Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Hosoda

Hirotsugu Hosoda 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: 8393682
    Abstract: A seat back locking device for an automobile for a seat back 5 configured so as to be capable of being changed from an upright position to a folded-down position and vice versa, including a locking mechanism 10 for locking the seat back 5 in the upright position, a locking knob 20 for unlocking the locking mechanism 10, and a key cylinder 30 capable of locking and unlocking the locking knob 20. In the locking device, a contact part 33 that comes into contact with a contacted part 26 provided on the locking knob 20 is connectingly provided integrally with a cylinder body 31 of the key cylinder 30 so that the key cylinder 30 can be changed over between a locked state in which the contact part 33 comes into contact with the contacted part 26 to inhibit the rotation of the locking knob 20 and an unlocked state in which the contact part 33 does not come into contact with the contacted part 26 to allow the rotation of the locking knob 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation, NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Hosoda, Takashi Ono, Takefumi Mitsugi
  • Publication number: 20110056256
    Abstract: A seat back locking device for an automobile for a seat back 5 configured so as to be capable of being changed from an upright position to a folded-down position and vice versa, including a locking mechanism 10 for locking the seat back 5 in the upright position, a locking knob 20 for unlocking the locking mechanism 10, and a key cylinder 30 capable of locking and unlocking the locking knob 20. In the locking device, a contact part 33 that comes into contact with a contacted part 26 provided on the locking knob 20 is connectingly provided integrally with a cylinder body 31 of the key cylinder 30 so that the key cylinder 30 can be changed over between a locked state in which the contact part 33 comes into contact with the contacted part 26 to inhibit the rotation of the locking knob 20 and an unlocked state in which the contact part 33 does not come into contact with the contacted part 26 to allow the rotation of the locking knob 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Hosoda, Takashi Ono, Takefumi Mitsugi
  • Patent number: 5951046
    Abstract: There is provided a construction for attaching an adjuster in which even if adjuster body attaching bolts are not sub-assembled, an adjuster body can be fixed temporarily to a pillar without the contact of a lock pin, which is provided at the tip end of an operating knob, with the pillar. The construction is such that a crank-shaped locking portion is provided at the intermediate portion of the adjuster body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Hosoda, Toshiyuki Konishi, Masahiro Suzuki