Patents by Inventor Yo Aoki

Yo Aoki 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: 20180181160
    Abstract: A lever device may include a movable component including a pair of support arm portions and an operable knob including a base end portion arranged between the pair of support arm portions, the base end portion supported by the pair of support arm portions such that the base end portion is rotatable about a first axis line. The lever device may also include a fixed component including a polar board and a cover arranged in a direction of a second axis line perpendicular to the first axis line, the movable component supported by the fixed component such that the movable component is rotatable about the second axis line within the fixed component. The lever device may further include arc-shaped guide grooves. The pair of support arm portions may respectively include projections that engage the guide grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiro Itokawa, Yo Aoki
  • Patent number: 9671814
    Abstract: A lever device in which a lid is mounted to an opening portion of a lever member without dropping down therefrom and with a good visual quality is disclosed. The lever device comprises a lever member swingably supported in a fixed system, an opening portion provided in the lever member to open in a radial direction, and a lid that is engaged to the opening portion to cover the opening portion therewith, wherein the lid is provided with a thin portion. Deflections are generated in such a manner as to concentrate on the thin portion of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Aoki, Hidekazu Wakita
  • Publication number: 20140000410
    Abstract: A lever device in which a lid is mounted to an opening portion of a lever member without dropping down therefrom and with a good visual quality is disclosed. The lever device comprises a lever member swingably supported in a fixed system, an opening portion provided in the lever member to open in a radial direction, and a lid that is engaged to the opening portion to cover the opening portion therewith, wherein the lid is provided with a thin portion. Deflections are generated in such a manner as to concentrate on the thin portion of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Yo Aoki, Hidekazu Wakita
  • Publication number: 20050066765
    Abstract: In an operation lever structure in which an operation lever 10 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 9 in a predetermined direction, a movable member 15 is engaged with a front end 12a of the operation lever 10, and the movable body 15 slidingly moves in a predetermined direction by a rotating operation of the operation lever 10, the operation lever 10 includes a lever main body 11 rotated in a predetermined direction by the support shaft 9, an arm 12 slidingly supported to the lever main body 11 a front end 12a of which is engaged in a concave section 15a of the movable member 15, and a compression coil spring 16 to regularly urge the arm 12 in the direction of the movable member, wherein an entire length of the arm 12 of the operation lever is varied corresponding to a rotating operation angle of the operation lever 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Toshiya Otani, Yo Aoki