Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Fukumoto

Ryoichi Fukumoto 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: 6809264
    Abstract: A feeder assembly of a car sliding door has a protector in which a wiring harness is arranged for electrically connecting a car sliding door side with a car body side. The assembly includes a generally circumferential wall positioned inside the protector and an auxiliary unit disposed within the wall, the auxiliary unit connected to the wiring harness. A resilient member resiliently urges the wiring harness within the protector, and the circumferential wall also serves as a stopper to limit the bending of the resilient member. An outside harness insertion hole and an inside harness insertion hole are formed in the wall, the outside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness outside the protector, the inside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness inside the protector. The circumferential wall has a bottom deeper than a base pate of the protector. The inside harness insertion hole is disposed between the bottom of the circumferential wall and the base pate of the protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20040208906
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for topical administration, which resides at a topical site of application for a long period and can control the release rate of an active agent, is provided. The present invention is a pharmaceutical composition for topical administration comprising an active ingredient, a water insoluble polymer, and a solvent capable dissolving the water insoluble polymer and compatible with water, and optionally containing other additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: Daiichi Suntory Pharma Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Tatara, Toshihito Shimizu, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Masaaki Nomura
  • Publication number: 20040139657
    Abstract: A link mechanism for supporting a window glass and for moving up and down the window glass is disposed on the inner panel at the outside of a compartment and a drive shaft rotated by a driving device for driving the link mechanism is rotatably supported on the inner panel. A cam member is fixed to an end portion of the inside of the compartment and a cam follower contacting with a cam portion of the cam member is movably supported on the inner panel. One end of the cam follower is connected to a stopper disposed on the inner panel by a cable. When the window glass is moved down with respect to a predetermined position, the stopper is projected and contacts with a stopping member provided on a body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masayuki Uchitsunemi, Kenji Kobashi, Shinji Okada, Katsuaki Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20040108127
    Abstract: A pivotal harness guide 3 is provided in a side of a car body 1 or a sliding door, and a corrugated tube 4 is secured to the harness guide. The corrugated tube 4 may be held turnably in a circumferential direction of the corrugated tube 4 by the harness guide. The harness guide 3 has a locking projection that engages with a groove formed in the corrugated tube 4. The harness guide 3 has a harness support member 5 for securing the corrugated tube 4 to the harness guide and a base member 9 for turnably connecting the harness support member to the base member by a connecting member, and the base member is secured to the car body or the sliding door. The corrugated tube 4 may be turnable together with harness supporting cradles within a cylindrical wall formed in a panel of the car body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru AOKI, Kenichi DOSHITA, Mitsunori TSUNODA, Ryoichi FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 6732764
    Abstract: A rotary holder for a corrugated tube is formed such that an inner rotary body containing a corrugated tube is received in an inner portion of an outer fixing body, and an outer peripheral sliding surface of the inner rotary body may rotate relative to the outer fixing body. The inner rotary body is formed by assembling two divided rotary members, each having a round arch surface on an outer periphery thereof. The outer peripheral sliding surface is formed by abutting a surface of each divided rotary member against each other. Further, a cut surface retracting inside from a rotation locus of the round arch surface in each divided rotary member is formed in each end portion of the round arch surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6701671
    Abstract: A vehicular slide door apparatus includes a movable slide door, inside and outside door handles operable to initiate opening and closing movement of the door, a drive device that assists the slide door movement, and a remote control device that includes a door lock device and a switch. An open lever is operatively associated with the inside door handle to transmit operation of the inside door handle to the lock device, and a child-proof lever is operable to prevent operation of the inside door handle from being transmitted to the open lever. The switch is engageable by the open lever and is operatively associated with the drive device such that operation of the inside door handle produces selective actuation and non-actuation of the switch depending upon the position of the child-proof lever, with the actuation of the switch effecting driving operation of the drive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6700064
    Abstract: A pivotal harness guide 3 is provided in a side of a car body 1 or a sliding door, and a corrugated tube 4 is secured to the harness guide. The corrugated tube 4 may be held turnably in a circumferential direction of the corrugated tube 4 by the harness guide. The harness guide 3 has a locking projection that engages with a groove formed in the corrugated tube 4. The harness guide 3 has a harness support member 5 for securing the corrugated tube 4 to the harness guide and a base member 9 for turnably connecting the harness support member to the base member by a connecting member, and the base member is secured to the car body or the sliding door. The corrugated tube 4 may be turnable together with harness supporting cradles within a cylindrical wall formed in a panel of the car body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Aoki, Kenichi Doshita, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6677524
