Patents by Inventor Atushi Yatuda

Atushi Yatuda 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: 6138414
    Abstract: A door glass run attaches to a door frame of a vehicle for guiding upward and downward movement of a glass window. In the door glass run of this invention, a plurality of grooves formed in the bottom surface of the door glass run extend lengthwise and are spaced widthwise from each other at predetermined intervals. According to one embodiment, the grooves are arranged so as to successively increase in cross-sectional areas thereof from a centermost groove or centermost grooves to outermost grooves. According to another embodiment, the bottom surface of the door glass run includes both a central surface portion that is flat and free of grooves and side surface portions, which are formed on opposite side walls of the flat central surface portion and have grooves formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ohmori, Masanori Aritake, Atushi Yatuda