Patents by Inventor Kazuya Yokoyama

Kazuya Yokoyama 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: 20230125051
    Abstract: A task is to provide a wire regulator that can prevent a wire and a guide rail from rusting and prevent an operation failure of the wire regulator. A first rain water guide part 170 that prevents rain water from entering an ascending wire end housing part 157, a descending wire end housing part 163 and a gutter part 161 is provided at a part above a lower end of the ascending wire end housing part 157 of a slider 103, and the first rain water guide part 170 includes first eaves 171, and second eaves 173 that overlap the first eaves 171 on a lower side of the first eaves 171 and in a drop direction R of the rain water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Takashi SAGISAKA, Toshihiro GOTOU, Kenji KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11136810
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily supplying grease to a slider shoe and a support portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail. The slider has a slider shoe configured to support at least a part of the guide rail, and a grease injection hole configured to inject grease into an internal space of the slider shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama, Kazuki Natsume
  • Patent number: 11136803
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a wire facing surface of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail; and a wire configured to drive the slider along the operation direction with respect to the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a wire facing surface facing the wire along the operation direction, and the slider has a grease application portion for applying grease along the operation direction on the wire facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama, Kazuki Natsume
  • Patent number: 11136809
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a main wall portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a main wall portion extending in a front-rear direction, and the slider has a main body portion facing the main wall portion of the guide rail abuttably from a vehicle width direction, and a grease application portion configured to apply grease along the operation direction on the main wall portion of the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama, Kazuki Natsume
  • Publication number: 20210301573
    Abstract: In a wire regulator, a slider has a metal portion and a resin portion. The resin portion covers part of a front surface and a back surface of the metal portion, and forms a rainwater guide portion having an eave, the rainwater guide portion reducing entrance of rainwater into a lifting wire end housing portion, a lowering wire end housing portion, and a groove portion. A slit is provided at the resin portion at at least one of a front surface or a back surface of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210301576
    Abstract: In a wire regulator, a lifting wire extension direction is a direction crossing a rainwater and the like dropping direction. A first rainwater guide portion having an eave formed on one side of a slider through a lifting wire is formed. A second rainwater guide portion having an eave formed on the other side of the slider through the lifting wire is formed. The eave of the first rainwater guide portion and the eave of the second rainwater guide portion are arranged shifted from each other in the rainwater and the like dropping direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10711502
    Abstract: A wire type window regulator includes a guide rail, a wire driving mechanism, and a wire guide member. The guide rail guides a slider base to freely move up and down. A window glass is fixed to the slider base. The wire driving mechanism moves the slider base up/down along the guide rail via a drive wire. The wire guide member is disposed on at least one of an upper end and a lower end of the guide rail. The wire guide member changes a routing direction of the drive wire wound around the wire guide member. The wire guide member supports a fixing member that is inserted through the guide rail and that fixes the guide rail and the wire guide member to the vehicle door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Yokoyama, Atsushi Muramatsu, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenichi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200131823
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a wire facing surface of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail; and a wire configured to drive the slider along the operation direction with respect to the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a wire facing surface facing the wire along the operation direction, and the slider has a grease application portion for applying grease along the operation direction on the wire facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20200131834
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily supplying grease to a slider shoe and a support portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail. The slider has a slider shoe configured to support at least a part of the guide rail, and a grease injection hole configured to inject grease into an internal space of the slider shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20200131833
    Abstract: To provide a window regulator and a method of assembling the same, capable of easily applying grease to a main wall portion of a guide rail, the window regulator includes: a guide rail extending in an operation direction of a window glass; and a slider installed to the window glass and guided along the operation direction on the guide rail, wherein the guide rail has a main wall portion extending in a front-rear direction, and the slider has a main body portion facing the main wall portion of the guide rail abuttably from a vehicle width direction, and a grease application portion configured to apply grease along the operation direction on the main wall portion of the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
  • Publication number: 20190175435
    Abstract: A muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a drive means held by a first attachment tool attached to a torso, and a transmission means for transmitting a force output by the drive means to a second attachment tool attached to an upper arm. The transmission means includes an output shaft member coupled to the second attachment tool, and a switching means capable of switching between transmission and interruption of a force from the drive means to the output shaft member. The switching means is disposed on a rear, upper or laterally outer side of the output shaft member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Daisuke SASAKI, Isao KIKUTANI, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
  • Patent number: 10318715
