Patents by Inventor Hiroyasu Onuki

Hiroyasu Onuki 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: 7883224
    Abstract: A rotation range control mechanism includes a clutch holder provided around a shaft, a washer fixed to a casing, a control convex portion arranged on the clutch holder, and contact portions arranged on the washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Patent number: 7568811
    Abstract: A holding member integrally includes a bearing pair that rotatably support at least one gear of rotation-force transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Patent number: 7562992
    Abstract: A holding member includes a bearing that receives a thrust force of at least one of a first gear and a second gear. The first gear and the second gear are in a non-contact state in a thrust direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Patent number: 7533997
    Abstract: A fixing member is separate from a bearing member, and suppresses a radial force acting on a gear that meshes with a final-stage gear of a rotation-force transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational force to a mirror assembly of an outside mirror device for a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20090040639
    Abstract: In a vehicle outside mirror device, a clutch gear has a first guide portion that is formed in an inner position with respect to an outer circumference of the clutch gear and a clutch holder has a second guide portion that is formed in an inner position with respect to an outer circumference of the clutch holder. The clutch gear and the clutch holder relatively move in a direction of an axis of a shaft, to which the clutch gear is rotatably attached and to which the clutch holder is attached so as not to be rotatable, by guiding along the first guide portion and the second guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Hiroyasu ONUKI
  • Publication number: 20080297927
    Abstract: In a vehicle outside mirror device, a gear case of a casing has an engagement portion with which a shaft bearing member engages so as not to be movable in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of a shaft. In addition, the gear case and a cover of the casing include a fixation portion that sandwiches the shaft bearing member in the axial direction of the shaft and fixes the shaft bearing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroyasu ONUKI
  • Patent number: 7441912
    Abstract: An outside mirror device for a vehicle includes a mirror assembly that is rotatably attached to a body of the vehicle through an electric retracting unit and a base. The electric retracting unit includes bearing portions at both ends of a first stage gear of a rotational force transmitting mechanism. The bearing portions are supported by bearing holes in the bearing member as a single member, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20080259474
    Abstract: A rotation range control mechanism includes a clutch holder provided around a shaft, a washer fixed to a casing, a control convex portion arranged on the clutch holder, and contact portions arranged on the washer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Patent number: 7427142
    Abstract: A vehicle outside mirror includes a drive unit that generates a driving force, a plate that holds the drive unit, a drive gear that transmits the driving force from the drive unit, a gearcase having a housing for the drive gear, a fixing unit that fixes the plate and the gearcase in an integrated manner, and a lubricant blocking structure formed between the housing and the fixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Patent number: 7407298
    Abstract: A vehicle door mirror is configured to be mounted on outside of a vehicle in a retractable manner from a set position to a retracted position. When moving to the set position or the retracted position, the vehicle door mirror is moved at a first speed from a start position to a position right before a stop position, and is further moved from the position right before the stop position to the stop position at a second speed that is slower than the first speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Onuki, Takashi Ogawa, Hajime Yagi
  • Publication number: 20080084624
    Abstract: A fixing member is separate from a bearing member, and suppresses a radial force acting on a gear that meshes with a final-stage gear of a rotation-force transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational force to a mirror assembly of an outside mirror device for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20080084623
    Abstract: An outside mirror device for a vehicle includes a mirror assembly that is rotatably attached to a body of the vehicle through an electric retracting unit and a base. The electric retracting unit includes bearing portions at both ends of a first stage gear of a rotational force transmitting mechanism. The bearing portions are supported by bearing holes in the bearing member as a single member, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventor: Hiroyasu ONUKI
  • Patent number: 7287869
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror apparatus includes a stationary side shaft holder which has a shaft (3) and which is provided on a mirror base and a housing (5) which has rotating unit (6) and which can rotate around the shaft (3), the shaft (3) passing through the housing (5). The housing (5) has a shaft holding portion (22) to which a root portion (21) of the shaft (3) is fined, rotation of the housing (5) is supported by sliding the shaft holding portion (22) over the root portion (21) of the shaft (3), one of the shaft holding portion (22) and the root portion (21) of the shaft (3) is formed with projection which project toward the other one of shaft holding portion (22) and the root portion (21) and abut against the other portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20070146911
    Abstract: A holding member includes a bearing that receives a thrust force of at least one of a first gear and a second gear. The first gear and the second gear are in a non-contact state in a thrust direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20070139800
    Abstract: A holding member integrally includes a bearing pair that rotatably support at least one gear of rotation-force transmission mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20060238907
    Abstract: A vehicle door mirror is configured to be mounted on outside of a vehicle in a retractable manner from a set position to a retracted position. When moving to the set position or the retracted position, the vehicle door mirror is moved at a first speed from a start position to a position right before a stop position, and is further moved from the position right before the stop position to the stop position at a second speed that is slower than the first speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Onuki, Takashi Ogawa, Hajime Yagi
  • Publication number: 20060023326
    Abstract: A mirror device has a hollow shaft 3 that is provided in a mirror base fixed to a vehicle body, a housing 5 which houses a motor 6 for swinging a mirror unit between a use position and a fold position and is turnably supported by the shaft 3 penetrating the housing 5, and a cover 23 for covering the housing 5 to thereby seal an inside of the housing 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20060001989
    Abstract: A vehicle outside mirror includes a drive unit that generates a driving force, a plate that holds the drive unit, a drive gear that transmits the driving force from the drive unit, a gearcase having a housing for the drive gear, a fixing unit that fixes the plate and the gearcase in an integrated manner, and a lubricant blocking structure formed between the housing and the fixing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki
  • Publication number: 20050152053
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror apparatus includes a stationary side shaft holder which has a shaft (3) and which is provided on a mirror base and a housing (5) which has rotating unit (6) and which can rotate around the shaft (3), the shaft (3) passing through the housing (5). The housing (5) has a shaft holding portion (22) to which a root portion (21) of the shaft (3) is fined, rotation of the housing (5) is supported by sliding the shaft holding portion (22) over the root portion (21) of the shaft (3), one of the shaft holding portion (22) and the root portion (21) of the shaft (3) is formed with projection which project toward the other one of shaft holding portion (22) and the root portion (21) and abut against the other portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Onuki