    Abstract: A grommet apparatus includes wire, a hard grommet having a tubular wall portion contacted with the wire, a base portion contacted with the wire and a flexible engaging portion formed on the tubular wall portion and engaged with an opening, and a soft grommet having a surrounding portion surrounding the hard grommet, a first seal portion extended from the surrounding portion and fluid-tightly contacted with a surface of the panel, a wire fitting portion fitted onto the wire and a second seal portion fitted between the opening and the hard grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nobuhiro Yamauchi, Katsuhisa Yamada, Yasuhiro Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20030184119
    Abstract: The additional segment of a wire harness 3 which is required for opening/closing a slide door 1 and constitutes a curved segment 20 is housed in a protector 9. The protector 9 has curved walls 28, 29, guide rail 30, slider 31 and first and second harness outlets 32, 33. When the slide door 1 is opened/closed, the wire harness 3 shuttles to and fro within the second wire harness outlet 33. The looseness of the wire harness when the slide door is opened/closed may be absorbed in such a manner that it is supported by an elastic member in a state where the wire harness has been curved within the protector without using the guide rail 30 and slider 31. The protecting member may be provided with a bending limiting portion, harness securing portion and flange or slanted sliding-contact portion which serve to slide the wire harness smoothly. In this configuration, it is possible to realize improvement of easiness of assembling, saving of the space and smooth operation of a power supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Doshita, Tohru Aoki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6603076
    Abstract: In a power supply structure in a sliding structure, the one end of a wire harness 3 is secured to either one of a sliding structure 1 and a body 5. The other end of the wire harness 3 is hung over the other of them. An elastic member 4 is arranged along the wire harness in the longitudinal direction from the one end of the wire harness so that the wire harness is supported by the elastic member. The elastic member 4 may be a lengthy flat spring. The elastic member may be composed of a first spring segment along the outer face of the wire harness and a second spring segment having a small spring constant which protrudes toward a free end of the elastic member. The elastic member may be bent at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction and arranged on the curved portion of the wire harness. The elastic member may be composed of a flat spring segment along the inner face of the curved portion and a spiral segment. The elastic member may be provided with a harness supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Doshita, Tohru Aoki, Mitsunori Tsunoda, Mitsunobu Kato, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20030111579
    Abstract: A rotary holder for a corrugated tube is structured such that an inner rotary body containing a corrugated tube is received in an inner portion of an outer fixing body, and an outer peripheral sliding surface of the inner rotary body slides along an inner sliding surface of the outer fixing body. The outer fixing body is formed by assembling a base member and a cover each having a recessed arch surface on an inner periphery thereof. The inner sliding surface is formed by connecting a recessed arch surface of the base member to a recessed arch surface of the cover. Further, outer retracting surfaces are respectively provided to both end portions of the recessed arch surface of the base member so as to be extended to a tangential direction thereat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6580243
    Abstract: A door speed is detected at every predetermined detecting time, and a door position is calculated at a timing detected the door speed. A target speed according to the door position is obtained by a map. A microcomputer calculates a speed difference &Dgr;VD between the target speed and the actual or present speed, and an acceleration/deceleration value &Dgr;VC such as the speed difference between the door speed at the last detecting time and the present detecting time. A duty increasing value and the decreasing value of a PWM duty command value for adjusting a torque of the motor are set based on the speed difference &Dgr;VD and the acceleration/deceleration value &Dgr;VC, the motor is driven by the PWM duty command value based on the duty increasing value and the decreasing value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiji Itami, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Shintaro Suzuki, Hiroyuki Yogo, Masao Ohhashi
  • Patent number: 6575760
    Abstract: The additional segment of a wire harness 3 which is required for opening/closing a slide door 1 and constitutes a curved segment 20 is housed in a protector 9. The protector 9 has curved walls 28, 29, guide rail 30, slider 31 and first and second harness outlets 32, 33. When the slide door 1 is opened/closed, the wire harness 3 shuttles to and fro within the second wire harness outlet 33. The looseness of the wire harness when the slide door is opened/closed may be absorbed in such a manner that it is supported by an elastic member in a state where the wire harness has been curved within the protector without using the guide rail 30 and slider 31. The protecting member may be provided with a bending limiting portion, harness securing portion and flange or slanted sliding-contact portion which serve to slide the wire harness smoothly. In this configuration, it is possible to realize improvement of easiness of assembling, saving of the space and smooth operation of a power supply apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Doshita, Tohru Aoki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20030102142
