Patents by Inventor Kimihiro Iimura

Kimihiro Iimura 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: 20170137954
    Abstract: A plated resin product includes a resin base including main plated portions and an auxiliary plated portion and metal films respectively arranged on the main plated portions and the auxiliary plated portion. The main plated portions are arranged next to one another. One of the two main plated portions located at two ends in a direction in which the main plated portions are arranged includes an edge at a portion located at a side of the main plated portion that is far from an adjacent one of the main plated portions. The auxiliary plated portion is located farther from the adjacent main plated portion than the main plated portion including the edge and spaced apart from that main plated portion. The metal film on the auxiliary plated portion is located at a section of the auxiliary plated portion that is non-visible when the product is viewed from the front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Moriyuki HASHIMOTO, Yosuke MARUOKA, Tatsuya OBA, Kimihiro IIMURA
  • Patent number: 9586547
    Abstract: A front grille includes a grille body having vertical fins and lateral fins each having a decorative surface formed on the front surface. The grille body has an attachment portion to which a decorative molding having a decorative surface formed on the front surface is attached. The front grille is used in one of a form in which the molding is attached to the grille body via the attachment portion and a form without such a molding. The attachment portion of the front grille is arranged behind the front surface of each lateral fin and configured by an engagement portion. A claw portion, which projects from a rear portion of the molding, is inserted into and engaged with the engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhki Maji, Tatsuya Oba, Kimihiro Iimura
  • Patent number: 9533627
    Abstract: A vehicular decorative member is curved as a forward-bulging shape, and includes a transparent base, a transferred layer, a metallic layer, and a base layer. The transparent base includes a front face, and a rear face. The transparent base's rear face has an ordinary section, and a recessed section. The transferred layer, the metallic layer, and the base layer are disposed on the transparent base's rear-face side in this order. The vehicular decorative member further includes a transfer sheet turning into the transferred layer. The transfer sheet includes a support film, and an adhesive layer, a decorative layer and a release layer that are formed on the support film in this order. The transfer sheet makes the transferred layer when the support film is removed from the release layer after pressing the transfer sheet onto the transparent base's ordinary section while heating the transfer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sugiura, Hideto Maeda, Kimihiro Iimura, Daiichiro Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20160229223
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a decorative molding with a capability to decorate a large component to be decorated. The method includes pressing a heated pressing member against an area to be decorated having a plurality of spaced-apart surface sections to be decorated, with a transfer sheet interposed between the pressing member and the area to be decorated, to transfer decorative layers to the surface section to be decorated. The area to be decorated has a maximum width of not less than 400 mm. The pressing member has a pressing surface configured to come in contact with the transfer sheet and constituted by a rubber piece shaped into a flat plate. The rubber piece has a hardness of not more than 80 degrees and a thickness of not less than 3 mm, and is curved to fit a general surface shape of the area to be decorated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Takushi KAJITANI, Kimihiro IIMURA, Shojiro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150210235
    Abstract: A front grille includes a grille body having vertical fins and lateral fins each having a decorative surface formed on the front surface. The grille body has an attachment portion to which a decorative molding having a decorative surface formed on the front surface is attached. The front grille is used in one of a form in which the molding is attached to the grille body via the attachment portion and a form without such a molding. The attachment portion of the front grille is arranged behind the front surface of each lateral fin and configured by an engagement portion. A claw portion, which projects from a rear portion of the molding, is inserted into and engaged with the engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Yuhki MAJI, Tatsuya OBA, Kimihiro IIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150086731
    Abstract: A vehicular decorative member is curved as a forward-bulging shape, and includes a transparent base, a transferred layer, a metallic layer, and a base layer. The transparent base includes a front face, and a rear face. The transparent base's rear face has an ordinary section, and a recessed section. The transferred layer, the metallic layer, and the base layer are disposed on the transparent base's rear-face side in this order. The vehicular decorative member further includes a transfer sheet turning into the transferred layer. The transfer sheet includes a support film, and an adhesive layer, a decorative layer and a release layer that are formed on the support film in this order. The transfer sheet makes the transferred layer when the support film is removed from the release layer after pressing the transfer sheet onto the transparent base's ordinary section while heating the transfer sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUGIURA, Hideto MAEDA, Kimihiro IIMURA, Daiichiro KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 8287990
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radio wave transmission cover, which is provided in front of a radar device for vehicles, and a method of manufacturing the radio wave transmission cover. In the radio wave transmission cover, cover-side wall surfaces (50) are formed in a second cover layer (35) at positions adjacent to each other. Furthermore, substrate-side wall surfaces (60), which have shapes complementary to the cover-side wall surfaces (50), are formed in a substrate layer (4), which is provided on the rear surface of the second cover layer (35). The cover-side wall surfaces (50) and the corresponding substrate-side wall surfaces (60) are engaged to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Maeda, Daiichiro Kawashima, Kimihiro Iimura, Koji Kuno, Mamoru Kato, Takayasu Ido, Muneo Furutani, Tetsuya Fujii
  • Publication number: 20080254162
    Abstract: It includes an electroformed shell 6, which has a molding surface 60 and is formed by electroforming processing, a media flow path 2 for circulating a heat medium so as to perform temperature adjustment on the molding surface 60 formed in the electroformed shell 6, a backing member 71 with which the electroformed shell 6 is backed, and media conveying paths 74, respectively provided in an upstream-side end portion 21 and a downstream-side end portion 21, for flowing a heat medium into or out of the media flow path 2. A connecting jig 1 for connecting the media flow path 2 and the media conveying paths 74 is embedded in the electroformed shell 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimihiro Iimura, Muneo Furutani, Shoji Araki, Nobuyoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20080233367
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radio wave transmission cover, which is provided in front of a radar device for vehicles, and a method of manufacturing the radio wave transmission cover. In the radio wave transmission cover, cover-side wall surfaces (50) are formed in a second cover layer (35) at positions adjacent to each other. Furthermore, substrate-side wall surfaces (60), which have shapes complementary to the cover-side wall surfaces (50), are formed in a substrate layer (4), which is provided on the rear surface of the second cover layer (35). The cover-side wall surfaces (50) and the corresponding substrate-side wall surfaces (60) are engaged to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Maeda, Daiichiro Kawashima, Kimihiro Iimura, Koji Kuno, Mamoru Kato, Takayasu Ido, Muneo Furutani, Tetsuya Fujii
  • Patent number: 5879611
    Abstract: A mold for integrally molding a cover and a pad on a steering wheel. The mold includes a first mold and a second mold relatively movable to the first mold. The first and second molds are separated from each other to place a metal core between the first and second molds. The first and second molds are then joined with each other to define a first cavity for molding the cover. Afterwards, the first and second molds are separated from each other to remove the metal core and the cover. A float core is located between the first and second molds. The float core cooperates with the first and second molds to define a second cavity for integrally molding the pad with the cover when the first and second molds are joined with each other. A pivoting mechanism pivots the float core to remove the steering wheel from the molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Takahashi, Kimihiro Iimura