Patents by Inventor Hideaki Nozawa

Hideaki Nozawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20160177599
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch device includes: a body which is provided in one of a door of a vehicle or a vehicle body, a striker advancing groove being formed on one surface of the body; a latch configured to be meshed with the advanced striker to hold the door at a closed position; a cover plate installed on the surface of the body on which the striker advancing groove is formed; and a back plate fixed to the cover plate with the body placed therebetween. One of the cover plate or the back plate includes a projected part which is projected in an inside-outside direction of the vehicle. Other one of the cover plate or the back plate includes an engagement hole into which the projected part advances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Hideaki NOZAWA, Tomoharu NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160123046
    Abstract: a door latch device for a vehicle includes: a body having a striker advancing groove formed on one surface thereof through which a striker arranged on a vehicle body advances corresponding to a closing movement of the door; a latch configured to engage with the advanced striker to be rotatable; a pole configured to rotate interlocking with the rotation of the latch and engaged with the latch so as to restrain the door at a closed position; a lever configured to rotate based on an opening operation of a handle arranged on the door to rotate the interlocking pole; and a spring configured to urge the lever. The lever has a shaft hole. The body includes a spring accommodating part that accommodates the spring, and a pivot that is inserted to the shaft hole of the lever to rotatably support the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Hideaki NOZAWA, Tomoharu NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20150376918
    Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises an engagement assembly comprising an engagement mechanism which is engagable with a striker of a vehicle body; a first casing which can be connected from one direction to an operating mechanism which can turn to a locking state and an unlocking state; an operating assembly comprising a second casing to which the engagement assembly is attached; an outside lever pivotally supported on the engagement assembly; and positioning-guide means by which the engagement assembly can be connected from the same direction as a direction in which the operating mechanism is connected to the first casing, thereby improving assembling efficiency and getting smaller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoharu Nagaoka, Hideaki Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20140312632
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoharu NAGAOKA, Hideaki NOZAWA
  • Patent number: 7625020
    Abstract: A door of a vehicle is opened and closed by a handle mounted to the side of the door. In the door, a vehicle door lock control connected to the handle comprises a base plate on which an operating lever and a release lever are pivotally secured. The release lever is connected to a door-latching device which engages with or disengages from a vehicle body. The door is placed by a knob via a knob lever in a locked position where the door cannot be opened by the handle. The knob is coupled to the knob lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Fujimatsu, Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Hideaki Nozawa
  • Patent number: 7591493
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes a door operating lever that releases a closed-door latch unit when being turned to a first direction and releases an open-door latch unit when being turned to a second direction is arranged on a base plate by means of an inside-handle lever shaft. Also, an operation output unit is formed on an inside handle so as to engage with the door operating lever. When the inside handle is operated to open or close the door, the door operating lever is turned in a desired direction by bringing the operation output unit into contact with the door operating lever. Furthermore, a lower open lever that transmits the turning operation to the second direction of the door operating lever to the open-door latch unit is arranged on the base plate by means of the inside-handle lever shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Nozawa
  • Patent number: 7556577
    Abstract: A reel drum is rotatably supported on a board, and a tensioner case is detachably mounted to the board in the vicinity of the reel drum. Wires are extended from the reel drum in directions opposite to each other. A pair of tension rollers pressed onto the respective wires and roller holders rotatably supporting the respective tension rollers are attached to the tensioner case to be allowed to move in directions substantially orthogonal to the respective wires when the wires are tensioned. Moreover, the tensioner case is provided with biasing means to bias the roller holders in directions that the tension rollers are pressed onto the respective wires. The biasing means is a torsion spring. A contact portion of each roller holder which a wire end extended portion of the torsion spring is in contact with has an angle shape with a ridge aligned in a direction orthogonal to the wire end extended portion of the torsion spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: OHI Seisakusho Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kita, Toku Fukaya, Hideaki Nozawa, Atsushi Osada
  • Patent number: 7488014
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes, between a door operating lever and an open-door latch unit, a first connection link connected to the door operating lever and a third wire cable. One end of the third wire cable is connected to the first connection link and the other end is connected to the open-door latch unit to connect the first connection link and the open-door latch unit to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nozawa, Jiro Mitsui
  • Patent number: 7434854
