Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Nishizuka
Mitsuo Nishizuka 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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Patent number: 11879278Abstract: A vehicle door control device includes a swipe operation portion provided on a vehicle interior side of a door, a detection unit provided at least in the swipe operation portion and configured to detect a swipe operation, a door lock device configured to hold the door in a closed state, and a controller configured to release a closed state of the door by the door lock device when it is determined that the swipe operation is detected based on a detection result of the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuo Nishizuka
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Publication number: 20230347733Abstract: A lid device to be mounted on an oil filler port or an power supply port of a vehicle and for opening and closing the oil filler port or the power supply port includes a housing configured to be assembled to the oil filler port or the power supply port, a support body provided to be rotatable with respect to the housing, and a lid body attached to the support body. Reinforcing rib protruding toward a lid body side is formed on the support body. A portion of the reinforcing rib along a horizontal direction is inclined such that free end side faces downward when the lid device is mounted on the oil filler port.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuo NISHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20230332445Abstract: An inside handle device includes a handle case, and a handle lever rotatably supported by the handle case. The handle lever is inserted into the handle case along a rotation axis of the handle lever with respect to the handle case. The handle case includes a case main body into which the handle lever is inserted, and a coming-off prevention member configured to restrict a movement of the handle lever in a direction along the rotation axis and to prevent the handle lever from coming off the case main body. The coming-off prevention member is coupled to the case main body. The coming-off prevention member is configured to be displaceable between an assembling position at which the handle lever is prevented from coming off the case main body and an unfolded position at which the coming-off prevention member is unfolded from the assembling position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuo NISHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20230323710Abstract: A handle device for a vehicle includes a handle base fixed to a vehicle, and a handle main body connected to the handle base and configured to be able to be pulled out from an initial position. The handle base is provided with an adjustment portion. The adjustment portion is configured to be operable by being exposed to outside when the handle main body is pulled out from the initial position, and to adjust a position of the handle main body at the initial position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventors: Takao TOYAMA, Takashi ONO, Mitsuo NISHIZUKA
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Patent number: 11512503Abstract: An inside handle device of a vehicle includes a handle base and a cable holding case. The inside handle device is connected to a door latch device fixed to a door via a cable device in which an inner cable is inserted into an outer cable, and is configured to remotely control the door latch device. The handle base is configured to swingably support a handle body. The handle body includes an operation portion capable of being operated from a front surface at one end portion and a cable connection recessed portion opening to a back surface direction at another end portion. The cable holding case includes a cable fixing portion configured to fix one end of the outer cable.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuo Nishizuka
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Publication number: 20200408008Abstract: A vehicle door control device includes a swipe operation portion provided on a vehicle interior side of a door, a detection unit provided at least in the swipe operation portion and configured to detect a swipe operation, a door lock device configured to hold the door in a closed state, and a controller configured to release a closed state of the door by the door lock device when it is determined that the swipe operation is detected based on a detection result of the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuo NISHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20200354994Abstract: An inside handle device of a vehicle includes a handle base and a cable holding case. The inside handle device is connected to a door latch device fixed to a door via a cable device in which an inner cable is inserted into an outer cable, and is configured to remotely control the door latch device. The handle base is configured to swingably support a handle body. The handle body includes an operation portion capable of being operated from a front surface at one end portion and a cable connection recessed portion opening to a back surface direction at another end portion. The cable holding case includes a cable fixing portion configured to fix one end of the outer cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsuo NISHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20200340287Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes an operation handle, a detection unit provided in the operation handle and configured to detect a contact state of a user with the operation handle, a door driving unit configured to open or close a door, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine that a first operation involving a direction is a user operation in which a user comes into contact with the operation handle, when the detection unit detects the first operation and a second operation. The control unit is configured to control the door driving unit and open or close the door based on the user operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuo NISHIZUKA, Takashi ONO, Takao TOYAMA
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Patent number: 10697208Abstract: A lever connection body includes a first lever; and a second lever rotating about a rotation center which is different from a rotation center of the first lever. A sliding long hole opened in the first lever and the second lever spaced apart with respect to the sliding long hole, are connected to each other via a rod. A rod holder including an inserting projection portion inserted into the sliding long hole of the first lever is mounted on an end portion of the rod which is a side of the first lever. A rectangular stopper is provided in a distal end portion of the inserting projection portion of the rod holder, the stopper has a short side length to be inserted into the sliding long hole and a long side portion locked to the sliding long hole to regulate withdrawn from the sliding long hole.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuo Nishizuka, Ryoya Ookuma
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Publication number: 20170107745Abstract: A lever connection body includes a first lever; and a second lever rotating about a rotation center which is different from a rotation center of the first lever. A sliding long hole opened in the first lever and the second lever spaced apart with respect to the sliding long hole, are connected to each other via a rod. A rod holder including an inserting projection portion inserted into the sliding long hole of the first lever is mounted on an end portion of the rod which is a side of the first lever. A rectangular stopper is provided in a distal end portion of the inserting projection portion of the rod holder, the stopper has a short side length to be inserted into the sliding long hole and a long side portion locked to the sliding long hole to regulate withdrawn from the sliding long hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Mitsuo NISHIZUKA, Ryoya OOKUMA
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Patent number: 8469412Abstract: A door handle device is provided with: a door handle 9 by which the door of a vehicle can be opened and closed; a mounting bracket 11 for supporting the door handle 9 through a supporting shaft 15 so that the door handle can be swung in the back-and-forth direction with respect to the door 3 of the vehicle; and a switch unit 13, which is arranged between the door handle 9 and the mounting bracket 11, which generates an electric signal for locking and unlocking a door lock provided in the door of the vehicle. A contact portion (an engaging groove 27), with which the supporting shaft 15 comes into contact, is formed in the switch unit 13. When the supporting shaft 15 is inserted into a handle shaft insertion hole 9b and a bracket shaft insertion hole 11a so that the supporting shaft 15 can be engaged with the holes by an engaging grove 27, the switch unit is fixed to the mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Alpha CorporationInventors: Kenji Mizushima, Toshikazu Kiso, Mitsuo Nishizuka
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Publication number: 20100060019Abstract: A door handle device is provided with: a door handle 9 by which the door of a vehicle can be opened and closed; a mounting bracket 11 for supporting the door handle 9 through a supporting shaft 15 so that the door handle can be swung in the back-and-forth direction with respect to the door 3 of the vehicle; and a switch unit 13, which is arranged between the door handle 9 and the mounting bracket 11, which generates an electric signal for locking and unlocking a door lock provided in the door of the vehicle. A contact portion (an engaging groove 27), with which the supporting shaft 15 comes into contact, is formed in the switch unit 13. When the supporting shaft 15 is inserted into a handle shaft insertion hole 9b and a bracket shaft insertion hole 11a so that the supporting shaft 15 can be engaged with the holes by an engaging grove 27, the switch unit is fixed to the mounting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Kenji Mizushima, Toshikazu Kiso, Mitsuo Nishizuka