Patents by Inventor Kazuto Kitoh

Kazuto Kitoh 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: 7603759
    Abstract: A control circuit board is received in a circuit board receiving case without being directly joined to the circuit board receiving case and has a circuit board side connector. The circuit board side connector is installed to a main body side connector of a gear housing in an installation direction parallel to a rotatable shaft of the motor main body to supply electric power to the motor main body through the main body side connector. A pin main body of a fixing pin is received into a fixing through hole of the control circuit board through a pin receiving through hole of the gear housing in a direction perpendicular to the installation direction of the circuit board side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Kitoh, Takayoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 7004538
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a motor driving an opening and closing body of a sunroof device includes a drive portion and a control portion. The drive portion supplies current to the motor to rotate the motor. The drive portion has a changing device for changing the torque of the motor. The control portion controls the changing device such that the torque of the motor is increased as the traveling speed of a vehicle is increased during a closing operation of the opening and closing body. Therefore, closure force and catching force of the opening and closing body during a closing operation is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuto Kitoh
  • Publication number: 20050227513
    Abstract: A control circuit board is received in a circuit board receiving case without being directly joined to the circuit board receiving case and has a circuit board side connector. The circuit board side connector is installed to a main body side connector of a gear housing in an installation direction parallel to a rotatable shaft of the motor main body to supply electric power to the motor main body through the main body side connector. A pin main body of a fixing pin is received into a fixing through hole of the control circuit board through a pin receiving through hole of the gear housing in a direction perpendicular to the installation direction of the circuit board side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuto Kitoh, Takayoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 6924573
    Abstract: A control circuit board is received in a circuit board receiving case without being directly joined to the circuit board receiving case and has a circuit board side connector. The circuit board side connector is installed to a main body side connector of a gear housing in an installation direction parallel to a rotatable shaft of the motor main body to supply electric power to the motor main body through the main body side connector. A pin main body of a fixing pin is received into a fixing through hole of the control circuit board through a pin receiving through hole of the gear housing in a direction perpendicular to the installation direction of the circuit board side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Kitoh, Takayoshi Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20050099037
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a motor driving an opening and closing body of a sunroof device includes a drive portion and a control portion. The drive portion supplies current to the motor to rotate the motor. The drive portion has a changing device for changing the torque of the motor. The control portion controls the changing device such that the torque of the motor is increased as the traveling speed of a vehicle is increased during a closing operation of the opening and closing body. Therefore, closure force and catching force of the opening and closing body during a closing operation is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuto Kitoh
  • Publication number: 20040212263
    Abstract: A control circuit board is received in a circuit board receiving case without being directly joined to the circuit board receiving case and has a circuit board side connector. The circuit board side connector is installed to a main body side connector of a gear housing in an installation direction parallel to a rotatable shaft of the motor main body to supply electric power to the motor main body through the main body side connector. A pin main body of a fixing pin is received into a fixing through hole of the control circuit board through a pin receiving through hole of the gear housing in a direction perpendicular to the installation direction of the circuit board side connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuto Kitoh, Takayoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 6710484
    Abstract: An electronic control unit is received in an electronic control unit receiving portion of a gear housing of a motor, and a support plate is press fitted into a couple of plate receiving holes, which penetrate through opposite walls, respectively, of the gear housing in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the motor at an open end of the gear housing. A yoke housing of a motor unit is secured to the support plate with screws while a brush holder is clamped between a flange of the yoke housing and the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Kitoh, Takayoshi Aoyama, Yoshiaki Saitou
  • Publication number: 20040012283
    Abstract: An electronic control unit is received in an electronic control unit receiving portion of a gear housing of a motor, and a support plate is press fitted into a couple of plate receiving holes, which penetrate through opposite walls, respectively, of the gear housing in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the motor at an open end of the gear housing. A yoke housing of a motor unit is secured to the support plate with screws while a brush holder is clamped between a flange of the yoke housing and the support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuto Kitoh, Takayoshi Aoyama, Yoshiaki Saitou