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).

  • Patent number: 11920674
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Tomonori Hayase, Koji Imai, Tomoaki Asai, Kota Nishida, Yohei Nakano, Yosuke Murakami, Munetoshi Makimura
  • Patent number: 11473673
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Munetoshi Makimura
  • Publication number: 20220307590
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tomonori HAYASE, Koji IMAI, Tomoaki ASAI, Kota NISHIDA, Yohei NAKANO, Yosuke MURAKAMI, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
  • Patent number: 11364798
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hironori Watanabe, Koji Imai, Yohei Nakano, Munetoshi Makimura
  • Publication number: 20210364082
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Munetoshi MAKIMURA
  • Patent number: 10941859
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hironori Watanabe, Koji Imai, Munetoshi Makimura
  • Patent number: 10907728
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Munetoshi Makimura
  • Patent number: 10859161
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Makoto Yamamoto, Munetoshi Makimura
  • Patent number: 10830339
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hironori Watanabe, Munetoshi Makimura, Koji Imai, Yohei Nakano, Kazuhiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20200278023
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto YAMAMOTO, Yoshinobu YOKOYAMA, Toshiharu KATAGIRI, Mizuho MARUYAMA, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
  • Patent number: 10704674
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Shuichi Mochizuki, Munetoshi Makimura
  • Patent number: 10677351
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SAISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Shuichi Mochizuki, Munetoshi Makimura
  • Publication number: 20190211917
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hironori WATANABE, Koji IMAI, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190211918
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Hironori WATANABE, Munetoshi MAKIMURA, Koji IMAI, Yohei NAKANO, Kazuhiro SAITO
  • Publication number: 20190211923
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Munetoshi MAKIMURA, Kunihiro MORIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190202288
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hironori WATANABE, Koji IMAI, Yohei NAKANO, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
  • Publication number: 20190186627
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Munetoshi MAKIMURA
  • Patent number: 10288165
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Munetoshi Makimura, Atsushi Ishida
  • Publication number: 20180363774
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Makoto YAMAMOTO, Munetoshi MAKIMURA
  • Publication number: 20180180171
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Shuichi MOCHIZUKI, Munetoshi MAKIMURA