Patents by Inventor Hikaru Kiyota

Hikaru Kiyota 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: 11827084
    Abstract: A sun visor holder includes a base portion and leg portion. The leg portion includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion that are vertically disposed from the base portion and face each other. The first wall portion includes a first engaging piece provided with a release portion. The second wall portion includes a pair of second engaging pieces whose base end portions are connected to a tip end side of the second wall portion, and a vertical wall that is disposed between the pair of second engaging pieces and extends in a vertical direction of the second wall portion. Groove portions that extend in the vertical direction of the second wall portion and thin the second wall portion are formed on the second wall portion between each of the second engaging pieces and the vertical wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Sotome, Hikaru Kiyota
  • Publication number: 20220333626
    Abstract: There is provided a fastener for attaching a component having a rail groove to an attachment member, the fastener including: a coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the component; and a fixing portion that supports the coupling portion and that is configured to be fixed to the attachment member. The coupling portion includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the rail groove, and an elastic piece located at a position shifted from the insertion portion in an insertion direction. The elastic piece includes a locking portion that is configured to be locked to the component to restrict the insertion portion from coming out of the rail groove, the elastic piece configured to abut against and urge the component in a bent state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Hikaru KIYOTA
  • Publication number: 20220274469
    Abstract: A sun visor holder includes a base portion and leg portion. The leg portion includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion that are vertically disposed from the base portion and face each other. The first wall portion includes a first engaging piece provided with a release portion. The second wall portion includes a pair of second engaging pieces whose base end portions are connected to a tip end side of the second wall portion, and a vertical wall that is disposed between the pair of second engaging pieces and extends in a vertical direction of the second wall portion. Groove portions that extend in the vertical direction of the second wall portion and thin the second wall portion are formed on the second wall portion between each of the second engaging pieces and the vertical wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro SOTOME, Hikaru KIYOTA
  • Publication number: 20210284248
    Abstract: There is provided a hole plug including: a body portion including a cover flange portion that covers an opening, an insertion portion that is inserted into the opening, and at least one pair of engagement portions that is engaged with a back side peripheral edge of the opening; and a thermosoftening resin member that is fixed to a back side peripheral edge of the cover flange portion and that is configured to be heated and melted so as to fix the cover flange portion to a predetermined member. The thermosoftening resin member includes an extension portion extending obliquely outward toward the predetermined member, and the extension portion is elastically abutted against a front side of the predetermined member in a state where the engagement portion is engaged with the back side peripheral edge of the opening before melting of the thermosoftening resin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicants: PIOLAX, INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hikaru KIYOTA, Nobuyuki NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: D878191
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Hikaru Kiyota