Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Fukatsu
Yoshinobu Fukatsu 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).
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Patent number: 11262784Abstract: Provided is a resin pedal arm of which strength is further improved. A resin pedal arm 10 includes a hollow arm body 20. The arm body 20 includes a front wall portion 30, a rear wall portion 32 facing the front wall portion 30, a left wall portion 34 formed between left edges 30A, 32A of the front wall portion 30 and the rear wall portion 32 and having multiple first flat plate portions 38 arranged to bridge between the left edges 30A, 32A, and a right wall portion 36 formed between right edges 30B, 32B of the front wall portion 30 and the rear wall portion 32, having multiple second flat plate portions 40 arranged to bridge between the right edges 30B, 32B, and facing the left wall portion 34. The multiple second flat plate portions 40 are each present in multiple left opening areas S1 each provided between adjacent ones of the multiple first flat plate portions 38, as viewed in a direction in which the left wall portion 34 and the right wall portion 36 face each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Irie, Takumi Uno, Hideaki Sakai, Yoshinobu Fukatsu, Yoshihiko Mori
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Publication number: 20210349492Abstract: Provided is a resin pedal arm of which strength is further improved. A resin pedal arm 10 includes a hollow arm body 20. The arm body 20 includes a front wall portion 30, a rear wall portion 32 facing the front wall portion 30, a left wall portion 34 formed between left edges 30A, 32A of the front wall portion 30 and the rear wall portion 32 and having multiple first flat plate portions 38 arranged to bridge between the left edges 30A, 32A, and a right wall portion 36 formed between right edges 30B, 32B of the front wall portion 30 and the rear wall portion 32, having multiple second flat plate portions 40 arranged to bridge between the right edges 30B, 32B, and facing the left wall portion 34. The multiple second flat plate portions 40 are each present in multiple left opening areas S1 each provided between adjacent ones of the multiple first flat plate portions 38, as viewed in a direction in which the left wall portion 34 and the right wall portion 36 face each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Yoshihiro IRIE, Takumi UNO, Hideaki SAKAI, Yoshinobu FUKATSU, Yoshihiko MORI
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Patent number: 10067526Abstract: A vehicle operation pedal device including a pedal bracket attached to a vehicle, a pedal arm swingably supported by the pedal bracket about a substantially horizontal support axis, extending downward from the pedal bracket, and having at its lower end a pedal that is operated by being depressed with a foot, and an operation amount sensor disposed on the pedal bracket to detect a pedal arm operation amount, the vehicle operation pedal device having: a cover member including at least a lower wall portion extending from below the operation amount sensor toward a driver's seat and fixedly attached to the pedal bracket; and a reinforcing member made of a metal and fixedly attached to the pedal arm so as to be interposed between the lower wall portion and the operation amount sensor when in an initial state where the pedal arm is not operated by being depressed with the foot.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinobu Fukatsu, Masayuki Nagata, Shun Takamura
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Patent number: 9499138Abstract: A connecting pin fitting assistive device that prevents erroneous fitting in which, instead of a proper connecting pin, another connecting pin that is larger in length than the proper connecting pin is erroneously fitted, at the time of connecting a prescribed connecting member to a pedal arm via a connecting pin by passing the connecting pin through a connection hole formed in the pedal arm and retaining the connecting pin with use of a retaining member, the connecting pin fitting assistive device having a contact face disposed in a vicinity of the connection hole of the pedal arm and located at a position apart from a side face of the pedal arm by a protrusion restriction dimension S, and the connecting pin fitting assistive device bringing a distal end of the connecting pin passed through the connection hole into contact with the contact face, so that a protruding dimension by which the connecting pin protrudes from the side face of the pedal arm is restricted to the protrusion restriction dimension S, andType: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiro Takeshima, Yoshinobu Fukatsu
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Publication number: 20160259361Abstract: A vehicle operation pedal device including a pedal bracket attached to a vehicle, a pedal arm swingably supported by the pedal bracket about a substantially horizontal support axis, extending downward from the pedal bracket, and having at its lower end a pedal that is operated by being depressed with a foot, and an operation amount sensor disposed on the pedal bracket to detect a pedal arm operation amount, the vehicle operation pedal device having: a cover member including at least a lower wall portion extending from below the operation amount sensor toward a driver's seat and fixedly attached to the pedal bracket; and a reinforcing member made of a metal and fixedly attached to the pedal arm so as to be interposed between the lower wall portion and the operation amount sensor when in an initial state where the pedal arm is not operated by being depressed with the foot.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinobu FUKATSU, Masayuki NAGATA, Shun TAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20150158467Abstract: A connecting pin fitting assistive device that prevents erroneous fitting in which, instead of a proper connecting pin, another connecting pin that is larger in length than the proper connecting pin is erroneously fitted, at the time of connecting a prescribed connecting member to a pedal arm via a connecting pin by passing the connecting pin through a connection hole formed in the pedal arm and retaining the connecting pin with use of a retaining member, the connecting pin fitting assistive device having a contact face disposed in a vicinity of the connection hole of the pedal arm and located at a position apart from a side face of the pedal arm by a protrusion restriction dimension S, and the connecting pin fitting assistive device bringing a distal end of the connecting pin passed through the connection hole into contact with the contact face, so that a protruding dimension by which the connecting pin protrudes from the side face of the pedal arm is restricted to the protrusion restriction dimension S, andType: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2012Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro Takeshima, Yoshinobu Fukatsu