sensor, and is attached to the case; a sensor base that holds the sensor; a plurality of electric wires that connect the plurality of connection conductors and a plurality of terminal portions of the sensor; and a waterproofing material that comprises a photo-curing resin for covering, along with the sensor base, connecting portions of the terminal portions and the electric wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuyuki NAKATSUKA, Shuntaro KIMURA, Nao MIZUMOTO
  • Patent number: 8783738
    Abstract: A vehicle latch device including: a releasing unit that rotates about a support shaft provided on a holding member of an electric actuator and includes a cam pin and an output unit that disengages a latch from a ratchet by rotation of the releasing unit about the support shaft, where a driving force of the electric actuator being input to the cam pin; and a gear member that rotates about the support shaft, connects the electric actuator to the releasing unit, and inputs a driving force of the electric actuator into the input unit. The cam pin is arranged to be superimposed on a plane of rotation of the gear member, and the vehicle latch device further includes a cover member that is attached to the holding member and covers at least the support shaft, the input unit, the electric actuator, and the gear member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Hirofumi Watanabe, Fuyuki Nakatsuka
  • Publication number: 20110278867
    Abstract: A vehicle latch device including: a releasing unit that rotates about a support shaft provided on a holding member of an electric actuator and includes a cam pin and an output unit that disengages a latch from a ratchet by rotation of the releasing unit about the support shaft, where a driving force of the electric actuator being input to the cam pin; and a gear member that rotates about the support shaft, connects the electric actuator to the releasing unit, and inputs a driving force of the electric actuator into the input unit. The cam pin is arranged to be superimposed on a plane of rotation of the gear member, and the vehicle latch device further includes a cover member that is attached to the holding member and covers at least the support shaft, the input unit, the electric actuator, and the gear member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Hirofumi WATANABE, Fuyuki NAKATSUKA