Patents by Inventor Syusaku Heya

Syusaku Heya 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: 6299241
    Abstract: A vechile body structure which increases the strength and rigidity of side roof rails, and improves sealability of a between a slide door and a vehicle body is provided. A side roof rail is composed of an outer side roof rail panel and an inner side roof rail panel. An upper rail is disposed more inwardly in the vechile body than a lower weld flange at which the outer side roof rail panel and the inner side roof rail panel are bonded together. Thus, an abrupt change in the cross section of the side roof rail can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syusaku Heya, Fumito Ueyanagi
  • Patent number: 5943823
    Abstract: A integrally formed synthetic resin lower sash for an automotive vehicle door structured so as to be disposed within a door panel and guide a window glass received within the door panel in a vertical direction. In order to reduce a frictional sound generated between a moving glass and the lower sash, the lower sash is constituted by an outer wing, an inner wing and a frame surrounding an edge portion of the window glass, a plurality of extending portions projecting toward the surface of the opposing window glasses and intermittently disposed to a direction of guiding the window glass are provided in the outer wing and the inner wing, and a projecting piece slidably in contact with each of inner and outer surfaces of the glass is extended in such a manner as to continue from the expanding portion, thereby forming a glass guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignees: OM Corporation, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromitu Yoshida, Hiroshi Funada, Syusaku Heya, Tomohiro Katayama