Patents by Inventor Junichi Kiyohara

Junichi Kiyohara 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: 11180178
    Abstract: Provided is a steering wheel including a dynamic damper mechanism which does not easily deteriorate over time, in which a resonance frequency to be damped does not easily change. An attaching structure for attaching an airbag device to a steering wheel incudes: a tubular guide member (51) passing through an opening of a fixing plate (25) of the airbag device; a hook (70, 80) engaging with a lock spring (53); a hollow holding member (67) fixed to a main body part (110) of the steering wheel and holding a base end portion (71) of the hook while restricting the base end portion (71) from moving toward a tip end portion (75) of the hook; and a return spring (61), and the base end portion (71) has a bottom portion being a convex spherical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi Kiyohara
  • Publication number: 20210039704
    Abstract: Provided is a steering wheel including a dynamic damper mechanism which does not easily deteriorate over time, in which a resonance frequency to be damped does not easily change. A attaching structure for attaching an airbag device to a steering wheel incudes: a tubular guide member (51) passing through an opening of a fixing plate (25) of the airbag device; a hook (70, 80) engaging with a lock spring (53); a hollow holding member (67) fixed to a main body part (110) of the steering wheel and holding a base end portion (71) of the hook while restricting the base end portion (71) from moving toward a tip end portion (75) of the hook; and a return spring (61), and the base end portion (71) has a bottom portion being a convex spherical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junichi KIYOHARA
  • Publication number: 20100224465
    Abstract: In a switch device, such as a horn switch device attached to a steering wheel, a water column is prevented from being formed between contact sections of a pair of contact points facing each other. A movable member (30) and a fixed member (40) of a horn switch device (20) are disposed in an opposed manner such that the movable member (30) on an upper side can be moved toward and away from the fixed member (40) on a lower side and such that it is urged upward by urging means (50). Furthermore, at least a pair of protruding contact points (35) and (45) are formed on the movable member (30) and the fixed member (40), at positions facing each other. By bringing them into contact with each other, the members (30) and (40) are electrically connected, closing a horn circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Hayashi, Kou Sasaki, Junichi Kiyohara