    Abstract: A rotary holder for a corrugated tube is structured such that an inner rotary body containing a corrugated tube is received in an inner portion of an outer fixing body, and an outer peripheral sliding surface of the inner rotary body moves sliding along an inner sliding surface of the outer fixing body. The inner rotary body is formed by assembling two divided rotary members each having round arch surface on an outer periphery thereof. The outer peripheral sliding surface is formed by butting butt surface of each divided rotary member against each other. Further, a cut surface retracting inside a rotation locus of the round arch surface is formed in an end portion of the round arch surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20030084538
    Abstract: A grommet apparatus comprises a wire, a hard grommet having a having a tubular wall portion contacted with the wire, a base portion contacted with the wire and a flexible engaging portion formed on the tubular wall portion and engaged with an opening, and a soft grommet having a surrounding portion surrounding the hard grommet, a first seal portion extended from the surrounding portion and fluid-tightly contacted with a surface of the panel, a wire fitting portion fitted onto the wire and a second seal portion fitted between the opening and the hard grommet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nobuhiro Yamauchi, Katsuhisa Yamada, Yasuhiro Yamakawa
  • Publication number: 20030079413
    Abstract: An opening and closing mechanism for cover for vehicle which transmits the actuation force securely and effectively. The opening and closing mechanism for cover for vehicle includes a crank gear being rotatable about a crank axis center for opening and closing the opening and closing mechanism for cover for vehicle, a slider reciprocating along a guide member, and a cover operation member one end of which is pivoted on a crank pin of the crank gear, the other end of which includes a crank arm pivoted on a slider pin of the slider, and provided between the slider and the cover for vehicle swingably relative to the slider for cooperating the slider and the cover for vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nobuhiko Takeda, Yasuhisa Inaba, Hiroji Ikeda, Manabu Kuyama, Kouji Tanauchi
  • Patent number: 6530619
    Abstract: An opening and closing device for a sliding vehicle door that covers and uncovers a door opening portion defined in a vehicle body includes a driving mechanism installed in the sliding vehicle door and provided with an output drum and a cable wound by the output drum. The ends of the cable are operatively engaged with the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki, Seiichi Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Terada
  • Publication number: 20030037958
    Abstract: A feeder assembly of a car sliding door has a protector in which a wiring harness is arranged for electrically connecting a car sliding door side with a car body side. The assembly includes a generally circumferential wall positioned inside the protector and an auxiliary unit disposed within the wall, the auxiliary unit connected to the wiring harness. A resilient member resiliently urges the wiring harness within the protector, and the circumferential wall also serves as a stopper to limit the bending of the resilient member. An outside harness insertion hole and an inside harness insertion hole are formed in the wall, the outside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness outside the protector, the inside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness inside the protector. The circumferential wall has a bottom deeper than a base pate of the protector. The inside harness insertion hole is disposed between the bottom of the circumferential wall and the base pate of the protector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6525066
    Abstract: A compound represented by the following Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl-protecting group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a hydroxyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group or an amino group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino-protecting group, an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, and R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a hydroxyl group, an imino group or an amino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: SATO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Hiroyuki Kusakabe, Chong Chu, Hiroaki Kimura, Satoshi Yanagihara, Masatoshi Kato, Chisato Hirosawa, Seiji Ishiduka, Fusae Shizume
  • Patent number: 6510656
    Abstract: A door closing apparatus that is adapted to be disposed on a vehicle door having a door inner panel and an indoor trim includes a door lock mechanism having a latch, a pawl and a latch lever fixedly secured to a rotary shaft of the latch, a bracket adapted to be supported in a fixed relationship with respect to the door panel, and a passive lever rotatably supported by the bracket and provided with a free end portion adapted to contact the latch lever, and a drive source which rotates the passive lever. A shaft portion rotatably supports the passive lever with respect to the bracket, and a nut threadedly engages the shaft portion and is removable from the shaft portion, with the nut being positioned at a side of the bracket facing the indoor trim. In the event the latch lever is unable to rotate (e.g., due to disconnection of an electrical wire or motor malfunction), the indoor trim of the vehicle door can be partially peeled off and the nut removed to manually move the passive lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanto Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Masao Ohhashi, Katsuhisa Yamada, Takashi Saitoh, Katsuyuki Ohtake, Katsuhiro Suzuki