Patents by Inventor Yasuyuki Kozawa

Yasuyuki Kozawa 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).

  • Control apparatus for opening/closing vehicle door
    Patent number: 7607963
    Abstract: A control apparatus for opening/closing a vehicle door includes a door opening/closing mechanism for operating the vehicle door, a driving source for driving the door opening/closing mechanism, a connecting/disconnecting apparatus interposed between the door opening/closing mechanism and the driving source, and a controlling apparatus for controlling the connecting/disconnecting apparatus. The controlling apparatus for opening/closing the vehicle door includes a door movement-detecting apparatus for detecting a movement of the vehicle door. The controlling apparatus switches the connecting/disconnecting apparatus from a connected state to a disconnected state when the driving source is stopped during in an opening/closing operation of the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishihara, Yasuyuki Kozawa, Junichi Matsunaga
  • Control apparatus for opening/closing vehicle door
    Publication number: 20060283089
    Abstract: A control apparatus for opening/closing a vehicle door includes a door opening/closing mechanism for operating the vehicle door, a driving source for driving the door opening/closing mechanism, a connecting/disconnecting apparatus interposed between the door opening/closing mechanism and the driving source, and a controlling apparatus for controlling the connecting/disconnecting apparatus. The controlling apparatus for opening/closing the vehicle door includes a door movement-detecting apparatus for detecting a movement of the vehicle door. The controlling apparatus switches the connecting/disconnecting apparatus from a connected state to a disconnected state when the driving source is stopped during in an opening/closing operation of the vehicle door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishihara, Yasuyuki Kozawa, Junichi Matsunaga
  • Sliding cable and its manufacturing method
    Patent number: 5577416
    Abstract: A sliding cable includes a core member, a tooth member wound around the core member and a covering member which is formed by extrusion molding of a foaming material and which covers the core member so as to project out from an outer circumferential surface of the tooth member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Fukura, Hiroki Kondoh, Katsumi Suzuki, Takayoshi Ito, Yasuyuki Kozawa, Kenji Hori