    Abstract: In a vehicle door lock control, an operating handle is provided at a door inside or outside a vehicle to enable a door to open and close. The handle is connected to an operating lever. In a locked position, the door cannot be opened by the operating handle, while it can be opened by the operating handle via a release lever in an unlocking position. The release lever pivotally secured on a base plate is connected to a door latch device of the door to allow the door latch device to disengage from a striker of a vehicle body in the unlocking position thereby opening the door by the operating handle. A lock control pin is moved by a knob lever to control the release lever to allow the door to open. The knob lever is operated by a knob manually inside the vehicle or by an actuator electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Fujimatsu, Mitsuhiro Watanabe, Hideaki Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20080012355
    Abstract: A door of a vehicle is opened and closed by a handle mounted to the side of the door. In the door, a vehicle door lock control connected to the handle comprises a base plate on which an operating lever and a release lever are pivotally secured. The release lever is connected to a door-latching device which engages with or disengages from a vehicle body. The door is placed by a knob via a knob lever in a locked position where the door cannot be opened by the handle. The knob is coupled to the knob lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi FUJIMATSU, Mitsuhiro WATANABE, Hideaki NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20080001412
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes, between a door operating lever and an open-door latch unit, a first connection link connected to the door operating lever and a third wire cable. One end of the third wire cable is connected to the first connection link and the other end is connected to the open-door latch unit to connect the first connection link and the open-door latch unit to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Hideaki Nozawa, Jiro Mitsui
  • Publication number: 20070284892
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes a door operating lever that releases a closed-door latch unit when being turned to a first direction and releases an open-door latch unit when being turned to a second direction is arranged on a base plate by means of an inside-handle lever shaft. Also, an operation output unit is formed on an inside handle so as to engage with the door operating lever. When the inside handle is operated to open or close the door, the door operating lever is turned in a desired direction by bringing the operation output unit into contact with the door operating lever. Furthermore, a lower open lever that transmits the turning operation to the second direction of the door operating lever to the open-door latch unit is arranged on the base plate by means of the inside-handle lever shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Hideaki Nozawa
  • Publication number: 20070273160
    Abstract: In a vehicle door lock control, an operating handle is provided at a door inside or outside a vehicle to enable a door to open and close. The handle is connected to an operating lever. In a locked position, the door cannot be opened by the operating handle, while it can be opened by the operating handle via a release lever in an unlocking position. The release lever pivotally secured on a base plate is connected to a door latch device of the door to allow the door latch device to disengage from a striker of a vehicle body in the unlocking position thereby opening the door by the operating handle. A lock control pin is moved by a knob lever to control the release lever to allow the door to open. The knob lever is operated by a knob manually inside the vehicle or by an actuator electrically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi FUJIMATSU, Mitsuhiro WATANABE, Hideaki NOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20060068958
    Abstract: A reel drum is rotatably supported on a board, and a tensioner case is detachably mounted to the board in the vicinity of the reel drum. Wires are extended from the reel drum in directions opposite to each other. A pair of tension rollers pressed onto the respective wires and roller holders rotatably supporting the respective tension rollers are attached to the tensioner case to be allowed to move in directions substantially orthogonal to the respective wires when the wires are tensioned. Moreover, the tensioner case is provided with biasing means to bias the roller holders in directions that the tension rollers are pressed onto the respective wires. The biasing means is a torsion spring. A contact portion of each roller holder which a wire end extended portion of the torsion spring is in contact with has an angle shape with a ridge aligned in a direction orthogonal to the wire end extended portion of the torsion spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kita, Toku Fukaya, Hideaki Nozawa, Atsushi Osada
  • Patent number: 5730109
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification system according to the invention, a liquid fuel is jetted into the engine cylinder at a high pressure in turbulence in such a condition as easily burned. A spiral metal tube ring is accommodated in the fuel supply, system as a fuel activation device such that molecules of the liquid fuel passing therethrough are activated and atomized by contacting the metal spiral tube ring. The spiral tube may be a single member or of a composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: TAG Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Nozawa
  • Patent number: 4832203
    Abstract: A tag having a tag body and a suspension tape is attached to a baggage. The baggage is conveyed by a conveyor. During the conveying the tag is caught by a catcher. A carrier is provided for gripping the tag caught by the catcher. The carrier is driven by a motor to carry the baggage. A loader is provided for loading the carried baggage in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignees: Shiroh Shirakawa, Hideaki Nozawa
    Inventor: Hideaki Nozawa
  • Patent number: D317181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1991
    Assignee: Shiroh Shirakawa
    Inventor: Hideaki Nozawa