Patents by Inventor Soichiro IWANAGA

Soichiro IWANAGA 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: 20250171071
    Abstract: A steering device including a tube, a moving member, a drive device that moves the moving member in the axial direction, a first fixing member provided on one first member that is either the tube or the moving member, and fixes the tube to the moving member, and a restriction portion on the second member that is the other of the tube or the moving member, is separated from the first fixing member in the axial direction, and restricts the tube and moving member relatively rotating about a rotational center axis intersecting the steering shaft axis. When a predetermined load acts on the tube in a direction in which the first member is relatively moved in the axial direction with respect to the second member, either the first member or the second member plastically deforms a deformation portion provided on another of either the first member or the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke SAKAI, Soichiro IWANAGA, Toshihiro MURAKI
  • Patent number: 10428893
    Abstract: One end portion of a rod member is accommodated in a housing which is connected to one bracket BR1, and the other one end portion is connected to the other bracket. Between the one end portion of the rod member and the housing, there is disposed a biasing mechanism which biases against forces that enlarge and shorten an axial distance between the brackets. Furthermore, a friction mechanism, which presses the housing in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the rod member, is accommodated in the housing. The friction mechanism comprises a pressing member which is supported on the rod member to be in contact with an inner surface of the housing, a spring member and an adjusting member, so that a pressing force of the pressing member to the housing by the spring member is adjusted by the adjusting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: AISEN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Soichiro Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 10059373
    Abstract: A vehicle body reinforcement device includes a housing including a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion each disposed at an inner portion of the housing, the inner portions that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in the axial direction, a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a first biasing member, a second biasing member, and a pressing member supported on the first shaft member so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the first shaft member within the housing and to be contactable with an inner surface of the housing, the pressing member pressing the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Sakauchi, Soichiro Iwanaga
  • Publication number: 20180149227
    Abstract: One end portion of a rod member is accommodated in a housing which is connected to one bracket BR1, and the other one end portion is connected to the other bracket. Between the one end portion of the rod member and the housing, there is disposed a biasing mechanism which biases against forces that enlarge and shorten an axial distance between the brackets. Furthermore, a friction mechanism, which presses the housing in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the rod member, is accommodated in the housing. The friction mechanism comprises a pressing member which is supported on the rod member to be in contact with an inner surface of the housing, a spring member and an adjusting member, so that a pressing force of the pressing member to the housing by the spring member is adjusted by the adjusting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Soichiro IWANAGA
  • Publication number: 20170267289
    Abstract: A vehicle body reinforcement device includes a housing including a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion each disposed at an inner portion of the housing, the inner portions that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in the axial direction, a first shaft member, a second shaft member, a first biasing member, a second biasing member, and a pressing member supported on the first shaft member so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the first shaft member within the housing and to be contactable with an inner surface of the housing, the pressing member pressing the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma SAKAUCHI, Soichiro IWANAGA
  • Patent number: 9469331
    Abstract: A steering apparatus for a vehicle capable of adjusting an operating position of a steering wheel with respect to a vehicle body, includes: a steering column supporting the steering wheel at a rear end, arranging a center of oscillation with respect to the vehicle body in front thereof, and supporting the steering wheel so as to oscillate around the center of oscillation; a fixing bracket holding the steering column between opposing holding sections extending to a lower part and fixing an upper part to the vehicle body; and a support mechanism interposed between the holding sections and the steering column and supporting the steering column to in a manner that the steering column is slidable, wherein the support mechanism includes a spring member interposed between one of the holding sections and the steering column and a rigid body interposed between the other of the holding sections and the steering column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soichiro Iwanaga, Yasuaki Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20150344063
    Abstract: A steering apparatus for a vehicle capable of adjusting an operating position of a steering wheel with respect to a vehicle body, includes: a steering column supporting the steering wheel at a rear end, arranging a center of oscillation with respect to the vehicle body in front thereof, and supporting the steering wheel so as to oscillate around the center of oscillation; a fixing bracket holding the steering column between opposing holding sections extending to a lower part and fixing an upper part to the vehicle body; and a support mechanism interposed between the holding sections and the steering column and supporting the steering column to in a manner that the steering column is slidable, wherein the support mechanism includes a spring member interposed between one of the holding sections and the steering column and a rigid body interposed between the other of the holding sections and the steering column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Soichiro IWANAGA, Yasuaki KUROKAWA