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).
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Publication number: 20230125051Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Takashi SAGISAKA, Toshihiro GOTOU, Kenji KANEKO
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Patent number: 11136810Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama, Kazuki Natsume
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Patent number: 11136803Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama, Kazuki Natsume
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Patent number: 11136809Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama, Kazuki Natsume
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Publication number: 20210301573Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20210301576Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10711502Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Yokoyama, Atsushi Muramatsu, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenichi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20200131823Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
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Publication number: 20200131834Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
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Publication number: 20200131833Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kazuki NATSUME
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Publication number: 20190175435Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITYInventors: Daisuke SASAKI, Isao KIKUTANI, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
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Patent number: 10318715Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yosuke Hiratsuka, Kazuya Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20190100954Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Atsushi MURAMATSU, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kenichi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20190029910Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Isao KIKUTANI, Hiroya IMAMURA, Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Taro NAKAMURA, Hiroki INOSE
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Patent number: 10189349Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya Watanabe, Kenji Yamamoto, Kazuya Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9945098Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shuntaro Adachi, Terunobu Nakajyo, Kazuya Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9902256Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Shinya Watanabe, Kazuya Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20180009313Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Shiroki CorporationInventors: Shinya WATANABE, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20180009492Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: Shiroki CorporationInventors: Shinya WATANABE, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Kazuya YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20170292312Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya YOKOYAMA, Kenji YAMAMOTO, Yuta KAJIMOTO