Patents by Inventor Shigehito Horiuchi
Shigehito Horiuchi 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).
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Patent number: 8814256Abstract: Provided is a mounting structure for mounting a film-shaped electric device to a glass panel, comprising: a resin panel attached to a surface of the film-shaped electric device to form a panel-shaped electric device having first and second edges; and first and second retaining members attached to one surface of the glass panel in correspondence with the first and second edges of the panel-shaped electric device, respectively, each first and second retaining member defining a groove such that the groove opens toward a region of the glass panel to be covered by the panel-shaped electric device, wherein the panel-shaped electric device is retained by the first and second retaining members with the first and second edges of the panel-shaped electric device being received in the corresponding grooves such that the surface of the film-shaped electric device having the resin panel attached thereto faces away from the glass panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuaki Uehara, Shigehito Horiuchi, Junya Yoshioka, Tsutomu Iwaya
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Patent number: 8303031Abstract: There is provided a sunroof device which can suppress any forgetfulness of closing of a roof panel through a simple switch manipulation when a shade panel is closed. The sunroof device has the roof panel which is driven by a roof-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a roof-panel opening/closing switch, and the shade panel which is driven by a shade-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a shade panel opening/closing switch. The roof-panel motor is driven together with the shade-panel motor to actuate the roof panel in the closed direction interlocking with the shade panel upon the shade-panel opening/closing switch receiving a manipulation input in the closed direction in a condition other than a condition in which both roof panel and shade panel are fully closed, and the roof panel is fully closed upon the shade panel becoming fully closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehito Horiuchi, Ryosuke Noro
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Patent number: 8152229Abstract: A sunroof apparatus for opening or closing an opening formed on a fixed roof of an automobile includes: a movable front panel and a movable rear panel both provided in the fixed roof; a panel frame made of engineering plastic and attached around one of the panels; a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached around the panel frame attached around the one of the panels; a panel frame made of the engineering plastic and attached on a periphery end section of other one of the panels, the other one of the panels having a butt end section and the periphery end section; and a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached to the panel frame attached to the other one of the panels, wherein the opening is closed when the weatherstrip of the one of the panels and the butt end section of the other one of the panels butt against each other. This structure can enhance efficiency in molding weatherstrips since the weatherstrip attached around the two panels are in a hollow structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignees: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehito Horiuchi, Kouichi Hotta, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masayuki Daio
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Patent number: 8052207Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an interlocking mechanism of panels of a guide rail for roof panel and a guide rail for sunshade panel even in a case where both guide rails are mutually different in curvature. The interlocking mechanism enables the sunshade panel to move independently in an opening direction in either case of opening and closing of the roof panel, and prevent the sunshade panel from moving independently in a closing direction relative to the roof panel. The interlocking mechanism comprises an engaging member provided in the roof panel and an engaged member provided in the sunshade panel to engage with the engaging member. The engaging member and the engaged member are constituted to engage with each other in an upper-and-lower direction such that a relative position thereof varies according to a change of positional deviation between the first guide rail and the second guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehito Horiuchi, Takashi Kato
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Patent number: 7866741Abstract: The present invention provides a deflector including a blade along a front edge of an opening of a fixed roof, movable upward and downward when the opening is opened and closed; a deflector arm whose one end is coupled to a frame on a vehicle body and whose other end is rotatably coupled to the blade via a first coupling shaft; a link arm whose one end is coupled to the frame on the vehicle body and whose other end is rotatably coupled to the blade via a second coupling shaft; and urging means for permanently urging a force to displace the blade upward. A cam member including first and second cam slots is provided on the frame on the vehicle body, a middle portion of the link arm is slidably engaged via a first pin with the first cam slot and one end of the link arm is slidably engaged via a second pin with the second cam slot, and the blade is housed in a laid down state with its upper portion displaced backward, and gradually stands up as displaced upward from a position where the blade is housed.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehito Horiuchi, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto
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Publication number: 20100327632Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an interlocking mechanism of panels of a guide rail for roof panel and a guide rail for sunshade panel even in a case where both guide rails are mutually different in curvature. The interlocking mechanism enables the sunshade panel to move independently in an opening direction in either case of opening and closing of the roof panel, and prevent the sunshade panel from moving independently in a closing direction relative to the roof panel. The interlocking mechanism comprises an engaging member provided in the roof panel and an engaged member provided in the sunshade panel to engage with the engaging member. The engaging member and the engaged member are constituted to engage with each other in an upper-and-lower direction such that a relative position thereof varies according to a change of positional deviation between the first guide rail and the second guide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehito Horiuchi, Takashi Kato
