Patents by Inventor Takashi Asai

Takashi Asai 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: 8931822
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes: an urging member that applies turning force toward a storage position to a sun visor body when a turning angle of the sun visor body from the storage position is a predetermined angle or smaller; and a damper that applies braking force when the sun visor body turns. When a turning speed of the sun visor body toward the storage position is a predetermined speed or lower, the damper braking force is smaller than a value obtained by subtracting turning force based on the weight of the sun visor body from the turning force of the urging member, and, when the turning speed exceeds the predetermined speed, the damper braking force is larger than or equal to the value obtained by subtracting the turning force based on the weight of the sun visor body from the turning force of the urging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Asai, Kosuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8845000
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor body, a support shaft mounted on a ceiling surface of a vehicle cabin and configured to support the sun visor body at a turning center position of the sun visor body such that the sun visor body is turnable between a storage position at which the sun visor body is oriented along the ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin and a use position at which the sun visor body is able to block light, a damper configured to apply braking force at the time when the sun visor body turns, and a slide mechanism configured to hold the sun visor body such that the sun visor body is slidable in an axial direction of the support shaft with respect to the support shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Asai, Kosuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8764703
    Abstract: In a pre-filled syringe having an intermediate gasket, a liquid drug is enclosed in the second chamber located on the base end side with respect to the intermediate gasket while a powdered drug is enclosed in the first chamber located on the front end side with respect to the intermediate gasket. The intermediate gasket has at least two layers including a front end layer corresponding to a wall of the first chamber and a base end layer corresponding to a wall of the second chamber, and also has a low water-absorptive layer in the layer on the base end side with respect to the front end layer. The base end layer is formed of a material having low water-absorptivity and not lowering a pH of the liquid drug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nipro Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Asai, Tsutomu Takahashi, Kenyu Ito, Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20130320699
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor body, a support shaft mounted on a ceiling surface of a vehicle cabin and configured to support the sun visor body at a turning center position of the sun visor body such that the sun visor body is turnable between a storage position at which the sun visor body is oriented along the ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin and a use position at which the sun visor body is able to block light, a damper configured to apply braking force at the time when the sun visor body turns, and a slide mechanism configured to hold the sun visor body such that the sun visor body is slidable in an axial direction of the support shaft with respect to the support shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: KYOWA SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi ASAI, Kosuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20130320702
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes: a sun visor body; a support shaft; and a damper configured to apply braking force at the time when the sun visor body turns. The damper includes: a rotor and a rotor case that supports the rotor such that the rotor is rotatable around its axis. The rotor includes a cylindrical portion in which the support shaft is inserted, the cylindrical portion being held so as to be non-rotatable with respect to the support shaft. The rotor case is held by the sun visor body in a state where the rotor case is non-rotatable with respect to the sun visor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi ASAI, Kosuke YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20130320698
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes: an urging member that applies turning force toward a storage position to a sun visor body when a turning angle of the sun visor body from the storage position is a predetermined angle or smaller; and a damper that applies braking force when the sun visor body turns. When a turning speed of the sun visor body toward the storage position is a predetermined speed or lower, the damper braking force is smaller than a value obtained by subtracting turning force based on the weight of the sun visor body from the turning force of the urging member, and, when the turning speed exceeds the predetermined speed, the damper braking force is larger than or equal to the value obtained by subtracting the turning force based on the weight of the sun visor body from the turning force of the urging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: KYOWA SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi ASAI, Kosuke YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8562061
    Abstract: A sun visor for vehicles, in which a sun visor body can pivot on a support rod, and includes a biasing and holding member that biases and holds the support rod only by three regions in a circumferential direction of the support rod. The biasing and holding member is formed by bending a single leaf spring and integrally includes a support rod holding region and a biasing force generating region. The support rod holding region comprises the three regions that surround an outer surface of the support rod, and the biasing force generating region is formed at a predetermined distance from the support rod holding region in a direction transverse to the axial direction of the support rod. Further, the biasing force generating region is designed as a mounting part for mounting the biasing and holding member to the sun visor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Publication number: 20130270271
    Abstract: Provided is a vial rubber stopper using multiple types of rubber to prevent the vial rubber stopper from being scraped and from sticking to a presser plate. The vial rubber stopper includes: a cap portion having a flange; a piercing area formed to have a recess at a top surface of the cap portion and configured to traverse longitudinally the cap portion in an axial direction from the recess to a bottom surface of the cap portion; and a leg portion formed on the bottom surface of said cap portion in a way of extending downward and located outside the piercing area with respect to an axial center of said cap portion. The piercing area is formed of rubber having rubber hardness from 20 to 35, and the top surface other than the recess of the cap portion is formed of rubber having rubber hardness from 58 to 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Asai, Tadatoshi Uchida, Masanobu Iwasa, Ryouji Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8522910
    Abstract: To obtain a vehicle underbody structure that is capable of ensuring the capacity of a fuel tank while suppressing an increase in the size of the fuel tank. A fuel tank is mounted behind a front floor and under a center floor. An exhaust pipe partially overlaps the fuel tank when a vehicle is seen in a plan view, and the exhaust pipe is positioned between the fuel tank and the center floor at this overlapping section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Publication number: 20130090596
    Abstract: In a pre-filled syringe having an intermediate gasket, a liquid drug is enclosed in the second chamber located on the base end side with respect to the intermediate gasket while a powdered drug is enclosed in the first chamber located on the front end side with respect to the intermediate gasket. The intermediate gasket has at least two layers including a front end layer corresponding to a wall of the first chamber and a base end layer corresponding to a wall of the second chamber, and also has a low water-absorptive layer in the layer on the base end side with respect to the front end layer. The base end layer is formed of a material having low water-absorptivity and not lowering a pH of the liquid drug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: NIPRO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Asai, Tsutomu Takahashi, Kenyu Ito, Atsushi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20130000325
