Patents by Inventor Kouji Itou

Kouji Itou 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: 12097793
    Abstract: A cargo bed for a utility vehicle includes a cargo bed frame extending in a vehicle body longitudinal direction and a side surface panel covering a vehicle width direction inner side of the cargo bed frame. The cargo bed frame has an upper side frame and a lower side frame that are arranged separately in the vertical direction and extend in the vehicle body longitudinal direction. The side surface panel is arranged on the vehicle width direction inner side of the upper side frame and the lower side frame from the upper side frame through the lower side frame. The side surface panel has a bulging portion bulging to the vehicle width direction outer side relative to the vehicle width direction inner end portion of the upper side frame and the lower side frame in the vertical direction from the upper side frame side to the lower side frame side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kouji Itou
  • Patent number: 12065805
    Abstract: A work machine includes a second pilot line that introduces a hydraulic fluid from a pilot hydraulic fluid source to a pilot valve bypassing a first gate lock valve, a second gate lock valve that is disposed on the second pilot line and that is configured to be switched to an open position for allowing the supply of the hydraulic fluid to the pilot valve or a closed position for interrupting the supply of the hydraulic fluid, and a controller that controls the second gate lock valve on the basis of a second remote operation signal transmitted from a remote operation apparatus and that controls the pilot valve according to a first remote operation signal transmitted from the remote operation apparatus. In a state where the first gate lock valve is at a closed position, the second gate lock valve is allowed to be controlled by the controller when stairs are in a retracted state, and is kept at the closed position irrespective of the second remote operation signal when the stairs are in an extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Kouji Fujita, Hideaki Itou, Hidefumi Ishimoto, Ryu Narikawa, Tadashi Nishizawa
  • Publication number: 20220410781
    Abstract: A cargo bed for a utility vehicle includes a cargo bed frame extending in a vehicle body longitudinal direction and a side surface panel covering a vehicle width direction inner side of the cargo bed frame. The cargo bed frame has an upper side frame and a lower side frame that are arranged separately in the vertical direction and extend in the vehicle body longitudinal direction. The side surface panel is arranged on the vehicle width direction inner side of the upper side frame and the lower side frame from the upper side frame through the lower side frame. The side surface panel has a bulging portion bulging to the vehicle width direction outer side relative to the vehicle width direction inner end portion of the upper side frame and the lower side frame in the vertical direction from the upper side frame side to the lower side frame side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Kouji ITOU
  • Patent number: 8016337
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The rear seat forms side panels of the expandable portions of the cargo bed in the expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouji Itou, Hideyuki Kato, Kenji Oda, Kousei Hokari, Hirokazu Morita
  • Publication number: 20110162819
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes which are arranged in parallel and through which a fluid for heating air flows. Fins which are joined to the tubes. The tubes and the fins are arranged to form three or more heating parts and at least two bypass passages each of which is provided between adjacent heating parts, through which the air passes without exchanging heat with the thermal fluid. First and second tank parts are arranged at two longitudinal ends of the tubes and extend across the bypass passages and the heating parts. The bypass passages and the heating parts are arranged perpendicular to an air flow direction. The heating heat exchanger is disposed in an air conditioning case down stream from an evaporator. The air conditioning case is separated into two air outlets. Cold air from the bypass passages and hot air from the heating parts are mixed prior to being blown through the air outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kouji Itou
  • Publication number: 20110156434
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The rear seat forms side panels of the expandable portions of the cargo bed in the expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: KOUJI ITOU, HIDEYUKI KATO, KENJI ODA, KOUSEI HOKARI, HIROKAZU MORITA
  • Patent number: 7931074
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes tubes which are arranged in parallel and through which a fluid for heating air flows. Fins which are joined to the tubes. The tubes and the fins are arranged to form three or more heating parts and at least two bypass passages each of which is provided between adjacent heating parts, through which the air passes without exchanging heat with the thermal fluid. First and second tank parts are arranged at two longitudinal ends of the tubes and extend across the bypass passages and the heating parts. The bypass passages and the heating parts are arranged perpendicular to an air flow direction. The heating heat exchanger is disposed in an air conditioning case down stream from an evaporator. The air conditioning case is separated into two air outlets. Cold air from the bypass passages and hot air from the heating parts are mixed prior to being blown through the air outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Kouji Itou
  • Patent number: 7705115
    Abstract: A process for producing a radiation-sensitive resin composition includes the steps of providing a filter apparatus equipped with a filter composed of a polyamide resin filter and a polyethylene resin filter connected in series, circulating a precursor composition for the radiation-sensitive resin composition in the filter apparatus so that the precursor composition is passed through the filter two or more times to thereby effect filtration with the result that foreign matter is removed from the precursor composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Itou, Kouichirou Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20070125521
    Abstract: A heating heat exchanger includes plural tubes which are arranged in parallel and through which a thermal fluid for heating air flows, and plural fins which are joined to the tubes. The tubes and the fins are arranged to form plural heating parts equal to or more than three in which air is heated, and at least two bypass passages each of which is provided between adjacent heating parts, through which the air passes without exchanging heat with the thermal fluid. Furthermore, first and second tank parts for distributing the thermal fluid to and for collecting the thermal fluid from the tubes are arranged at two longitudinal ends of the tubes and extend to across an area where the bypass passages and the heating parts are provided. In addition, the bypass passages and the heating parts are arranged in an arrangement direction perpendicular to an air flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Applicant: DENSO Corporation
    Inventor: Kouji Itou
  • Patent number: 6958009
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner has an air conditioning unit. The unit has a blower unit and an heat exchanger. The unit has a defroster outlet opening and an outside air inlet opening. The unit also has a switching door. The unit has a first passage between the defroster opening and an upstream side of the blower unit, and a second passage between the defroster outlet opening and a downstream side of the heat exchanger. During an inside air suction mode, the outside air inlet opening is closed, and the first passage is opened and the second passage is closed by the switching door. Thus, inside air is sucked through the defroster outlet opening during the inside air suction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohide Shindou, Kouji Itou
  • Publication number: 20050059336
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner has an air conditioning unit. The unit has a blower unit and an heat exchanger. The unit has a defroster outlet opening and an outside air inlet opening. The unit also has a switching door. The unit has a first passage between the defroster opening and an upstream side of the blower unit, and a second passage between the defroster outlet opening and a downstream side of the heat exchanger. During an inside air suction mode, the outside air inlet opening is closed, and the first passage is opened and the second passage is closed by the switching door. Thus, inside air is sucked through the defroster outlet opening during the inside air suction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Tomohide Shindou, Kouji Itou
  • Patent number: 4758898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a color difference signal processing circuit of a video tape recorder (VTR) by a timeplex system. The hue of the picture face is adapted not to change with variation in amplitude and variation in DC level during the reproduction of the tape recorded by the VTR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1988
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Itou, Kazuo Shimomura