Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Yokota

Nobuhiko Yokota 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: 10099824
    Abstract: A dual swing lid mechanism includes a base section and a lid openable and closable with respect to the base section. The lid includes a lid main body section, an arm section, a first supporting shaft, and a second supporting shaft. The lid main body section has a lock mechanism including a first rod engageable with the arm section and a second rod engageable with the base section. The lid changes among a closed state; a first opened state of opening a containing section with the first supporting shaft as a center; and a second opened state of opening the containing section with the second supporting shaft as the center. The first rod engages with the arm section in the closed state and the first opened state and disengages from the arm section in the second opened state. The second rod engages with the base section in the closed state and the second opened state and disengages from the base section in the first opened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Nobuhiko Yokota, Hitoshi Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20170267421
    Abstract: A dual swing lid mechanism includes a base section and a lid openable and closable with respect to the base section. The lid includes a lid main body section, an arm section, a first supporting shaft, and a second supporting shaft. The lid main body section has a lock mechanism including a first rod engageable with the arm section and a second rod engageable with the base section. The lid changes among a closed state; a first opened state of opening a containing section with the first supporting shaft as a center; and a second opened state of opening the containing section with the second supporting shaft as the center. The first rod engages with the arm section in the closed state and the first opened state and disengages from the arm section in the second opened state. The second rod engages with the base section in the closed state and the second opened state and disengages from the base section in the first opened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Nobuhiko YOKOTA, Hitoshi FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 9586731
    Abstract: A lid opening/closing mechanism includes an arm, an arc-shaped gear, a first fixed gear, a damper, a second fixed gear, and a tension spring. The arm is disposed integrally to project from the lid to swing about a swing center as the lid opens and closes. The arc-shaped gear is formed in the arm. The first fixed gear is disposed in the body, and meshes with the arc-shaped gear. The damper is disposed in the arm, and includes a damper gear. The second fixed gear is disposed in the body, is formed along a movement locus of the damper moving as the lid moves to open and close, and meshes with the damper gear. The tension spring is disposed between the body and the arc-shaped gear to urge the lid in an opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sawada, Nobuhiko Yokota, Kunihito Kondo
  • Patent number: 9561745
    Abstract: There is provided a cup holder including a holder body, an opening formed in a side wall of the holder body, a support supported on the side wall so as to advance into or retreat from a storage space through the opening, and a leaf spring disposed between the support and the side wall and biasing the support in a direction in which the support advances into the storage space. The support has a turning shaft serving as a center of swinging of the support and a swinging portion swinging around the turning shaft by turning of the turning shaft. On a peripheral edge of the opening formed in the side wall, a nipped portion protrudes to the outside of the side wall and swingably holds the support by being nipped between the turning shaft and the swinging portion while the support advances or retreats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sawada, Nobuhiko Yokota, Tomoyuki Nakayama, Kunihito Kondo
  • Publication number: 20160362029
    Abstract: A cup holder device of the present invention includes an advancing and retracting mechanism configured to move a drawer member between an advance position to which the drawer member is advanced from an opening, and a retraction position to which the drawer member is retracted into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Nobuhiko YOKOTA, Kenji ASANO
  • Patent number: 9415741
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes a base member including a door portion and a cover member adhered to a surface of the base member by an adhesive layer. The door portion includes an end that is opened by an inflation pressure of an airbag. The end of the door portion forms a base member end together with an end of a base member body of the base member. The adhesive layer has an adhesive force set so that the cover member that covers a portion of the base member body that is adjacent to the door portion is separated from the adjacent portion as the door portion opens when pushed by the inflation pressure of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Yokota, Chiharu Totani, Minoru Toda, Kenji Shibayama
  • Patent number: 9221581
    Abstract: A cup holder has a height adjuster that includes a lock member turnably held by the tray, a guide groove that is formed on a sidewall of the holder body and that enables the lock member to move in a perpendicular direction, a lower latch recessed portion and an upper latch recessed portion that are formed on a groove side surface which faces the guide groove on the sidewall and that cause the tray to be held at a lower position or an upper position by latching the lock member, a latch energizing member that energizes the lock member to a latch direction for latching the lock member with the lower latch recessed portion or the upper latch recessed portion, an operation member that cancels latch of the lock member with the lower latch recessed portion when the tray is located at the lower position, and a movement energizing member that energizes the tray upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Yokota, Hitoshi Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20150274383
    Abstract: A lid opening/closing mechanism includes an arm, an arc-shaped gear, a first fixed gear, a damper, a second fixed gear, and a tension spring. The arm is disposed integrally to project from the lid to swing about a swing center as the lid opens and closes. The arc-shaped gear is formed in the arm. The first fixed gear is disposed in the body, and meshes with the arc-shaped gear. The damper is disposed in the arm, and includes a damper gear. The second fixed gear is disposed in the body, is formed along a movement locus of the damper moving as the lid moves to open and close, and meshes with the damper gear. The tension spring is disposed between the body and the arc-shaped gear to urge the lid in an opening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi SAWADA, Nobuhiko YOKOTA, Kunihito KONDO
  • Publication number: 20150274112
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes a base member including a door portion and a cover member adhered to a surface of the base member by an adhesive layer. The door portion includes an end that is opened by an inflation pressure of an airbag. The end of the door portion forms a base member end together with an end of a base member body of the base member. The adhesive layer has an adhesive force set so that the cover member that covers a portion of the base member body that is adjacent to the door portion is separated from the adjacent portion as the door portion opens when pushed by the inflation pressure of the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Yokota, Chiharu Totani, Minoru Toda, Kenji Shibayama
  • Publication number: 20150251582
    Abstract: There is provided a cup holder including a holder body, an opening formed in a side wall of the holder body, a support supported on the side wall so as to advance into or retreat from a storage space through the opening, and a leaf spring disposed between the support and the side wall and biasing the support in a direction in which the support advances into the storage space. The support has a turning shaft serving as a center of swinging of the support and a swinging portion swinging around the turning shaft by turning of the turning shaft. On a peripheral edge of the opening formed in the side wall, a nipped portion protrudes to the outside of the side wall and swingably holds the support by being nipped between the turning shaft and the swinging portion while the support advances or retreats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Shinichi SAWADA, Nobuhiko YOKOTA, Tomoyuki NAKAYAMA, Kunihito KONDO
  • Publication number: 20150201780
    Abstract: A cup holder has a height adjuster that includes a lock member turnably held by the tray, a guide groove that is formed on a sidewall of the holder body and that enables the lock member to move in a perpendicular direction, a lower latch recessed portion and an upper latch recessed portion that are formed on a groove side surface which faces the guide groove on the sidewall and that cause the tray to be held at a lower position or an upper position by latching the lock member, a latch energizing member that energizes the lock member to a latch direction for latching the lock member with the lower latch recessed portion or the upper latch recessed portion, an operation member that cancels latch of the lock member with the lower latch recessed portion when the tray is located at the lower position, and a movement energizing member that energizes the tray upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Nobuhiko YOKOTA, Hitoshi FUJISAWA
  • Patent number: 4746827
    Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor including an iron core having collar portions at both end portions thereof, and a magnet placed on the outer periphery of said iron core. The magnet is held at both end portions thereof between the collar portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1988
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Izumi Ochiai, Hideo Hashida, Yoshio Asahino, Nobuhiko Yokota