Patents by Inventor Hideo Kitazawa

Hideo Kitazawa 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: 11887470
    Abstract: There is provided a radio control transmitter comprising: a grip portion gripped by an operator at the time of performing remote control of a control target; a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion; a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating member configured to control the control target, wherein the radio control transmitter is configured to transmit a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating member; and a switch mechanism including an operating member provided as a part of a surface of the base portion and at least one switch built in the base portion and configured to activate a pre-assigned function when the operating member is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 11742887
    Abstract: A radio control transmitter, comprising a grip portion gripped by an operator when performing remote control of a control target, a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion, and a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating member for controlling the control target, transmits a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating member including a wheel that controls a traveling direction of the control target. The radio control transmitter further comprises a switch mechanism including an operating lever, to which the wheel is detachably attached, disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the switch operating member attached to a main body fitting portion of the head portion, and a switch disposed in the switch operating member to activate a pre-assigned function when the operating lever is pulled toward an axially outer side of a rotation shaft of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 11695437
    Abstract: A connecting member in a radio control transmitter for transmitting a control signal to a control target by controlling an operating portion detachably attached to a main body is provided. The connecting member is disposed between the main body and the operating portion to randomly set a position of the operating portion with respect to the main body, wherein the connecting member has outer fitting holes arranged along a circumference of a large diameter and inner fitting holes arranged along a circumference of a small diameter to be concentric with arrangement of the outer fitting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20220351609
    Abstract: There is provided a radio control transmitter comprising: a grip portion gripped by an operator at the time of performing remote control of a control target; a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion; a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating member configured to control the control target, wherein the radio control transmitter is configured to transmit a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating member; and a switch mechanism including an operating member provided as a part of a surface of the base portion and at least one switch built in the base portion and configured to activate a pre-assigned function when the operating member is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Hideo KITAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220352918
    Abstract: A radio control transmitter comprising a grip portion gripped by an operator at the time of performing remote control of a control target, a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion, and a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating unit configured to control the control target, and configured to transmit a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating unit is described herein. The head portion includes a fitting hole in which a plurality of round holes are continuously arranged in a width direction of the head portion is formed at a bottom portion of a housing of the head portion, and a horizontal angle of the trigger centered on a holding position of the base end is changed in a stepwise manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Futaba Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo KITAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20220352917
    Abstract: A radio control transmitter, comprising a grip portion gripped by an operator when performing remote control of a control target, a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion, and a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating member for controlling the control target, transmits a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating member including a wheel that controls a traveling direction of the control target. The radio control transmitter further comprises a switch mechanism including an operating lever, to which the wheel is detachably attached, disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the switch operating member attached to a main body fitting portion of the head portion, and a switch disposed in the switch operating member to activate a pre-assigned function when the operating lever is pulled toward an axially outer side of a rotation shaft of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Hideo Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20220352911
    Abstract: A connecting member in a radio control transmitter for transmitting a control signal to a control target by controlling an operating portion detachably attached to a main body is provided. The connecting member is disposed between the main body and the operating portion to randomly set a position of the operating portion with respect to the main body, wherein the connecting member has outer fitting holes arranged along a circumference of a large diameter and inner fitting holes arranged along a circumference of a small diameter to be concentric with arrangement of the outer fitting holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Hideo KITAZAWA
  • Patent number: 11150683
    Abstract: A radio-control transmitter is provided which includes a trigger which has a throttle lever and a brake lever, wherein the throttle lever is capable of freely rocking with respect to a rotation shaft along an imaginary plane orthogonal to the rotation shaft and has a longitudinal direction parallel to the imaginary plane, and wherein the brake lever is integrated with the throttle lever and extends in a direction intersecting the imaginary plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20210072783
    Abstract: A radio-control transmitter is provided which includes a trigger which has a throttle lever and a brake lever, wherein the throttle lever is capable of freely rocking with respect to a rotation shaft along an imaginary plane orthogonal to the rotation shaft and has a longitudinal direction parallel to the imaginary plane, and wherein the brake lever is integrated with the throttle lever and extends in a direction intersecting the imaginary plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventor: Hideo KITAZAWA
  • Patent number: 10636289
    Abstract: A switch mechanism arranged on a slanted inner peripheral face of a recessed portion formed on a back side of a housing and capable of providing good click feeling is provided. The rotatably-arranged switch mechanism is provided on the slanted inner peripheral face of the recessed portion formed on the back case on back side of a display part, and includes a push part arranged on one end of a knob body arranged rotatable around a shaft to be pushed by a user's finger, and a transmission part located at another end of the knob body to transmit rotation force generated by pushing the push part to a push switch. When the push part is pushed by the finger during control, the knob body rotates around the shaft and transmits rotational force to an actuation piece of the push switch via the transmission part, thereby pushing the push switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventor: Hideo Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20190236934
    Abstract: A switch mechanism arranged on a slanted inner peripheral face of a recessed portion formed on a back side of a housing and capable of providing good click feeling is provided. The rotatably-arranged switch mechanism is provided on the slanted inner peripheral face of the recessed portion formed on the back case on back side of a display part, and includes a push part arranged on one end of a knob body arranged rotatable around a shaft to be pushed by a user's finger, and a transmission part located at another end of the knob body to transmit rotation force generated by pushing the push part to a push switch. When the push part is pushed by the finger during control, the knob body rotates around the shaft and transmits rotational force to an actuation piece of the push switch via the transmission part, thereby pushing the push switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Hideo KITAZAWA
  • Patent number: 9836954
    Abstract: A trigger includes a segment for exercising throttle control and a segment for exercising brake control. A switch is provided in a radio control transmitter. The switch can be depressed by pulling the trigger in a direction of an arrow A. Setting of full throttle can be assigned to the switch. Full throttle can be turned on only when the switch is depressed by the trigger. It is possible to control on/off of the full throttle easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FUTABA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michihiro Takayasu, Hideo Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20150091697
    Abstract: A trigger includes a segment for exercising throttle control and a segment for exercising brake control. A switch is provided in a radio control transmitter. The switch can be depressed by pulling the trigger in a direction of an arrow A. Setting of full throttle can be assigned to the switch. Full throttle can be turned on only when the switch is depressed by the trigger. It is possible to control on/off of the full throttle easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Michihiro Takayasu, Hideo Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 7936138
    Abstract: Provided is a motor controller for controlling a motor installed at an object such as an electric car operated using a transmitter. A manipulation of a manipulation tool of the transmitter is allocated for brake and reverse modes. A specific value of brake power contained in a signal demodulated by a receiver is stored in a memory unit as a changeover reference value, and a changeover determining unit compares the changeover reference value with the brake power. If the brake power is greater than the changeover reference value, the changeover determining unit transmits a changeover signal to a control unit, and if the manipulation tool is manipulated to a neutral point after the control unit receives the changeover signal, the control unit changes the state of the manipulation tool from brake mode to reverse mode. The changeover reference value can be changed by an operator using an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: FUTABA Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Katsuyama, Hideo Kitazawa, Takatoshi Morita
  • Patent number: D658238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kitazawa, Noriaki Morita, Yoshihiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: D807970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kitazawa, Takahiro Isono, Makoto Migita
  • Patent number: D854630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kitazawa, Migita Makoto
  • Patent number: D926132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kitazawa, Makoto Migita
  • Patent number: D983278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kitazawa, Makoto Migita
  • Patent number: D995656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Hideo Kitazawa, Makoto Migita