Patents by Inventor Kazutaka Awata

Kazutaka Awata 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).

  • Steering system and coupling wire
    Patent number: 9016160
    Abstract: A telescopic-type steering system includes an upper tube and a lower tube that are coupled to each other such that relative displacement between the upper tube and the lower tube is allowed. The steering system includes a coupling wire that is at least partially formed of an insulating member and that has one end portion and the other end portion that are electrically insulated from each other. In the steering system, the upper tube and the lower tube are coupled to each other by the coupling wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Ichie, Yoshihide Ohara, Kazutaka Awata, Toru Suzuki
  • STEERING SYSTEM AND COUPLING WIRE
    Publication number: 20110308348
    Abstract: A telescopic-type steering system includes an upper tube and a lower tube that are coupled to each other such that relative displacement between the upper tube and the lower tube is allowed. The steering system includes a coupling wire that is at least partially formed of an insulating member and that has one end portion and the other end portion that are electrically insulated from each other. In the steering system, the upper tube and the lower tube are coupled to each other by the coupling wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi ICHIE, Yoshihide OHARA, Kazutaka AWATA, Toru SUZUKI
  • Cable end fastening device for a vehicular remote control cable
    Patent number: 6340265
    Abstract: tubular socket (3) is placed. The socket (3) has a male thread portion (3b), through an inner space of which an inner cable (4) passes. A nut (6) is tightened on the male thread portion (3b) to exert against an outer peripheral area (10b) of the notched opening (10). A torsion coil spring (7) urges the nut (6) in such a direction as to always tighten the nut (6) in order to prevent the nut (6) from becoming inadvertently loosened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Suzuki, Toyokazu Tsuge, Kazutaka Awata