Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Saitou

Hidekazu Saitou 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: 9755486
    Abstract: A motor includes a cylindrical rotor housing that contains a rotor, a brush holder mounted to an opening of the rotor housing, an end plate, having an electrically conductive part, which holds the brush holder in between the end plate and the rotor housing, and a grounding mechanism that realizes a ground connection to both a part of wiring led to a brush, provided in the brush holder, and the end plate. The grounding mechanism is provided in a region where the brush holder faces the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Saitou, Yoshinobu Katsuta
  • Publication number: 20160204681
    Abstract: A motor includes a cylindrical rotor housing that contains a rotor, a brush holder mounted to an opening of the rotor housing, an end plate, having an electrically conductive part, which holds the brush holder in between the end plate and the rotor housing, and a grounding mechanism that realizes a ground connection to both a part of wiring led to a brush, provided in the brush holder, and the end plate. The grounding mechanism is provided in a region where the brush holder faces the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hidekazu Saitou, Yoshinobu Katsuta
  • Patent number: 8877865
    Abstract: A resin composition, contains: a thermoplastic polyurethane (A); a thermoplastic polyurethane (B); and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C), wherein an isocyanate group content (mole) in raw materials of the thermoplastic polyurethane (A) is greater than a hydroxyl group content (mole) therein, an isocyanate group content (mole) in raw materials of the thermoplastic polyurethane (B) is nearly equal to a hydroxyl group content (mole) therein, and the thermoplastic polyurethane (B) and the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) have a mass ratio (B/C) of from 70/30 to 99/1 and a content of the thermoplastic polyurethane (A), based on 100 parts by mass of a total of the thermoplastic polyurethane (B) and the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C), is from 1 to 30 parts by mass. Thus, a resin composition is provided that contains thermoplastic polyurethanes and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and is good in melt shapability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouta Isoyama, Tatsuya Oshita, Hidekazu Saitou, Hiroyuki Ono
  • Publication number: 20120045653
    Abstract: A resin composition, contains: a thermoplastic polyurethane (A); a thermoplastic polyurethane (B); and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C), wherein an isocyanate group content (mole) in raw materials of the thermoplastic polyurethane (A) is greater than a hydroxyl group content (mole) therein, an isocyanate group content (mole) in raw materials of the thermoplastic polyurethane (B) is nearly equal to a hydroxyl group content (mole) therein, and the thermoplastic polyurethane (B) and the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C) have a mass ratio (B/C) of from 70/30 to 99/1 and a content of the thermoplastic polyurethane (A), based on 100 parts by mass of a total of the thermoplastic polyurethane (B) and the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (C), is from 1 to 30 parts by mass. Thus, a resin composition is provided that contains thermoplastic polyurethanes and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer and is good in melt shapability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouta Isoyama, Tatsuya Oshita, Hidekazu Saitou, Hiroyuki Ono
  • Patent number: 7976097
    Abstract: A cowl structure including a cowl box having a partition panel joined to both rear and bottom walls thereof inside the cowl box. The partition panel constitutes, together with the rear and bottom walls, a hollow member portion extending in a vehicle width direction. An outside air introducing port is provided in the cowl box, for introducing outside air into the cowl box outside of the member portion. A communication port is provided in the partition panel, for allowing the inside and outside of the member portion to communicate with each other inside the cowl box. An air supplying port is provided in the rear wall at a location spaced upward from the bottom wall, for allowing the inside of the member portion and a vehicle compartment to communicate with each other. The communication port and the air supplying port overlap each other in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hidekazu Saitou
  • Patent number: 7914071
    Abstract: A front structure of a vehicle body is disclosed as having a radiator core support including an upper member and a lower member vertically spaced from each other and extending in a vehicle width direction. The upper member is structured in two stages on upper and lower sides composed of an upper-stage upper member and a lower-stage upper member, which have both left and right ends connected to vehicle body components placed in a vehicle body on both sides thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Saitou, Kiyohito Sekido
  • Patent number: 7841649
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a cross member extending across a lateral direction of a vehicle, wherein the cross member is coupled to a vehicle body component and a reinforcing member installed to the cross member wherein the reinforcing member is spaced apart from a coupling portion of the cross member and the vehicle body component. A method to reinforce a cross member of a vehicle body includes installing at least one reinforcing member along the cross member and locating at least one edge of the at least one reinforcing member a selected distance from at least one coupling portion between the cross member and a vehicle body component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Konishi, Hidekazu Saitou
  • Publication number: 20090146456
    Abstract: A front structure of a vehicle body is disclosed as having a radiator core support including an upper member and a lower member vertically spaced from each other and extending in a vehicle width direction. The upper member is structured in two stages on upper and lower sides composed of an upper-stage upper member and a lower-stage upper member, which have both left and right ends connected to vehicle body components placed in a vehicle body on both sides thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Hidekazu SAITOU, Kiyohito Sekido
  • Publication number: 20090146459
    Abstract: A cowl structure including a cowl box having a partition panel joined to both rear and bottom walls thereof inside the cowl box. The partition panel constitutes, together with the rear and bottom walls, a hollow member portion extending in a vehicle width direction. An outside air introducing port is provided in the cowl box, for introducing outside air into the cowl box outside of the member portion. A communication port is provided in the partition panel, for allowing the inside and outside of the member portion to communicate with each other inside the cowl box. An air supplying port is provided in the rear wall at a location spaced upward from the bottom wall, for allowing the inside of the member portion and a vehicle compartment to communicate with each other. The communication port and the air supplying port overlap each other in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hidekazu Saitou
  • Publication number: 20080238152
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a cross member extending across a lateral direction of a vehicle, wherein the cross member is coupled to a vehicle body component and a reinforcing member installed to the cross member wherein the reinforcing member is spaced apart from a coupling portion of the cross member and the vehicle body component. A method to reinforce a cross member of a vehicle body includes installing at least one reinforcing member along the cross member and locating at least one edge of the at least one reinforcing member a selected distance from at least one coupling portion between the cross member and a vehicle body component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Konishi, Hidekazu Saitou