Patents by Inventor Sadayuki Makino

Sadayuki Makino 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: 11035442
    Abstract: A door moving apparatus includes a motor unit, a first gear, a second gear, an endless belt, a drum, and a rotator. The first gear is mounted on a rotary shaft of the motor unit. The second gear includes a diameter larger than a diameter of the first gear and teeth more than the first gear. The endless belt passes over the first gear and the second gear. A rotary power of the second gear is transmitted to the drum via a rotary power transmission mechanism. The rotator is configured to reduce a separation of the endless belt from a preset running path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki Makino, Kenta Mori, Eisuke Umemura, Kiyohiro Fukaya, Takemitsu Sumiya, Nobuyasu Miwa, Akihiro Yasui
  • Patent number: 10787843
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body operating device includes: a full-open lock opening lever connected to a full-open lock configured to maintain an opening and closing body in a fully opened state, and configured to output release operating force to the full-open lock; an input lever connected to the full-open lock opening lever and an operating handle, and configured to rotate the full-open lock opening lever so as to output the release operating force; a release lever connected to the input lever through a connecting member, and configured to rotate the full-open lock opening lever through the connecting member and the input lever; an emergency input lever to which rotation operating force is inputted; and a cancel mechanism configured to move the connecting member from a connection position where the input and release levers are connected to a disconnection position where the input and release levers are disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Shibayama, Sadayuki Makino
  • Patent number: 10626640
    Abstract: A vehicle door operation device mounted to a sliding door of a vehicle, for appropriately returning a latch mechanism from a closure retention release state to a closure retention state of the sliding door when a motor power transmission lever stops at a rotary range between an initial position to a rotary end position by, for example, an electrical failure when a release motor is in operation includes a cancellation mechanism that moves a connection pin from a connection position where the connection pin connects an outside handle lever and the motor power transmission lever to a disconnection position by using a rotary movement of an inside handle lever in accordance with a closing operation of an inside handle when the motor power transmission lever stops at the rotary range between the initial position to the rotary end position when the release motor is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Shibayama, Sadayuki Makino
  • Patent number: 10538943
    Abstract: A door latch apparatus for a door for a vehicle includes a first base member made of metal and including a striker receiving groove, a latch configured to be rotatable about a latch rotary shaft in an engagement direction in which the latch engages with the striker and a disengagement direction where the latch disengages from the striker, a second base member made of metal and arranged to face the first base member with the latch therebetween, the second base member fixed to the first base member, and a load receiving structure receiving an input load when the striker having entered into the striker receiving groove is biased towards the second base member, the load receiving structure receiving the input load with both a first load receiving portion extended from one base member towards the other base member, and a second load receiving portion provided at the other base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki Makino, Satoshi Shibayama, Yuki Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 10494839
    Abstract: A door latch apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle door and that achieves at low cost a structure that is for ensuring operational reliability of an open lever. The door latch apparatus includes a cap formed by resin material and including a cylindrical shape, the cap being arranged in an inserted manner at an attachment shaft extended in a form of a shaft in a predetermined direction, an elastic spring member that elastically biases a pawl from a non restriction position towards a restriction position, and a coming-off prevention mechanism that, by making part of the elastic spring member to engage with the cap, prevents the cap from coming off from the attachment shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki Makino, Satoshi Shibayama, Yuki Ishiguro
  • Patent number: 10352069
    Abstract: A locking lever includes: a pair of lever pieces connected to each other to be relatively rotatable; and a spring member which extends about rotating axes of the lever pieces, of which both end portions engage with the lever pieces, and thereby, which biases the lever pieces to rotate in opposite directions, wherein contact portions, which come into contact with each other based on a biasing force of the spring member and thereby, are able to hold relatively rotating positions of the lever pieces, are provided in the lever pieces, respectively, wherein the spring member has spring end portions extending in a radial direction of the rotating shaft, and wherein an engagement surface with which the spring end portion comes into contact in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft is provided on at least one of the lever pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryohei Yamane, Sadayuki Makino
  • Patent number: 10166846
