Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Kanbayashi

Hirokazu Kanbayashi 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: 20070068282
    Abstract: A belt tension detecting apparatus and a child seat provided with the belt tension detecting apparatus. A tension indicator includes a roller arranged on a belt at a midsection in the direction of extension thereof, a case accommodating the roller so as to be capable of rotating in the belt retracting direction and in the belt withdrawing direction, and a spring which urges the roller in the belt retracting direction. The roller includes a slit through which the belt passes. When a tension equal to or larger than a predetermined value is applied to the belt, a different color portion is seen through a window to indicate that the roller is rotated in the belt withdrawing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Nakagawa, Masayuki Sakumoto, Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Hideki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 7086687
    Abstract: A power supply device for a sliding door includes an extra-length absorbing unit, a door side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, a flexible tube extending from the extra-length absorbing unit to the door side fixing unit, and a wire harness wired from a vehicle body through the extra-length absorbing unit, the flexible tube and the door side fixing unit to the sliding door. The extra-length absorbing unit includes a case having a gate for the flexible tube, a rotating drum for winding the flexible tube in the case, and a torsion spring for providing a turning force with the rotating drum in a winding direction of the flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Toshihiro Kawazoe, Kazuyuki Kusano, Hironori Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20050264033
    Abstract: A power supply device for a sliding door comprising an extra-length absorbing unit, a door side fixing unit fixed to a sliding door, a flexible tube extending from said extra-length absorbing unit to said door side fixing unit, and a wire harness wired from a vehicle body through said extra-length absorbing unit, said flexible tube and said door side fixing unit to the sliding door, wherein said extra-length absorbing unit includes a case having a gate for said flexible tube, a rotating drum for winding said flexible tube in the case, and a torsion spring for providing a turning force with said rotating drum in a winding direction of said flexible tube, an end portion at the vehicle body of said flexible tube being fixed on the rotating drum, a portion at the vehicle side of said wire harness being fixed to the rotating drum in a vicinity of the end portion of said flexible tube, said flexible tube being wound in spiral within the rotating drum, a spiral inner peripheral portion thereof being fixed to a cente
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Hirokazu Kanbayashi, Toshihiro Kawazoe, Kazuyuki Kusano, Hironori Yanagimoto