Patents by Inventor Shigenobu Chiku

Shigenobu Chiku 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: 7175058
    Abstract: A spare tire cover includes a cup-shaped hard top cover having a substantially cylindrical portion, an inner surface of which is provided with a plurality of inwardly directed projections arranged at predetermined circumferential intervals, a substantially cylindrical fixing plate having a plurality of holes for receiving the plurality of inwardly directed projections to secure the fixing plate to the top cover, and a flexible rear cover having a peripheral edge that is attached to the fixing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigenobu Chiku, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Matsuo Iwama
  • Patent number: 7172232
    Abstract: A console for vehicle, which has an improved usefulness with respect to the accommodation of goods or the like, is disclosed. The console comprises: a first concave portion arranged to accommodate goods, the first concave portion having a first opening on a top side opened or closed by a first cover; and a second concave portion arranged to accommodate goods and provided downwardly of the first concave portion having a second opening in the same plane as a bottom of the first concave portion, the second opening being opened or closed by a second lid. The console is structured thus way, whereby it can be moved to an appropriate location in the inside of a vehicle and placed thereon, while it has enlarged spaces for accommodating goods, and thus it has an improved usefulness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shigenobu Chiku, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050206179
    Abstract: A console for vehicle, which has an improved usefulness with respect to the accommodation of goods or the like, is disclosed. The console comprises: a first concave portion arranged to accommodate goods, the first concave portion having a first opening on a top side opened or closed by a first cover; and a second concave portion arranged to accommodate goods and provided downwardly of the first concave portion having a second opening in the same plane as a bottom of the first concave portion, the second opening being opened or closed by a second lid. The console is structured thus way, whereby it can be moved to an appropriate location in the inside of a vehicle and placed thereon, while it has enlarged spaces for accommodating goods, and thus it has an improved usefulness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: TS Tech Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shigenobu Chiku, Hideki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050016877
    Abstract: A spare tire cover is constituted by a fix-up plate 4 having a plurality of fixing holes 40a, 40b, a rear cover 2 to which the fix-up plate 4 including a slide fastener 3 is mounted, and a top cover in which a plurality of projections 10a, 10b are provided in an inner surface. The fix-up plate 4 is mounted and fixed to an inner side surface of the top cover 1 on the basis of a fitting connection between the fixing holes 40a, 40b and the projection holes 10a, 10b. The slide fastener 3 and a seamed portion of the rear cover 2 are wound up and held in the inner side of the top cover 1 by the fix-up plate 4 so as to integrally attach the rear cover 2 to the top cover 1. Accordingly, it is possible to omit a sewing of the other members with respect to a largely bulky hard top cover and it is possible to construct on the basis of a simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Shigenobu Chiku, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Matsuo Iwama
  • Patent number: 6637632
    Abstract: A card holding structure in which each held card is visible, and from which a desired card is easily extracted when a plurality of cards are held, and a vehicle console box having the same are provided. The card holding structure capable of holding cards comprises a base plate, a holding member and a step-like member. The base plate is approximately parallel to the held cards, and in which the holding member and the step-like member are formed. The holding member comprises a leg portion connected to the base plate, and a head portion extending from the leg portion and having an inner surface parallel to the base plate. The step-like member has a stairs configuration increasing in height from the base plate toward the head portion. Each step of the stairs configuration comprises a riser portion approximately perpendicular to the base plate, and a flat portion on which a card can be placed. A height of each riser is larger than a thickness of a card to be held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigenobu Chiku
  • Publication number: 20030085245
    Abstract: A card holding structure in which each held card is visible, and from which a desired card is easily extracted when a plurality of cards are held, and a vehicle console box having the same are provided. The card holding structure capable of holding cards comprises a base plate, a holding member and a step-like member. The base plate is approximately parallel to the held cards, and in which the holding member and the step-like member are formed. The holding member comprises a leg portion connected to the base plate, and a head portion extending from the leg portion and having an inner surface parallel to the base plate. The step-like member has a stairs configuration increasing in height from the base plate toward the head portion. Each step of the stairs configuration comprises a riser portion approximately perpendicular to the base plate, and a flat portion on which a card can be placed. A height of each riser is larger than a thickness of a card to be held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigenobu Chiku