    Abstract: A vehicle door module includes a base attached to an opening of an inner panel; a window glass lifting-lowering device attached to the base, the window glass lifting-lowering device provided with a window glass cable for pulling a window glass, a window glass drum for winding the window glass cable, a window glass lifting-lowering motor for rotating the window glass drum, and at least one pulley for guiding the window glass cable; and a support for supporting the pulley, the support being provided to the base and supported by an edge part of the opening of the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki Makino, Hidefumi Katayama, Katsumi Chono, Satoshi Shibayama, Kenta Mori
  • Patent number: 10060174
    Abstract: A sliding door module includes a resin base coupled to an inner panel of a sliding door, a window glass lifting and lowering device that lifts and lowers a window glass, and a door movement device that moves the sliding door. The window glass lifting and lowering device and the door movement device are coupled to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Katayama, Sadayuki Makino, Satoshi Shibayama, Tomohiro Negishi, Katsumi Chono, Takahito Kobatake, Masato Asakura
  • Patent number: 9938760
    Abstract: A door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a transmission gear configured to be driven to rotate by a motor, a pulley arranged coaxially with the transmission gear and configured to open and close a vehicle door by moving a rope member with a rotation of the pulley, an output member arranged coaxially with the transmission gear and configured to bring a door lock to a holding state or a release state with a rotation of the output member, a first clutch housed in the pulley in a state being coaxial with the transmission gear, the first clutch selectively permitting and prohibiting a rotation transmission between the transmission gear and the pulley, and a second clutch housed in the transmission gear in a state being coaxial with the transmission gear, the second clutch selectively permitting and prohibiting a rotation transmission between the transmission gear and the output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki Makino, Kenta Mori, Yuki Ishiguro
  • Publication number: 20180051495
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body operating device includes: a full-open lock opening lever connected to a full-open lock configured to maintain an opening and closing body in a fully opened state, and configured to output release operating force to the full-open lock; an input lever connected to the full-open lock opening lever and an operating handle, and configured to rotate the full-open lock opening lever so as to output the release operating force; a release lever connected to the input lever through a connecting member, and configured to rotate the full-open lock opening lever through the connecting member and the input lever; an emergency input lever to which rotation operating force is inputted; and a cancel mechanism configured to move the connecting member from a connection position where the input and release levers are connected to a disconnection position where the input and release levers are disconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Sadayuki MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20180029452
    Abstract: A vehicle opening and closing body operating device includes: a support member having a vertical wall portion, holding grooves into which cables are inserted and which are formed in the vertical wall portion to be opened in a standing direction of the vertical wall portion and to be in parallel in one direction, each of the holding grooves communicating in a plate thickness direction of the vertical wall portion, and a support side locking portion which is provided between the adjacent holding grooves; and a cover having a shaft portion supported on the vertical wall portion to be pivotable about an axis extending in the plate thickness direction, an arm portion extending from the shaft portion along the vertical wall portion to cover openings of the holding grooves, and a cover side locking portion provided on the arm portion and hooked with the support side locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Sadayuki MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20170342759
    Abstract: A sliding door module includes a resin base coupled to an inner panel of a sliding door, a window glass lifting/lowering device that lifts and lowers a window glass, and a door movement device that moves the sliding door. The window glass lifting/lowering device and the door movement device are coupled to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidefumi KATAYAMA, Sadayuki MAKINO, Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Tomohiro NEGISHI, Katsumi CHONO, Takahito KOBATAKE, Masato ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20170335929
    Abstract: A door moving apparatus includes a motor unit, a first gear, a second gear, an endless belt, a drum, and a rotator. The first gear is mounted on a rotary shaft of the motor unit. The second gear includes a diameter larger than a diameter of the first gear and teeth more than the first gear. The endless belt passes over the first gear and the second gear. A rotary power of the second gear is transmitted to the drum via a rotary power transmission mechanism. The rotator is configured to reduce a separation of the endless belt from a preset running path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki MAKINO, Kariya-shi MORI, Eisuke UNEMURA, Kiyohiro FUKAYA, Takemitsu SUMIYA, Nobuyasu MIWA, Akihiro YASUI
  • Publication number: 20170297418
    Abstract: The vehicle door module according to the present invention is provided with: a base attached to an opening of an inner panel; a window glass raising/lowering device attached to the base, the window glass raising/lowering device provided with a window glass cable for pulling a window glass, a window glass drum for winding the window glass cable, a window glass raising/lowering motor for rotating the window glass drum, and at least one pulley for guiding the window glass cable; and a support for supporting the pulley, the support being provided to the base and supported by an edge part of the opening of the inner panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki MAKINO, Hidefumi KATAYAMA, Katsumi CHONO, Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Kenta MORI
