Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Okazaki
Hiroyuki Okazaki 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).
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Publication number: 20100052370Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a seat for the vehicle, a seat moving mechanism moving the seat between a seating position and a stowed position, a plurality of engagement members provided at a vehicle floor, a plurality of locking members provided at the seat to face the plurality of engagement members respectively and engaging with the plurality of engagement members to lock the seat at the seating position, and an engagement position adjusting mechanism adjusting a position of at least one of the engagement member and the locking member that face each other in an engaging movement locus direction where the locking member moves to engage with the engagement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki FUJISAWA, Hiroyuki Okazaki
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Publication number: 20100019526Abstract: To be able to store a seat back and a seat cushion in line from front to back and be able to widely ensure space above a storage position of the seat cushion. In a rear seat (10), when a seat back (18) is rotated to a forwardly collapsed position in a state where a seat cushion (16) has been moved to a storage position, the seat back (18) and the seat cushion (16) are stored in parallel from front to back. Consequently, the seat back (18) and the seat cushion (16) can be thinly stored in an up-down direction of a vehicle. Moreover, the storage position of the seat cushion (16) is set on a rear lower side of a use position, so space above the storage position can be widely ensured.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinao Wada, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Sadao Ito, Yukifumi Yamada
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Publication number: 20090295374Abstract: A sensor according to the invention has a U-shaped magnet having a pair of opposing portions spaced apart from each other, forming a flux-free region between the pair of opposing portions. A Hall element varies an output voltage according to the density of passing flux. A spacer regulates the positional relationship between the Hall element and the U-shaped magnet such that the Hall element is positioned in the flux-free region of the U-shaped magnet and a housing covers the spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2006Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.Inventors: Hiroyuki Okazaki, Yuhgo Azuma, Takayuki Minematsu
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Patent number: 7484807Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle, comprises a rail member attached to a vehicle body so as to be aligned approximately along a curve described by a pivotal movement of a seat back, a slider attached to the rail member so as to be slidable, a lock apparatus for regulating/permitting the slider to slide on the rail member, a striker including a first end portion, a second end portion and a connecting portion connecting the first end portion to the second end portion, the second end portion rotatably connected to the slider, the first end portion adapted to engage a lock member attached to the seat back and connected to the slider so as to be pivotable relative to the second end portion and the first end portion adapted to engage the lock member in order to maintain an angle of the seat back.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 3, 2009Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Okazaki, Masaki Sugimoto, Yukifumi Yamada
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Patent number: 7478859Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a base member provided on the seat and including a groove in which a striker is received and from which the striker is extracted, a hook member rotatably connected to the base member, a lever rotatably connected to the hook member, and a switch that can be in contact with the lever; wherein the lever activates the switch when the striker is received in the groove and whose movement is prohibited by the hook member.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuta Fukada, Hiroyuki Okazaki
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Patent number: 7431256Abstract: A seat slide device comprises a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor, an upper rail supporting a seat, a lock and unlock mechanism including a main lock plate and a sub lock plate for maintaining the upper rail so as to be slidable on the lower rail, the main lock plate rotatably supported by a first bracket fixed to the upper rail, the sub lock plate rotatably supported by a second bracket fixed to the upper rail, an engaging hole formed on the lower rail, and a claw portion formed on the sub lock plate so as to contact to an upper surface of the engaging hole in order to press down the upper rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahiro Yamada, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Toshiyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20080224518Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a first lock mechanism switching between a first locked state and a first lock-released state and a second lock mechanism switching between a second locked state and a second lock-released state. The first lock mechanism includes a restraining member and a releasing member. The restraining member restrains a pivotal movement of a seatback at a predetermined angle position, at which the seatback does not interfere with a seat cushion moving between a first position and a second position thereof, when the second lock mechanism is in the second lock-released state. The releasing member is linked to the restraining member and releases a restriction to the pivotal movement of the seatback by being moved in association with a movement of the seat cushion when the second lock mechanism is in the second lock-released state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukifumi YAMADA, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Kazuya Iwasa
