Patents by Inventor Seiji Ohgami

Seiji Ohgami 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).

  • Fuel gas filler structure for gas-fueled vehicle
    Patent number: 6655424
    Abstract: An inexpensive fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle enables the connection between a ground line and a ground connection portion of the vehicle before the insertion of a fuel gas filler nozzle into a fuel gas filler receptacle. The fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle comprises a fuel gas filler receptacle to which a fuel gas filler nozzle of an external fuel gas filling station is to be connected, a fuel filler lid which is opened or closed, by a fuel filler lid opener, for selectively covering the fuel gas filler receptacle, a ground connection portion to which a ground line of the fuel gas filling station is to be connected, and a ground connection lid which is opened or closed for selectively covering the ground connection portion, wherein an operating section of the fuel filler lid opener is disposed in a region which is covered by the ground connection lid in a closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, Seiji Ohgami
  • FUEL GAS FILLER STRUCTURE FOR GAS-FUELED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20030188798
    Abstract: An inexpensive fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle enables the connection between a ground line and a ground connection portion of the vehicle before the insertion of a fuel gas filler nozzle into a fuel gas filler receptacle. The fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle comprises a fuel gas filler receptacle to which a fuel gas filler nozzle of an external fuel gas filling station is to be connected, a fuel filler lid which is opened or closed, by a fuel filler lid opener, for selectively covering the fuel gas filler receptacle, a ground connection portion to which a ground line of the fuel gas filling station is to be connected, and a ground connection lid which is opened or closed for selectively covering the ground connection portion, wherein an operating section of the fuel filler lid opener is disposed in a region which is covered by the ground connection lid in a closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, Seiji Ohgami