  • Publication number: 20170298662
    Abstract: A vehicle door operation device mounted to a sliding door of a vehicle, for appropriately returning a latch mechanism from a closure retention release state to a closure retention state of the sliding door when a motor power transmission lever stops at a rotary range between an initial position to a rotary end position by, for example, an electrical failure when a release motor is in operation includes a cancellation mechanism that moves a connection pin from a connection position where the connection pin connects an outside handle lever and the motor power transmission lever to a disconnection position by using a rotary movement of an inside handle lever in accordance with a closing operation of an inside handle when the motor power transmission lever stops at the rotary range between the initial position to the rotary end position when the release motor is in operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Sadayuki MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20170292296
    Abstract: A door latch apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle door and that achieves at low cost a structure that is for ensuring operational reliability of an open lever. The door latch apparatus includes a cap formed by resin material and including a cylindrical shape, the cap being arranged in an inserted manner at an attachment shaft extended in a form of a shaft in a predetermined direction, an elastic spring member that elastically biases a pawl from a non restriction position towards a restriction position, and a coming-off prevention mechanism that, by making part of the elastic spring member to engage with the cap, prevents the cap from coming off from the attachment shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki MAKINO, Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Yuki ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20170268262
    Abstract: A door latch apparatus for a door for a vehicle includes a first base member made of metal and including a striker receiving groove, a latch configured to be rotatable about a latch rotary shaft in an engagement direction in which the latch engages with the striker and a disengagement direction where the latch disengages from the striker, a second base member made of metal and arranged to face the first base member with the latch therebetween, the second base member fixed to the first base member, and a load receiving structure receiving an input load when the striker having entered into the striker receiving groove is biased towards the second base member, the load receiving structure receiving the input load with both a first load receiving portion extended from one base member towards the other base member, and a second load receiving portion provided at the other base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki MAKINO, Satoshi SHIBAYAMA, Yuki ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20170247931
    Abstract: A door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a transmission gear configured to be driven to rotate by a motor, a pulley arranged coaxially with the transmission gear and configured to open and close a vehicle door by moving a rope member with a rotation of the pulley, an output member arranged coaxially with the transmission gear and configured to bring a door lock to a holding state with a rotation of the output member, a first clutch housed in the pulley in a state being coaxial with the transmission gear, the first clutch selectively permitting and prohibiting a rotation transmission between the transmission gear and the pulley, and a second clutch housed in the transmission gear in a state being coaxial with the transmission gear, the second clutch selectively permitting and prohibiting a rotation transmission between the transmission gear and the output member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Sadayuki MAKINO, Kenta MORI, Yuki ISHIGURO
  • Patent number: 9732547
    Abstract: A door opening and closing device includes: a resin-made base attached to an inner panel of a door; and a transfer mechanism provided on an interior side of the base, and transferring power to a locking device via a power transfer cable, wherein the base includes first and second parts in which the transfer mechanism and the cable are disposed respectively, and a fixing portion fixing an outer casing end portion of the cable, and wherein the first and second parts are configured to locate at different levels so that the second part is positioned closer to an inner side than the first part in a width direction, a step portion is provided between the first and second parts, and the fixing portion is provided in the step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Shibayama, Sadayuki Makino, Hidefumi Katayama
  • Publication number: 20160251888
    Abstract: A door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a rear lock, an output lever connected to the rear lock, a mechanical second clutch and an interlocking mechanism. The output lever rotates in one direction for operating the rear lock to bring the slide door from the half closed state to the fully closed state, and rotates in the other direction to bring the slide door from the fully closed state to the half closed state. The interlocking mechanism switches the second clutch to a connection state by interlocking with a state of the slide door positioned in a range from the fully closed state to the half closed state and switches the second clutch to a disconnection state by interlocking with a state of the slide door positioned in a range where the slide door is opened relative to the half closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sadayuki MAKINO, Kenta MORI, Yuki ISHIGURO