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Publication number: 20080164203Abstract: In a hollow fiber membrane flat module according to the present invention, both ends of hollow fiber membrane bundle which are formed by bundling a plurality of hollow fiber membrane as a sheet are fixed to two housing separately by a fixing resin while maintaining an opening condition in an opening end section in the follow fiber membrane. Furthermore, a maximum width in an orthogonal direction to a longitudinal direction of the hollow fiber membrane is no longer than 25 mm in a cross section which is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the housings, and a maximum deflection in the housings which are measured according to a method for measuring the deflection according to the present invention is not more than 1% of a distance between the two housings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Yoshihito Nakahara, Tetsuya Torichigai, Masatoshi Kamata, Masanori Ito, Kenji Honjou, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Yoshihiro Kakumoto
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Publication number: 20080166547Abstract: In a hollow fiber membrane flat module according to the present invention, both ends of hollow fiber membrane bundle which are formed by bundling a plurality of hollow fiber membrane as a sheet are fixed to two housing separately by a fixing resin while maintaining an opening condition in an opening end section in the follow fiber membrane. Furthermore, a maximum width in an orthogonal direction to a longitudinal direction of the hollow fiber membrane is no longer than 25 mm in a cross section which is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the housings, and a maximum deflection in the housings which are measured according to a method for measuring the deflection according to the present invention is not more than 1% of a distance between the two housings.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: July 10, 2008Inventors: Yoshihito Nakahara, Tetsuya Torichigai, Masatoshi Kamata, Masanori Ito, Kenji Honjou, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Yoshihiro Kakumoto
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Patent number: 7387730Abstract: In a hollow fiber membrane flat module according to the present invention, both ends of hollow fiber membrane bundle which are formed by bundling a plurality of hollow fiber membrane as a sheet are fixed to two housing separately by a fixing resin while maintaining an opening condition in an opening end section in the follow fiber membrane. Furthermore, a maximum width in an orthogonal direction to a longitudinal direction of the hollow fiber membrane is no longer than 25 mm in a cross section which is orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the housings, and a maximum deflection in the housings which are measured according to a method for measuring the deflection according to the present invention is not more than 1% of a distance between the two housings.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihito Nakahara, Tetsuya Torichigai, Masatoshi Kamata, Masanori Ito, Kenji Honjou, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Yoshihiro Kakumoto
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Publication number: 20080129017Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle, includes a rail member, a slider, a lock apparatus, a striker, a rotating member provided between the rail member and the slider and including a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion, the large diameter portion engaging the rail member along a longitudinal direction of the rail member, and the small diameter portion engaging the slider along a longitudinal direction of the rail member and the striker adapted to engage a lock member attached to the seat back in order to maintain an angle of the seat back.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki OKAZAKI, Masaki Sugimoto, Yukifumi Yamada
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Patent number: 7377582Abstract: A seat apparatus include: a shaft rotated by a motor and operatively associated with the seat so as to move the seat; a first leg secured to the shaft and pivotably supported by the seat; a first spring, one end of which is fixedly attached to the shaft and an other end of which is fixedly attached to the seat; the first spring which biases the shift in a first direction; and a second spring, one end of which is fixedly attached to the shaft and an other end of which is fixedly attached to the seat, the second spring which biases the shaft in a second direction. The first direction opposes to the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuta Fukada, Naoaki Hoshihara, Hiroyuki Okazaki
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Publication number: 20080088167Abstract: A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle, comprises a rail member attached to a vehicle body so as to be aligned approximately along a curve described by a pivotal movement of a seat back, a slider attached to the rail member so as to be slidable, a lock apparatus for regulating/permitting the slider to slide on the rail member, a striker including a first end portion, a second end portion and a connecting portion connecting the first end portion to the second end portion, the second end portion rotatably connected to the slider, the first end portion adapted to engage a lock member attached to the seat back and connected to the slider so as to be pivotable relative to the second end portion and the first end portion adapted to engage the lock member in order to maintain an angle of the seat back.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki OKAZAKI, Masaki Sugimoto, Yukifumi Yamada
