Patents by Inventor Katsuya Kuroda

Katsuya Kuroda 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: 5680783
    Abstract: A door lock device having an anti-theft mechanism comprises a motor adapted to change a locking lever into a locking position by a normal rotation thereof in a predetermined amount, to change an anti-theft member into an anti-theft position by a continuous normal rotation thereof over the predetermined amount, and to return the anti-theft member to an anti-theft canceling position by a reverse rotation thereof. A controller has a locking operation of changing the locking lever into the locking position by using the motor, an anti-theft operation of changing the anti-theft member into the anti-theft position by using the motor, and an anti-theft canceling operation of changing the anti-theft member into the anti-theft canceling position by using the motor. If the anti-theft position of the anti-theft member is detected after performing the locking operation, the controller performs the anti-theft canceling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuya Kuroda
  • Patent number: 5656899
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a door lock device having a superlock mechanism comprising a state detecting member, a brush fixed thereto, first to third terminals opposing the brush, and a power supply circuit for supplying power to a motor which drives the lock device, the state detecting member moving among three positions corresponding to unlocked, locked, and superlocked states, the circuit supplying the power via the terminals and the brush on performing the shift from the unlocked or superlocked state to the locked state, and the terminals and the brush stopping the power supply to complete the shift, and the stop of the power supply being detected on the basis of the current flow through the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuya Kuroda
  • Patent number: 5638712
    Abstract: A door lock device comprises a latch mechanism, an opening lever connected to door opening handles, a lock lever connected to a door key cylinder and an inside locking button, an anti-theft mechanism being displaceable between an anti-theft position for disabling an unlocking operation of the inside locking button and a canceling position for enabling the unlocking operation of the inside locking button, a motor for displacing the anti-theft mechanism, a controller for controlling the motor, and a sensor for detecting a locking operation of the key cylinder. When the sensor continuously detects the locking operation of the key cylinder during a predetermined period, the controller puts the anti-theft mechanism into the anti-theft position by operating the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuya Kuroda
  • Patent number: 5614769
    Abstract: A vehicle door locking system comprises a control portion for performing control operations of changing positions of lock levers into locking positions and of changing positions of anti-theft mechanisms into anti-theft positions. The control portion causes sending means to send out a warning signal for a predetermined time period, when a faulty change in position of the lock levers or the anti-theft mechanisms occurs. If a key cylinder or a transmitter is operated during the signal is sent out, the warning signal is stopped even before the predetermined time period has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuya Kuroda
  • Patent number: 5534846
    Abstract: A lock device has a lock lever changing from its locked position to its unlocked position by a normal-lock-motor, and a super lock member displaced between its super locked position preventing the lock lever from changing and a releasing position enabling the change. The lock device has a switch adapted to turn on when a key is inserted into the ignition key cylinder at the driver's seat, another switch adapted to turn on when any person is in the interior of a car, still another switch adapted to turn on when any door opens, still another switch adapted to turn on when the trunk opens, and still another switch adapted to turn on when any window opens. When even one of these switches has turned on and the super lock member is changed to its super locked position, an alarm buzzer sounds or the change to the super lock halts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsuya Kuroda