Patents by Inventor Munetoshi MAKIMURA
Munetoshi MAKIMURA 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: 11920674Abstract: In this shift device, in a case in which an external force has acted on a lever when an operating mechanism is causing the lever to pivot, a clutch mechanism permits rotation of a first detent plate with respect to a second detent plate, such that pivoting of the lever is permitted. Note that a restraining mechanism urges the lever toward a shift position. This enables to the restraining mechanism to urge the lever separately to the clutch mechanism, thereby enabling the degrees of freedom for setting a biasing load on the lever by the restraining mechanism to be increased.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Tomonori Hayase, Koji Imai, Tomoaki Asai, Kota Nishida, Yohei Nakano, Yosuke Murakami, Munetoshi Makimura
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Patent number: 11473673Abstract: In a shift device, as a result of a rotor cam being rotated in a positive direction, and transmitting surfaces of the rotor cam pressing rotation surfaces of an urging cylinder, the urging cylinder is rotated in the positive direction, and a lever is moved rotationally towards a front side. Here, in a case in which a load towards the rear side is applied to the lever, the rotation surfaces are rotated in an opposite direction relative to the transmitting surfaces. As a result, the load towards the rear side being applied to the lever can be released.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventor: Munetoshi Makimura
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Publication number: 20220307590Abstract: In this shift device, in a case in which an external force has acted on a lever when an operating mechanism is causing the lever to pivot, a clutch mechanism permits rotation of a first detent plate with respect to a second detent plate, such that pivoting of the lever is permitted. Note that a restraining mechanism urges the lever toward a shift position. This enables to the restraining mechanism to urge the lever separately to the clutch mechanism, thereby enabling the degrees of freedom for setting a biasing load on the lever by the restraining mechanism to be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Tomonori HAYASE, Koji IMAI, Tomoaki ASAI, Kota NISHIDA, Yohei NAKANO, Yosuke MURAKAMI, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
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Patent number: 11364798Abstract: In a shift device, contact projections of a rotation cylinder make contact with side faces of recesses of an detent plate due to an urging force so as to urge a lever toward a shift position side. The contact projections make line contact with the side faces of the recesses. This enables the contact amount between the contact projections and the side faces of the recesses to be increased, enabling the contact pressure between the contact projections and the side faces of the recesses to be lowered.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Hironori Watanabe, Koji Imai, Yohei Nakano, Munetoshi Makimura
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Publication number: 20210364082Abstract: In a shift device, as a result of a rotor cam being rotated in a positive direction, and transmitting surfaces of the rotor cam pressing rotation surfaces of an urging cylinder, the urging cylinder is rotated in the positive direction, and a lever is moved rotationally towards a front side. Here, in a case in which a load towards the rear side is applied to the lever, the rotation surfaces are rotated in an opposite direction relative to the transmitting surfaces. As a result, the load towards the rear side being applied to the lever can be released.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventor: Munetoshi MAKIMURA
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Patent number: 10941859Abstract: A shift lever device has a shift lever that is moved and whose shift position is changed, and a detent plate that is displaced due to the shift lever being moved. The shift lever device has a first lock bar and a second lock bar that can move toward the detent plate side or a side opposite from the detent plate, and, due to the first lock bar and the second lock bar engaging with portions of the detent plate, a range over which the detent plate is displaced is restricted, and a range of movement of the shift lever is restricted. The shift lever device has a cam that has a single engaged-with portion with which the first lock bar and the second lock bar engage, and, due to the cam being displaced, the first lock bar and the second lock bar are moved.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Hironori Watanabe, Koji Imai, Munetoshi Makimura
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Patent number: 10907728Abstract: A shift lever device includes a shift lever that is rotated in a shift direction to change a shift position, and that is capable of moving in a direction different from the shift direction, a main shaft that rotates when the shift lever is rotated in the shift direction, and a housing that rotatably supports the main shaft. When the main shaft is moved in the direction different from the shift direction, a load is input from the shift lever to the main shaft in the opposite direction from a direction in which the main shaft is displaced from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventor: Munetoshi Makimura
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Patent number: 10859161Abstract: A shift device for a vehicle, the shift device comprising: a shift body that is moved to change a shift position; and a restriction section provided with a first restriction member and a second restriction member, configured such that actuation of the first restriction member restricts movement of the shift body to a plurality of shift positions or within a shift range, and configured such that actuation of the first restriction member and the second restriction member, or actuation of the second restriction member alone, restricts movement of the shift body to a shift position.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Makoto Yamamoto, Munetoshi Makimura
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Patent number: 10830339Abstract: A shift device includes: a shift mechanism that is provided with a shift body that is movable to change a shift position; at least one rotation section that is provided at the shift mechanism and that is rotated about a center axis line of the rotation section; at least one moving section that is provided at the shift mechanism and that is moved; and a detection body that detects a rotation position of the rotation section and detects a movement position of the moving section.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Hironori Watanabe, Munetoshi Makimura, Koji Imai, Yohei Nakano, Kazuhiro Saito
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Publication number: 20200278023Abstract: In a shift device, operating projections of a rotor cam restrict movement of restricting plates of a click body toward a lower side. Due to movement of the click body toward the lower side being restricted, separating of click pins from concave portions is restricted, and rotation of a knob from a shift position is restricted. Therefore, by using the click body (the click pins) and a click surface (the concave portions), rotation of the knob from a shift position can be restricted, and rotation of the knob can be restricted by a simple structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Makoto YAMAMOTO, Yoshinobu YOKOYAMA, Toshiharu KATAGIRI, Mizuho MARUYAMA, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
