Patents by Inventor Tomonori HAYASE

Tomonori HAYASE 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).

  • Shift device
    Patent number: 11920674
    Abstract: In this shift device, in a case in which an external force has acted on a lever when an operating mechanism is causing the lever to pivot, a clutch mechanism permits rotation of a first detent plate with respect to a second detent plate, such that pivoting of the lever is permitted. Note that a restraining mechanism urges the lever toward a shift position. This enables to the restraining mechanism to urge the lever separately to the clutch mechanism, thereby enabling the degrees of freedom for setting a biasing load on the lever by the restraining mechanism to be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Tomonori Hayase, Koji Imai, Tomoaki Asai, Kota Nishida, Yohei Nakano, Yosuke Murakami, Munetoshi Makimura
  • SHIFT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220307590
    Abstract: In this shift device, in a case in which an external force has acted on a lever when an operating mechanism is causing the lever to pivot, a clutch mechanism permits rotation of a first detent plate with respect to a second detent plate, such that pivoting of the lever is permitted. Note that a restraining mechanism urges the lever toward a shift position. This enables to the restraining mechanism to urge the lever separately to the clutch mechanism, thereby enabling the degrees of freedom for setting a biasing load on the lever by the restraining mechanism to be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tomonori HAYASE, Koji IMAI, Tomoaki ASAI, Kota NISHIDA, Yohei NAKANO, Yosuke MURAKAMI, Munetoshi MAKIMURA