Patents by Inventor Kazuki KAKIHARA

Kazuki KAKIHARA 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: 20240131908
    Abstract: A sunroof water drainage member, which is I-shaped and mounted to lie across a sunroof opening, and has a body portion extending the vehicle width, and a pair of water drainage portions on both sides of the body portion in the vehicle width direction. Each water drainage portion may have a main portion connected to the body portion and extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a first tip end portion connected to a front end of the main portion in the longitudinal direction; a second tip end portion connected to a rear end of the main portion in the longitudinal direction; and a first wall portion positioned on the opposite side of the main portion to the body portion in the vehicle width direction, and at least a part of the first tip end portion and part of the second tip end portion are each positioned below the main portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventor: Kazuki KAKIHARA
  • Patent number: 11358455
    Abstract: A deflector device capable of holding a mesh support across a straight portion and a corner portion of a holding member without a through-hole being formed in the corner portion of the holding member. A corner-side recess, which receives a hook portion and is formed as a concavity in which a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to a direction of extension of a corner portion is open on a lower side, is formed in said corner portion. A pair of facing inside surfaces of the corner-side recess are configured to pinch and hold the hook portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Toru Shibue, Kazuki Kakihara
  • Publication number: 20210206249
    Abstract: A deflector device capable of holding a mesh support across a straight portion and a corner portion of a holding member without a through-hole being formed in the corner portion of the holding member. A corner-side recess, which receives a hook portion and is formed as a concavity in which a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to a direction of extension of a corner portion is open on a lower side, is formed in said corner portion. A pair of facing inside surfaces of the corner-side recess are configured to pinch and hold the hook portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Toru SHIBUE, Kazuki KAKIHARA