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire developer identification information associated with an application program possessed by a user terminal, from the user terminal. A determination unit determines whether a developer of the application program indicated by the developer identification information is a developer who has made an advance request for authorization for use. A control unit controls execution of a function possessed by the information processing device, according to an instruction from the user terminal, when the developer of the application program indicated by the developer identification information is a developer who has made an advance request for authorization for use, and a content processing unit acquires a content based on the execution of the function, and associates the acquired content with information of the developer on which the determination has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Hiratsuka, Kazuya Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20190100954
    Abstract: A wire type window regulator includes a guide rail, a wire driving mechanism, and a wire guide member. The guide rail guides a slider base to freely move up and down. A window glass is fixed to the slider base. The wire driving mechanism moves the slider base up/down along the guide rail via a drive wire. The wire guide member is disposed on at least one of an upper end and a lower end of the guide rail. The wire guide member changes a routing direction of the drive wire wound around the wire guide member. The wire guide member supports a fixing member that is inserted through the guide rail and that fixes the guide rail and the wire guide member to the vehicle door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Atsushi MURAMATSU, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20190029910
    Abstract: One object is to ensure a desired moment for assisting in an activity of moving two body parts relative to each other, while keeping an output of an actuator generating a force at an action point low. A muscular strength assisting apparatus 1 includes a first assistance unit 10 having a first actuator 11 for changing a distance between a first body-side disposition portion 11A and a first outer-side disposition portion 11B, and a second assistance unit 20 having a second actuator 21 for changing a distance between a second body-side disposition portion 21A and a second outer-side disposition portion 21B. The muscular strength assisting apparatus 1 is mounted to a body so that a direction connecting the second body-side disposition portion 21A to the second outer-side disposition portion 21B is non-parallel to a direction connecting the first body-side disposition portion 11A to the first outer-side disposition portion 11B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Isao KIKUTANI, Hiroya IMAMURA, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Taro NAKAMURA, Hiroki INOSE
  • Patent number: 10189349
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shutter device for a vehicle in which a manufacturing cost is reduced. Provided is a shutter device (1) for a vehicle, which has: a frame member (10) that has an opening provided therein and is mounted on the vehicle; a fin (20) that extends in a first direction; and a rotary shaft unit (40) that pivotably supports the fin (20) on the frame member to be pivotable in the opening of the frame (10). The fin (20) is provided integrally with or independently from the rotary shaft unit (40), and the fin (20) has a uniform sectional shape in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Watanabe, Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9945098
    Abstract: An upper turning body is mounted on a lower travelling body to be capable of turning. An attachment is arranged in the upper turning body. A power storage device is arranged in the upper turning body together with the attachment. A discharge current from the power storage device drives electric parts. The power storage device has a housing in which a first flow path for coolant's flow is formed. A power storage module is arranged inside the housing. The power storage module includes stacked power storage cells, and the power storage cells are thermally coupled to the first flow path. The housing includes a lower housing and an upper housing. The first flow path is formed in one of a bottom panel of the lower housing and an upper panel of the upper housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuntaro Adachi, Terunobu Nakajyo, Kazuya Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 9902256
    Abstract: A vehicular shutter device includes: a frame portion; a fin main body that is pivotably supported inside the frame portion to be pivotable around a pivot shaft portion; and a driving mechanism that pivots the fin main body between a fully open state and a fully closed state. The pivot shaft portion is provided to one of the frame portion and the fin main body, a shaft receiving portion is provided to an other of the frame portion and the fin main body to pivotably support the pivot shaft portion, one of the pivot shaft portion and the shaft receiving portion is provided at a position offset from the fin main body having a plate shape, and the pivot shaft portion and the shaft receiving portion are located at both ends and an intermediate part, in the horizontal direction of the fin main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Shinya Watanabe, Kazuya Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20180009313
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shutter device for a vehicle in which a manufacturing cost is reduced. Provided is a shutter device (1) for a vehicle, which has: a frame member (10) that has an opening provided therein and is mounted on the vehicle; a fin (20) that extends in a first direction; and a rotary shaft unit (40) that pivotably supports the fin (20) on the frame member to be pivotable in the opening of the frame (10). The fin (20) is provided integrally with or independently from the rotary shaft unit (40), and the fin (20) has a uniform sectional shape in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Shiroki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya WATANABE, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180009492
    Abstract: Provided is a shutter device for a vehicle, in which a manufacturing cost is reduced. A method of manufacturing a shutter device (1) for a vehicle, which adjusts an amount of air flowing from an outside of a vehicle surface to an inside thereof, includes steps of: preparing an upper base (11), a lower base (12), and a pillar (13) independently from one another; and mounting an upper portion of the pillar (13) on the upper base (11), mounting a lower portion of the pillar (13) on the lower base (12), and thereby assembling a frame member (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Shiroki Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya WATANABE, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170292312
    Abstract: A window regulator for a vehicle includes a guide rail, and a slider base ascendably and descendably supported by the guide rail, to which a window glass is fixed, and ascends and descends the slider base with respect to the guide rail. The guide rail includes a vehicle width-direction wall extending along a vehicle width direction, and the slider base includes a restricting wall which restricts movement of the slider base along a vehicle longitudinal direction, and an anti-rattle portion positioned toward a side of the vehicle width-direction wall with respect to the restricting wall in the vehicle longitudinal direction, the anti-rattle portion restricting movement of the slider base in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yuta KAJIMOTO