Patents by Inventor Ryo Tsuruo

Ryo Tsuruo 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: 6435605
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof has a tilting lid provided at a front part of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle. The tilting lid is adapted to be moved vertically at a rear end thereof with lifter mechanisms. A sliding lid is provided at a rear part of the opening supported by sliders adapted to be moved along guide rails disposed on both side edge portions of the opening and is constructed so as to be moved longitudinally through such movements of the sliders. The lifter mechanisms are provided in such a manner as to be oriented laterally at portions facing a rear end of the tilting lid on a laterally oriented cross member disposed so as to extend between front end portions of the left and right guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignees: Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Tsuruo, Kenichi Kuriyama, Masaki Ohmori, Nobuo Ito, Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Masanobu Ohtsu, Hiroshi Okada, Yoshihiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6361104
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof has a tilting lid provided at a front part of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle. The tilting lid is adapted to be moved vertically at a rear end thereof with lifter mechanisms. A sliding lid is provided at a rear part of the opening supported by sliders adapted to be moved along guide rails disposed on both side edge portions of the opening and is constructed so as to be moved longitudinally through such movements of the sliders. The lifter mechanisms are provided in such a manner as to be oriented laterally at portions facing a rear end of the tilting lid on a laterally oriented cross member disposed so as to extend between front end portions of the left and right guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignees: Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Tsuruo, Kenichi Kuriyama, Masaki Ohmori, Nobuo Ito, Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Masanobu Ohtsu, Hiroshi Okada, Yoshihiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6312047
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof has a tilting lid provided at a front part of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle. The tilting lid is adapted to be moved vertically at a rear end thereof with lifter mechanisms. A sliding lid is provided at a rear part of the opening supported by sliders adapted to be moved along guide rails disposed on both side edge portions of the opening and is constructed so as to be moved longitudinally through such movements of the sliders. The lifter mechanisms are provided in such a manner as to be oriented laterally at portions facing a rear end of the tilting lid on a laterally oriented cross member disposed so as to extend between front end portions of the left and right guide rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignees: Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Tsuruo, Kenichi Kuriyama, Masaki Ohmori, Nobuo Ito, Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Masanobu Ohtsu, Hiroshi Okada, Yoshihiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20010028182
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof has a tilting lid provided at a front part of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle. The tilting lid is adapted to be moved vertically at a rear end thereof with lifter mechanisms. A sliding lid is provided at a rear part of the opening supported by sliders adapted to be moved along guide rails disposed on both side edge portions of the opening and is constructed so as to be moved longitudinally through such movements of the sliders. The lifter mechanisms are provided in such a manner as to be oriented laterally at portions facing a rear end of the tilting lid on a laterally oriented cross member disposed so as to extend between front end portions of the left and right guide rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Ryo Tsuruo, Kenichi Kuriyama, Masaki Ohmori, Nobuo Ito, Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Masanobu Ohtsu, Hiroshi Okada, Yoshihiro Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20010028180
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof has a tilting lid provided at a front part of an opening formed in a roof of a vehicle. The tilting lid is adapted to be moved vertically at a rear end thereof with lifter mechanisms. A sliding lid is provided at a rear part of the opening supported by sliders adapted to be moved along guide rails disposed on both side edge portions of the opening and is constructed so as to be moved longitudinally through such movements of the sliders. The lifter mechanisms are provided in such a manner as to be oriented laterally at portions facing a rear end of the tilting lid on a laterally oriented cross member disposed so as to extend between front end portions of the left and right guide rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Ryo Tsuruo, Kenichi Kuriyama, Masaki Ohmori, Nobuo Ito, Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Masanobu Ohtsu, Hiroshi Okada, Yoshihiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6186588
    Abstract: A sunroof device for vehicles uses rods in place of the cable, which is inserted in a guide rail in the convention sunroof device. In addition to guide members, a shoe is provided at a predetermined position on each rod such that the shoe is located closer to the inner wall of the guide rail than the outer peripheral surface of the rod when viewed in cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryo Tsuruo
  • Patent number: 5088777
    Abstract: A lock device for locking a detachable roof to a car body, which a housing mounted to the detachable roof, the housing defining a certain clearance through which the interior of the housing is exposed to the outside of the housing; a handle lever including a base portion pivotally arranged in the housing and a grip portion projected into the outside of the housing, the base portion being formed with a curved guide slot which has at least a locking part; a lock member linked to the handle lever in such a manner that, when the handle lever is pivoted to a lock position, the lock member becomes operative and, when the handle lever is pivoted to an unlock position, the lock member becomes inoperative; a guide pin movably received in the housing and slidably engaged with the curved guide slot of the handle lever, the guide pin suppressing the handle lever from pivoting from the lock position toward the unlock position when received in the locking part of the guide slot; a slide member incorporated with the guide p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomio Ono, Ryo Tsuruo, Hiromi Koyama, Ryoji Fujihara