Patents by Inventor Seiji Sasa

Seiji Sasa 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: 9551176
    Abstract: A door hinge for an automobile includes a first bracket fixed to a body, a second bracket fixed to a door, and a hinge pin, the first bracket including a base plate portion having a bolt hole, a pair of arm plate portions standing up from upper and lower edges of one end part, on the door side, of the base plate portion and supporting the hinge pin, and a pair of rib portions extending from the arm plate portion and standing up from the upper and lower edges of the base plate portion so as to oppose each other with the bolt hole interposed therebetween, wherein opposite end parts, perpendicular to the extending direction of the rib portion, of the base plate portion are open, and the rib portion is formed so as to have a thickness larger than a thickness of the arm plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Rikenkaki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Sasa, Manabu Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20150368945
    Abstract: A door hinge for an automobile includes a first bracket fixed to a body, a second bracket fixed to a door, and a hinge pin, the first bracket including a base plate portion having a bolt hole, a pair of arm plate portions standing up from upper and lower edges of one end part, on the door side, of the base plate portion and supporting the hinge pin, and a pair of rib portions extending from the arm plate portion and standing up from the upper and lower edges of the base plate portion so as to oppose each other with the bolt hole interposed therebetween, wherein opposite end parts, perpendicular to the extending direction of the rib portion, of the base plate portion are open, and the rib portion is formed so as to have a thickness larger than a thickness of the arm plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Seiji SASA, Manabu OCHIAI
  • Publication number: 20090293228
    Abstract: A door hinge with a checker is provided which has hinge members firmly fixed to a body and a door relatively rotatably coupled with hinge pins and the checker provided between the hinge members, wherein flexibility of a form of the hinge members is increased by rendering the checker placeable in a direction along axis lines of the hinge pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Seiji Sasa