Patents by Inventor Kousuke Katsumata

Kousuke Katsumata 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: 9566847
    Abstract: A rear opening is provided in the rear part of a vehicle, and a tailgate opens and closes the rear opening. A spoiler is provided at the upper end of the tailgate. Deflectors are provided below the spoiler. The deflectors extend downward along the outer surface of the tail gate from the lower surface of the spoiler and are disposed at positions offset by a predetermined distance from the opposite ends in the vehicle width direction of the spoiler toward a central portion in the vehicle width direction of the spoiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujiwara, Kenichi Hori, Eiji Kimura, Kousuke Katsumata, Yuta Endo
  • Publication number: 20160272052
    Abstract: A rear opening is provided in the rear part of a vehicle, and a tailgate opens and closes the rear opening. A spoiler is provided at the upper end of the tailgate. Deflectors are provided below the spoiler. The deflectors extend downward along the outer surface of the tail gate from the lower surface of the spoiler and are disposed at positions offset by a predetermined distance from the opposite ends in the vehicle width direction of the spoiler toward a central portion in the vehicle width direction of the spoiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Fujiwara, Kenichi Hori, Eiji Kimura, Kousuke Katsumata, Yuta Endo
  • Patent number: 8979166
    Abstract: A fender panel mounting structure for a vehicle is configured so that a fender panel can be removed without detaching the corner glass of a non-opening window. The fender panel mounting structure has the triangular non-opening window provided between a front pillar and an outside panel. A protrusion covering the upper frame member of the front pillar is formed at the upper edge of the fender panel covering the outer surface of the outside panel. A flange protruding to the inner surface side of the non-opening window from a side edge of the protrusion, the side edge facing the non-opening window, is provided on the protrusion. A clip having a slit extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is provided at the opening edge of the non-opening window at a position corresponding to the flange. The flange is engaged in a releasable manner with the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamanaka, Masashige Iseki, Kousuke Katsumata, Noriaki Masuta
  • Publication number: 20140367997
    Abstract: A fender panel mounting structure for a vehicle is configured so that a fender panel can be removed without detaching the corner glass of a non-opening window. The fender panel mounting structure has the triangular non-opening window provided between the lower part of a front pillar and an outside panel. A protrusion covering the upper frame member of the front pillar is formed at the upper edge of the fender panel covering the outer surface of the outside panel. A flange protruding to the inner surface side of the non-opening window from a side edge of the protrusion, the side edge facing the non-opening window, is provided on the protrusion. A clip having a slit extending in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is provided at the opening edge of the non-opening window at a position corresponding to the flange. The flange is engaged in a releasable manner with the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD,
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamanaka, Masashige Iseki, Kousuke Katsumata, Noriaki Masuta
  • Publication number: 20130257070
    Abstract: A bumper structure includes a bumper beam that extends in a vehicle width direction and a bumper absorber that is provided along a front surface of the bumper beam and that has an opening in a top center portion of the bumper absorber in the vehicle width direction. The bumper beam includes a center portion that extends parallel to the vehicle width direction and a pair of oblique portions that obliquely extend backward and outward in the vehicle width direction from respective ends of the center portion. The bumper absorber includes a pair of load receiving portions outside the opening in the vehicle width direction, and the load receiving portions are arranged at positions corresponding to a pair of bent portions that are formed at boundaries between the center portion and the respective oblique portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ebara, Kousuke Katsumata