Patents by Inventor Kiyoaki Higashino

Kiyoaki Higashino 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).

  • Method of assembling steering columns
    Publication number: 20050223838
    Abstract: A method of assembling steering columns. The assembling method includes the steps of forming a cylindrical column jacket 3, forming a pair of joint projections 4a and 4b comprising inner surfaces 4c and 4d conforming to an outer surface 3a of the column jacket 3 on a distance bracket 4, temporary fitting the projections 4a and 4b of the distance bracket 4 to the outer surface 3a of the column jacket 3, and crimping the projections 4a and 4b into the outer surface 3 of the column jacket 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Higashino, Tetsuya Koike