Patents by Inventor MASAAKI SHIMIBA

MASAAKI SHIMIBA 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: 20010001336
    Abstract: A wiper device for a vehicle disclosed is provided with a wiper motor, a wiper pivot connected to the wiper motor, and a pivot holder having a base portion attached to the vehicle body and a bearing hole pivotally supporting the wiper pivot in a rotatable manner. Here, the wiper pivot can rotate around the pivot axis thereof by using a drive force from the wiper motor and has a cutout portion, and the wiper pivot extends so as to project toward an outer side of the vehicle body. In such a structure, it is further structured such that a C ring engaged with the cutout portion of the wiper pivot is released from the cutout portion when a load equal to or more than a predetermined value acts on the wiper pivot. In this case, as a result, the wiper pivot is moved to an inner side of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Publication date: May 24, 2001
    Applicant: Toshio Kobayashi et al
    Inventors: TOSHIO KOBAYASHI, MASAMI GOTO, HIROSHI OHSAKI, HIROSHI KOJIMA, MASAAKI SHIMIBA