Patents by Inventor Kentaro Enomoto

Kentaro Enomoto 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: 20230296208
    Abstract: A gas container includes: a tubular container body having an internal space for storing gas; a connector attached to an end portion of the container body in a shaft direction and having a communication passage for allowing the internal space to communicate with an outside of the container body; and a storage member disposed in the internal space to absorb and release gas. The storage member has one of a recess portion and a projection portion which are provided on a radial outer surface thereof and engage with each other. The container body has the other of the recess portion and the projection portion which are provided on a radial inner surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Takuhiro KUMAGAI, Kentaro ENOMOTO, Masahide KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9434248
    Abstract: A fuel tank opening and closing device is equipped with a tank opening forming member equipped with an injection port forming member having an insertion path and a tank side path arranged outside and inside an injection port, an injection port opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the injection port, an insertion path forming member, and a drainage mechanism having a drainage path that connects the insertion path and the outside, and exhausts to the outside fuel that has accumulated inside the insertion path, and barrier members arranged on the drainage path. The barrier members are arranged with a labyrinth as the drainage path so that the insertion path cannot be seen from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hagano, Kentaro Enomoto, Go Oue
  • Publication number: 20140091095
    Abstract: A fuel tank opening and closing device is equipped with a tank opening forming member equipped with an injection port forming member having an insertion path and a tank side path arranged outside and inside an injection port, an injection port opening and closing mechanism for opening and closing the injection port, an insertion path forming member, and a drainage mechanism having a drainage path that connects the insertion path and the outside, and exhausts to the outside fuel that has accumulated inside the insertion path, and barrier members arranged on the drainage path. The barrier members are arranged with a labyrinth as the drainage path so that the insertion path cannot be seen from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki HAGANO, Kentaro ENOMOTO, Go OUE
  • Patent number: 7665624
    Abstract: The gasket is interposed between the seal face and the seal retaining portion of the fuel cap. The gasket has a first lip for pressing against the seal face, a second lip for pressing against the seal retaining portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first lip with the second lip; and is formed with a C-shaped cross section. An assist rib projects from the inside face of the second lip. The assist rib is formed so as to press the distal edge of the first lip towards the seal face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Enomoto, Hiroyuki Hagano, Masayuki Nakagawa, Eishin Mori
  • Publication number: 20070145056
    Abstract: The gasket is interposed between the seal face and the seal retaining portion of the fuel cap. The gasket has a first lip for pressing against the seal face, a second lip for pressing against the seal retaining portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first lip with the second lip; and is formed with a C-shaped cross section. An assist rib projects from the inside face of the second lip. The assist rib is formed so as to press the distal edge of the first lip towards the seal face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Enomoto, Hiroyuki Hagano, Masayuki Nakagawa, Eishin Mori