Patents by Inventor Hideko Kitamura

Hideko Kitamura 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: 8777317
    Abstract: An armrest device including a stationary shaft 2, fixed to a seat frame, an armrest body 7 in which the stationary shaft 2 is inserted and which is rotatable, a lock spring 3 made of a coil spring tightly wound around the stationary shaft 2, with one end of the coil spring serving as a stationary-side hook 3a locked to the armrest body 7, and the other end of the coil spring serving as a free-side hook 3b A hook-supporting part 12 that supports the free-side hook 3b such that the free-side hook 3b is raised in the axial direction of the stationary shaft 2, a hook-fitting part 13 that enlarges the diameter of the lock spring 3 by dropping the free-side hook 3b on the hook-supporting part 12 downward in the axial direction of the stationary shaft 2, a plate 11 for a hook, where the plate 11 projects from the armrest body 7, and a cam member 5 on the stationary shaft 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Takashi Morimoto, Ken Suzuki, Toshikazu Numazawa, Hideko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20130015692
    Abstract: An armrest includes a stationary shaft, fixed to a seat frame, the shaft is inserted and is rotatable about an armrest body, a spring wound around the shaft, one end of the spring being a stationary-side hook locked to the armrest, the other spring end being a free-side hook, a hook-supporting part supporting the free-side hook in a raised direction of the shaft, a hook-joint enlarging a spring diameter by dropping the free-side hook on the hook-supporting part downward in the axial direction of the shaft, and a cam on the shaft 2 and having an unlocking cam part for unlocking the spring by dropping the free-side hook from the hook-supporting part into the hook-joint when the armrest body is rotated, and a relocking cam part for locking the spring by raising the free-side hook from the hook-joint and supporting it by the hook-supporting part when the armrest body is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Takashi Morimoto, Ken Suzuki, Toshikazu Numazawa, Hideko Kitamura