Patents by Inventor Shigeru Hayakawa
Shigeru Hayakawa 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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Publication number: 20020020722Abstract: A cap for mounting on an aerosol container, which is able to automatically release the gas remaining therein with a simple action, when the container is to be discarded, said cap comprising a top plate member having a periphery connected to an upper end portion of a tubular body, wherein said top plate member has an aperture and a lid for closing the aperture, said lid has a fixed end which is connected to a margin of the aperture through a bendable line, such that the lid is able to turn from a first position in which the lid closes the aperture, to a second position in which the lid protruding into the tubular body member so as to get in touch with a top face of the discharge head that is depressed downwardly, and the top plate member also has a stopper for fixing the lid in the second position so as to keep the discharge head in such a pressed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Uemura, Nobuo Yamanaka, Takayuki Goto, Hiroshi Mizushima, Shigeru Hayakawa, Riichi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20010038211Abstract: A door lock system for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism, a link mechanism and a housing. The latch mechanism is adapted to a vehicle door and latches the vehicle door to a vehicle body. The link mechanism includes an electric driving source and a plurality of lever members for selectively locking and unlocking the latch mechanism. The housing accommodates the latch mechanism and the link mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2001Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Hiroshi Ban, Norio Konomoto, Katsutoshi Fukunaga, Makoto Suzumura, Akira Muramatsu, Yasuhiko Sono
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Publication number: 20010035653Abstract: A door lock system for a vehicle includes a) a latch mechanism which is adapted to a vehicle door and which holds the vehicle door to a vehicle body, b) an open link which is engagable and disengagable with the latch mechanism, c) a swing lever which is connected to the open link, d) an electric driving source having a gear member, and e) a rotary gear member which is arranged between the swing lever and the electric driving source so as to be meshed with the gear member of the electric driving source. The rotary gear member is directly and engagably connected to the swing lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Inventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Hiroshi Ban, Norio Konomoto, Katsutoshi Fukunaga, Makoto Suzumura, Akira Muramatsu, Yasuhiko Sono
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Publication number: 20010033082Abstract: A door lock system for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism, an open link, an inside lever and a cancel lever. The latch mechanism is adapted to a vehicle door and latches the vehicle door to a vehicle body. The open link is engagable and disengagable with the latch mechanism. The inside lever is adapted to an inside handle of the vehicle door and is engagable with the open link. The cancel lever is connected to the open link and is arranged between the inside lever and the open link so as to be engagable with the inside lever when the open link is disengaged from the latch mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Hiroshi Ban, Norio Konomoto, Katsutoshi Fukunaga, Makoto Suzumura, Akira Muramatsu, Yasuhiko Sono
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Patent number: 6241293Abstract: A door lock device includes a base plate 2 having horizontal wall 21 connected to a door lock body 31 and vertical wall 22 perpendicular to the horizontal wall 21, a rotation lever 49 rotatably supported to the vertical wall 22, a key lever 47 rotatably supported to a housing 64 of an actuator 6 which is secured to the vertical wall 22, and a connecting lever 48 having one end and the other end, one end being coupled to the rotation lever 49 after rotation of one end to the rotation lever 49, the other being coupled to the key lever 47 after rotation of the other end to the key lever 47, the connecting lever 48 being in parallel and close to the connecting vertical wall 22 of the base plate 2.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1999Date of Patent: June 5, 2001Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Norio Konomoto, Akira Muramatsu
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Patent number: 6189940Abstract: There is disclosed a vehicle door lock assembly performing one-motion opening function and one-step locking function with a lift lever that is not split into parts. The lock assembly has an inside lever 46 connected to an inside handle. The inside lever can engage with the lift lever 41 and with locking members 43, 47, and 52.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1999Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Norikazu Kobayashi
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Patent number: 5971448Abstract: A door lock assembly has a slide pin (9) slidably supported to an door opening lever (4), a first oblong hole (52) formed in a locking lever (5) and inserting the slide pin (9), and a window like opening (31) formed in the lift lever (3), inserting the slide pin (9) and provided with a projection (31a) capable of restricting a slide motion of the slide pin (9), wherein a position of the slide pin (9) with respect to the opening (31) is changed in correspondence to an operation of the door opening lever (4) and the locking lever (5), thereby engaging and disengaging the pawl (7) with the latch (6), and engaging and disengaging a connection between the door opening lever (4) with the lift lever (3).Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1998Date of Patent: October 26, 1999Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Norikazu Kobayashi, Katsutoshi Fukunaga, Katsuaki Kadoike
