Patents by Inventor Kazuomi TAKEUCHI

Kazuomi TAKEUCHI 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: 11443904
    Abstract: A steering wheel, in which an airbag device is attached to a core metal, including a through hole for attachment of the airbag device, via a horn switch mechanism, the horn switch mechanism including: a metal pin member whose tip end portion is locked to the core metal via an engagement member to be engaged with the tip end portion in a state where the tip end portion is inserted into the through hole and which forms a part of an electrical circuit configured to operate the horn device; and a resin cap which is interposed between an inner surface of the through hole and an outer surface of the pin member, the steering wheel includes a plurality of connection paths configured to normally connect the pin member and the core metal in a manner of forming a part of the electrical circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., MATSUO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Nonoyama, Osamu Hirose, Ryosuke Jinnai, Chihiro Kanetake, Kazuomi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20200043679
    Abstract: A steering wheel, in which an airbag device is attached to a core metal, including a through hole for attachment of the airbag device, via a horn switch mechanism, the horn switch mechanism including: a metal pin member whose tip end portion is locked to the core metal via an engagement member to be engaged with the tip end portion in a state where the tip end portion is inserted into the through hole and which forms a part of an electrical circuit configured to operate the horn device; and a resin cap which is interposed between an inner surface of the through hole and an outer surface of the pin member, the steering wheel includes a plurality of connection paths configured to normally connect the pin member and the core metal in a manner of forming a part of the electrical circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki NONOYAMA, Osamu HIROSE, Ryosuke JINNAI, Chihiro KANETAKE, Kazuomi TAKEUCHI