Patents by Inventor Kazuto KITOU

Kazuto KITOU 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).

  • Publication number: 20220029502
    Abstract: An actuator and a vehicle operation system with the actuator. The actuator includes a housing unit composed of a combination of internal components including a motor, a housing and a cover. A pair of terminals conveys external power to the motor. A terminal holder holds die pair of terminals. The terminal holder is accommodated in the housing unit as a sub-assembly separately from the housing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke NISHIO, Tomoki YAMASHITA, Itsuki FUNABA, Kazuto KITOU
  • Patent number: 11228230
    Abstract: This motor includes a yoke housing, a brush holder, a housing case and a circuit board. The brush holder holds a power supply brush and power supply terminals. The housing case has a board containing recess into which front end portions of the power supply terminals are inserted. The circuit board has terminals which are electrically connected to the power supply terminals within the board containing recess. The power supply terminals have terminal connection parts which linearly extend and are arranged in the board containing recess. The terminals are fork terminals which are electrically connected to the terminal connection parts. With respect to the terminal connection parts, portions closer to the base ends than terminal connected positions, where the terminals are connected, are covered by noise reduction member for reducing noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke Yamaura, Yoshiki Matsushita, Kazuto Kitou
  • Publication number: 20210242754
    Abstract: This motor includes a yoke housing, a brush holder, a housing case and a circuit board. The brush holder holds a power supply brush and power supply terminals. The housing case has a board containing recess into which front end portions of the power supply terminals are inserted. The circuit board has terminals which are electrically connected to the power supply terminals within the board containing recess. The power supply terminals have terminal connection parts which linearly extend and are arranged in the board containing recess. The terminals are fork terminals which are electrically connected to the terminal connection parts. With respect to the terminal connection parts, portions closer to the base ends than terminal connected positions, where the terminals are connected, are covered by noise reduction member for reducing noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke YAMAURA, Yoshiki MATSUSHITA, Kazuto KITOU
  • Patent number: 10024095
    Abstract: In a power window apparatus, which controls a lifting mechanism to drive a window glass from an opening position toward a closing position, a control unit is capable of executing: an automatic closing process that controls the lifting mechanism such that the lifting mechanism keeps driving the window glass until the window glass reaches the closing position; and a normal closing process that controls the lifting mechanism such that the lifting mechanism drives the window glass toward the closing position only throughout a time period of receiving a user operational input through an operation switch. The control unit executes only the normal closing process between the automatic closing process and the normal closing process when the operation switch receives the user operational input while the window glass is located within a predetermined section in a movable range of the window glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Kazuto Kitou
  • Publication number: 20170218676
    Abstract: In a power window apparatus, which controls a lifting mechanism to drive a window glass from an opening position toward a closing position, a control unit is capable of executing: an automatic closing process that controls the lifting mechanism such that the lifting mechanism keeps driving the window glass until the window glass reaches the closing position; and a normal closing process that controls the lifting mechanism such that the lifting mechanism drives the window glass toward the closing position only throughout a time period of receiving a user operational input through an operation switch. The control unit executes only the normal closing process between the automatic closing process and the normal closing process when the operation switch receives the user operational input while the window glass is located within a predetermined section in a movable range of the window glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventor: Kazuto KITOU