    Abstract: A temperature control system includes a first air conditioner for changing a temperature of a heat medium, a second air conditioner for adjusting a temperature of air in a vehicle interior using the heat medium, a first supply member for supplying the heat medium from the first air conditioner to at least one of a battery stack and the second air conditioner, a second supply member for supplying the heat medium from the battery stack to the second air conditioner, a third supply member for supplying the heat medium from the second air conditioner to the electric equipment, and a fourth supply member for supplying the heat medium from the electric equipment to the first air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Asai, Masaki Morita
  • Publication number: 20110278881
    Abstract: To obtain a vehicle underbody structure that is capable of ensuring the capacity of a fuel tank while suppressing an increase in the size of the fuel tank. A fuel tank is mounted behind a front floor and under a center floor. An exhaust pipe partially overlaps the fuel tank when a vehicle is seen in a plan view, and the exhaust pipe is positioned between the fuel tank and the center floor at this overlapping section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Patent number: 7850228
    Abstract: In a vehicle front structure (10), a cross member (52) which is disposed above paired side members (12) includes vehicle width-direction both end portions extending toward a rear side of the vehicle. The cross member (52) is connected with vehicle front-side portions of the paired suspension towers (42) at edges of the extending portions. Therefore, when a vehicle has a frontal collision at high speed, a collision load applied to the cross member (52) can be effectively received by the paired suspension towers (42), and can be transmitted to the paired suspensions. Thus, the cross member (52) can effectively receive the collision load, and can efficiently transmit the collision load to the rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Patent number: 7784847
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique which contributes to stabilized movement of a sliding structure in a slide-type sun visor for vehicles. Representative sun visor for vehicles includes a sun visor body, a support shaft, a sliding member, a clip member and a clamping device. The clamping device accommodates a clearance in a circumferential direction between the support shaft and the sliding member and prevents relative rotation of the support shaft and the sliding member. The clamping device is mounted to the sliding member and rotates together with the sliding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Publication number: 20100019527
    Abstract: A technique is disclosed for reducing a biasing force acting upon a support rod, while securing a rotating torque required to pivot a sun visor body, in a sun visor for vehicles. A sun visor for vehicles, in which a sun visor body 103 can pivot on a support rod 105, includes a biasing and holding member 121 that biases and holds the support rod 105 only by three regions in a circumferential direction of the support rod 105. The biasing and holding member 121 is formed by bending a single leaf spring and integrally includes a support rod holding region 125a, 127a, 129a and a biasing force generating region 123. The support rod holding region includes the three regions that surround an outer surface of the support rod, and the biasing force generating region is formed at a predetermined distance from the support rod holding region 125a, 127a, 129a in a direction transverse to the axial direction of the support rod 105.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: KYOWA SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi ASAI
  • Publication number: 20090134657
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique which contributes to stabilized movement of a sliding structure in a slide-type sun visor for vehicles. Representative sun visor for vehicles includes a sun visor body, a support shaft, a sliding member, a clip member and a clamping device. The clamping device accommodates a clearance in a circumferential direction between the support shaft and the sliding member and prevents relative rotation of the support shaft and the sliding member. The clamping device is mounted to the sliding member and rotates together with the sliding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: KYOWA SANGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi ASAI
  • Publication number: 20070262614
    Abstract: In a vehicle front structure (10), a cross member (52) which is disposed above paired side members (12) includes vehicle width-direction both end portions extending toward a rear side of the vehicle. The cross member (52) is connected with vehicle front-side portions of the paired suspension towers (42) at edges of the extending portions. Therefore, when a vehicle has a frontal collision at high speed, a collision load applied to the cross member (52) can be effectively received by the paired suspension towers (42), and can be transmitted to the paired suspensions. Thus, the cross member (52) can effectively receive the collision load, and can efficiently transmit the collision load to the rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Patent number: 7275778
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes a visor body and a support and guide device that serve to hold and direct the visor body, so that the visor body is movable along a first direction between a storage position within a storage space defined within a vehicle cabin ceiling and a withdrawn position located outside of the storage space. A second support member is pivotally mounted to a first support member about a first axis so that the visor body is movable from the withdrawn position to a first light-shielding position. The visor body is pivotally mounted to the second support member about a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis so that the visor body is movable from a first light-shielding position to a second light shielding position as the visor body pivots about the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignees: Kyoma Sangyo Co, Ltd, Shinwa Seiko Co, Ltd
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Patent number: 7192075
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sun visor for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the sun visor. The structure of the sun visor is complicated and the cost thereof is increased when an elastically compressive elastic body is installed between both first and second core split bodies of a core body to prevent the wrinkles from occurring in the vicinity of the corner fused parts of the skins. In view of the above problem, an object of the present invention is to prevent wrinkles from occurring near the corner fused parts of skins with a relatively simple structure. In the present invention, a corner tension part, for preventing the displacement of the corner fused part toward the corner part of the core body, is disposed between the corner part of the core body and the core fused part of the skins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd., Shinwa Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Asai
  • Patent number: 7144062
    Abstract: A vehicle sun visor includes a visor body, a horizontal rod mounted to the visor body, and a support arm. The support arm has a vertical rod and is rotatably mounted to a vehicle cabin ceiling. A bearing is mounted to one end of the vertical rod and rotatably receives the horizontal rod, so that the visor body can pivot about an axis of the vertical rod and can also pivot about an axis of the horizontal rod. A stopper mechanism prevents the visor body from moving in a first direction along the axis of the horizontal rod but permits the visor body to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The first direction is a direction used for inserting the horizontal rod of the visor body into the horizontal bore of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignees: Kyowa Sangyo Co., Ltd., Shinwa Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Asai