Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Toshitsuna

Noriyuki Toshitsuna 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).

  • Vehicle door outer handle device
    Patent number: 8359712
    Abstract: In a vehicle door outer handle device, an inwardly recessed housing recess is provided in a base member fixed to a vehicle door; an outer handle having an operation portion is pivotably supported on the base member while being able to pivot to an operated position in accordance with pulling of the operation portion and being spring-biased toward a non-operated position side, at least part of the operation portion being disposed in the housing recess; and a cylinder lock is mounted on the base member so that a key hole is covered at least in a state in which the outer handle is in the non-operated position. In the outer handle device, a cover member is detachably mounted on the base member so as to cover the key hole, the cover member being formed as a separate body from the outer handle so as to form part of the housing recess while forming a design surface of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tadashi Saitou, Teruo Yamazaki, Takashi Ogawa, Noriyuki Toshitsuna, Katsuya Ashizawa
  • VEHICLE DOOR OUTER HANDLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100293753
    Abstract: In a vehicle door outer handle device, an inwardly recessed housing recess is provided in a base member fixed to a vehicle door; an outer handle having an operation portion is pivotably supported on the base member while being able to pivot to an operated position in accordance with pulling of the operation portion and being spring-biased toward a non-operated position side, at least part of the operation portion being disposed in the housing recess; and a cylinder lock is mounted on the base member so that a key hole is covered at least in a state in which the outer handle is in the non-operated position. In the outer handle device, a cover member is detachably mounted on the base member so as to cover the key hole, the cover member being formed as a separate body from the outer handle so as to form part of the housing recess while forming a design surface of the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA HONDA LOCK, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Saitou, Teruo Yamazaki, Takashi Ogawa, Noriyuki Toshitsuna, Katsuya Ashizawa