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Publication number: 20070204570Abstract: A bag filling and packaging system including gripper pairs around a rotating table so that the grippers of each gripper pair grip two side edges of a bag on which various packaging processes are performed. A gripper distance adjustment auxiliary cam is provided to ascend and descend relative to a gripper distance setting cam for setting distance between grippers. A roller rolls on the two cams as the table rotates, and the distance between the grippers changes in response to the height of the roller by a transmission mechanism. An apparent bag width is measured prior to gripping a bag, the height of the gripper distance adjustment auxiliary cam is controlled according to this measured value, and the distance between grippers in a bag supply process is adjusted accordingly, the amount of part gripped by the grippers at side edges of a bag thus being constant for all bags.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventor: Hiroyuki Okazaki
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Patent number: 7255788Abstract: A catchment header allowing a plurality of membrane modules to be connected thereto, having a tubular catchment part with a Young's modulus of 4.0 GPa or less for collecting and taking out filtrated liquid from the membrane modules, wherein at least a part of the tubular catchment part is covered with a reinforcement member with a Young's modulus of 4.0 to 250 GPa, the tubular catchment part of the catchment header is preferably formed of a synthetic resin, and the cross sectional area thereof perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tubular catchment part is preferably 4 to 36 cm2.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2003Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Okazaki, Masumi Kobayashi, Kenji Honjou, Katsuyuki Yanone, Manabu Yanou
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Publication number: 20060214477Abstract: A seat apparatus include: a shaft rotated by a motor and operatively associated with the seat so as to move the seat; a first leg secured to the shaft and pivotably supported by the seat; a first spring, one end of which is fixedly attached to the shaft and an other end of which is fixedly attached to the seat; the first spring which biases the shift in a first direction; and a second spring, one end of which is fixedly attached to the shaft and an other end of which is fixedly attached to the seat, the second spring which biases the shaft in a second direction. The first direction opposes to the second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Ryuta Fukada, Naoaki Hoshihara, Hiroyuki Okazaki
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Publication number: 20060214457Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a base member provided on the seat and including a groove in which a striker is received and from which the striker is extracted, a hook member rotatably connected to the base member, a lever rotatably connected to the hook member, and a switch that can be in contact with the lever; wherein the lever activates the switch when the striker is received in the groove and whose movement is prohibited by the hook member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Ryuta Fukada, Hiroyuki Okazaki
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Patent number: 7049021Abstract: 1. A conductive composition for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell separator comprising: 1) a conductive component composed of graphite particles and optionally fine graphite particles; and 2) a thermoplastic resin and/or a thermosetting resin, 3) the graphite particles having an average particle diameter D1 of 55 to 65 ?m, 4) the melt viscosity being 1×102 to 5×103 Pa·s at 320° C., and 5) the weight ratio of (the graphite particles and optionally the fine graphite particles)/(the thermoplastic resin and/or the thermosetting resin) being 95/5 to 75/25.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Osaka Gas Company LimitedInventors: Arata Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Okazaki
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Patent number: 7017993Abstract: A seat device is provided, in which a locking condition of an upper rail (2) to a lower rail (1) is released and a seat can be moved in forward direction when a seatback is turned down in forward direction due to a walk in operation. A turning bracket (18) is pivotally supported on the side portion of a lower arm (3) fixed to the upper rail (2). An actuating lever (20) for actuating a lock mechanism is fixed to a turning pin (17) for supporting a turning bracket (18). A cable (15) is connected to the turning bracket (18), a hook member (22) is pivotally supported on the side portion of the lower arm (3), and a detecting member (29) is supported thereby in a turning way. A projecting portion (25) of a hook member (22) can be engaged with or disengaged from a notch portion (31) of a turning bracket (18).Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Niimi, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Shin Shiraki
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Publication number: 20060022109Abstract: A seat slide device comprises a lower rail fixed to a vehicle floor, an upper rail supporting a seat, a lock and unlock mechanism including a main lock plate and a sub lock plate for maintaining the upper rail so as to be slidable on the lower rail, the main lock plate rotatably supported by a first bracket fixed to the upper rail, the sub lock plate rotatably supported by a second bracket fixed to the upper rail, an engaging hole formed on the lower rail, and a claw portion formed on the sub lock plate so as to contact to an upper surface of the engaging hole in order to press down the upper rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2005Publication date: February 2, 2006Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro Yamada, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Toshiyuki Tanaka