Patents by Inventor Shunpei Kojima

Shunpei Kojima 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: 9221503
    Abstract: A front spoiler device configured to be installed on a vehicle having a vehicle width direction, a vehicle upward direction, a vehicle downward direction, a vehicle forward direction, and vehicle rearward direction, has a front bumper, a bumper fascia that forms an outer surface of the front bumper, a spoiler supporting flange portion extending in the vehicle rearward direction from a lower end of the bumper fascia, a spoiler body extending along the lower end of the bumper fascia in the vehicle width direction, the spoiler body being provided with a vertical wall portion facing the vehicle forward direction, and two diffuser portions, each of which is connected to each lateral end of the spoiler body, each of which extends in the vehicle downward direction and in the vehicle width direction along a corner portion of each lateral end on the lower end of the bumper fascia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Kojima
  • Publication number: 20150210324
    Abstract: A front spoiler device configured to be installed on a vehicle having a vehicle width direction, a vehicle upward direction, a vehicle downward direction, a vehicle forward direction, and vehicle rearward direction, has a front bumper, a bumper fascia that forms an outer surface of the front bumper, a spoiler supporting flange portion extending in the vehicle rearward direction from a lower end of the bumper fascia, a spoiler body extending along the lower end of the bumper fascia in the vehicle width direction, the spoiler body being provided with a vertical wall portion facing the vehicle forward direction, and two diffuser portions, each of which is connected to each lateral end of the spoiler body, each of which extends in the vehicle downward direction and in the vehicle width direction along a corner portion of each lateral end on the lower end of the bumper fascia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventor: Shunpei Kojima
  • Patent number: 9027973
    Abstract: A bumper fixing clip includes a leg portion engaging with a vehicle body panel; engagement claws engaging with a plurality of engagement holes formed on a bumper side; and an engagement member including a second engagement claw engageable with or retractable from one of the engagement holes formed on the bumper side by operating an operation portion, and fixing the bumper to the vehicle body panel. The engagement member is integrally formed with a fixing clip main body, and includes an approximately rod-like operation portion; the second engagement claw formed in a vicinity of a turning center of the operation portion; and an abutment piece formed on a side opposite to the second engagement claw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Nifco Inc., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Kojima, Anikesh Barmase, Yohei Nagahori
  • Publication number: 20150028607
    Abstract: A bumper fixing clip includes a leg portion engaging with a vehicle body panel; engagement claws engaging with a plurality of engagement holes formed on a bumper side; and an engagement member including a second engagement claw engageable with or retractable from one of the engagement holes formed on the bumper side by operating an operation portion, and fixing the bumper to the vehicle body panel. The engagement member is integrally formed with a fixing clip main body, and includes an approximately rod-like operation portion; the second engagement claw formed in a vicinity of a turning center of the operation portion; and an abutment piece formed on a side opposite to the second engagement claw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Shunpei Kojima, Anikesh Barmase, Yohei Nagahori