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Patent number: 5855400Abstract: A door lock assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a base secured inside a vehicle door, a latch mechanism provided on the base and free to engage with and disengage from the body side of the vehicle, an opening lever provided on the base for operating the latch mechanism via a linking member, a locking lever provided on the base for manipulating the linking member to engage and disengage a transmission path from the opening lever to the latch mechanism, and a protective cover for covering the locking lever and the linking member. The protective cover has an opening and the opening lever has a connecting portion extending outwardly of the protective cover from the opening in offset relation to the opening, wherein the connecting portion is linked to an operating member.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1996Date of Patent: January 5, 1999Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masao Ohhashi, Nozomu Torii, Shigeru Hayakawa
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Patent number: 5775594Abstract: A sprayer according to the present invention is suitable for a sprayer of type which is mounted to a neck portion of a container and pumps up liquid contained in the container to spray the liquid. The term "spray" includes a meaning of spraying the liquid in the atomized state by making the liquid into fine particles and a meaning of spraying the liquid in the foamed state by further making the fine particles mixed with air. A collision plate 50 is disposed in front of a discharge nozzle 21 so that the spray state when the collision plate 50 is in the closed state and that when the collision plate 50 is in the opened state are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1996Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaharu Tasaki, Shigeru Hayakawa, Mitsuhiro Sasazaki, Chitoshi Okawara, Seiichi Watanabe, Shigeru Akutsu
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Patent number: 5711460Abstract: A trigger type liquid discharge device is provided with a valve structure designed to open only when the liquid inside the device shows a proper discharge pressure and arranged upstream relative to the discharge aperture of the nozzle head thereof and also with a flow path arranged in the cylinder of the pump unit of the device for returning any residual pressure in the liquid flow paths of the device after the end of a liquid discharging cycle. With such an arrangement, it can effectively prevent liquid from dripping out of the discharge aperture because of the residual pressure in the liquid flow paths in the initial and/or final stages of the liquid discharging operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tadao Saito, Shigeru Hayakawa
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Patent number: 5582444Abstract: A vehicle door lock apparatus includes a base member for being fixed on a vehicle door, a latch mechanism mounted on the base member for engaging with and disengaging from a vehicle body, an open lever mounted on the base member for operating the latch mechanism through a connecting member, a locking lever mounted on the base member for operating the connecting member so as to connect and disconnect the open lever and the latch mechanism, a protect cover fixed on the base member which covers the locking lever and the connecting member and which includes an opening, a sub-open lever mounted on the base member so as to be located out of the protect cover and which is connected with the open lever through the opening and connecting portion for being connected with an operation member located at an outside of the vehicle which is disposed on the sub-open lever so as to be distant from the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1994Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Nozomu Torii, Masao Ohhashi
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Patent number: 5516167Abstract: A vehicle door lock apparatus includes a latch mechanism, a locking lever which permits the latch mechanism to be operated and prevents the latch mechanism from being operated and detecting member connected with the locking lever including a detecting shaft, wherein the locking lever is rotatably supported on the detecting shaft and the locking lever is rotated with the detecting member integrally about the detecting shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1994Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Nozomu Torii, Masao Ohhashi
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Patent number: 5447445Abstract: An electric connector includes a case having a first space for accommodating an actuator and for communicating with the atmosphere. The case further includes a first connector having a first terminal for being electrically connected with the actuator. A second connector is also provided and includes a second terminal for communicating with an electric power source. The second connector is adapted to be engaged with the first connector so as to connect the first terminal with the second terminal at an engaging portion. A seal member is disposed in either the first connector or the second connector and is interposed between the first connector and the second connector so as to seal a second space located around the engaging portion at which the first connector engages the second connector. A through passage is also formed in the first connector to connect the first space with the second space.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1994Date of Patent: September 5, 1995Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nozomu Torii, Shigeru Hayakawa, Masao Ohhashi
