Patents by Inventor Toshihiko Hida

Toshihiko Hida 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: 8388067
    Abstract: In a case where a manipulation switch is manipulated when a limit switch detects the fact that the seat back is in an upright position, an ECU controls driving of a motor until a sector gear turned in a second turning direction moves a lock lever in a lock release direction at a second abutting portion thereby to cause a lock member to be in a lock release state. Also, in a case where the manipulation switch is manipulated when the limit switch detects the fact that the seat back is not in the upright position, the ECU controls driving of the motor until the limit switch detects the fact that the seat back is in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Imasen Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hida, Konomu Tomaiwa
  • Publication number: 20110084531
    Abstract: An object of an aspect according to the present invention is to provide a seat apparatus capable of automating inclination of a seat back by a simple configuration. In a case where a manipulation switch is manipulated when a limit switch detects the fact that the seat back is in an upright position, an ECU controls driving of a motor until a sector gear turned in a second turning direction moves a lock lever in a lock release direction at a second abutting portion thereby to cause a lock member to be in a lock release state. Also, in a case where the manipulation switch is manipulated when the limit switch detects the fact that the seat back is not in the upright position, the ECU controls driving of the motor until the limit switch detects the fact that the seat back is in the upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: IMASEN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko HIDA, Konomu TOMAIWA
  • Patent number: 7189931
    Abstract: An occupant load sensor (10) is fixed to a bracket (48) via a sleeve (60a) of a collar (60) arranged in an outer periphery of a thread (32) of a bolt portion (30), and a bush (62) interposed between the sleeve (60a) and a through hole (48a) of the bracket (48). Accordingly, a slight movement is allowed between the bolt portion (30) and the bracket (48) on the basis of gaps formed between the thread (32) and the sleeve (60a) and between the sleeve (60a) and the bush (62), and it is possible to cancel a force applied from the other directions than a vertical direction. Therefore, a load from the seat side is applied in the vertical direction and it is possible to accurately detect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Imasen Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hida, Takanori Okabe
  • Publication number: 20050284668
    Abstract: An occupant load sensor (10) is fixed to a bracket (48) via a sleeve (60a) of a collar (60) arranged in an outer periphery of a thread (32) of a bolt portion (30), and a bush (62) interposed between the sleeve (60a) and a through hole (48a) of the bracket (48). Accordingly, a slight movement is allowed between the bolt portion (30) and the bracket (48) on the basis of gaps formed between the thread (32) and the sleeve (60a) and between the sleeve (60a) and the bush (62), and it is possible to cancel a force applied from the other directions than a vertical direction. Therefore, a load from the seat side is applied in the vertical direction and it is possible to accurately detect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA IMASEN DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Toshihiko Hida, Takanori Okabe
  • Patent number: 4673994
    Abstract: A video cassette recorder comprises a light source (12) for illuminating the upper surface of a cassette tape (2) loaded in a deck (5), a first mirror member (13) for reflecting the image of the cassette tape illuminated by the light source (12), a second mirror member (14) for reflecting to the front side of the video cassette recorder the image reflected by the first mirror member (13), and a movable lid (15) adapted to allow the image of the cassette tape reflected by the second mirror member (14) to be seen therethrough from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihiko Hida