Patents by Inventor Shingo Shoudou

Shingo Shoudou 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: 6290283
    Abstract: An electricity feeding device for a vehicle slide door includes a flexible conductive portion for electrically coupling components in the slide door and the vehicle body. The flexible conductive portion has a curved portion which is fitted in a groove so that at least one portion of the flexible conductive portion is spaced a distance from a wall of the groove. The curved portion moves in the groove in association with movement of the slide door for opening or closing an opening area formed in the side wall of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki, Seiichi Suzuki, Kenji Kobashi, Shingo Shoudou, Kenichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 6244652
    Abstract: A vehicular slide door apparatus includes a slide door that is movable along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle body for opening and closing an opening area formed in the lateral side of the vehicle body, a rail secured to the lateral side of the vehicle body to extend in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle body, and a driving device for moving the slide door. The rail possesses first and second side walls and a roller operatively connected to the slide door is slidably fitted in the rail. A guide pipe extends along the rail and is secured to a surface of one of the side walls of the rail to strengthen the rail. A cable passes through the guide pipe in a movable manner and includes one end connected to the driving device and an opposite end connected to the slide door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Shoudou, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Kenji Kobashi, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masao Ohhashi, Shintaro Suzuki