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Patent number: 10704674Abstract: When a lock bar is moved in a state in which a cam is rotated and an abutting face is abutted on a cam face of the cam, the abutting face is abutted on a circumferential face of the cam at a location excluding a lock bar moving direction position with respect to a center of rotation. Accordingly, a movement stroke of the lock bar with respect to a rotation angle of the cam can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Shuichi Mochizuki, Munetoshi Makimura
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Patent number: 10677351Abstract: In a transmission mechanism, a motor is driven to rotate a rotation shaft, thereby rotating a rotor cam and a lock gear through a worm gear, a helical gear, and an intermediate gear. A cam is rotated integrally with the lock gear, thereby causing a lock bar to move to a position to restrict rotation of a knob and to a position to release rotation-restriction of the knob. A magnet is provided at the lock gear, and the magnet rotates integrally with the lock gear. Accordingly, the position of the rotor cam and the position of the lock bar can be detected from the position of the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: KABUSHKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SAISAKUSHOInventors: Shuichi Mochizuki, Munetoshi Makimura
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Publication number: 20190211917Abstract: A shift lever device has a shift lever that is moved and whose shift position is changed, and a detent plate that is displaced due to the shift lever being moved. The shift lever device has a first lock bar and a second lock bar that can move toward the detent plate side or a side opposite from the detent plate, and, due to the first lock bar and the second lock bar engaging with portions of the detent plate, a range over which the detent plate is displaced is restricted, and a range of movement of the shift lever is restricted. The shift lever device has a cam that has a single engaged-with portion with which the first lock bar and the second lock bar engage, and, due to the cam being displaced, the first lock bar and the second lock bar are moved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Hironori WATANABE, Koji IMAI, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
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Publication number: 20190211918Abstract: A shift device includes: a shift mechanism that is provided with a shift body that is movable to change a shift position; at least one rotation section that is provided at the shift mechanism and that is rotated about a center axis line of the rotation section; at least one moving section that is provided at the shift mechanism and that is moved; and a detection body that detects a rotation position of the rotation section and detects a movement position of the moving section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Hironori WATANABE, Munetoshi MAKIMURA, Koji IMAI, Yohei NAKANO, Kazuhiro SAITO
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Publication number: 20190211923Abstract: In a shift lever device, a drive motor is driven such that a second worm wheel is rotated in order to pivot a shift lever toward a P position side. When a detection device has detected that the shift lever is about to be pivoted to the P position, a stopper mechanism is actuated such that a link is moved. When the shift lever has been pivoted to the P position, the link is fitted into a stopper notch in the second worm wheel, thereby stopping rotation of the second worm wheel. This thereby enables the shift lever to be stopped appropriately at the P position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Munetoshi MAKIMURA, Kunihiro MORIMURA
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Publication number: 20190202288Abstract: In a shift device, contact projections of a rotation cylinder make contact with side faces of recesses of an detent plate due to an urging force so as to urge a lever toward a shift position side. The contact projections make line contact with the side faces of the recesses. This enables the contact amount between the contact projections and the side faces of the recesses to be increased, enabling the contact pressure between the contact projections and the side faces of the recesses to be lowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Hironori WATANABE, Koji IMAI, Yohei NAKANO, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
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Publication number: 20190186627Abstract: A shift lever device includes a shift lever that is rotated in a shift direction to change a shift position, and that is capable of moving in a direction different from the shift direction, a main shaft that rotates when the shift lever is rotated in the shift direction, and a housing that rotatably supports the main shaft. When the main shaft is moved in the direction different from the shift direction, a load is input from the shift lever to the main shaft in the opposite direction from a direction in which the main shaft is displaced from the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventor: Munetoshi MAKIMURA
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Patent number: 10288165Abstract: A shift device, including: a shift body that is operated to change a shift position thereof; a biasing section that causes biasing force to act on the shift body; a retention track that, by placement of the biasing section thereon, causes the shift body to be retained at a shift position; a release track that, by movement of the biasing section thereon from the retention track, causes retention of the shift body at a shift position to be released; and a changer section that, after the biasing section has been moved from the retention track to the release track and moved along the release track, causes the biasing section to be moved from the release track onto the retention track and a shift position of the shift body to be changed by moving the biasing section at a specific occasion.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Munetoshi Makimura, Atsushi Ishida
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Publication number: 20180363774Abstract: A shift device for a vehicle, the shift device comprising: a shift body that is moved to change a shift position; and a restriction section provided with a first restriction member and a second restriction member, configured such that actuation of the first restriction member restricts movement of the shift body to a plurality of shift positions or within a shift range, and configured such that actuation of the first restriction member and the second restriction member, or actuation of the second restriction member alone, restricts movement of the shift body to a shift position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Makoto YAMAMOTO, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
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Publication number: 20180180171Abstract: When a lock bar is moved in a state in which a cam is rotated and an abutting face is abutted on a cam face of the cam, the abutting face is abutted on a circumferential face of the cam at a location excluding a lock bar moving direction position with respect to a center of rotation. Accordingly, a movement stroke of the lock bar with respect to a rotation angle of the cam can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Shuichi MOCHIZUKI, Munetoshi MAKIMURA