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Patent number: 5192103Abstract: A door lock device with a latch that is supported by a latch pin engages a striker. A pawl, which meshes with the latch is also supported on the latch pin. A lift lever which mates with the pawl pin moves together with the pawl on the same axis; an outer lever with a release bushing which mates with the lift lever is supported by the pawl pin. A locking link with a curved groove, which is concentric with the pawl pin, guides the release bushing.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1989Date of Patent: March 9, 1993Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Shigeru Hayakawa, Nozomu Torii
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Patent number: 5169186Abstract: A power operated door lock device having a locking arm for performing the locking and unlocking operation, a handling lever fro driving the locking arm and an electric actuator for rotating the handling lever through a predetermined angle. The actuator includes a motor with a worm gear fixed to the shaft. The worm gear has a plurality of teeth that are laterally disposed in position for driving and being driven by a wheel gear in mesh with the worm gear. An arcuate curved portion on the wheel gear engages the handling lever.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1991Date of Patent: December 8, 1992Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Shigeru Hayakawa, Nozomu Torii, Souichiro Okudaira
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Patent number: 5125701Abstract: A child protecting mechanism for a door lock apparatus of an automotive vehicle is installed in a door panel formed to have an opening. The mechanism includes an operating device disposed in the opening in operative association with a child protecting lever and adapted to be rotated with respect to the door panel to operate the child protecting lever.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1990Date of Patent: June 30, 1992Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Soichiro Okudaira
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Patent number: 5125702Abstract: A housing for a door lock device has an irregular outer perimeter with inside and outside curved corners. A sub housing for the door lock device has a similarly configured outer perimeter coupled to the perimeter of the housing. An O-ring is inserted in a groove in the housing perimeter for sealing the perimeters of the housing and sub-housing. The O-ring has a plurality of spaced gripping portions that have a width greater than the width of the groove before insertion therein for keeping the O-ring from springing out of the groove during assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1990Date of Patent: June 30, 1992Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Shigeru Hayakawa, Nozomu Torii, Souichiro Okudaira
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Patent number: 5106133Abstract: A power actuator for a door lock device comprising an electric motor driving a worm gear, a gear wheel driven by the worm gear, a handling lever driven by an arcuate projection on the gear wheel and a locking arm rotated by the handling lever. The wheel gear has a peripheral groove with a portion of reduced width for supporting opposite ends of an elongate coil spring; which is compressed in a direction corresponding to the rotation of the gear wheel. An arcuate segment projects axially from the gear wheel. The opposite ends of the arcuate segment and the handling lever is shaped to provide point contact with the handling lever upon initial engagement and surface contact as the arcuate projection moves the handling lever to the locking and unlocking position. A contact is disposed on a base plate; and contacts on the handling lever slidably engage the contacts on the base plate to detect the locking and unlocking position of the handling lever.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1991Date of Patent: April 21, 1992Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Shigeru Hayakawa, Nozomu Torii, Souichiro Okudaira
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Patent number: 5052731Abstract: A child protecting mechanism in a door lock apparatus includes a base internally accommodating an opening/closing mechanism, an opening lever pivotally supported on the base for actuating the opening/closing mechanism, an inside lever and a child protecting lever pivotally supported on the base, and an opening lift lever having one end connected to the inside lever and another end connected to the child protecting lever and capable of being engaged with and disengaged from the opening lever. Turning the child protecting lever causes the opening lift lever to rock to disengage the opening lever and the opening lift lever, thereby preventing the turning motion of the inside lever from being transmitted to the opening lever.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1990Date of Patent: October 1, 1991Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigeru Hayakawa, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Soichiro Okudaira
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Patent number: 5035453Abstract: In a door-locking device, an output lever is connected to a release member and other operating mechanisms in order to eliminate a locking lever and a locking link. The elimination of these members decreases the number of connecting portions between members or mechanisms, thereby decreasing loose fittings therebetween. Thus, the generation of noise is lowered resulting in the realization of quietude. Also, the sense of operation of the door-locking device is more comfortable due to the decreased feeling of looseness.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1990Date of Patent: July 30, 1991Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Shigeru Hayakawa