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Publication number: 20100308627Abstract: There is provided a sunroof device which can suppress any forgetfulness of closing of a roof panel through a simple switch manipulation when a shade panel is closed. The sunroof device has the roof panel which is driven by a roof-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a roof-panel opening/closing switch, and the shade panel which is driven by a shade-panel motor and is opened/closed in accordance with a manipulation of a shade panel opening/closing switch. The roof-panel motor is driven together with the shade-panel motor to actuate the roof panel in the closed direction interlocking with the shade panel upon the shade-panel opening/closing switch receiving a manipulation input in the closed direction in a condition other than a condition in which both roof panel and shade panel are fully closed, and the roof panel is fully closed upon the shade panel becoming fully closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehito Horiuchi, Ryosuke Noro
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Publication number: 20100096889Abstract: A sunroof apparatus for opening or closing an opening formed on a fixed roof of an automobile includes: a movable front panel and a movable rear panel both provided in the fixed roof; a panel frame made of engineering plastic and attached around one of the panels; a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached around the panel frame attached around the one of the panels; a panel frame made of the engineering plastic and attached on a periphery end section of other one of the panels, the other one of the panels having a butt end section and the periphery end section; and a hollow elastic weatherstrip attached to the panel frame attached to the other one of the panels, wherein the opening is closed when the weatherstrip of the one of the panels and the butt end section of the other one of the panels butt against each other. This structure can enhance efficiency in molding weatherstrips since the weatherstrip attached around the two panels are in a hollow structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicants: Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd., Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehito Horiuchi, Kouichi Hotta, Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Masayuki Daio
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Publication number: 20100019545Abstract: The present invention provides a deflector including a blade along a front edge of an opening of a fixed roof, movable upward and downward when the opening is opened and closed; a deflector arm whose one end is coupled to a frame on a vehicle body and whose other end is rotatably coupled to the blade via a first coupling shaft; a link arm whose one end is coupled to the frame on the vehicle body and whose other end is rotatably coupled to the blade via a second coupling shaft; and urging means for permanently urging a force to displace the blade upward. A cam member including first and second cam slots is provided on the frame on the vehicle body, a middle portion of the link arm is slidably engaged via a first pin with the first cam slot and one end of the link arm is slidably engaged via a second pin with the second cam slot, and the blade is housed in a laid down state with its upper portion displaced backward, and gradually stands up as displaced upward from a position where the blade is housed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shigehito HORIUCHI, Hiroyuki TSUKAMOTO
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Patent number: 7628448Abstract: A roof panel attached to a roof of a vehicle so that the roof panel can be tilted up, and a wind lip provided in peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the roof panel. The wind lip projects toward the inside of the vehicle. Further, a drain groove extending in up-and-down direction is formed on an outer surface of the wind lip.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Katayama, Shigehito Horiuchi, Kuniyasu Aoki, Masayuki Watarai, Toshiaki Kuroi
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Publication number: 20080217964Abstract: A roof panel attached to a roof of a vehicle so that the roof panel can be tilted up, and a wind lip provided in peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the roof panel. The wind lip projects toward the inside of the vehicle. Further, a drain groove extending in up-and-down direction is formed on an outer surface of the wind lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicants: YACHIYO KOGYO KABUSIKI KAISYA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hajime Katayama, Shigehito Horiuchi, Kuniyasu Aoki, Masayuki Watarai, Toshiaki Kuroi
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Patent number: 7360826Abstract: A sheet member with a frame body in the present invention has the sheet member and the frame body composed of a resin material attached to a fringe of the sheet member, wherein the frame body opens in an outward direction parallel with a sheet face of the sheet member and in the frame body a fit-in groove is formed to fit in a fit-in object, and wherein the fit-in groove is formed so as to have an overlap space with the sheet member in a direction parallel with the sheet face of the sheet member.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignees: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited, Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masafumi Nakagawa, Seiji Katakura, Masatoshi Nishida, Shigehito Horiuchi, Hajime Katayama, Kuniyasu Aoki, Koichi Hotta
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Publication number: 20060279110Abstract: A sheet member with a frame body in the present invention has the sheet member and the frame body composed of a resin material attached to a fringe of the sheet member, wherein the frame body opens in an outward direction parallel with a sheet face of the sheet member and in the frame body a fit-in groove is formed to fit in a fit-in object, and wherein the fit-in groove is formed so as to have an overlap space with the sheet member in a direction parallel with the sheet face of the sheet member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2006Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicants: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED, YACHIYO KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISYAInventors: Masafumi Nakagawa, Seiji Katakura, Masatoshi Nishida, Shigehito Horiuchi, Hajime Katayama, Kuniyasu Aoki, Koichi Hotta