Patents by Inventor Shintaro Okawa

Shintaro Okawa 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).

  • Publication number: 20150042108
    Abstract: In a motor-vehicle door latch device, a latch engages with a striker of a vehicle body when a door is closed. The latch comprises a half-latch engaging portion for incompletely engaging the latch with the striker and a full-latch engaging portion for fully engaging the latch with the striker. A half-latch avoiding member has a half-latch avoiding guide path which engages with a connecting member, thereby preventing the engagement member from engaging the half-latch portion of the latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Shintaro OKAWA, Shigekazu SUGO
  • Publication number: 20120193926
    Abstract: A latch device for vehicle LA provided on a door D of a vehicle, including: a latch 20, which meshes with a striker S; a ratchet 30, which regulates rotation of the latch 20; a detecting sensor 200 including a body 201 and terminals 202a and 202b exposed from the body 201, which detects operation of the latch 20 or the ratchet 30; and a main body 40 in which the detecting sensor 200 is arranged, wherein the main body 40 includes a discharging portion 417 formed on a position corresponding to the terminals 202a and 202b of the latch detecting sensor 200, and the terminals 202a and 202b of the detecting sensor 200 are arranged on an upper side of a vehicle than the discharging portion 417 in a state in which the door D is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Hirofumi WATANABE, Shintaro OKAWA
  • Patent number: 7780207
    Abstract: A door latch system of a motor vehicle comprises a latch unit mounted to the vehicle body. The latch unit has a latch condition to latch the door at a closed position and an unlatch condition to unlatch the door thereby to release the door. The system further comprises a power latch canceling mechanism mounted to the vehicle body. The power latch canceling mechanism includes an actuator that, when energized, enforcedly causes the latch unit to assume the unlatch condition. The system further comprises a manual latch canceling mechanism mounted to the vehicle body. The manual latch canceling mechanism includes a handle member that is placed at a position other than a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and a power transmitting member that transmits a movement of the handle member to the latch unit. The manual latch canceling mechanism causes the latch unit to assume the unlatch condition when the handle member is manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Gotou, Shintaro Okawa, Osamu Hamaguchi, Jiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20090215378
    Abstract: An outer tube part 8 and an inner tube part 6 which is disposed in an interior of the outer tube part 8 are provided in an air-conditioning duct system which is connected to an air flow path downstream side of a vehicle air-conditioning system, and a side branch type silencer chamber 9 is defined by an inner circumferential surface of the outer tube part 8 and an outer circumferential surface of the inner tube part 6. In addition, an axis of at least a portion of the outer tube part 8 which confronts the inner tube part 6 and an axis of the inner tube part 6 are both made to be a straight line, and a register functioning part is provided in an interior of a portion of the outer tube part 8 which lies further downstream in an air flow path than the inner tube part 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Terai, Takahiko Sato, Shintaro Okawa, Katsuhiro Katagiri
  • Patent number: 7255383
    Abstract: A vehicular electrical disengaging door latch apparatus includes: a striker provided in one of a vehicle main body and a door of a vehicle; a door latch module provided in one of the door and the vehicle main body so as to freely engage with and disengage from; a latch disengaging module capable of electrically disengaging the door latch module; a control module capable of controlling the latch disengaging module; and a door-open operating module capable of mechanically disengaging the door latch module by another transmitting module other than the latch disengaging module, especially, the door-open operating module is located at one of a lower side of a seat cushion of an occupant seat and a floor member opposing to the occupant seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd., Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeharu Iwata, Shingo Gotou, Osamu Hamaguchi, Jiro Inoue, Shintaro Okawa
  • Publication number: 20070044747
    Abstract: An air intake sound control structure comprises a sound guiding pipe, a sound producing body, and a silencing means. The sound guiding pipe is branched off from a branch portion formed on a part of an air intake flow passage of an automobile, communicating with the air intake flow passage. The sound producing body is held by the sound guiding pipe at the position spaced apart from the branch portion, thereby sealing the sound guiding pipe, and producing a sound at a frequency which corresponds to its own natural vibration frequency by its vibration. The silencing means is disposed on the side of the branch portion of the sound guiding pipe and canceling a sound at a target frequency for suppression out of the air intake sound. The sound generated by the vibration of the sound producing body is transmitted into a vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sawatari, Yoshikazu Hirose, Shintaro Okawa, Tomokazu Inoue, Akihito Yamada
  • Publication number: 20060076788
    Abstract: A door latch system of a motor vehicle comprises a latch unit mounted to the vehicle body. The latch unit has a latch condition to latch the door at a closed position and an unlatch condition to unlatch the door thereby to release the door. The system further comprises a power latch canceling mechanism mounted to the vehicle body. The power latch canceling mechanism includes an actuator that, when energized, enforcedly causes the latch unit to assume the unlatch condition. The system further comprises a manual latch canceling mechanism mounted to the vehicle body. The manual latch canceling mechanism includes a handle member that is placed at a position other than a vehicle cabin of the vehicle and a power transmitting member that transmits a movement of the handle member to the latch unit. The manual latch canceling mechanism causes the latch unit to assume the unlatch condition when the handle member is manipulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Shingo Gotou, Shintaro Okawa, Osamu Hamaguchi, Jiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20060061194
    Abstract: A vehicular electrical disengaging door latch apparatus includes: a striker provided in one of a vehicle main body and a door of a vehicle; a door latch module provided in one of the door and the vehicle main body so as to freely engage with and disengage from; a latch disengaging module capable of electrically disengaging the door latch module; a control module capable of controlling the latch disengaging module; and a door-open operating module capable of mechanically disengaging the door latch module by another transmitting module other than the latch disengaging module, especially, the door-open operating module is located at one of a lower side of a seat cushion of an occupant seat and a floor member opposing to the occupant seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Takeharu Iwata, Shingo Gotou, Osamu Hamaguchi, Jiro Inoue, Shintaro Okawa